OnBoard Chess

OnBoard Chess is the chess club of VR. Real players, real boards, and a seat waiting for you at the table.

The OnBoard Lobbies

An open lobby where you can drop in any time. Pull up a chair at any table and play whoever’s there, talk across the board with live voice chat, or walk between tables and watch the games around you. It feels like a real chess club, with players from around the world.

Ranked play and leaderboards

Rated Bullet, Blitz and Rapid, with leaderboards for every time control plus Puzzle and Puzzle Rush. Your profile tracks your ratings, record and recent games.

Puzzles and Puzzle Rush

Train with rated puzzles, or race the clock in Puzzle Rush.

Play the computer

Practice against the computer at any level, whenever you want a quick game.

Lichess integration

Log in with your Lichess account to find games, play rated Lichess matches on a real board and track your Lichess ratings without leaving VR.

Game review

Every move rated from Best to Blunder, accuracy for both players, an evaluation graph, best lines, and a jump straight to the moves that decided the game. Full review is part of OnBoard Pro.

Make it yours

Collect boards, piece sets, clock skins, avatar apparel and nametag borders from the OnBoard Shop and seasonal Chapters.

Hands or controllers

Pick up and move pieces naturally with hand tracking or controllers.

Grab a seat. Your next opponent is already at the table.