Chess real 3D chess you actually play in the world
Not a pop-up menu. You walk up to a chess table somewhere on the map, sit down, and play a real game on a physical board, pieces are actual props you move with an overhead camera from your own side. Play another player face to face, take on a built-in AI, put cash on the line, or pull up a chair and watch someone else’s match.
The whole rules engine (move generation, check, castling, en passant, promotion, the draw rules) is written from scratch in Lua and runs server-side, so the server is the single source of truth.The client can’t sneak an illegal move past it.
It’s free and open source. Auto-detects ESX, QBCore, or runs fully standalone.
Preview: https://youtu.be/OQIW-MiO0eI
Features
- Real 3D in-world board : physical props, not a flat NUI window. Tables stream in when you’re near and despawn when nobody’s around.
PvP: two players, one table, fully server-validated and mirrored to both sides + spectators in real time.
AI opponent, 3 difficulties: a from-scratch negamax + alpha-beta engine with piece-square tables. Easy plays loose and human, Hard hunts for the best move. It searches cooperatively so it never freezes your server.
Full legal rules: castling (both sides), en passant, promotion, check / checkmate / stalemate, plus the draw rules (insufficient material, 50-move, threefold). Illegal moves are rejected.
Money wagering (optional): both players stake the same, it’s escrowed at the start, winner takes the pot. Cash or bank, min/max + presets, optional house rake, full refund on a draw.- Per-side camera + drag & drop: each player views the board from their own side. Hovered squares, legal moves, captures, the last move and the king in check are all highlighted.
Spectator mode: walk up to a live game and watch it from the side, fully synced.
Interactive sounds : a crisp sound for every action (open, select, grab, move, capture, check, win, lose), synthesized in the browser so there are no audio files to ship.
Move log + captured tray: recent moves in the scoreboard for players, full move history for spectators, captured pieces tallied per side with material advantage.
Night spotlight & map blips: a warm light over the board at night, plus optional blips for every table.
Dependency
Needs the free bzzz_chess prop pack (table, board, chairs, piece models, sit animations). Grab it once, start it before this resource. No paid props, nothing else to buy.
Download: GitHub - Pablosatorre/Chess: Real 3D chess on an in-world board for FiveM. PvP, AI, betting and spectating. · GitHub
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| Code is accessible | Yes |
| Subscription-based | No |
| Lines (approximately) | +3000 |
| Requirements | bzzz_chess |
| Support | Yes |
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