Chess widget for Windows
A real game of chess in a tile: every rule, from castling to stalemate, against the computer on Easy, Medium or Hard, or against a friend sitting next to you. Click a piece and its legal moves light up. Play White or Black, undo a slip, and pick classic pieces or an emoji cast of crowns, castles and horses on a classic, green or blue board. The game is saved as you play, so it waits for you between meetings.
Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required
The real Chess widget, running live. Drag it around.
What Chess is good for
The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.
Play a game in short bursts between other work, picking up where you left off
Practise against a computer that will not crush you on Easy
Play a friend on the same screen without setting anything up
Games against the computer and two-player games keep separate tallies, and both feed the Arcade Stats leaderboard.
Every Chess setting
7 options, set per widget - so two copies of Chess on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.
Opponent
Difficulty
Player color
Piece style
Advanced
Board theme
Show coordinates
Show legal moves
Getting Chess on your desktop
- 01
Install
Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.
- 02
Add the widget
Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.
- 03
Make it yours
Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.
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Chess is one of 95 widgets
They all live on the same customizable dashboard, with themes, multiple screens, and native Windows notifications. Free.
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