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The Dawnward Court faces the Umbral Court

Chess

Command an original animated fantasy set through a complete game of chess—against the local AI, a friend, or from any legal position.

Match hall

Configure the board

Options remain available between turns; New Game applies the current selections.

Umbral CourtWaiting
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Dawnward CourtYour side
Light to move

Select a piece to reveal its legal moves.

Statistics

Achievements

    Progress controls

    Settings and completed results stay on this browser only.

    Choose a promotion

    Choose Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight. This required choice cannot be dismissed; both clocks pause while it is open.

    Chess rules & controls

    Checkmate wins. Stalemate, insufficient material, fivefold repetition, and the seventy-five-move rule draw automatically. Threefold repetition and fifty moves may be claimed through Offer Draw.

    Click or drag a piece, then choose a glowing legal square. Arrow keys navigate the board; Enter or Space selects; Escape clears; U undoes; Y redoes in Practice; H requests a hint; F flips; P pauses.

    Castling is blocked through check. En passant is available only immediately after a two-square pawn move. Human promotion requires a piece choice and pauses both clocks.

    Clocks pause during move animations and promotion choice, then charge the side to move. Time spent in a hidden tab still counts unless the game is explicitly paused.

    Confirm action

    Game complete