Play Chess right here
In your browser, with nothing to install and no account needed. Take on the computer, or open a room and send a friend the link.
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Most wins
Most games won against other players.
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Only games between players with an account count, not games against guests or the computer. Sign in to take part
High scores
Fewest moves to checkmate the computer.
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Each player's best game against the computer, played while signed in. Sign in to take part
This game's champion, its boards and how much it is played: all on mssgsgames.com.
Start Chess in your browser
mssgs runs right in your browser, nothing to install. With a free account you start games from your chats and play them with your friends there.
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Create your free account
Open mssgs in your browser and sign up with a username and your email address.
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Click the game controller
It sits in the strip on the far left and says Play a game when you point at it. On a phone it shows on the home screen; from inside a chat, swipe in from the left edge.
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Choose Chess
Your room opens straight away, with a 6-character room code. With Premium, you pick your own piece set and the host picks the board.
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Bring in a friend
Press Guest link in the room and send the link: your friend plays straight in their browser, no account needed, and the link works once. Friends already on mssgs can join with the room code under Join with a code, or you press Invite.
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Start playing
As soon as your friend is in, you both press Ready and the game begins.
Opens in a new tab, so these steps stay right here.
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How it works
Every rule, no shortcuts
Castling, en passant and promotion to a queen, rook, bishop or knight are all in. White plays the cream pieces and moves first, and an illegal move simply cannot happen.
Checkmate wins
Trap the king so it has nowhere left to go and the game is yours. Seeing no way out? Resign, or offer your opponent a draw.
Draws, done properly
Stalemate, threefold repetition, the fifty-move rule and too little material to mate all end in a draw, and so does a draw you both agree on.
Two minutes a move
Every move has a two-minute clock. Let it run out and you forfeit, so nobody gets to think until the pizza goes cold.
Take on the computer
Play the computer right in your browser, no account needed. Checkmate it in as few moves as you can to climb the high-score board.
Pieces with personality
Everyone plays the Classic pieces on the Sage board. With Premium you pick from seven more sets, Sticker Classics and six animal sets from Penguin Parade to Axolotl Lagoon, and as host from four more boards, from Woodland to Coral Lagoon.
Every game comes with
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