A little chess. A lot of logic.
About The Capture Game
An independent chess capture puzzle with original generated boards, free daily play, and unlimited practice.
Small board, careful choices
The Capture Game is a free, single-player logic game at thecapturegame.com. It uses familiar chess moves to create a different task: reduce a board full of pieces to a single king. There is no opponent and no need to know chess openings.
Our own deterministic generator creates the boards, and a separate forward search checks a winning path. Daily boards use their UTC date. Library boards use fixed numbers. Generated does not mean unique: several move orders can sometimes solve the same board.
Independent by design
This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The New York Times, NYT Games, or Chess.com. Those names belong to their respective owners. We do not reproduce their puzzle banks, artwork, or source code.
Daily Casual Games and PuzzleSnack link to this and other short browser games. You can play anonymously; an optional account adds daily cloud saves and the leaderboard.