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About Kingside Chess Club

Kingside Chess Club is a free chess game you can play right here in your browser, made by JPAM Studio, an independent studio building polished puzzle and strategy games. Play rated Bullet, Blitz and Rapid games against other people online, warm up with the Daily Puzzle, work through 22 structured lessons, or practise against the Beginner bots. Everything here is free, with no download needed, on your phone, tablet or computer.

What you can play for free on the web

  • Play online: rated Bullet, Blitz and Rapid games with a live clock and a leaderboard.
  • Daily Puzzle: a fresh tactic every day to sharpen your calculation.
  • Learn: 22 lessons that take you from how the pieces move to openings, tactics and endgames.
  • Beginner bots: friendly computer opponents for your first games.
  • Watch: follow games from recent tournaments.

More in the app

The Kingside Chess Club app for phone, tablet and Mac adds 20 more bots of every strength, a Stockfish-powered Engine for analysis, and Game Review with a coach who talks you through your mistakes and best moves.

How to start

Tap Play to choose online, bots or pass-and-play, Puzzles for today's challenge, or Learn to begin the lessons. Your games and progress are saved on this device. Need help? See the Kingside support page, read our privacy policy, or explore more free games from JPAM Studio.