Online chess game

With 5 levels of difficulty and a behavior modeled to make human mistakes, this is a very fun game to play. Our online chess game also features an opening database created by analysing , games from international tournaments.

There are 4 different board styles a 2D diagram, two fixed 3D designs and a 3D rotatable board to suit any style - from the playful kid to the serious tournament player. With the multiplayer feature, you can put your skills to the test against other players like you! You can create an account or play as guest. You can filter out opponents based on different criteria.

The multiplayer service is child-friendly. If you don't feel like playing, you can now just watch live games as they unfold. Your online games are synced in the cloud across your devices, so you can track your progress and replay old games wherever you are. SparkChess has won many awards and it was featured by Google, Blackberry and Adobe for its cross-platform capabilities. Official site: SparkChess.

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Color Opponent Rating Guest. Color Opponent Rating Tempo. How to play chess online for free? Homepage Homepage is divided into the following parts: the chessboard — on the chessboard you can see randomly chosen live game the games offer list — on the right from the chessboard, there is the list of games which the players join or to which they can also publish their own game offer by using the button Create game control buttons PLAY NOW — after clicking this button, a game from the games offer list is randomly chosen.

In case there is no game offer available, the system creates and publishes the game offer for the user. Invite a friend — this serves for inviting friends via e-mail or social networks.

Your connection to the game server is having some problem, but we are trying to reconnect you to the game. Sorry, you were disconnected from the game for too long, we had to remove you from the game so the others could keep playing. It looks like you might be a. You can now wear a Beskar armor while playing. If you mute a player you won't see any messages they send during a game.

If you block a player they can no longer challenge you to a game or join a table you are at. This table has a player that you have blocked previously perhaps under another name. Are you sure you want to join it? You are now disconnected, other players won't see you online and can't challenge you. You can always go back online by clicking on the Multiplayer button. It looks like you're using an older version of our app.

You've been disconnected due to inactivity. You can always reconnect by pressing the "Multiplayer" button. This game is currently not ready for playing, it's in beta testing right now, we'll announce when it's ready. If you've been given a beta-testing code by CardGames.

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It's a fun puzzle game called Fruit Monster Island, where you match 3 or more fruit to feed your monsters. Would you like to try it? Don't like Star Wars? Click here to turn the theme off. Or come to our Facebook page and tell us all about it. Chess is one of the oldest known board games still played to this day.

The rules of chess have varied greatly since its invention, but by now have been fairly standardized and commonly known. The rules presented here are the basic rules of the game of chess, but a detailed overview of how the game is played can be found at Wikipedia or the official ruleset of the International chess federation. Since the chess TV show the Queen's Gambit has recently been very popular we've temporarily changed our hardest opponent, Ann, and renamed her to Beth as in Beth Harmon, the protagonist from the Queen's Gambit.

The game of chess is played on an 8x8 checkered board, where the rows are marked from and referred to as "ranks" and the columns marked from "A" to "H", referred to as "files". The square marked as "A1" should be black. The player controlling the white pieces places his pieces on ranks 1 and 2, and the player playing the black pieces places his pieces on ranks 7 and 8.

The pawns are placed on ranks 2 and 7. The other pieces are placed on ranks 1 and 8 as followed, starting from the "A" file: A rook, a knight, a bishop, a queen, a king, a bishop, a knight, and a rook. The player who has white goes first, and players alternate moves after that. The game can end under the following circumstances: If your opponent's king is under threat of capture, but your opponent has no legal move to prevent that capture, you have won.

This is referred to as "Checkmate" when either player concedes the game. On this site we give each player 60 seconds to make each move, and a total of 15 minutes for all their moves before the game is forfeit.

If a players king is not under threat of capture but that player has no legal moves anyway, the game is a draw. The game is also a draw if any of the following situations come up: Neither player has enough pieces to be able to checkmate The same board position is repeated three times 50 consecutive turns have passed in which neither player has moved a pawn nor captured a piece The players agree to a draw.

The six pieces move as follows: The Bishop can move any number of squares along the diagonal. The Rook can move any number of squares along the same rank or file. The Queen can move any number of squares along the same rank, file, or diagonal. The Knight moves to the closest square that is neither on the same rank, file, or diagonal. Essentially the knight moves in an "L" shape, two squares along a rank or file and then a single square perpendicular.

The knight is the only piece that can "jump over" other pieces. The Pawn moves one square along the file, always towards the opponent's side of the board. The first time a pawn moves it is allowed to move two spaces along the file instead of one granted it has the space.

A pawn can only capture a piece imminently along the diagonals in the direction of travel, not along the file it is currently travelling. The King can only move a single square in any direction, with the exception of castling see below. The King can never place himself in a check. When a player makes a move in which any of his pieces threatens to capture the opponents king the next turn the king is said to be in check. A player in check must make a move that results in the check being relieved; be that by moving the king out of the way, capturing the threatning piece, or placing a piece in between the king and threatning piece.

A player that has no legal move out of the check has lost the game referred to a Checkmate. A player can be placed in check by multiple pieces at once, and must get out of all checks at once. A player can not remain in check.