diff --git a/src/lib/helpers.ts b/src/lib/helpers.ts
index 39d59c8..f5d6864 100644
--- a/src/lib/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/helpers.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ export const isInViewport = (element: HTMLElement) => {
     rect.bottom <= (window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight)
   );
 };
+
+export const sleep = (ms: number) =>
+  new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
diff --git a/src/sections/play/board.tsx b/src/sections/play/board.tsx
index 5f35da0..209a543 100644
--- a/src/sections/play/board.tsx
+++ b/src/sections/play/board.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { uciMoveParams } from "@/lib/chess";
 import Board from "@/components/board";
 import { useGameData } from "@/hooks/useGameData";
 import { usePlayersData } from "@/hooks/usePlayersData";
+import { sleep } from "@/lib/helpers";
 
 export default function BoardContainer() {
   const screenSize = useScreenSize();
@@ -40,7 +41,11 @@ export default function BoardContainer() {
       ) {
         return;
       }
+
+      const timePromise = sleep(1000);
       const move = await engine.getEngineNextMove(gameFen, engineElo);
+      await timePromise;
+
       if (move) playMove(uciMoveParams(move));
     };
     playEngineMove();