A new patch just dropped for the ancient game of Chess. The Definitive Edition adds new pieces, chaotic cards, and modernized rules. Reshape the board and bring down the enemy Kings, heirs, and pretenders. Master the first major update in centuries.
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“We must make changes in the rules of chess to avoid the draw death of the game.”
- José Capablanca, World Champion
For over a hundred years the Fédération Internationale des Échecs has claimed governance over all Chess, yet in that time they've added less meaningful rule changes than accents in their name. This neglect of their duty to develop the sport has led to stagnation of the game not seen since the Shatranj period. Lasting 675 years and ending with “mad buffs” to the Queen, the Chess community has only seen minor changes to stalemate (yawn) and other boring draw-related rules since.
We cannot allow these lazy gatekeepers to sit on their hands for another five hundred years.
It is time for new rules, new pieces, new challenges. It is time for relevance, for relatability, for really sweet moves. It is time to be able to actually capture the King.
It is time for Chess to have a major update.
It is time for the Definitive Edition.
“A comprehensive rewrite ensures that the rules are clear, and adaptable to the needs of the chess world today and in the future.”
- IA Stéphane Escafre, FIDE rules commission
Updated for modern gaming hardware and smooth modern brains, the Definitive Edition adds a card phase to each turn, unlocking powerful new abilities. Reverse an enemy capture, leaving your piece standing. Opponent sending their Queen back from the future to assist? Cause a catastrophic temporal paradox by destroying the original. Alter the shape of the board with landfill, moats, and walls, or alter the topology of space itself with portals.
Bolster your position with FIDE-forbidden pieces like the Knook and Ascension Pawn, or use checkers tokens in a pinch. Upgrade pawns so they can en-passant anything, add full self driving, or grant them a Barony to preserve the line of succession if your King is caught without a "Get Out of Checkmate, Free!" card.
Play against AI or an enemy locally, or turn Steam friends into enemies and work on your Definitive ELO in multiplayer as you climb through Great-Grandmaster and beyond (or sink to the Misère ranks).
“The modern master is not prepared to be dictated to by antiquated rules.”
- Richard Réti, Master, Hypermodernism Founder
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万 灵 国 际 象 棋，选择chaos规则即可享受终极混乱的乐子棋局，可以看到战壕和城墙布满棋盘，自爆步兵和骑马皇后同台竞技，超级强化人士兵带枪冲锋，一不小心还会被隐身棋子偷家……被check mate了？没关系，赶紧用逃生卡跑路吧！逃生卡也没有？国王岂是如此不便之物，让我们来把其它棋子加冕为王吧！游戏时间拖长了还有大洪水和瘟疫等危机进入棋局，平等创死所有人。不知道这个游戏为什么会这么糊，感觉是游戏主播玩起来会很有节目效果的游戏……
Great game. Highly recommed this one. Some small suggestions: would very much appreciate if the camera could rotate in addition to the movement from the WASD keys. Additionally, I believe the card that lets pawns run to the very last spot says it is only meant to work on pawns that havent moved yet, but in my game it worked on all my pawns so was super OP. It gets so hectic! in such a good way. It's chess with awesome graphics and amazing abilities. Give it a go! Works perfectly on Arch Linux using proton! On that note, would appreciate a full screen option and an option to set a specific resolution.
Really a good one. Requires several adjastments: - Possibility to rotate the camera and also change zoom - Enlarge card that appears to the left to make it easier to read - More text about atributes. I played 2 hours with my friend and still don't know what "Hardcore Pawn" does - Video settings for Fullsceen without borders - More cards would be great - During nanomachine crysis "contaminated" spaces do not show correctly But it was really fun tho
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Don't quite remember the rules of chess? That's okay because they've been updated anyway! Fun for messing around with friends, this is an extremely silly version of chess. I'm enjoying trying to work out what all the meme references are and adapting my play strategy *constantly*.
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