If you are a beginner, you can learn the basics (openings, tactics, strategies etc) with free articles and online training tools and start playing with a computer. Advanced players can enter chess tournaments, create or join teams and study games of chess Grandmasters.

Play multiple games at the same time at a pace convenient for you (e.g. 1 move in 3 days). Sign up to start playing.

Features:

• Learn and play chess online within your browser (no software to download).
• Most popular online chess resource with over 600,000 registered members.
• Around 2000 live users playing 100,000 games at any moment online.
• Learn chess basics (openings, tactics, strategies etc) with the Chess Mentor.
• Play chess against a computer or compete with live chess players.
• Enter chess tournaments, create and join teams, browse and replay ongoing live games.
• Study games of chess Grandmasters.
• Play chess from your mobile.
• Sign up for free to get started.
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I mostly play chess online against the computer and love it because it’s fast, quick to load, clear instructions and no hiccups. It offers 3 different difficulty levels to play with the computer. Just play a knock-out with the computer and see how you perform in the game.

Features

• Free online flash based chess
• Quick to load and easy to use
• 3 different game difficulty levels
• Also download it for a nominal price and play on your PC, Mac or Linux

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