Chess
Play Chess online, the timeless battle of minds from Playnesta. Command the white pieces against a minimax AI with adjustable depth — free in your browser, no download.
Play Chess
You play White and move first: drag a piece, or tap it then tap its destination (promotion always becomes a queen). The AI replies as Black within seconds. Pick search depth 1–5 (3 by default; deeper is stronger but slower). Checkmate wins the game; stalemate, threefold repetition, the fifty-move rule, or insufficient material draw it. Press ↻ New Game for an instant fresh board.
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Objective: Checkmate the black king — trap it so it has no legal escape while under attack. Controls: Drag pieces with the mouse on desktop (click-click also works); tap a piece then its target square on touch screens; the depth menu and ↻ New Game bar are 44px tap targets.
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Source and license
Based on simple-chess-ai by Lauri Hartikk and contributors. Chess pieces by Cburnett, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://github.com/lhartikk/simple-chess-ai · Apache-2.0
Game facts
- Developer
- Playnesta Games
- Publisher
- Playnesta Games
- Genre
- Board, Strategy
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Last verified 2026-09-03 12:00 UTC. Information can change; follow the linked source for the latest details.