Board games · 2 players
Correspondence chess, in the chat
Every rule that matters at home-game level, and no clock. The card in the chat shows whose move it is.
How Chess plays
- Standard setup; the first joiner plays white.
- Full move legality: castling with rights tracking, en passant, pawn promotion to a queen, and you can never leave your own king in check.
- Checkmate wins, stalemate and king-versus-king are draws.
How it ends. Checkmate. Games that never resolve are drawn at 200 plies.
Honest adaptation. Under-promotion is not offered and there are no threefold-repetition or fifty-move draws; those endings run to the ply cap.
Play Chess here
Player 1 opens with white
If you like Chess
Questions about Chess
Is there a chess clock?
No. It is correspondence chess: you move when you open the chat, your friend sees it land, and the game can take an evening or a month.
Do we need to be online at the same time?
No. Every SparkChat game is turn-based and asynchronous. The board sits in the group chat; you make your move when you open the chat, and everyone else sees it land there.
Where does the game live?
Inside the group chat as a live card. Tap it to open the board, play, and close it. The card updates for everyone the moment a move lands, and the finished game stays in the chat as a keepsake.
Play Chess in your group chat
Open the chat, tap the plus, pick the game. The board lands as a card for everyone and waits for the first move.
