Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm the maker behind Spin the Crocodile — a growing collection of free, no-signup learning games for kids and classrooms. Today I'm launching our **Chess for Kids** module. **Why another chess site?** Most "kid chess" tools either lock the good parts behind a $9–15/month subscription, push accounts on 7-year-olds, or surround the board with ads and upsells. Teachers kept asking for something they could just open on a Chromebook in 5 seconds. So I built it. **What's in the box** - ♟️ **Play vs Computer** — 10 difficulty levels (negamax + alpha-beta search, tuned so Level 1 is genuinely beatable by a 6-year-old and Level 10 will punish you) - 👥 **Two-player pass-and-play** on one device - ↩️ **Undo** and **reset** — because kids - 📱 **Works on any device** — Chromebook, iPad, Windows, Mac, Android - 🚫 **No signup. No account. No data collection on minors.** COPPA-safe. - 🆓 **100% free**, forever, with no "premium pieces" nonsense **What it is *not*** It's not trying to replace a serious adult chess platform. There's no rating ladder, no puzzle rush, no streamers. It's the version I wanted for a 2nd-grade classroom: open the tab, play a game, close the tab. **What's next** - Guided beginner lessons (how each piece moves, basic checkmates) - Puzzle mode for tactics - Optional teacher dashboard for tracking progress (this part will sit alongside the rest of our curriculum-aligned games) Try it here: https://spinthecrocodile.com/chess Happy to answer anything about the AI implementation, the design choices for young players, or how we keep the whole site free and ad-light. 🐊 --- ## Description (long form, for the page body) **Spin the Crocodile Chess** is a free, browser-based chess game built specifically for kids and K–8 classrooms. Pick your mode: - **Vs Computer** — choose from 10 difficulty levels. The lower levels give younger players a fair fight; the upper levels run a deeper search and stop blundering. - **Two Player** — pass-and-play on the same device. Perfect for partner work in class or a sibling match at home. Every game starts in under 3 seconds: no account, no email, no app store. The board, pieces, and controls were redesigned with younger players in mind — bigger touch targets, clear "your turn" cues, undo for honest mistakes, and an instant reset when a game goes off the rails. It's part of Spin the Crocodile, a free learning-games site used by teachers in the US, UK, and beyond. Coding, music, math, animation — and now chess.

https://spinthecrocodile.com/chess

Free browser chess for kids — no signup, no ads in the way

Free browser chess for kids — no signup, no ads in the way