Chess - Play and Learn Online

Chess is known as the best strategy board game in the world, and this is the official Chess.com app — home to over 280 million players, more than 20 million games a day and over 1,000,000 puzzles.

Play online in real time, from one-minute bullet games to 30-minute games or longer, or take on friends in free 2-player mode and join tournaments. Variants include chess960 (Fischer-Random), blitz, bullet, Puzzle Rush, Puzzle Battle and blindfold chess.

Improve with hundreds of quality lessons and videos made by masters, interactive puzzle tutorials and a rated puzzle mode that adjusts to your skill level. Practice themes like checkmate in 1, 2 or 3, endgames, forks, skewers and sacrifices, then race the clock in Puzzle Rush.

You can also play unlimited 3D offline games and take on over 100 powerful bot opponents when you have no connection. Review your games, tactics and strategy after every match to see exactly where you can improve.

Free to play, with optional in-app purchases. It suits complete beginners learning the rules as well as club players chasing a higher rating.