Play chess online with over 250 million players from around the world!
Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, شطرنج, scacchi, schach, șah, šachy, şahmat… no matter the language, no matter the name, it's known as the best strategy game in the world
Enjoy free unlimited 3d chess games and improve your chess rating with 500,000+ tactics puzzles, interactive lessons and videos, and over 100 powerful computer opponents. Unlock your inner chess master today!
PLAY CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- 2-player chess mode completely free to enjoy with your friends
- Meet new friends and chat while you play
- Join tournaments with thousands of other players online
- Play games in real-time from one minute per game to 30 minutes or longer
- Play daily correspondence online chess online for low-pressure games on your own schedule
- Try all these exciting chess variants in our app: Chess960 (Fischer-Random), Puzzle Rush, Puzzle Battle or blindfold chess…
- Enjoy also other chess variants: bullet chess, 3-check, king of the hill, crazyhouse, doubles (bughouse), fog of war & more…
CHESS TACTICS & CHESS PUZZLES:
- Enjoy 500,000+ unique chess puzzles
- Rated mode automatically adjusts to your skill level to help you improve
- Race the clock to beat your high score in Puzzle Rush
- Practice puzzles with specific themes in learning mode (Mate in 1, mate in 2, mate in 3, perpetual check, endgames, pin, fork, skewer, sacrifice, etc.)
CHESS LESSONS:
- Hundreds of quality chess lessons and chess videos made by masters (learn all the chess moves and practice your skills with chess problems).
- Interactive chess training tutorials with tips and recommendations
- Learn chess rules and strategies in a step-by-step lesson plan (opening, middlegame, and endgame)
GAMES AGAINST COACH:
- Learn from a helpful and immersive visual chess coach.
- Review your games with the coach and learn the strategy behind every move.
- Play games with the coach, who will guide you through the fundamentals move by move and provide helpful hints as you play.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER:
- Choose the level of computer opponent you want to play
- Analyze your chess games to see where you went wrong and how you can improve
- See the toughest opponent you can beat!
CHESS COMMUNITY:
- Join a community of more than 200 million online chess players
- More than 20 million chess games played each day
- Meet players of all levels from beginner to grandmaster
- Compete to get your own rating in the online chess leaderboards and join the best players.
- Watch the most popular chess superstars with millions of followers. Hikaru, GothamChess, Botez, Magnus and more!
... and MUCH MORE:
- Play chess games offline against the computer
- Articles by the best authors, coaches, and chess trainers
- Develop an unbeatable opening repertoire with the opening explorer (Queen´s Gambit, Caro-Kann Defense, Sicilian Defense, etc.)
- Offline chess with your friends
- Send messages and challenge your play chess with friends to a free chess game
- Choose from 20+ board themes, 2D & 3D chess pieces, and backgrounds
- Get in-depth performance stats about your games, puzzles and lessons
- Enjoy the most active community forums anywhere
Playing chess online has never been so easy!
Chess is the most popular game of all time! And Chess.com is the #1 place to play online with your friends and other players from all over the world or play chess offline whenever you want!
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App crashes constantly and server connection lost on puzzles
Eeinshem
I started playing with this app last week. The design is great. Lots of features. The GUI is great. Everything is easy to use. I would give it a 5 starts review. *However*, there are two unbelievable bugs that makes the app almost useless. First of all, in a round 50% of the games against the computer the app simply crashes. It would have been tolerable if once the app is relaunched, the game would have continued by using the saves state of the game. But this is not the case. You simply need to start a new game. This is really frustrating. In addition, the puzzles are really a fun feature. But again, there are bugs that for some reason, causes my app to send messages about lost connection to the server almost every time I solve a puzzle. I tried multiple internet connection. 4G and several Wi-Fi networks. All behave the same. I have an iPhone XS. Other than that, none of my other apps crashes.
Developer Response
We're so sorry for the difficulties! The Puzzles issue should now be resolved, and we're working on a fix for the crashing in bot games, which will be released in the very next update! :)
Handling Abandoned Games
DaveMili
Hello,I truly enjoy using your application and greatly appreciate the experience it provides. I am even a paying user in order to access additional features, and there is no doubt that you are doing an excellent job in terms of user interface, user experience, and the impressive use of complex algorithms and logic.However, I would like to bring to your attention an unresolved issue that I frequently encounter — and I am quite certain this is not the first time it has been raised. There are many instances where players abandon the game mid-session, leaving their opponents waiting for what feels like an eternity with no response. On several occasions, I have found myself waiting for over 3–4 minutes, only to eventually give up and exit the game.Sometimes, the player’s status changes to “Reconnecting,” but the main issue remains the uncertainty: is the opponent still present and contemplating their next move, or have they truly left the game?There is a simple solution to this: after a certain period of inactivity (e.g., one minute), the system could display a message to the player such as, “Hey, are you still there?” If the player does not respond (e.g., by tapping anywhere on the screen) within 60 seconds, the system would automatically remove them from the game. This would ensure that the maximum wait time for a response would be — in this example — two minutes, which is a much more reasonable duration.I would greatly appreciate your attention to this matter and sincerely hope you consider implementing this small yet impactful improvement.Thank you very much!
Developer Response
Thank you for this detailed feedback, and we greatly appreciate your suggestion for a notification that a player could tap to confirm they're still present in the game. We'll explore that possibility for future updates. In the meantime, if it seems like a player may be stalling in a lost position, please report it by tapping their avatar. We'll quickly impose restrictions or even account closure, since stalling is against the rules on Chess.com!
More than two years of diamond plan
Nathaniel0204
I been playing chess almost for 20 years.Mobile chess changed the game for me. It brought incredible fashion of fast-reaction gameplay. Bullet and rapid chess was always a feature of NYC husslers making money this way.Now I have it with one tap on the screen.Great application that brings new life to chess. One way or another fast and slow games of chess are two different games which are both represented here.By getting the subscription I receive statistics on my games. Also, I get to see the full engine analysis with variations to follow. Moreover, I can start learning openings, new tricks and perspectives. Thorough and complex puzzles add an opportunity to explore the riddles of the high level plays setting a benchmark to look forward to.5 stars worth
Developer Response
Members like you make Chess.com possible! Thank you! :)
Subscription
Zaineddien
I am really really disappointed in the result I got, I clearly by mistake subscribed to a yearly subscription and the same moment I made this mistake I asked for a refund clarifying that I only wanted to get one week free as the ad clearly stated on the subscribe button in which my refund was declined, then I submitted another refund hoping it would be accepted clarifying the mistake again and stating how I really don't want this and that it is too expensive for me but you ended up declining my request again and said that the decline is final and now Im stuck, I am really disappointed and dissatisfied with the result and not to mention that even in the chess app there is no subscription added I will be calling in customer service on Sunday so that I hopefully come to a conclusion With all due respect Sincerely, Zain
Developer Response
Sorry for the difficulties! iTunes memberships are managed by Apple directly, so a refund request must be made to Apple first: support.apple.com/en-us/118223. However if Apple has declined your request, please reach out to Chess.com Support at: www.chess.com/support. Choose the options: Contact Support > Update or cancel subscription > I want a refund. Our team will assist you as soon as possible! We'd also like to investigate further if your membership offer showed an available free trial but started a paid membership instead. We'll make sure this gets sorted out for you!
Hi chess fans! Today's new version improves app quality, removing a couple of bugs that could cause the app to crash. We hope you enjoy it! Thank you.
Version 4.10.24
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Provider
Chess.com, LLC
Size
453.4 MB
Category
Strategy
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.