Progress Chess

Progress Chess is a chess game where you build a virtual career from beginner to master, with the possibility of becoming World Champion. You can study chess, improve your skills and compete against more than 80 virtual players, from beginners to an international grandmaster rated over 2700 ELO. Players of any level can find opponents suited to them.

Games and tournaments

Play training games, random rated games or tournaments using the round robin, Swiss or Olympic systems. You can move from the beginners club to the amateur and professional leagues, earning ranks, an ELO rating and virtual awards as your skill grows. Games take place in realistic locations such as restaurants, children's rooms, schools and chess clubs. You can display prizes in your room.

There are more than 40 3D locations and over 20 sets of boards and pieces, ranging from classic Staunton designs to unusual ancient Chinese sets. The game offers three career modes: classical chess, Fischer chess and transform-chess.

Learn and analyse

Beginners can take a basic course covering the rules and fundamentals of chess theory. An advanced course offers combination problems and studies, and training tools let you set a position and choose a time control, including blitz, fast chess and classic formats. You can complete courses at the chess school and receive virtual diplomas.

The game includes computer models of past and present world champions, along with a large collection of their games for study and computer analysis. You can play against a champion model in a corresponding historical location, including the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow. Game analysis includes AI comments and identifies mistakes, and saved games and tournament games are available in PGN format.

Virtual chess players

The more than 80 voiced virtual opponents have their own characters and playing styles. They range from newly taught beginners to grandmasters, including international grandmasters with ratings above 2700 ELO.