ETH —

Your Elo
is worth
real money.

Stake ETH on a game of chess. Your opponent stakes the exact same amount. The winner takes the pot. Pure skill, 64 squares, whoever plays better.

Real-money play Coming very soon Until then the engines are free and the board is yours.

Where the money sits

You
stake 0.0250 ETH
Escrow contract
held until a signed result unlocks it
Opponent
stakes 0.0250 ETH
winner claims +0.0475 ETH
house fee 0.0025 ETH, printed before you stake

House rules

1.
Moves never touch the chain. Two transactions per game: lock your stake, claim your win. Everything in between is just chess; the clock never waits for a block.
2.
The fee is printed before you stake. From 6% down to 4% depending on the stake. Your net win is written on every price tag.
3.
Locked money always has an exit. Queue too long? Cancel, full refund. Server down? Automatic refund. Signed win? Claim it straight from the contract. Every locked state carries a countdown.

The launch burn

No token exists today. These are the rules it will launch with, published before the fact so they can be checked against the chain afterwards.

72h
Collector tranche. For the first 72 hours you can choose to pay 5% above price. That premium is burned on-chain in the same transaction. In exchange you receive 8% more tokens, drawn from a capped launch pocket of 50,000,000 CHESS. Nothing is ever minted. When the pocket is empty the tranche closes, even before the 72 hours are up.
30d
Linear vesting. The bonus unlocks evenly across 30 days. The advantage goes to whoever stays, not to whoever sells in the first hour.
25%
Weekly buyback. Each week, 25% of net house revenue buys CHESS on the open market and sends it to the dead address. Funded by revenue only, never by treasury. Burning stops permanently once supply reaches 750,000,000.

What opens, and when

T0
Stakes and tournaments. Wallet connects, lobbies open, the first tournaments run. Escrow holds every stake.
+1h
Featured tables and betting. An hour of open play fills the queues and seeds the ratings, so the first featured tables are worth betting on.
now
The engines. Five levels, free, no wallet, no limits. Open today and after launch.

Blockchess · settled on Robinhood Chain · design mockup · no real funds move ·

Pick your stake

Your opponent stakes the exact same amount. Winner takes the pot, minus the house fee.

N.B. Practice mode is free and plays against real opponents. No wallet, no limits. Come back and stake when you’re ready.

The fixtures

Same four tournaments, same times, every week. Prize pools are guaranteed: if entries fall short, the house covers the gap.

Entry $25 0.00625 ETH
Daily Blitz
Arena, 90 minutes · 3+2 · late registration until minute 54
Guaranteed
Prize pool
$5,000
32 places paid
Entry $50 0.0125 ETH
Weekly Rapid
Swiss, 9 rounds · 10+5 · Buchholz tiebreak
Guaranteed
Prize pool
$12,500
Saturday 18:00 UTC · in 2d 04:12
Entry $100 0.0250 ETH
Sunday Major
Swiss, 9 rounds, then knockout top 8
Guaranteed
Prize pool
$25,000
Sunday 17:00 UTC · in 3d 03:12
Entry $250 0.0625 ETH
Monthly Immortal
Knockout, 128 players, seeded by Elo · Armageddon final
Guaranteed
Prize pool
$50,000
1st Saturday 16:00 UTC · in 19 days

Play the house engines

Five levels, free, no wallet. Open before launch and after: warm up, test lines, get a feel for the board before you stake a cent.

Level
Play as
5:00 5+3 5:00

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Moves

Promotions auto-queen in training.