Chess - Play and Learn

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.7
2.31M reviews
50M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

Play chess online with over 150 million players from around the world!

Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, 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 350,000+ tactics puzzles, more than 10 million chess games a day, 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 for low-pressure games on your own schedule
- Try all these exciting chess variants in our app: chess960 (Fischer-Random), blitz chess, puzzle rush, bullet chess, puzzle battle or blindfold chess
- Enjoy also other chess variants: 3-check, king of the hill, crazyhouse, doubles (bughouse), fog of war & more…

🧩 CHESS TACTICS & CHESS PUZZLES:
- Enjoy 350,000+ unique 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 tutorials with tips and recommendations
- Learn all the chess rules and strategies in a step-by-step lesson plan (opening, middlegame, and endgame)

📟 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 how high you can go!

🏰 CHESS COMMUNITY:
- Join a community of more than 60 million online chess players
- More than 10 million chess games played each day
- Meet players of all levels, from beginner to grandmaster
- Compete to get your own rating and try to join the best player online chess leaderboards
- 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 trainers
- Develop an unbeatable opening repertoire with the opening explorer (Queen´s Gambit, Caro-Kann Defense, Sicilian Defense, etc.)
- Send messages and challenge your 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 place to play chess online with your friends and other players from all over the world!

Please share your suggestions and comments with us. Our support team is happy to help you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!

ABOUT CHESS.COM:
Chess.com is created by chess players and people who love ❤️ chess!
Team: http://www.chess.com/about
Updated on
Nov 7, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.18M reviews
cj van
November 12, 2024
They do think this is the best chess app, but I am so absolutely tired of the "vacation" abuse. If you have an agreement per day and your opponent suddenly once more time, they just get to go on vacation for up to a month. This is done per move for some players. There should be a setting to match with others who chose to have this feature disabled or not. I will not subscribe for this exact reason.
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Chess.com
November 13, 2024
Thank you for this feedback. We'll consider revising Vacation Time settings in the future. In the meantime, make sure to check out Daily Chess tournaments in the menu: Play>Tournaments>Daily. You can find tournaments where Vacation Time is disabled!
Sam Nichols
October 31, 2024
What happened to game reviews?! The new version is awful. Absolutely horrible experience, and it's so jarring to use it now. Wish I could install the old version. Smh. Puzzles are also still really buggy and often freeze (every 3-4 puzzles). I do puzzles way more than games, so it's a huge issue for me. Paying 120/yr, I expected better. I cancelled premium and wow, the experience is absolutely awful as a free user. Goodbye. Going back to ad-free Lichess now.
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Chess.com
July 13, 2024
Thank you for this feedback. Our Game Review interface was recently updated to make the feature easier to use and to continue to adapt to the requests we've received from players over time. That said, we are still making updates and actively taking players' feedback on this. If the Puzzles error continues, please contact us: www.chess.com/support
Aleksey Shaporev
November 3, 2024
Hey guys, you must have hired new product team about a year or two ago. Let me tell you - I'm really frustrated by your attempts to increase engagement - ads, emails, app and in-app notifications ("do you want to solve a puzzle" - blocking MY experience). I just want to play a game or two. I ALREADY PAY YOU YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION - and started doing so because I was really empathetic to the cause and your app. But recently I'm really considering to cancel my subscription. Think about it.
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Chess.com
November 8, 2024
We appreciate this detailed feedback. We're excited to let players know about the great training features on the app, but we'll continue to make optimizations to ensure we're meeting the expectations of our long-term players too!

What's new

Hey, chess-lovers! This new version brings improvements and fixes throughout the app - and some great new features too!

* Level up your Puzzle practice by earning points for every correct move. Keep solving to advance and earn new scoring bonuses!
* Game Review now estimates your rating in that match - and shows how well you played at each stage of the game!
* In Daily Chess, you can now "program" moves to be triggered automatically when your opponent makes a move you expected!

Thank you!