Chess Universe: Online Chess

Contains adsIn-app purchases
119K reviews
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Rated for 3+
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Rated for 3+
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About this game

Play chess online with friends, challenge players worldwide, or enjoy chess offline in Chess Universe! Compete in chess tournaments, play against the computer, and improve your skills with Grandmaster-designed chess lessons, puzzles, and Game Review. From your first moves to your next big win, there's always a new chess challenge waiting.

♟️ PLAY ONLINE CHESS WITH FRIENDS

Enjoy unlimited online chess games against real players. Invite friends to play chess together or challenge opponents from around the world. Choose Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, or Easy Mode to match your pace. Win games, climb the leaderboard, and compete for a place in your country's Top 100.
🏆 COMPETE IN CHESS TOURNAMENTS
Join online chess tournaments throughout the year and put your skills to the test. Every month brings a new zodiac-themed trophy to compete for. Challenge yourself, compete against other chess players, and collect unique trophies as you improve.

🏝️ PLAY CHESS VS COMPUTER

Want to play on your own? Challenge the computer and test your strategy in island adventures filled with unique AI opponents, levels, and rewards. Explore Crazy Chess Island and try unusual battles like 5 queens vs 15 knights or 10 rooks vs 15 bishops. Practice your tactics and discover a different way to enjoy chess against AI.

🧩 LEARN CHESS WITH LESSONS AND PUZZLES

Just starting out? Learn the rules of chess and how every piece moves. Ready for more? Explore 1,000+ chess lessons designed by Grandmasters, covering openings, tactics, and strategy. Solve chess puzzles and tackle daily island challenges to sharpen your skills. Lessons are available offline, so you can keep learning wherever you are.

🔍 REVIEW YOUR CHESS GAMES

Improve with Game Review and Game Analysis. Understand mistakes, explore alternative moves, and learn from key moments in your matches. Use hints, undo, and replay during practice to experiment with new ideas and develop better chess strategies.

🎨 EARN REWARDS AND CUSTOMIZE YOUR GAME

Make your chess experience your own. Complete challenges, collect rewards, and unlock custom boards, chess piece sets, special effects, and more. Enjoy classic chess gameplay alongside colorful islands, surprising challenges, and new goals to reach.

⭐ UNLOCK MORE WITH CHESS UNIVERSE VIP

VIP gives you access to 50 exclusive premium items, including boards, piece sets, effects, and emojis. Unlock 1,000+ lessons, unlimited hints and undo in Play vs Computer and Chess Academy, exclusive characters, a VIP pet, ad removal, and 40 gems every week.

Created by chess Grandmasters and game experts, Chess Universe brings together online chess, chess tournaments, computer challenges, and chess training in one game. Whether you want to play chess with friends, practice against AI, play chess offline, or learn something new, your next move starts here!

Follow Chess Universe for updates and events:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChessUniverseApp/
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Play chess online with friends, challenge AI, and improve with chess lessons.
Updated on
Oct 27, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows*
*Powered by Intel® technology
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Location, Personal info and 5 others
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 5 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

113K reviews
DeAngelo Boyd
August 13, 2025
The reason I give it 3 stars is because of the "schools." They are fun and can help beginners understand the game. It's also fun to replay some of the greatest players in the world games, like Bobby Fischer! But on the flip side, some of them on hard, like "Shogun Stronghold," require you to beat AI on Hard with a timer from a specific setup. Since the timer only counts for you, AI literally just blocks until the timer ends. instead of actually playing chess. That gets OLD FAST! Otherwise 5stars
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Sivan Thiruvengadam
August 31, 2026
1 Minute game and 30 sec game option should be removed from this and it sucks totally. Between few moves sudden ads pop up. It takes us to a web page. you have to naviagate from that ad back to the game. During some games if the user has 5 secs only and he attempt to make a move, it never happens on the board. The user has excellent connection. Totally suck in those 2 types. Just remove those 2 options. Ads are popping up during the middle of 1 minute game when 2-3 secs are left.
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Kings of Games!
March 19, 2025
Hi. Making a pre-move schedules your move to be automatically played after opponent's move, but the move must still reach the server before the timer reaches zero. Server time management is required to prevent time manipulation. You can remove the ads during the gameplay by making any in-app purchase that contains the "no-ads" icon. Best regards.
Reuel Israel
August 14, 2026
Great app. I wish there was a notification sound when matches start. Im a higher rated and it takes a while to get a match sometimes. If I get a notification when a match is ready it would be 5stars. Thanks guys! Edit: just bought "no ads membership and still get ads after games.
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Kings of Games!
August 14, 2026
Hi. Please write to [email protected] with more details about the issue and we'll see if there is anything we can help with. Best regards.

What’s new

- In the “play vs computer” mode, when you defeat an island opponent, you get to keep it as a pet.
- When you defeat all 120 island opponents you get a special pet.
- You can boost your experience points at the end of online matches and get more keys.