Yard Chess

Play chess with anyone.
Just send the link.

Start a match, share the URL, and whoever opens it takes the other seat. Nothing to install, no lobby to find each other in.

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Free to play · Sign in with Yard Auth · Your record follows you

m.kasza 4:41
you 5:12

One match, three steps

  1. 1

    Pick a clock

    Blitz, rapid, classical, or none at all. Increment is added after every move.

  2. 2

    Send the link

    The match is a URL. Text it, paste it in a chat. The first person to open it plays.

  3. 3

    Play it out

    Drag or click to move. Offer a draw, resign, or ask for a rematch when it ends.

The server is the arbiter

Every move is checked where the game lives, not in your browser. The board you see is the board that counts, and the clock keeps running even if both players close their tabs.

  • Castling, en passant and promotion
  • Check, checkmate and stalemate
  • Threefold repetition and the fifty-move rule
  • Insufficient material, including on time
  • Flag fall enforced server-side
Your record Built from every finished game
24Wins
17Losses
5Draws

Results are written once and never counted twice: reconnects and retries can’t make it drift.

Your move.

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