Is Chess Nexus free to use?

Yes, Chess Nexus is completely free. All core features including daily puzzles, tactics training, and live arena races are available at no cost.

What chess features does Chess Nexus offer?

Chess Nexus offers daily chess puzzles, live arena races, team race mode, monthly focus challenges, a global leaderboard, chess study system, and tactics training.

How do I improve my chess rating on Chess Nexus?

Solve daily puzzles, participate in arena races, complete monthly focus challenges, and use the study system to improve your chess rating on Chess Nexus.

♞ Support ChessNexus

Your support keeps ChessNexus alive

People say chess is a lonely game. ChessNexus says otherwise. Every supporter helps build real-time arenas, tournaments, puzzles, and the future of multiplayer chess.

👑 Founding Supporter — our first 100 backers get a permanent badge that never expires.

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Supporters never spend XP on locked activities

While your support is active, every locked activity opens for free — no XP needed. Premium endgames, playing endgames out against Stockfish, the opening repertoire trainer and all Nexus books unlock instantly. Save your XP — or never earn it at all.

Choose your title

How long should your title last?

One-time payment, no auto-renewal. Tier price × 3 months.

♞ EVERY SUPPORTER GETSAny tier — the tier only sets your title

🎯Create Monthly Focus challengesDesign your own month-long training plans and share them.

🏁Host Team RacesCreate races, build teams, assign players and run the whole event.

☁️Opening repertoire in the cloudUnlimited saves — no XP, no cap.

♟️Endgame trainer and playEvery position open, against the engine or as a drill. No XP.

📚All Nexus booksRead the full library free.

📊Weekly practice reportYour 5-day report, free every time. Normally 100 XP.

🎨All six app themesIncluding the three that cost 1,000 XP each.

Everything above is unlocked for as long as your support runs — no XP spent on any of it. Board colours and piece sets stay free for everyone, supporter or not.

♞ WHERE YOUR SUPPORT GOES

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Always-On Servers

Every cup helps keep ChessNexus.in running 24 × 7. No downtime, no slow nights — just fast, reliable chess for everyone, always.

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Your Progress, Remembered

Your games, ratings, streaks, and puzzle history need a home. Your support keeps our databases healthy so every move you make is recorded and learned from.

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Full-Time Developers

The people who build arenas, 3D rooms, team races, and everything in between work full time for ChessNexus. Your support is what keeps them here — building for you.

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Live Classroom

Real-time video classes where coaches teach on a shared board — the servers, video, and tools that let every lesson happen live keep running on your support.

Recent supporters

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Be our very first supporter

ChessNexus is brand new and built by a tiny team. Our first 100 supporters get a permanent 👑 Founding Supporter badge — it never expires, as a thank-you for believing early.