Chess

Multiplayer game

The real thing, on the Blue Forest’s checkerboard plaza.

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Where to find it

  • The white and the black stands on the checkerboard plaza in Blue Forest.
  • A player on each stand starts a match in its own room.
  • Or challenge someone: open their menu and press Chess.
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  • Win a game: 200 XP for your first win of the day, 100 for the second, then 60. Up to 10 times a day.
  • Play to the end without winning: 50 XP the first time of the day, then 30. Up to 10 times a day.
  • Your first finished game of the day: 100 XP more.
  • Be top of the week: 50 credits and a surprise box. A winner every week.
  • Solve today’s puzzle: 10 gems, once a day.
  • Do today’s challenge: 10 gems, once a day.
  • Earn a medal: 5, 10 or 15 gems, once each.

Boys and girls get the jacket, a Tiz gets its Tiz jacket. They are yours for as long as you hold your place on the All time board.

  1. Stand on the white or the black stand. Alone? Pick a speed, or practise against the computer.
  2. The usual rules of chess. Your own pieces are always at the bottom.
  3. Tap a piece, then one of its lit squares - or drag it there.
  4. A pawn reaching the end asks what it becomes.
  5. Offer a draw or resign with the buttons.

Scoring

  • There are two leaderboards. All time and This week: a win is 3 points, a draw 1.
  • The board by the stands shows the top 5. Tap it for both boards, the puzzle and more.
  • Practice games against the computer do not count.

The first player on a stand picks the speed. A challenge and a rematch keep theirs.

  • Classic10 minutes10 minutes each for the whole game. No time is added.
  • Rapid10 min + 5 s10 minutes each, and 5 seconds more after every move you make.
  • Blitz3 min + 2 s3 minutes each, and 2 seconds more after every move. Fast!

Nobody on the other stand? Play a practice game against Professor Pawn. Practice games never count.

  • EasyTakes pieces you leave free, and often makes mistakes.
  • MediumLooks two moves ahead.
  • HardLooks three moves ahead.
  • Rematch: after a game, both press Rematch to play again with the colours swapped.
  • Challenge: press Chess in a player’s menu. They get a card to accept or decline.
  • Quick lines: say "Good luck!", "Nice move!", "Oops!" or "Good game!" from the More button.
  • Watch a game: the Watch tab lists the games being played. Press one to watch it.
  • Replay: the Play tab shows your last game again, move by move.
  • Pick your move earlyWhile the other player thinks, tap your piece and its square. Your move is played the moment your turn comes. Tap again to take it back.
  • In checkYour king is ringed in red, and the pieces that can save it glow green.
  • Who is aheadThe bar shows the pieces each side took and a number, like +3, by the player who is ahead.
  • Attacked squaresOn or offSwitch it on under More: the squares the other side attacks turn light red.
  • Always a queenOn or offSwitch it on under More: a pawn reaching the end becomes a queen without asking.
  • The clockIt ticks for your last 10 seconds, and for the last 20 seconds of a 3-minute move.
  • Connection lostIf a player’s connection drops, the clocks wait for them, up to 30 seconds. Once a game.

Every day there is one puzzle: checkmate in 1 or in 2 moves. It is the same for everyone. Open the board by the stands and press Puzzle. Solve it for 10 gems.

Win counted games and you earn medals, with gems. Each medal gives its gems once.

  • Bronze5 gems5 wins.
  • Silver10 gems25 wins.
  • Gold15 gems100 wins.

Every day there is one small goal. Do it and you get 10 gems. Tomorrow there is a new one. It is one of these:

  • Win a game.
  • Win a game by checkmate.
  • Finish 2 games.
  • Promote a pawn.
  • 3 minutes at most for one move, at any speed.
  • The first move must come within 60 seconds, or the game is called off.
  • A game counts only when both players made 3 moves or more. Leaving the game, or a connection that never comes back, counts as a loss - like resigning.