Play a bot
Pick an opponent. Ratings are approximate. Chessbots play like humans of that strength.
The ladder
Just learned how the horsey moves. Hangs pieces with great enthusiasm.
Challenge →Ruby(800)
Knows the rules, loves her queen, brings her out on move two.
Challenge →Ollie(1000)
Eight arms, still can't defend everything at once.
Challenge →Mateo(1150)
Prickly in the opening, wobbly in the endgame.
Challenge →Aisha(1300)
Solid club player. Punishes hung pieces, misses the odd fork.
Challenge →Elena(1450)
Sharp tactician with a taste for sacrifices — sound or otherwise.
Challenge →Jin(1600)
Patient positional player. Waits for you to overextend.
Challenge →Priya(1800)
Sees most tactics, converts most endgames. A proper test.
Challenge →Marcus(2000)
Expert strength. Smells blood the moment your position creaks.
Challenge →Katya(2200)
Candidate-master class. Mistakes are rare and yours are fatal.
Challenge →Dmitri(2400)
Master strength. Bring your best prep and your best excuses.
Challenge →Zoe(2600)
Near-engine precision. Nobody beats Zoe. Good luck.
Challenge →Opening specialists
Each one sticks to a repertoire — pick your opponent to drill a specific opening or defence.
Builds the London brick by brick, every single game. Solid as a wall.
Plays the London System as White, the Caro-Kann as Black
Challenge →Giulia(1400)
Classical Italian schooling — quiet development, then the fireworks.
Plays the Italian Game as White, the Sicilian as Black
Challenge →Sofia(1700)
The Spanish torture as White, French resilience as Black.
Plays the Ruy Lopez as White, the French Defence as Black
Challenge →Viktor(1900)
Queen's Gambit theory to move twenty, King's Indian counterplay to the death.
Plays the Queen's Gambit as White, the King's Indian as Black
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