JavaScript Chess
Mouse + Touch
Drag pieces to move. You play white against the computer.
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JavaScript Chess
@openboard · 20 plays · strategy · ~20 min
Mouse + ToucheveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
Chess against a computer opponent that searches with minimax and alpha-beta pruning.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by Kaj Björklund under the MIT license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- JavaScript Chess
- Created by
- Kaj Björklund
- Originally released
- 2013
- License
- MIT
- Source code
- Version 61c19ea · MIT requires keeping the copyright and license notice; PLAY ships LICENSE with the game and shows it on the game page.
- Curated by
- Open Board, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 14, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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