♟️ ChessMate — Play. Practice. Compete.

Challenge the computer, play with a friend, or face an opponent online!

ChessMate is a modern Android chess game built with Flutter. Whether you're practising your strategy against AI or competing with another player, ChessMate gives you multiple ways to enjoy the game of chess.

🎮 Choose Your Game Mode

🤖 Play Against AI

• Choose from Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels.
• Practise your tactics and improve your chess skills.
• Powered by Stockfish engine integration.

👥 Local 2-Player

• Play with a friend on the same device.
• Take turns and enjoy a traditional chess match.

🌐 Online Multiplayer

• Create a room and share its room code.
• Join another player's room to start a match.
• Enjoy real-time move synchronisation.
• Reconnect when a connection interruption occurs.

💬 Chat While You Play

ChessMate brings communication to online matches with an in-game chat panel.

• Send real-time text messages to your opponent.
• Use quick messages such as Good luck!, Well played!, Nice move!, Good game!, and Thanks!
• See message timestamps and unread-message counts.
• Keep chat history limited to the current match.

♟️ Chess Features

• Legal move handling and move indicators
• Checkmate, stalemate, and draw detection
• Timed games
• Resignation and draw offers
• Rematches
• Board orientation options
• Win, lose, and draw result dialogs

🎨 Designed for Android

• Clean, mobile-friendly interface
• Responsive chessboard
• Theme support
• Online lobby and connection feedback
• Optional in-app advertising

🛠️ Built With

Flutter · Dart · Stockfish · Node.js · WebSockets · chess.js

📱 Platform

Android APK

Download the APK attached to this itch.io page and install it on a compatible Android device. If Android asks for permission to install apps from your browser or file manager, review and enable that permission to continue.

❤️ Support Development

ChessMate is an ongoing independent development project. If you enjoy playing, consider supporting future improvements through the Support Developer option in the game.

♟️ Ready to Play?

Start a match, make your move, and see if you can outsmart your opponent.

Play. Practice. Compete.