About Us

Effective Date: June 2026 • Last Updated: August 2026 • Float Chess Official Document

Welcome to Float Chess: Float Chess is a free, modern, and lightweight web application built to empower chess players of all levels — from complete beginners discovering piece movements to tournament players perfecting grandmaster opening preparation.

1. Our Mission

At Float Chess, our mission is simple: make high-quality chess training tools completely free, accessible, and distraction-free for everyone on Earth.

We believe that learning chess should not be locked behind paywalls, intrusive subscription popups, or mandatory account creation screens. Whether you have 5 minutes to solve a quick daily puzzle or hours to analyze a grandmaster classical game, Float Chess provides immediate, instant access directly inside your web browser.

2. Core Pillars

Lightning Fast

Zero heavy downloads. Powered by optimized Stockfish WebAssembly engines running directly in your browser.

100% Free Forever

All engines, puzzle databases, opening explorers, and study guides are unlocked for every user with no paywall.

Deep Tactical Study

Curated GM games database, interactive openings explorer, vision trainer, and daily streak puzzles.

Modern Aesthetics

Sleek dark modes, custom board themes, fluid animations, and mobile-first responsive layout.

3. Technology & Engine

Float Chess is built upon modern Web standards to ensure maximum speed, offline efficiency, and responsive touch controls:

Stockfish 18 Engine Integration: Leveraging client-side asm.js and WebAssembly to calculate move evaluation scores, mate-in-X sequences, and position evaluation graphs without server latency.
Interactive Chessboard Suite: Built with customized chessboard-1.0.0 and chess.js libraries for seamless move validation, pre-moves, sound effects, and FEN/PGN import-export.
Global GM Game Archive: Searchable database indexing thousands of historic classical games played by World Champions like Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and Gukesh D.

4. Platform Stats

1,000,000+

Daily Puzzles Solved

500,000+

GM Games Indexed

100+

Opening Guides

$0.00

Cost to Players

5. Community & Team

Float Chess is developed by passionate software engineers, chess coaches, and web designers who love the royal game. We extend our sincere gratitude to the open-source software movement, the Stockfish development community, FIDE tournament organizers, and every player who uses Float Chess every day.

Have ideas, suggestions, or bug reports? Connect with us on our Contact Page or follow our social channels.