Chess Games of the World

This is a single board for more than 40 chess-family and strategy games: the international FIDE game and its modern variants, the traditional chess of China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Mongolia, the historical ancestors Chaturanga and Shatranj, plus Go, Gomoku and other classic board games.

Every game ships with its full rule set — special moves, promotion, drops, check and win conditions — implemented in the engine, so you can learn a new variant by simply playing it. Open the rules panel inside any game for a summary of how it differs from standard chess.

Play against the computer at three difficulty levels, take turns with someone at the same screen, or invite a friend online: create a room, share the code, and moves are exchanged directly between your two browsers over a peer-to-peer connection. No accounts are required and no games are stored on a server.

Boards can be flipped, sounds toggled, and each game shows the move history with the ability to undo. Because the connection is peer-to-peer, both players need to keep their tabs open for the duration of the game.

If you already know chess, Chess960 (Fischer Random) keeps every rule but shuffles the back rank so opening memorisation stops mattering. King of the Hill and Three-Check are quick, tactical twists that use the standard set.

For something genuinely different, Xiangqi (Chinese chess) is played on the intersections of a 9×10 board with a river and palaces, and Shogi (Japanese chess) lets captured pieces re-enter the board on your side — the source of its famously long, swinging games. Go is the deepest of all: only two rules to learn, a lifetime to master; start on the 9×9 board.