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Getting started

Choose a game on the home page. You can play right away as a guest, or create a free account to get ratings, rankings, contacts and private messages. Guests can play unrated games only and cannot chat.

Rooms and tables

Each game has rooms. A room lists the open tables and the players present. Press Sit at a table, or create your own with New table and choose the time control and options. When all seats are filled, every player presses Ready and the game starts. Others can watch a table if the owner allows it.

Ratings

Rated games change your rating, which starts at 1200. A rating marked with a question mark is still provisional, based on fewer than 20 games. Every variant has its own rating.

Clocks and connection problems

If you lose your connection the clock keeps running and you have about a minute to reconnect. In two-player games your opponent may then claim a win. In games with three or more players a bot takes over your seat.

Private messages and contacts

Press Message on a profile to write to someone. Add people to your contacts to see when they are online. You can ignore anyone from their profile.

More

Every game has a short rules page, linked from the home page. See also the FAQ. If something is wrong, use the contact form.