Reading order
Read Play your first RoChess! game, then Piece moves and special rules. Use Train with bots before a rated queue. Game Review, leaderboards, openings, and puzzles are the follow-ups.
Which RoChess! guides are published?
Play your first RoChess! game
Join RoChess!, start against an easy Vortex bot, and make legal moves before you touch a rated queue.
Piece moves and special rules
Pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king movement, plus castling, en passant, promotion, checkmate, and draws.
Train with bots, then play people
Use the 19 Vortex bots from an easy game toward Master, then add puzzles and one reviewed rated game.
Use Game Review and the Analysis Board
Read the accuracy score and the marked blunders, then test one alternative on the live Analysis Board.
Leaderboards and the 9 time controls
Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, and Puzzles are the published boards. The nine clocks are not given as a minute chart.
Openings RoChess! can recognise
RoChess! names more than 3,800 openings during play. These five setups are a learning set, not an official ranking.
Solve rated puzzles
Solve RoChess! puzzles by checks, captures, and threats, then confirm mate before you submit.
