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Chess without turns

Judo Chess is chess without turns! Pieces traverse the board over time rather than jumping immediately to their destination. Once a piece moves, there is a short delay before the piece can move again.

Beta Test

Try out the new version of Judo Chess! We've rewritten the game entirely in Html5 and Javascript, so that Judo Chess works in any browser and does not require Silverlight. This is a beta test, so games are unrated for now and some features are missing and/or incomplete. We'd love to hear your feedback in our forums.

News

3/29/2017 \| Firefox Silverlight does not work in the latest version of Firefox, so you won't be able to play JudoChess in Firefox. =( You can still use Internet Explorer or play on the beta. https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Problems ... ta-p/31069
12/2/2016 \| Judo Chess on Mac Did you know you can play Judo Chess on your Mac? Quickbolt posted instructions on how to install and enable Silverlight in the forums. Check it out: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51 Thanks Quickbolt! Note that the beta will also work on your Mac with no installation necessary.
11/17/2016 \| Beta Test! We're beginning a beta test of the new version of Judo Chess. Click that second Play Now button and try it out. Please give us your feedback in the forums. Note that this is a beta test and not the final version. The Silverlight client is not going anywhere until the new version is better in every way. Enjoy the beta!
7/2/2016 \| Chickencrossroad's Strategy Guide Big thanks to Chickencrossroad for writing a fantastic Fast Four Way strategy guide! Check it out from the link at the top of the site!
4/19/2015 \| Google Chrome Google dropped support for Silverlight in their latest version of the Chrome browser. So if you try to log in now and get asked to download Silverlight, and the download doesn't work, that's Google's fault. What can you do about it? Couple options: use another browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer. Or you can browse to chrome://flags/#enable-npapi and re-enable npapi.

3/29/2017 | Firefox
Silverlight does not work in the latest version of Firefox, so you won't be able to play JudoChess in Firefox. =( You can still use Internet Explorer or play on the beta. https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Problems ... ta-p/31069

12/2/2016 | Judo Chess on Mac
Did you know you can play Judo Chess on your Mac? Quickbolt posted instructions on how to install and enable Silverlight in the forums. Check it out: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51 Thanks Quickbolt! Note that the beta will also work on your Mac with no installation necessary.

11/17/2016 | Beta Test!
We're beginning a beta test of the new version of Judo Chess. Click that second Play Now button and try it out. Please give us your feedback in the forums. Note that this is a beta test and not the final version. The Silverlight client is not going anywhere until the new version is better in every way. Enjoy the beta!

7/2/2016 | Chickencrossroad's Strategy Guide
Big thanks to Chickencrossroad for writing a fantastic Fast Four Way strategy guide! Check it out from the link at the top of the site!

4/19/2015 | Google Chrome
Google dropped support for Silverlight in their latest version of the Chrome browser. So if you try to log in now and get asked to download Silverlight, and the download doesn't work, that's Google's fault. What can you do about it? Couple options: use another browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer. Or you can browse to chrome://flags/#enable-npapi and re-enable npapi.

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High Scores

Crazyhouse

1825	DropperKing
1807	hexchess
1764	firehawkv
1738	chessloser
1725	Shankenstein
1719	Aditya
1678	chickencrossroad
1635	KraftyKiller
1606	PaSiR
1596	lakdrcjbj

Bughouse

1723	firehawkv
1671	pOLLoVoLAdOr
1639	UndefeatedMonkay
1600	Monkinmediocreconditions
1593	chickencrossroad
1554	hexchess
1504	Dave
1491	Muggles420
1453	0
1451	quickbolt

Fast Standard

2641	hexchess
2347	JudoChessBot3001(c)
2298	JudoChessBot3000(c)
2271	Judo(C)hop
2248	Judo(C)hoped
2206	TestBot(C)
2143	stealthbot(a)
2138	Cthulhu
2116	pOLLoVoLAdOr
2106	lakibot