Are there any chess sites that allow people to bet with Bitcoin?

[ObscureBean]

I am a big chess fan, I've tried almost every chess server out there and I've found a few sites that allow you to exchange USD for in-house currency that you can then use for betting. I think something like that would be great for Bitcoin, 1v1 betting is pretty exciting    Has anybody tried this already?

[Nauro]

I also like to play chess, message me for a game

I dont know any such sites though.

[Light]

I am a big chess fan, I've tried almost every chess server out there and I've found a few sites that allow you to exchange USD for in-house currency that you can then use for betting. I think something like that would be great for Bitcoin, 1v1 betting is pretty exciting    Has anybody tried this already?

Do you mean betting on the outcome of GM+ matches or just your own individual matches? If you're talking about the former, I don't think any of the current sportsbooks offer chess as a betting option - but you could certainly talk to them and see if they could find an odds provider. If you're talking about player against other people - IIRC someone created something similar - but there weren't enough players.

[adaseb]

I honestly wouldn't risk playing chess unless it was against another human. There are just way too many ways to cheat. And currently there are no Bitcoin Chess gambling websites.

[TriggerX]

There aren't many bitcoin chess websites because it's fairly easy to cheat with a bot. I too have been looking for chess sites but haven't got any luck. Maybe we should play against each other some time on chess.com

[WhatTheGox]

I think there aren't any chess sites & there won't be any sites which provide chess games because there are many smart chess bots out there
If you have time, try search it on google & you'll find many chess bots

You dont even need a chess bot software you could copy moves of your opponent into windows chess on the maximum level which should beat most people no? if not sure there are versions that would beat most people.

[a1choi]

I think there aren't any chess sites & there won't be any sites which provide chess games because there are many smart chess bots out there
If you have time, try search it on google & you'll find many chess bots

You dont even need a chess bot software you could copy moves of your opponent into windows chess on the maximum level which should beat most people no? if not sure there are versions that would beat most people.

Lol, thats actually a good point.  A lot of available bots out there, and you'll never know if you're playing against one.  I would assume sites like this would get their userbase burned out unless the site had a really good way of matching opponents together (but i dont really see that as a viable option as most users want to remain anonymous)

[neoneros]

Like said, there is no way of beating a bot unless you are a big time player yourself on a worldscale, there are not many people that could. The idea in itself is nice though, doesn't it fall under sportsbetting? Could imagine there are online places you can bet on anything, you could bet on live games of chess like the worldchampionship or something like that.

Would be nice to have the players get some part of the wager too, but that would be a bigger risk to using bots just to win and get more coins.

[boopy265420]

I am a big chess fan, I've tried almost every chess server out there and I've found a few sites that allow you to exchange USD for in-house currency that you can then use for betting. I think something like that would be great for Bitcoin, 1v1 betting is pretty exciting    Has anybody tried this already?

I think if some site offers chess game for one vs one , has big chances to succeed.Chess game will be successful only competition among humans as already there is lot of discussion about uses of bot will make it less attractive.I would like to play chess with Bitcoin vs other human.Let's see may be in coming days we hear that some site offers this facility.

[twister]

Even if there was one, I'd never use it. People will cheat their asses off if they knew that they could win bitcoins with it. I play sometimes at chess.com and you can see cheating people their constantly.

People who play professional chess and who are titled GM's etc sometimes have trouble defeating Chess Engines and most of their games end up in draw, for others it would be impossible to beat them.

[victoryboy]

Chess is time consuming game may be this is reason why gambling site does not offer this game.Sometimes it can take hours to reach the result.People can play on block chain with direct challenge/invition to one another.

[blumangroup]

I have yet to find a site that you can play chess and bet bitcoin, I have looked quite a bit as well. I think maybe the best idea to give you the best chance of playing for bitcoin and being fairly certain you will not play a bot is to find someone trusted on this forum and arrange a game with the bet in escrow? Could start a thread looking for trusting members who want to play each other and see how it goes.

[shanem]

I wish there is one but highly skilled player will come in and defeat everyone and spoil the game.

[activebiz]

chess.com now accepts bitcoin payments to pay for membership

[bitbaby]

chess.com now accepts bitcoin payments to pay for membership

OP seems to be asking sites which allow people to play with each other for btc or in house currency which can be bought using bitcoins. Chess.com afaik doesn't allow any sort of betting.

And to answer your ques OP no I don't know any site which allows you to bet using bitcoins, the main concern like others suggested is it will get abused by cheaters using super fast engines like Houdini, Rybka, Swordfish, which players like you and me can't defeat.

They'd most probably develop bots so they can even use these engines to play for them in bullet/blitz tournaments because otherwise it will be difficult for them to copy paste the moves in time.

[ranlo]

chess.com now accepts bitcoin payments to pay for membership

OP seems to be asking sites which allow people to play with each other for btc or in house currency which can be bought using bitcoins. Chess.com afaik doesn't allow any sort of betting.

And to answer your ques OP no I don't know any site which allows you to bet using bitcoins, the main concern like others suggested is it will get abused by cheaters using super fast engines like Houdini, Rybka, Swordfish, which players like you and me can't defeat.

They'd most probably develop bots so they can even use these engines to play for them in bullet/blitz tournaments because otherwise it will be difficult for them to copy paste the moves in time.

Yeah, any game can be exploited and likely will when there's money to be earned.

I think what may work, though, is a smart contract (basically, a contract between two people that's decentralized and has a contingency -- i.e., whoever wins). Or even have two people just escrow the funds and that person oversees a match somehow, paying out the winner (I'd take on this job, as this would be an interesting thing to watch).

I would NOT trust some automated site for something like this though.

In any case, I think the idea for betting on chess matches is a good one -- I just don't think it's viable (there wouldn't be enough play to make it worthwhile I don't think). It's more of a niche thing.

[TriggerX]

chess.com now accepts bitcoin payments to pay for membership

Since when? Last time I checked it didn't. Well I'm off to buy myself a membership now

Edit: Can't seem to find it. This is what I see.

[ranlo]

chess.com now accepts bitcoin payments to pay for membership

Since when? Last time I checked it didn't. Well I'm off to buy myself a membership now

Edit: Can't seem to find it. This is what I see.

Check this:

https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/articles/1444970-can-i-purchase-a-membership-with-bitcoin-

[Bardman]

Well it could be done in a way to avoid some bots, make all the games be 2 min long max, 1 minute per player, i dont think there are many bots that can calculate fast enough in 1 minute to beat a human, there could also be like other chess modes, like the horde mode where white has only pawns and black has normal pieces.

[kotwica666]

Nobody likes to play chess in Internet, and even more so with money, because there is a lot of bots. Sorry, but it's very discouraging.