The Artecks Guide
Artecks brings together an online chess platform and a store for chess gear, apparel, and gifts. Play games and complete challenges to earn gems, then use eligible rewards toward products in the store.
The chess app lives at chess.artecks.com. It's where you play — ranked matches, puzzles, daily challenges. Every game you win (and even some you lose) earns you gems.
The store is what you're looking at right now. It carries chess sets, clocks, accessories, apparel, and gifts, plus selected designs for tabletop gamers and game-night fans. The gems you earn from playing can unlock savings on eligible orders.
Think of it like airline miles, but for chess. The more you play, the more you earn — and unlike miles, these don't expire or require a black card to redeem.
When you win games, complete puzzle packs, or hit milestones on the chess app, you earn gems 💎. They land in your wallet automatically — no codes, no claiming, no hoops.
Gems work across both apps. Earn them on the chess side, spend them on the store side. Your wallet is the bridge — head to the Wallet page in the nav to see your balance at any time.
Win a ranked match
Most reliable way
Complete a puzzle pack
One-time reward
Hit an ELO milestone
The bigger the climb, the more you get
You can also buy gems directly if you'd rather skip the grind — but where's the fun in that?
When you find a product you want in the store, gems take dollars off your order at checkout. No promo code hunting. No minimum spend. You just apply however many gems you want and the price drops accordingly.
Browse the store
Explore chess sets, clocks, accessories, apparel, and tabletop gaming gifts.
Add to cart
Same as any store. Nothing unusual here.
Apply gems at checkout
You'll see your gem balance and a slider. Move it, watch the price drop.
Pay the remainder
Standard checkout for whatever's left. Done.
Every action you take — winning games, shopping, hitting milestones — earns you XP that feeds into the community leaderboard. The leaderboard resets monthly, so even if you fall behind, a fresh month is always around the corner.
Your XP total determines your tier. Tiers are purely for bragging rights right now, but bigger rewards tied to them are coming. Get in while the competition is still small.
Bronze
0 XP
Silver
500 XP
Gold
1,500 XP
Platinum
4,000 XP
Diamond
10,000 XP
You don't need to understand everything before you start. Pick one of these and the rest will make sense as you go.
Artecks is early. Things will change, improve, and expand. If something doesn't work the way you expect, or you have questions, the chat button in the bottom right is a real AI assistant — ask it anything.