Accessibility

A board that speaks.

Every square announces its coordinate and piece, the arrow keys move focus, and optional live announcements call out moves and checks. Try it below, or open the board settings to change the piece style, board size and announcements.

Board Saved on this device

Pieces

The Colourblind piece style adds stripes to white pieces and dots to black pieces, so the sides stay distinguishable without relying on colour alone.

Board size100% Coordinates Move announcementsScreen-reader live updates Reduce motion

Keyboard: arrow keys move, Enter or Space selects, Home and End jump within a row.

Board accessibility guide

Try the board

A real game you can play with the keyboard or a pointer.

Chess board with white pieces at the bottom, black pieces at the top. Use the arrow keys to move between squares. Press Enter or Space to select a piece or make a move. Home and End move to the start and end of a row; hold Control or Command with Home or End to jump to a corner. Press Escape to clear the selection.

White to move.

Starting position. Select a piece with Enter or Space.

Screen-reader coordinates

Each square announces its algebraic name first, then the piece, file, rank and view-relative position. For example: “e4, white pawn. File E, rank 4. Fifth row from the top, fifth column from the left.”

Labels follow the board orientation. When Black is at the bottom, the same square is described from Black's point of view.

Keyboard

Arrow keys: Move one square in the direction pressed.
Home / End: Jump to the start or end of the current row.
Ctrl or ⌘ + Home / End: Jump to the first or last square of the board.
Enter / Space: Select a piece, move to a legal square, or choose a promotion piece.
Escape: Clear the selection or close the promotion dialog.

Focus stays on one square at a time, so Tab enters and leaves the board cleanly.

Announcements

Turn on “Move announcements” in board settings to hear each move, captures, castling, promotion and check or checkmate through a polite live region. Selection feedback is always announced.

Colourblind pieces

Choose the “Patterns” piece style for high-contrast outlines plus diagonal stripes on white pieces and dots on black pieces. The Colourblind board theme uses a blue-and-cream palette instead of red and green.

Board size

The board size slider scales the board from 50% to 100% of its normal width without changing the rest of the page. Your choice is saved on this device.

Move list

No moves yet. Focus the board and press Enter on a white piece to begin.