Chessmates: Play Real Chess
Find chess players near you
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Find chess players near you. Whether it's a spontaneous meetup in the park, organized club tournament, or weekly pub game, we have it all!
Chessmates is the easiest way to find chess players, meetups, and tournaments near you. Open the map, see who's playing this weekend, and just show up! Or post your own meetup in seconds and let people find you.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Discover meetups and tournaments on a live map of your city
• Post a casual meetup at any park, café or club. Set a time, time control, ELO range, and you're live!
• Host structured tournaments with Swiss pairings, byes, late entries, and on-site QR check-in
• Follow chess clubs and organisations near you to see their events first
• Message friends, opponents, or entire event group chats
• Sync your FIDE, Chess.com, and Lichess ratings so people know your level
• Get notified when friends RSVP, when meetups go live, or when someone messages you
WHO IT'S FOR
• Casual players looking for over-the-board games near home
• Travelling players who want to find a club or meetup in a new city
• Tournament organisers and clubs who want a free, lightweight platform with built-in registration, check-in, and pairings
• Anyone who wants to play more chess in real life
PRIVACY
Chessmates only shares the location of public meetups and events you choose to post. Your home address is never shown. Your messages are private to the people you send them to.
Made by chess players, for chess players. Free, no ads.
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What's new in 1.1.1
• FIDE-rated tournaments. Toggle it on when creating an event — players verify their FIDE ID in seconds, and the right rating (standard, rapid, or blitz) is pulled automatically for seeding and standings. Organizers can also add walk-ins by FIDE ID and import pairings or full round results from Swiss-Manager via CSV.
• Tournament record on your profile. Finished events now show up as a history — see where you placed at every event you played.
• Faster events page, and you stay signed in when reopening the app.
• German translation completed across every screen, including the new FIDE flows.
Smaller fixes: organizer-added walk-ins now count toward player limits, registration deadlines can't fall after the event ends, "Running now" sits above "Later" in the events list, and a handful of RSVP and messaging bugs are squashed.
The developer, David Julian Wermuth, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- David Julian Wermuth
- Size
- 4.9 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 David Wermuth