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Chess

Play a calm game against an on-device opponent, then look back over it move by move — no clock, no account, nothing sent anywhere.

White to move.

Set the table — your side, the level, the pieces and the board
Play as
Level

The level changes at once; your side takes effect with the next New game.

Board view About the shapes

Pieces: the Cburnett set by Colin M.L. Burnett (BSD licence; credits).

The opponent runs entirely on your device — real, beatable mistakes at Gentle, sharper at Steady and Strong. Your rating and your games are kept only here, on this device; you can delete them any time.

The 🧠 more human choice swaps in Maia, a network trained on games between rated people on Lichess: it plays the moves a player at your chosen level tends to play, mistakes included. Its model (about 43 MB) downloads only when you choose it, is kept in your browser, and runs on your device; your moves are never sent anywhere.