Ever Wanted to Play Chess Against a Computer Online?
Here is a chance to play chess online against a basic chess computer. This computer chess program was written to run in flash, but it still gives a decent game. This is a free game, uses a 3d chess board and needs no download. Could it be the best free online chess program out there?
If you want a tougher game then try some of the other computer chess engine download links on this site. Almost any UCI chess engine from Jim Ablett’s page will give an incredibly strong game, or you could download the Crafty chess computer which is also available with its own graphical user interface.
ATTENTION
If you are experiencing difficulty loading the game and playing chess online read this.
To play chess you must both install flash and then enable it your browser.
For example, in Chrome, after flash installation click on settings -> “advanced” and scroll down to “content settings” click this and then enable flash there.
You must complete BOTH downloading flash and enabling it in your browser for the chess game to work and be visible!
If after performing both actions the game still does not appear, then hard refresh your browser cache (control-F5 on Chrome).
FlashCHESS3 – Play Chess Online Against Computer
FlashChess can also be downloaded to play on the desktop of your computer.
It is available from http://www.flashchess3.com/download.html
If this easy chess game is too easy for you, or you just fancy a change, why not try our new online computer chess program?
jdizzy says
how come we cant do en pas back to the computer?
Dave says
You can if the computer moves a pawn two squares when you have a pawn in the correct place to take it. The computer seldom makes this move though and you can only perform en passant on the move the opportunity occurs,
ricky says
this helps me learn how to play chess bcoz i suck at chess
Julie Gill says
The rules surrounding castling are as follows. (1) Neither the rook with which you want to castle or the king can have moved from their original starting positions. (2) The king cannot move through a square that will be putting itself into check during the move. (3) In this particular chess programme you click on the king 1st, move it 2 squares either to the right or left, and the rook will automatically swap positions with it. (As you will no doubt have noticed the squares light up in this programme to let you know where you are able to move any piece you click on.) To be perfectly honest with you, I don’t know how other chess programmes on the net let you attain this move, but I’m sure it can’t be all that different to the above. I hope I have been of some help, Julie Gill.
bm wild says
nice game
Julie Gill says
To Peter and David, I forgot to mention one more thing about castling, and that is that you cannot make the move if your king is already in check. Sorry about that, Julie.
Khushi Nigam says
you rock this is really awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FIRST TIME
Sowjanya says
I Like this game………………
Kirui says
I like this chess game. I have very strong in the move even up to the point of winning all the stages.
Fred Bickham says
I really like the Daily Chess Puzzle. It’s an excellent learning tool.
On another note, the new link to Jim Abletts’ site is broken. Does anyone know what happened?
Dave says
Jim’s site has moved a few times recently. Think he is having problems with hosts and bandwidth. Will update the link soon.
VADIVEL says
Simply suberb to play Chess in this website. A good and true result for age group of people. Thanks for this.