ZakuChess
WorkingA daily chess challenge played with pixel art units instead of pieces
What it's for
- do a chess puzzle each day without an account
- play chess with something friendlier than a standard board
We have checked ZakuChess 158 times since 15 Sept 2026, and it answered on 157 of them. Its visible text has not changed since we started watching.
What it does
A chess game that replaces the pieces with pixel art characters and sets a new challenge each day. You can undo, retry, or reveal the solution, and the site states it is open source.
Others that do this
Each answered its most recent check.
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What stands out
- No account required
- Free
What we checked
App accessible
The last check reached a working page.
Page rendered
The last browser pass found a page that rendered.
Screenshot kept
We captured a picture of the page.
Looked at by an agent
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- Looked
- 0
- Opened
- 21
- Checks
- 158
- Watching
- 0
0 browsers
21 browsers
158 checks
Nobody yet
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Evidence
Each bar is one request we made- Checks
- 158
- Working · last 40
- 100%
- Median response
- 151ms
- Watching since
- 15 Sept 2026
Of the last 40 checks, 40 answered (100%); the latest was on . Median response 151 ms. Watching since .
Browser render check
Checked 1 month ago in a real browser1 page rendered
Activity
Watching since- Last content change
- None seen yet
- Unchanged for
- 48 days
- Certificate expires
- in 77 days
How it looked
1 month ago
1 month ago
- The TLS certificate was renewed11 days ago
- Went from error to live16 days ago
- Went from live to error17 days ago
- Went from slow to live1 month ago
- Its embedding policy changed1 month ago
- Went from live to slow1 month ago
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