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White Pawn Play friendly online chess at your own pace
White Knight Ideal for multiple games at same time
White Bishop Time to play your best chess
White Rook Logout and back in during a single game
White Queen Time to chat between moves
White King Time for quality moves and less blunders
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  • Thousands of active members
  • Hundreds of moves hourly
  • Tournaments paired daily
  • Play a move when you want!
  • Unlimited games - Free!
  • Time limits 1-15 days per move.

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  • Amazing value chess courses
  • Searchable Video library
  • Coaching facilities
  • Learn about openings
  • Play the computer
  • Interactive puzzles
  • Annotated master games!

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  • Fully customisable interface!
  • Wide range of features.
  • No downloads required!
  • Helpdesk support for all
  • Competitively priced!
  • Comprehensive FAQs
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Chessworld is such a friendly online playing site encouraging chat between moves, handshakes and goodies etc that it has even hosted real life social events all around the world!


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White Pawn Friendly online chess
White Pawn Play at own pace
White Pawn Play Worldwide
White Pawn Play in all-play-alls
White Pawn Play in Knockouts
White Pawn Play in Simuls
White Pawn Play in Team Leagues
White Pawn Play in Pyramids

Simultaneous Display

White Knight Play simultaneously
White Knight Ideal for busy life

Star Moves

White Bishop Play your best chess
White Bishop Research openings

Opening theory exploration as opening database allowed

White Rook Logout/in anytime
White Rook Finish games anytime

comments between moves allowed making it very social

White Queen Chat between moves
White King Analysis board help

small chess board Playing

  • Thousands of active members
  • Hundreds of moves hourly
  • Tournaments paired daily
  • Play a move when you want!
  • Unlimited games - Free!
  • Time limits 1-15 days per move.

games collector icon Learning

  • Amazing value chess courses
  • Searchable Video library
  • Coaching facilities
  • Learn about openings
  • Play the computer
  • Interactive puzzles
  • Annotated master games!

person picture Support

  • Fully customisable interface!
  • Wide range of features.
  • No downloads required!
  • Helpdesk support for all
  • Competitively priced!
  • Comprehensive FAQs
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Chessworld is such a friendly online playing site encouraging chat between moves, handshakes and goodies etc that it has even hosted real life social events all around the world!
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Fully Customisable Interface - Play with seasonal colours!
ChessWorld Rating System Overview
Full Members usually play competitive rated games and build up their ChessWorld rating.
Chess Opponent Statistics at ChessWorld Full Members can view Opponent Stats whenever they wish, to check, for example, on past performance.
Chess Analysis Board to Explore Moves You can help find the winning move(s) more easily when you use the the 'Analyse' board.
Chess Notepad Feature for Planning Moves The use of a planning Notepad helps record your thoughts, plans and intentions during a game.
Compare Player Ratings at ChessWorld The ChessWorld rating system provides you with an easy way to compare your performance with that of other Members.
All-Play-All Chess Tournaments Overview ChessWorld Members frequently join one, or more, of the popular four player All-Play-All Tournaments.
ChessWorld Teams Creation and Management ChessWorld Members can easily create and Captain their own Teams.
Team Leagues and Divisions at ChessWorld ChessWorld Team Leagues are composed of separate Divisions.
Teams Competing in Different Leagues Teams play in various Leagues, where each League has a particular philosophy.
Conditional Moves Feature at ChessWorld The Conditional moves feature allows Full Members to enter as many as five moves in advance to anticipate an opponent's play.
Annotated Member Games at ChessWorld There are more than 2000 ChessWorld games, played by Members and annotated by Members.
Chess Game Collections from Masters The Masters Collection reflects chess as played throughout the centuries to the present day, and with over 1.7 million games.
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