Live Chess Online

Play chess with a friend. Do you want to play chess with your roommate, or a friend from another country? Choose time control, your colour and game type, send game link to your friend via email, social network or your favourite instant messenger and enjoy playing chess together! With over 28 million members, chess.com is the internet's biggest online chess community. You can play both live chess at various time controls, or correspondence-style games with days per move. Basic membership is free, but premium users gain access to extra training features, videos, and statistics.

New: Tactics training on the game zone

Quickly discover the 4 live training modes!

Access to the game zone

Guest mode

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Extend your experience on mobiles devices and tablets

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Profile

Choose my username, avatar and personalized introduction
Create 3 additional accounts associated with your subscription
Friend list and blacklist
Profile and statistics of other players

Game zone

Choose the strength of your opponents
Chat access
Access to tournaments
Access included to our iOS and Android apps

Live Online Chess Tournaments

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