About Pyksha.live

Our Mission

Pyksha.live was built with a clear mission: to provide a pure, minimalist, fast, and accessible online chess platform. We believe playing chess online should be friction-free — without mandatory signups, intrusive paywalls, or cumbersome software downloads.

Key Features

• Instant Matchmaking: Global 1-on-1 multiplayer matchmaking with precise time controls (Bullet 1m, Blitz 3m/5m, Rapid 10m).
• Private Game Rooms: Challenge friends in private rooms via custom shareable links or 5-character room codes.
• Offline Computer Engine: Practice against Stockfish & offline AI engines across Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels.
• Monthly Leaderboards: Competitive rating leaderboard resetting monthly while maintaining lifetime win/loss statistics.

Open-Source Software & License Attribution

Pyksha.live respects open-source software and contributors.

• Stockfish Chess Engine: Our computer opponent analysis utilizes Stockfish (Copyright T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott). Stockfish is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 (GPL v3).
• Chess.js: Chess rules and move validation powered by chess.js (MIT License).