Strategy · 2026

Chess

Classic chess in the browser: play a friend or the computer

About the game

Classic chess in the browser: play a friend or the computer. Open-source game by Kaj Björklund, shared under the MIT license. Listed on Gamavas with full credit to the original creator.

How to play

  1. Drag a piece to move it, or click a move in the right-hand panel.
  2. Castle by moving the king two squares towards a rook.
  3. Pawns that reach the last rank become queens.
  4. Checkmate the computer's king to win.

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