Discover story chess
Find a different way to spend time with chess. Explore cinematic adventures, compare solo formats, and choose the kind of session you want.
Start with the experience
- Chess games with a story — understand the category and the actual choices.
- Single-player chess — compare computer games, puzzles, lessons, and campaigns.
- Chess for adults — choose by the experience you want.
- How to choose a chess story — inspect premise, gameplay, and release status.
- Story library — see the available adventures and announced worlds.
Find your next session
- Three Ways to Enjoy Chess Online: Play, Practice, or Enter a Story
- When online chess feels repetitive
- Returning to chess after a break
- Chess without another rated match
- A practical session chooser
Compare the options
- Chess websites by purpose
- Fun Chess.com alternatives
- Play Story Chess and Chess.com
- Play Story Chess and Lichess
- Story campaigns and puzzles
- Story campaigns and standalone bots
Explore fictional worlds
Read about the experience each setting suggests and its current status in the library.
- Spy adventures
- Superhero stories
- Pirate adventures
- Space stories
- Noir atmosphere
- Roaring Twenties settings
Enter The Glass Syndicate
- The adventure
- Chapter One
- Severin Vey
- The opening-setting film
- How an encounter becomes a story scene
- What makes an opponent a character