About

Chess, in realistic 3D

3D Chess is a free chess game that runs in your browser, on a realistic marble board you can turn and zoom.

Make a private link and send it. No sign-up needed.

Get paired with a random opponent, with clocks, chat and ratings.

Stockfish at four levels, from beginner-friendly to full strength.

The server checks every move and runs the clocks, so games can't be tampered with.

Features

A photorealistic chess set and board, plus wood, marble, green and night themes.
Bullet, blitz and rapid time controls, or no clock at all.
Glicko-2 ratings, a leaderboard and a public profile with your recent games.
Full chess rules: castling, en passant, promotion, and FIDE draw rules.
Spectators, rematches, draw offers and in-game chat.
Sign in with email or Google, or play as a guest.

The chess set and board are the Chess Set model by Riley Queen, from Poly Haven (CC0).
The computer opponent is Stockfish (GPL-3.0), in the stockfish.js build.
3D rendering by three.js (MIT); move rules by chess.js (BSD-2-Clause).

Questions, bugs or ideas? Please use the contact details given by the operator of this site.