Play Online Correspondence Chess at SchemingMind.com

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Welcome to SchemingMind.com Correspondence Chess Club, where you can play chess and chess variants against people from all over the world!

If you are already a member, you can log on to the site by entering your username and password in the boxes below. Feel free to have a look around the site before you register by simply logging on with the username guest and the password guest.

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Play Correspondence Chess

SchemingMind.com is a small but friendly Internet community where you can enjoy playing correspondence chess and chess variants.

SchemingMind is not a 'live' chess site, but a site where you can play correspondence chess games with people from around the world - your opponent will probably not be online at the same time as you and games may take days, weeks, or even months to play!

All your games are recorded on the server... no need to keep track of your moves.
Your opponent is notified by email when you move.
Play old friends, or make new ones from all around the world.
Registration is free for lifetime standard membership
Take advantage of the deeper analysis correspondence chess allows and improve your game.
Players are rated, so you can select opponents of your own ability (or try your luck with the experts!)
No need for any additional software - you can make all your moves in your web browser!

Play Chess Variants

As well as being able to play standard chess, it is possible to play several popular chess variants, for example

Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess)
Upside Down
Atomic
Crazyhouse
Dark Chess
KriegSpiel
Suicide and Loser's
Alice Chess
Shatranj

Take the Tour!

You don't need to be a registered player to see all that SchemingMind.com has to offer, just sign in above with the username guest and the password guest, you will be able to see games and read the forums without registering. You can find your way around the site using the menus at the top of the page. If you do want to participate in the site, please feel free to register as a player.

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Read the Frequently Asked Questions here