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Everything runs in your own browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and there is no account. If you started a game on the home page, it is already here.

White to move.

Who are you playing

Strength

Easy, Steady and Tricky are the engine's own skill settings with a shallow search. They are not rating estimates, because nobody has measured them against real players.

Moves

No moves yet.

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Current position as FEN

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

Playing with the keyboard

Tab to reach the board, then arrow keys to move between squares.
Enter or Space to pick a piece up, and again to put it down.
Escape to change your mind.
Every square announces its name and what is on it.

Why there is no evaluation bar

An engine tells you a position is worth plus 0.35. To a child, and to most adults, that means nothing except that a computer is judging them. It also changes how people play: they stop thinking and start watching the number.

This board plays, and that is all it does. Numbers can wait until somebody asks for them.