About Chording Minesweeper
Chording Minesweeper is the same deduction puzzle that has kept people busy for decades, rebuilt here as a fast, self-contained web game you can start in one click.
Chording — clearing around a satisfied number — is the single biggest speed upgrade available. You clear the board by revealing every square that does not contain a mine. Numbers do the work for you — each one counts the mines in the eight cells immediately surrounding it.
Desktop players use the traditional two-button scheme, while mobile players tap the Dig or Flag switch. Either way the mine counter tracks how many flags you still have left to place.
Your very first click is always safe. The mine layout is generated after you dig, and the algorithm keeps your opening square and its immediate neighbours clear, so no session ever ends before it has properly begun. Under the hood it is plain modern web technology: React for state, Tailwind for the neon styling, and oscillator-based Web Audio for the ticks, flag clicks, win chime and explosion. There is no plugin, no installer and no account.
Play a single board on a break or a dozen in a row; the game keeps no state and asks nothing of you. Whether you are here for a quick distraction or a serious attempt at a personal best, the board is ready the moment the page finishes loading, and it costs nothing to try again.
Highlights
- Supports fast clear-around play patterns
- First-click safety so you never lose on the opening move
- Deep-space dark theme with colour-coded neon numbers