FutChess ⚽♚

1

Win the match

Each side controls nine players and receives 15 turns, with 60 seconds for each turn. End your turn early when ready. The team with more goals after both sides use their turns wins, or the match ends immediately when one team leads by three goals.

2

Build your lineup and learn each role

Place exactly eight outfield players across five tactical lines; the goalkeeper is fixed. Every role balances OFF for attacking actions and DEF for defensive actions, plus a specialty such as Finishing, Interception, Sprint, or Relentless. Select a player to inspect and compare roles.

Phone view of the FutChess lineup setup pitch — Build your shape visually, inspect its roles, and confirm the lineup.

3

Start with the kickoff

The kickoff player cannot move before releasing the ball. Your first ball action must be a pass or shot, and it consumes one of the turn’s two ball actions. The kickoff player cannot touch the ball again until another player from either team touches it. The team that concedes takes the next kickoff.

4

Move and manage stamina

Activate players in any order. Most can move up to two squares at a time; players with Sprint can move three. Each square costs one stamina, and players normally recover one when their team becomes active. Automatic defensive reactions also require stamina when the defender moves.

Possession and the active turn are separate: winning or losing the ball does not end the turn. Press End Turn when you are finished.

Phone view of a FutChess movement preview showing a two-square path and stamina cost of two — Plan the highlighted route and check its stamina cost.

5

Plan automatic routes

Select an off-ball player, then choose a distant empty square beyond the current movement range to schedule an automatic route. At the end of each of your turns, the player advances using any movement and stamina still available. The route recalculates around occupied squares and remains pending when blocked.

Cancel or replace the destination during your turn. A manual move cancels the route, and automation ends upon arrival, when the player gains the ball, or after positions reset following a goal.

Phone view of a FutChess automatic route with a distant destination, route preview, and turn estimate — Choose a distant destination and use the route and turn estimate to plan ahead.

6

Use your ball actions

Each turn provides two ball actions. Passing, shooting, and beginning a player’s dribble each consume one when confirmed, even if the attempt fails. A dribble is charged only once for that player during the turn. Off-ball movement, tackles, and collecting a loose ball do not consume ball actions.

Use the trajectory and probability breakdown before committing. A shot’s On target value is not its final goal chance: defenders may block and the goalkeeper may save. Misses, blocks, parries, and uncontrolled interceptions can leave a loose ball that either team may collect.

Phone view of a FutChess pass preview with a blue trajectory and 80 percent success chance — Pass: review the path, success chance, and defenders who may intercept automatically.

Phone view of a FutChess shot preview aimed at goal with a 21 percent success chance — Shoot: choose a goal zone and compare accuracy, blocks, goalkeeper risk, and final chance.

Phone view of a FutChess dribble preview with a two-square route and 52 percent success chance — Dribble: carry the ball while nearby opponents may attempt a reactive tackle.

7

Defend actively and automatically

Tackle the ball carrier to try to win possession. Mark reserves unused movement and stamina to follow an opponent during the next turn. Defenders automatically attempt interceptions, reactive tackles, and shot blocks when they cover the play and have enough stamina.

Push is a separate off-ball action for challenging an opponent’s position and creating space. It is not a tackle.

Phone view of a FutChess tackle preview showing a route to the ball carrier, a 40 percent success chance, and stamina cost of two — Tackle: challenge the ball carrier to win possession.

Phone view of FutChess with the Mark action selected for a nearby opponent — Mark: assign a player and preserve movement and stamina for automatic tracking.

Phone view of a FutChess off-ball push preview showing a 66 percent success chance and stamina cost of one — Push: challenge an off-ball opponent for space.

8

Stay onside

On a forward pass, an attacker is offside when they are in the opponent’s half and closer to the goal than both the ball and the second-to-last defender. Lateral and backward passes are always allowed. The pitch draws the offside line and highlights affected attackers in red.

You normally cannot target a forward pass to an offside teammate. If the ball still reaches one, it remains loose, and that player cannot collect it while the recorded offside restriction applies.

9

Protect the goalkeeper’s possession

The goalkeeper’s special saving ability applies only inside their own area. A normal save may be caught or parried; catches grant possession, while parries leave a loose-ball rebound. Saves and other defensive reactions require enough stamina whenever the goalkeeper must move.

A controlled catch, interception, tackle, or loose-ball pickup inside the area can grant protection for one opponent turn, shown by the 🧤 icon. While protected, the goalkeeper cannot be tackled or challenged. A teammate’s pass, a parry, or an uncontrolled interception grants no protection; it also ends after that opponent turn, when possession changes, or when the goalkeeper leaves the area.

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How to Play

Win the match

Build your lineup and learn each role

Start with the kickoff

Move and manage stamina

Plan automatic routes

Use your ball actions

Defend actively and automatically

Stay onside

Protect the goalkeeper’s possession

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Play With a Friend

Finding an Opponent

Win the match

Build your lineup and learn each role

Start with the kickoff

Move and manage stamina

Plan automatic routes

Use your ball actions

Defend actively and automatically

Stay onside

Protect the goalkeeper’s possession

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