Built for the country that plays everywhere.
Chess has never needed an invitation in Ethiopia. It lives in school corridors and club rooms, on café tables in Piassa and park benches in Addis Ababa, on boards carried between neighbours in Bahir Dar, Hawassa and Mekelle. Long before international chess arrived, Ethiopians were already playing Senterej, our own ancient form of the game. What was missing was never the love of chess. It was a place of our own.
For years, Ethiopian players were scattered across foreign platforms: leaderboards that never knew our cities, lessons that never spoke our language, and premium subscriptions priced for other economies. A player in Addis paying in dollars for an engine report is a player who eventually stops paying — and often stops improving.
Chess.et exists to remove that barrier completely. It is one platform where a beginner learning how the knight moves and a club player preparing for the national championship get the same world-class tools, at the same price: nothing. Every game analysed by a real engine. Every puzzle, unlimited. A national ladder, Chess.com-hosted tournaments, a club directory, and a safe academy for kids — all under one roof, built here, for here.