CLUSTER CHESS-PLAY-WEB · 101 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-08-26
Chess and variant board games
The cluster consists of digital chess and chess-variant games, mostly web-based, offering play against AI or other players, with some featuring 3D graphics, coaching, or unusual variants. Entry dates before the index start span from 2011 to 2026, but with only 14 dated entries, the timeline is too thin to discern a clear shape. Traction leaders by activity signal are CHESS-APP (7 stars), followed by 4dchess and ChessTrainer (3 stars each).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 2 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 13 hobby · 1 commercial · 2 open source · 4 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21chess-world0★7 days—hobbyBrowser chess game that adds chaos powers like bribing and killing pieces and features an AI companion that commentates moves.
- 22chess.jacobdanderson.net0★18 daysliveBrowser chess game that offers both visible and headless play modes.
- 23Ajedrez_web0★5 days—hobbyTwo-player chess game with a cyberpunk neon theme, move validation, and playable directly in a browser.
- 24extra-chess-com0★22 days—hobbyA Chrome extension that hides opponent ratings and profiles on chess.com to reduce tilt and improve focus during live games.
- 25Pawns0★28 daysliveopen sourceDesktop chess application supporting play against a chess engine, local two-player games, and encrypted peer-to-peer matches with friends.
- 26jev-wikiracer0★15 dayslivecommercialBrowser game where a player races an AI opponent across Wikipedia by clicking links, with the AI choosing the closest link to the target each turn.
- 27KNights0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceChess game that supports local play, computer opponents, online play on FICS, and engine matches.
- 28chess-arena0★26 days—hobbyReal-time chess platform offering player-versus-player matches with clocks, a computer opponent, tournaments, and live spectating.
- 29chess0★9 days—hobbyCross-platform chess game that supports offline and online play, letting users challenge opponents locally or over the internet.
- 30greenchess0★1 mo—Chess game for playing matches.
- 31Chess0★12 days—hobbyWeb chess platform offering real-time multiplayer, adaptive ELO ratings, AI opponents at multiple levels, and tournament support.
- 32pushupfts1★1 moliveai-builthobbyChess game that offers multiple difficulty levels for players of all skill levels.
- 33chessPlay0★2 molivehobbyWeb platform for real-time multiplayer chess matches, puzzle training, and play against a computer opponent.
- 34nine640★1 moliveai-builthobbyWeb-based chess platform for playing chess matches.
- 35ChessEngineArena0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app that watches two chess engines play with live analysis, history, automatic rematches, and a bilingual interface.
- 36rooksup-chess-website-final0★1 mo—hobbyWeb app that lets users play chess matches against opponents or practice moves on a board.
- 37rooksup-chess-website0★1 mo—hobbyChess website that lets players play chess games online.
- 38Chesslens0★1 mo—Browser-based chess analysis and training app with an embedded engine for game review, opening recognition, and bot play.
- 39chess-king-of-the-hill0★1 mo—Online chess server that hosts king-of-the-hill variant games for players.
- 40shahmati0★1 mo—hobbyChess game website with phone login, computer opponents, online matchmaking, and RPG progression.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.