Online Chess

Chess.com's Online Chess lets you play turn-based correspondence-style chess with your friends at any time, and at your own speed - make your move and then get an alert when it is your turn to move!

Play in your browser - nothing to download!
Unlimited # of simultaneous games!

Live Chess

Play live chess online any time from anywhere in any browser! Nothing to download. Just login, find a game, and go! We store your games, preferences, and ratings. Play 1 minute lightning games on up to 2 hours each - up to you!

Chat and play with people around the world
Play in your browser - nothing to download

Chess960

Love chess but hate memorized openings? Play Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random)! The rules are the same, but the starting position of the pieces is one of 960 randomly generated possiblities.

Enjoy chess without memorizing openings!
Never lose to opening traps again!
Play single games or 960 tournaments!

Vote Chess

Work with your team to come up with the best moves. Vote for the move you like best as you play chess against other teams or even Grandmasters!

Vote on the moves you like best
Discuss the best moves with other players

Online Tournaments

You don't know how good (or bad!) you are until you have stacked up against other players. Choose to compete in Official Chess.com site-wide tournaments or smaller round-robin tournaments.

Play against friends and see how you stack up
Create your own tournament

Chess on the iPhone

Take your chess game anywhere with Chess.com for the iPhone! Download this FREE app from the iTunes store and you can play and learn on the go!

Play your Online Games
Play vs. Computer
Do Tactics Trainer
Watch Chess.com Videos

Mobile Chess

Play your turn-based games on almost any mobile phone - it's FREE, easy, & works on most phones! There are mobile apps for iPhone, Android, Palm, Nokia, Blackberry - almost any phone!

Play chess anywhere!
Works on most mobile phones!
Never miss a chance to make your move!

Play Against the Computer

If you want a quick game against a heartless opponent, then play against the computer! Set him to easy, medium, or hard, and prepare to pay for your mistakes!

Easy and quick play against a computer opponent
See how the computer thinks about moves

Tactics Trainer

Getting better at tactics is one of the fastest and easiest ways to improve your game. The Chess.com tactics server will help you learn how to recognize the critcal positions that come from pins, forks, overworked pieces, and all other tactical themes.

Thousands and thousands of tactical problems
Track your progress with detailed stats and graphs
See how you compare to other tacticians

Computer Analysis of Your Games

Do you wonder why you lost a game? What were your critical mistakes? What winning moves did you miss? Our super-computers will analyze your game and give you a fully-annotated game that shows you the mistakes made by both players and explain it to you in plain English!

Have Grandmaster-level computers analyze your games
See full notation on mistakes and blunders
Find missed opportunities and improve your game

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