Play online chess against computer android#

If any opponent piece threatens to take your king, you are placed in “check.” When in check, you must make your king safe with your next move. Rooks can move forward, backward or sideways, as long as there is space available. Kings can move in any direction, but only one square at a time. Queens are able to move in any direction and can move as many spaces as are available. Pawns can attack, but only diagonally and in a forward direction.īishops move diagonally and can move as many spaces on the chess board as are available. However, on its first move, it can move two squares. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time. They are the only piece that can jump over other pieces on the chess board. Knights move in an L-shape: Out two squares and over one. You may play this game embedded in the above iframe or click here to view it in a separate browser window by itself.The first action you can perform when you play chess online is to move either a pawn or a knight. Kings can also make the special move castling, where it moves two squares left or right toward a Rook and the Rook is moved in to the square the King just crossed. Kings: Kings can move one square in any direction as long as the square they are moving to is not under attack.

Queens: Queens move horizontally, vertically, or diagonally any number of squares, though they do not jump other pieces.

Rooks also move as part of the special Castling move.

Rooks: Rooks can move horizontally or vertically any number of squares, though they do not jump other pieces.

Bishops: Bishops can move diagonally in any direction any number of squares, though they do not jump other pieces.

When Knights move they are able to jump over intermediate positions.

Knights: Knights move in an 'L' shape, where they move two squares horizontally or vertically & one square in the other direction.

Pawns also have a special move named En Passant, which allows them to capture an opposing pawn which is paralle to them while jumping forward at an angle to another cell. When pawns capture opposing pieces they move forward at a diagonal rather than directly forward.

Pawns: Pawns move one space directly forward, though you can move them 2 pieces forward as their first move.

If you play against the computer your score is based on how quickly you play. The game shows a counter clock in the bottom right for the first player & a play clock in the upper left for the computer or second player. The game ends via stalemate (when one player can not make a valid move) or checkmate (when one player has the other player in check and can not move the king out of check). Players move any of their 16 pieces per standard chess rules. The playing grid consists of a 8x8 grid of 64 cells. The first player controls the white pieces & the computer or second player control the black pieces. When playing against the computer you can set the difficulty at 1, 2, or 3 stars.

Select single player to play against the computer, or select two players to play against another human computer sharing your computer. Try the game in it's own window by clicking here.

Play online chess against computer android#

You can play this game on computers powered by the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Apple OS X Mac operating system, and mobile phones like the iPhone powered by iOS or Google Android powered Samsung. These games are rendered using JavaScript and a mobile-friendly HTML design, so they work on desktop computers, laptops like the Google Chromebook, tablets like the iPad or Amazon Kindle Fire, and mobile devices like the iPhone. Almost every game in our collection was created using a game building tool named Construct.