Checkmating
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Chess, seen from the ground
Stand on the board. Feel every line of attack aimed at you. Learn chess the way masters see it, from your very first move to the master's title.
Free to play. Works in your browser, no download.
Android appOn Google PlayiPhone and iPadComing soon
Every great player sees the board.
On Checkmating, you stand on it.
They talk back
Every bot trash-talks in its own voice: friendly, cheeky or savage, your choice. It roasts your moves, never you. Hang your queen and you will hear about it.
Roast my game: paste any chess.com or Lichess game. Stockfish finds your worst moves, a bot roasts them out loud, and you get a film like this one to post.
Puzzle of the day
A new position every day. Solve it right here in your browser: no download, no sign-up. See how fast you are against everyone else.
Solve today's puzzleThe ground view
Every image below is a real frame from the game. The glowing squares are your legal moves. The red beams are enemy pieces watching you.
Enemy lines of attack burn across the board as red beams. Squares that would lose you material glow orange. You stop hanging pieces because you can see the danger, and then the hints fade as the instinct takes over.
A bishop sees down long glowing corridors. A knight sees its strange L-shaped leaps. Play whole lessons as a single piece and its movement becomes instinct, not a rule you memorised.
Sweep the board in the Valley of Kings, with hand-carved Marble Legends, armies at the edge of the field and light pouring through the pass. Or switch to a clean 2D board any time.
The path
Eleven ranks, close to real rating levels: the US Chess classes, then the strength of each FIDE title. Each one asks you to prove something: a chapter cleared, a bot of that strength defeated, a puzzle rating reached.
Your arsenal
Ask the Tutor anything about the position in front of you. It checks every line with Stockfish before it answers, and draws the plan on your board.
ProSeven narrated modules. Foundations (the board, rules and notation) is free; Pro adds the 15 ground-view lessons, checkmate and endgame technique against Stockfish, tactics, strategy and vision training.
ProEvery quality puzzle from the Lichess database, from 400 to 3000, each with its goal. A daily puzzle and a streak to protect.
Fourteen bots, from first steps to grandmaster style, six of them with real master repertoires. Pick how much trash they talk, from friendly to savage. They roast your moves, never you.
Bullet to classical, daily chess, Three-check, King of the Hill, Chess960 and Crazyhouse. Separate ratings for each, arena tournaments every hour and a live leaderboard.
Build a team with friends. Everyone suggests a move and says why, and the captain plays the best idea, against a bot or another team.
An explorer with 3,865 named lines, 44 practice lines with their ideas, and your own repertoire drilled on a schedule until it sticks.
ProGame review with Stockfish, then relive each blunder through the attacker's eyes. A skill map shows what to train next.
New on Checkmating
All of it is free, on the web, on Android and in the iPhone and iPad app.
Hourly Blitz, Evening Bullet and a Saturday Rapid, or start your own and send friends the link. Pairing is automatic, win streaks score double, and the standings update live.
NewThree minutes, or Survival with three lives. The puzzles start easy and get harder with every one you solve. No hints, just you and your personal best.
NewEvery piece in your army keeps a service record: battles fought, pieces taken, kings mated. They rise to Veteran, Elite and Legend, wear their rank on the board, and mutter when they're threatened.
NewA bot built from your own games: your openings, your strength, your habits. Play yourself, or let friends try to beat you while you're away. It's always marked BOT.
NewEvery week, a new boss for your Team chess table, with a twist: the Iron Queen fields two queens, the Knight Swarm brings four knights. Beat it together and climb the weekly board.
NewTurn a finished game into a 20-second vertical film: its key moments shot at ground level, with captions, music and an end card. Made on your phone, ready to post.
NewA commentator calls your bot and online games as they happen, and the music tightens as the position gets sharper. Both are one tap away during a game.
NewPost a position from your game anywhere. Anyone can solve it in their browser with no account, and you'll see how many tried. Each friend who joins Pro from your link earns you 3 free Pro days.
NewIn any game review, take over from any move and play it out against a bot. Find out what would have happened if you'd taken the other path.
NewFind friends, send messages and challenge them straight to a game. An alert reaches them wherever they are in the app.
Every game you finish is kept with its opening, a Stockfish review and its PGN, plus your results, favourite openings and rating history.
Three losses in a row? Instead of throwing another quick game, take a short reset first. It comes up at most once every two hours, and you can turn it off.
Fair play
Choose your side
Cancel any time. Secure payment by Stripe.
Invite friends: 3 free Pro days for each one who joins Pro.
Your move.
Enter the boardAndroid appOn Google PlayiPhone and iPadComing soon
