Competition is a Battle.
We Keep it Fair.
Checkmate Live is an esports-first, real-time video broadcast and tournament platform for speed chess and competitive play.
The Home of Echess
Checkmate Live is the official Echess platform of the Asian Chess Federation, across 52 national member federations spanning Asia, the Middle East and Oceania.
Checkmate Live is also a partner of the Arab Esports Federation and its 20 member nations.
Echess Online Supervised Events run on our award-winning integrity and broadcast stack. Echess operations are coordinated from Al Ain by the ACF and from Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, with live operations run from Australia.
Where We Came From
Broadcasting, esports and sports promotion. That's where this team comes from — live events, tournament platforms and broadcast operations, engineered, built, owned, operated and promoted. We take a vertically integrated approach to media, gaming and publishing.
Protecting the honest player and keeping human skill in play is why we built Checkmate Live.
Competitive Play is Our Mission
From open social play, to pro speed chess leagues and ladders, to official rated Asian Chess Federation Echess tournaments, Checkmate Live runs the competition and carries the broadcast on one platform.
For federations and rights holders, that means a broadcast product without standing up a production stack of their own.
For players, it means digital competition that feels like a real contest — visible opponents, real pressure and every move played live.
The Platform
Cloud-based and edge-native, with anti-cheat, tournament management and social play on one platform.
Face-to-face video is part of the match, not a production wrapped around it. You see your opponent. They see you. The contest stays human.
Fans
Watch live on Checkmate, flick through every game being played rather than a featured board, or catch the broadcast on partner platforms and TV.
Players
Stream on Checkmate, or straight to your own channel.
Fair Play is Our Foundation
AI is changing how people learn, train and compete.
We think that makes protecting human competition more important, not less. Human skill is what we protect, and we use technology to fight technology — detecting the unfair edge, verifying human performance, and preserving the moments where skill, nerve and instinct decide who wins.
Our integrity system is designed for competition where the result matters.
You're in
Seat confirmed. Stay in the lobby — your board opens when the clock hits zero.
Checked inCheating is real, disputes happen, and "bias" gets alleged the moment something feels off — so we built fair play first. Detection and prevention are table stakes. The missing pillar is proof, and that's the one we're closing — with evidence-based, verifiable truth.
Sixth-i runs the integrity stack, with computer-vision anti-cheat from Szuperchess and detection developed with the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute at UTS.
AI can be a coach, a collaborator, a challenger and an adversary. Our job is to make sure that when people compete, the human contest still means something.
Fair Play Partners
Our Ethos
Competitive by Nature
Bring your A game, rise to the challenge and persist.
Neutral by Design
Built for global competition. Code that doesn't take sides; the rules are the rules.
Fair Play First
Compete to the best of your ability, follow the rules.
Be Respectful
Strong competition doesn't mean abuse.
Fair Go
Opportunities and rewards for those who participate fairly.
Be a Sport
Win well, lose well.
Your Move.
Support, account requests, fair play rulings, partnerships and media — all through in-app chat. We don't action requests by email, social media DM, community channel or third party.
It's how we verify you're real, and it protects our players, platform and team from anyone sitting down at a board that isn't theirs. Logos and media assets are in the Brand Kit.
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A high-trust squad that lives to protect the honest player. We think in systems, we're judged on our moves, and everyone owns their piece of the board and the result that comes with it. We'll sac a piece to test an idea, and nobody plays for the draw. If that's your game, we'd love to hear from you.
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