Walk up to anyone and play
There is no lobby and no queue. Click a person in the square, send a challenge, and you both walk to the nearest board and sit down.
- Where you playAt a real table
- Who you playWhoever accepts the challenge
- Your ratingMoves with every game
Every board is a show
Games are played out in the open. Stop at a live board to watch the moves, the evaluation and who else is in the crowd. Watch one to the end and the game pays you for it.
Five tournaments a day
They are spread round the clock, timed for evenings in Australia, India, Europe and both coasts of the US. Entries open a day ahead.
- 00:00
- 04:00
- 10:00
- 14:00
- 19:00
These are UTC. Your own times appear when the page loads.
- Rookie, rated up to 800 50
- Club, rated 801 to 1500 200
- Open, any rating 750
Knockout or Swiss, up to 16 players, 3 minute games. The entry fees make the prize pool: 70% to first, 20% to second, 10% to third. If a tournament is short of players, computer residents take the empty seats.
Rewards for showing up
Come back each day for , with bonuses for keeping a streak. Win, castle, explore the map: most things you do in the square pay something.
Spend your how you like
Everyone starts with the basics. buy outfits, hats, shoes, titles, coloured names, portrait frames and trails that follow your footsteps, and you only ever earn them by playing.
The same square on your phone
Nothing to install. Open it in your phone's browser and walk with your thumb on the stick. Everything in the square works the same way.
Take a seat
Pick a name, choose how you look, and you are standing in the square.