Official launch Mon, Jan 4 · 10:00 AM ET

Invite 3 players — free username, Founding Member badge, and free future upgrades. Inviting costs nothing.

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Your username is your reputation. $1 claims it for life — rage quitting earns escalating bans.

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Buy me a coffee to keep the servers humming and rage quitters banned. $10.00 (+ $0.64 processing fee) gets you founding member status and free future upgrades* !!!

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How it works

  • Pay $1.00 + $0.39 processing fee once for a permanent username — no burner accounts.
  • Pay $10.00 + $0.64 processing fee, or invite 3 paying players, to earn the Founder badge.
  • Leave a game and fail to rejoin within 2 minutes? Automatic strike.
  • Bad internet happens: once a year you can pay $1.00 + $0.39 processing fee to clear one strike and lift its ban. It does not restore your sportsmanship score. Bluntly — this is one of the ways we keep the lights on: we charge for usernames, pardons and re-entries instead of running ads or selling your data.
  • Fair to real disconnects: strikes expire after 90 days, at most one strike counts per day, and bans of 7+ days can be appealed.
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Free until January 4, 2027 at 10:00 AM ET

Play rated chess now. Pay nothing.

Until January 4, 2027 at 10:00 AM ET, you do not need a username or the $1 fee — just a free account. We hand you a temporary handle likeGuest-4821and put you straight into the queue. Start now, claim your name later, lose nothing.

Fully rated — not a sandbox

Every free game runs the same Glicko-2 rating as paid members, across UltraBullet, Bullet, Blitz, Rapid and Classical. You are playing real opponents for real rating points.

Your rating follows you

When you claim your permanent username — paid, promo code, or free through invites — your rating, wins, losses and draws all move over with you. Nothing resets.

Quitting still costs you

Two abandoned games close free play on this device for good. Abandonments never carry into a claimed profile, so you start your real name with a clean slate.

After January 4, 2027 at 10:00 AM ET, rated play requires a lifetime username. The best names are still open — claim yours whenever you are ready.