RoChess
RoChess Tournaments Update: Start Time, Countdown, and What’s Next
RoChess has become one of the busier chess experiences on Roblox, with about about 4,400 players in a game at any given moment and more than about 4,900,000 visits over its lifetime. Built by 1 Elo Chess, it runs rated online matches across nine time controls, thousands of puzzles, a deep roster of bots, and a live engine for reviewing your games afterward.
This page covers RoChess’s scheduled in-game events — what is coming up, when it starts, and why it matters — and we keep it current as the calendar changes. The item drawing attention right now is a tournaments update, a new-content drop the developer has scheduled for November 14.
As of November 14, the tournaments update is the next event on the calendar, and several hundred players have already marked that they are interested. The exact start and end times are in the schedule below.
Upcoming events1 scheduled
Tournaments!
Tournament update!
Nov 14, 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM ET
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Current and upcoming events
Tournaments update
The tournaments update is a new-content event that brings organized tournament play to RoChess. It is scheduled as a single-day window on November 14, opening at 7:00 AM ET (4:00 AM PT, 12:00 PM GMT) and closing at 8:00 PM ET that evening (1:00 AM GMT on November 15). That leaves roughly a 13-hour stretch to jump in on launch day.
Interest has been building ahead of the start, with about 890 players signed up so far — a healthy turnout for a game this size. If you want to be in the first wave of matches, the opening time above is the one to aim for.
Frequently asked questions
When is the next RoChess event?
The next event is the tournaments update on November 14. It runs as a one-day window, from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET.
What time does the RoChess tournaments update start?
It begins at 7:00 AM ET on November 14, which is 4:00 AM PT and 12:00 PM GMT. The window closes the same day at 8:00 PM ET (1:00 AM GMT on November 15).
How many players does RoChess have?
RoChess has about about 4,400 players in game right now, with about 11,000 favorites and more than about 4,900,000 total visits.
What is RoChess?
RoChess is a chess experience on Roblox from 1 Elo Chess. It offers rated online games across nine time controls, more than 20,000 puzzles, 19 bots ranging from beginner to master, an analysis board with a live engine, openings recognized as you play, and leaderboards for Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, and Puzzles.