ChessCraft

Never play the same game of chess twice with ChessCraft! This innovative chess sandbox offers a unique experience by allowing you to customize chess boards, rules, and pieces, and then challenge a sophisticated AI computer opponent. Whether you want to play against friends online or dive into one of the 75 built-in chess boards in adventure mode, ChessCraft has you covered. It's also home to the world's largest chess variant database.

Visit ChessCraft to explore this exciting platform. Unlike other chess AI mobile games, ChessCraft empowers you to create wildly imaginative boards and pieces, then immediately test your creations against a capable AI opponent.

With ChessCraft, you can design new pieces using any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, along with a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. You can also enhance or restrict the abilities of nearby pieces. Create custom boards up to 16x16 with enabled or disabled tiles, and set promotion rules for any piece, anywhere. Add special tile rules like witch windows (teleporters) and sanctuaries. The AI uses advanced concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand and play against your unique creations.

When you share your board, your friends can also challenge the AI. Each shared board gets its own unique web page, like this: Shape Variant 1.

ChessCraft is completely free and ad-free, except for occasional popups encouraging you to become a ChessCraft Patron. Patrons enjoy an uninterrupted experience. If you're a teacher, student, or facing financial constraints, just send an email, and a special code will be provided to you.

Feel free to visit the website and send feedback or questions via email. If you enjoy the game, please leave a rating!

What's New in Version 1.16.23

Last updated on Oct 8, 2024

• Automatically apply transparency to your custom images.
• Double-click designs to play or edit them.
• Added extensive internal debugging to help diagnose custom image issues.