Play chess with your friends. Talk while you play.
Rifilio puts the board and the conversation in one place: calls and voice notes with your opponent, a hall where friends watch and cheer, and six computer characters for when nobody's free.
Free. No password: sign in with Google or an emailed code.
Hear how a game goes
Paul Morphy's Opera Game, played in Paris in 1858, replayed the way it would go on Rifilio: two friends on a call, one of them about to lose a queen and win anyway.
- Ready when you are.
Talk like you're at the same table
Call your opponent straight from the game, or send a voice note when typing is too slow. Calls are just the two of you, and your microphone only turns on when you press Call or Accept.
- One-to-one voice calls
- Voice notes and chat
- Calls are never recorded
Bring the whole group chat
Send friends a link to watch live. They cheer, groan and predict in the hall, its own chat beside the board, while what you say to your opponent stays between you two.
- A hall for every game
- Watchers never see your chat
- Hide the hall any time
Friends between games
Message friends whenever you like, in text or voice notes, and challenge them from the conversation. If they're away, they get one short email so the game doesn't wait forever.
- Chats with friends
- Challenges in one tap
- Rematch when it's over
Nobody free? Six characters always are.
Warm up against Ekaette, who is still learning the moves, and climb all the way to Grandmaster Tobe and his thirty years of club chess. Practice games with no clock, kept off your record.
Choose an opponentFair games, kind company
- The server checks every move and runs both clocks.
- Your microphone turns on only when you choose.
- Watchers see the hall, never your private chat.
- Report or block anyone, from any message.
From link to first move in a minute
Start a game
Pick a clock, or get paired with whoever's ready.
Send the link
Your friend joins with the link or a six-character code.
Play and talk
Chat, call or send voice notes, and let friends watch.
Your next game is one link away.
Games are unrated, so just play. Bring a friend, or take on one of the six.
Start playing