PortalChess Online

Portal Chess

Classic chess with portals, persistent game records, puzzle creation, and annotations for every match that matters.

Human games AI puzzles Move history Elo tracking

Enter the board

Register or sign in to keep your games, puzzles, annotations, and ratings. Email is optional.

Play Puzzles Play Computer as Guest Watch Teach Mode
Guests can play right away. Sign in when you want the server to remember the full story.

Game Lobby

Stats

Choose What To Play

Start Online Game

Create a waiting human game on the server for another registered player to join.

Join, Watch, Or Resume

Use the live lobby and current-games list for active online games.

Computer And Local

Play the AI, sit on either side, run AI-vs-AI, or play local human-vs-human.

Play White Play Black Local PvP AI vs AI
Puzzles

Load saved puzzle examples, play them with AI support, or build your own.

Puzzle Library Create Puzzle
Teach Mode

Review finished games as a slideshow with community comments and board arrows.

Open Teach Mode

Current Games

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My Game Tracker

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Online Lobby

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Online Players

Help

  • Create Human Game starts a server game another registered player can join.
  • Play Computer opens local and puzzle play. Your games are tracked by account when logged in.
  • Create Puzzle lets registered users place pieces and portals anywhere, then save the setup.
  • Annotations are registered-user notes attached to games in your tracker.
  • Portal Chess rewards planning around mobility: portals are material, tempo, and escape routes at once.

Move History