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What is Red Hot Pawn Chess?

Not only a great platform for online chess, but a large and active chess community.

Est. 2001 - 23 years of online chess

Daily Chess

Rather than complete a game in one session, play chess at your own pace by playing our correspondence style game. Receive optional move notifications by email.

A Chess Community

Leaderboards, ladders, chess clubs, public forums, blogs and private messaging - there are multiple ways you can learn, interact and compete with other players.

Team Play

Join a chess 'clan' and challenge rival clans in competitive team matches to battle for position in the clan leaderboard.

Chess Tournaments

Regularly scheduled open tournaments where you can test your mettle against players worldwide. Or join a club to play tournaments exclusively for club members.

And More...

Play live chess, with variant support. Or practice unrated games against an AI. Study openings, puzzles or the vast games explorer to improve your game.

Some features are not available to standard members

Ready to play online chess for free?

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