Challenge a friend: pick the player they'll have to guess in this mode - they get a link, with the answer kept hidden.
Daily chess player guessing game - Wordle-style
Sportdle's chess puzzle - the game fans search for as Chess Wordle - is a free daily grandmaster guessing game, played in the spirit of Wordle. Each guess returns a row of clues: federation, continent, age, world championship status, classical, rapid and blitz ratings, and world ranking, all colour-coded so you can narrow the answer down.
Type any chess player into the search box. Green cells mean an exact match, red means a miss, and arrows tell you whether the hidden player's value is higher or lower - so a "lower" arrow on World Rank means the answer is ranked closer to #1. Most players solve it in four to eight guesses once they've read the clue grid.
Every rating comes straight from FIDE's monthly standard, rapid and blitz lists, so the numbers are the official ones. Men and women share a single pool - the women's top boards are among the most recognisable names in the game, and splitting them out would make the puzzle worse.
Solve today's puzzle and you keep your Sportdle daily streak alive. Unlimited rounds are available from the same page when you want extra reps.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I play the daily chess guessing game?
- Type any chess player's name into the search box. Each guess returns a row of clues compared with the hidden answer: federation, continent, age, world championship status, and classical, rapid and blitz ratings. Green = exact match, red = wrong, arrows = higher or lower.
- When does the daily chess puzzle reset?
- A new chess player is chosen every day at midnight UK time. Your streak and result are saved locally in your browser, so come back tomorrow for the next puzzle.
- Which chess players can be the answer?
- The searchable pool is the top 500 active FIDE-rated players, but daily answers are restricted to a tighter elite set - roughly the 2600+ classical players plus the top women - so the answer is almost always someone a chess follower would know.
- Where does the rating data come from?
- FIDE's official monthly rating lists - the same standard, rapid and blitz files the federation publishes publicly. Ratings and world rankings refresh when FIDE releases a new list.
- Is chess a sport?
- The International Olympic Committee has recognised FIDE since 1999 and chess was a medal event at the 2006 Asian Games, so by the standard most sports bodies use, yes. Either way it fits Sportdle: an elite competitive field with clean, official, comparable statistics.
Sportdle is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FIDE or any national chess federation, nor with Wordle or The New York Times Company. All team names, player names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only.