Vortex Chess 3D

Learn the Pieces

Special moves

• Castling: if neither the king nor a rook has moved, the squares between them are empty, and the king is not in check, the king can slide two squares toward the rook.
• En passant: if an enemy pawn jumps two squares past yours, you may capture it as if it had moved only one — but only on the very next move.
• Promotion: a pawn reaching the last rank must become a queen, rook, bishop or knight — almost always a queen.

How to Play

Goal

• Checkmate the enemy king: attack it so it cannot escape, block, or be rescued.
• If neither side can force checkmate the game is a draw.

Controls

• The board stays fixed like classic chess games. Scroll or pinch to zoom in and out.
• Double-click to reset the camera view.
• Click (or tap) one of your pieces, then click a highlighted square to move.

Special moves

• Castling, en passant captures, and pawn promotion are all supported.
• Promotion opens a choice of queen, rook, bishop, or knight.

Time controls

• Formats like 3+2 mean 3 minutes plus 2 bonus seconds per move.
• ∞ means no clock. Running out of time loses the game (unless the opponent cannot mate, then it is a draw).

Shortcuts

• U undo · H hint · F flip board · M move list · N new game · Esc close

Achievements

Learn Chess

Short interactive lessons. Play the move shown on the board to continue.

Game Analysis