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Professor Plum

**Prof. Peter Plum** (born August 31, 1922) is a man with a degree of suspicion. Would his research methods stand the scrutiny of a microscope?

Originally put in the game in the Clue Vs Chess (Also know as "Clhusse" in the European release) Professor Plum is a special piece that when put in the game lets you "kill" (Permanently remove, unless intercepted by black magic) a single non-king piece in the board and then resumes to working like a Pawn, but creates 2 Evidence pieces on board whose spots are only know by a spectator, if the rival figures out where the evidence is placed they win, this proves to be quite risky but users of Professor Plum are able to remove optimal pieces to capture the king before the other player finds out their dastardly plan.

## Film Adaption

Professor Plum appears as a NPC in the film Clue (1985), he cannot be played by anyone other than the actor Christopher Lloyd.
Quicksand

Some Squares, especially G7, can be Quicksand.

Pieces on a Quicksand Square will sink after a certain number of turns, depending on their Height.

Pieces with only one Quicksand turn left are unable to do anything. Pieces with two Quicksand turns left can escape but cause the next square they reach to become Quicksand. This can be exploited for a Sandblast playthrough.
Piper

The **Piper**is the minstrel of the Chess family. With her learned clarinet at her side, she skips across the board in a '**Y'** shape.

The **Piper**is known for her deviosity and know-who, and wist any pershes she come by.

The **Piper**was disqualified from Chess between January and Spring due to circumstances, but has been reinstated since The Great Mercy.

For every turn you have The **Piper**in play, you get 30 Gold.

When her super meter is full, The **Piper** can unleash her secret aura attack and cause all childpieceson the board to form a line behind her.

The **Piper** has a pet nightingale.
We Draw Your Pet As A Pawn!

Though unofficial, **We Draw Your Pet As A Pawn!** is a popular service for Chess fans. At just $64 an image, **We Draw Your Pet As A Pawn!** draws your pet as a Pawn. This is considered an essential souvenir.

I'm gonna add some pictures later and on the left it'll just be a pet and then on the right I've pasted a pawn emoji over them. You get the joke now. xx
Passersby

**Passersby** are passive hazards in Chess and fairly common, especially during outdoor games. A passerby will usually just look at the board and gawk, but can also potentially flip the board in rage if provoked. Passersby **love** hash browns and can often be successfully sidetracked by the judicious application of thrown hash browns.

See also Civilians
The Schumacher Shuffle

The **Schumacher Shuffle** is a Chess maneuver invented by Joel Schumacher on the set of *Batman and Robin*.

## 1.Nf3

If White opens with 1.Nf3, the game often becomes one of the d4 openings (closed games or semi-closed games) by a different move order (this is called *transposition*), but unique openings such as the Réti and King's Indian Attack are also common. The Réti itself is characterized by White playing 1.Nf3, fianchettoing one or both bishops, and not playing an early d4 (which would generally transpose into one of the 1.d4 openings).

The King's Indian Attack (KIA) is a system of development that White may use in reply to almost any Black opening moves.
The characteristic KIA setup is 1.Nf3, 2.g3, 3.Bg2, 4.0-0, 5.d3, 6.Nbd2, and 7.e4, although these moves may be played in many different orders. In fact, the KIA is probably most often reached after 1.e4 when White uses it to respond to a Black attempt to play one of the semi-open games such as the Caro-Kann, French, or Sicilian, or even the open games which usually come after 1.e4 e5.
Its greatest appeal may be that by adopting a set pattern of development, White can avoid the large amount of opening study required to prepare to meet the many different possible Black replies to 1.e4.
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## 1.c4

The English also frequently transposes into a d4 opening, but it can take on independent character as well including symmetrical variations (1.c4 c5) and the Sicilian Defense in reverse (1.c4 e5).

## 1.f4

With Bird's Opening White tries to get a strong grip on the e5-square. The opening can resemble a Dutch Defense in reverse after 1.f4 d5, or Black may try to disrupt White by playing 1...e5!? (From's Gambit).
Warp Zone

Warp zones are special that allow pieces to warp to a different level. There are currently only 2 known warp zones

### List of known warp zones:

* Warp zone 1 is located somewhere between the squares H3 and H7. Pieces can choose to warp to level 3, 5 and 6 using warp zone 1.
* Warp zone 2 is located somewhere between the squares C123 and H131. Due to it's monumental distance from the spawnpoint, it is only possible to reach after a lot of playtime and development. As a result, it ends up not often used. If one were to reach this warp zone, it can take you to levels 6, 7 and 8.

### Known issues

* Warp zones are only loaded after a piece is legally allowed to move onto the warp zone. This does not consider some special abilities like The Great Wall. A piece entering an unloaded warp zone will wrong warp into level -1.
* Warp zones have fixed entry and exit points. If a piece leaves a warp zone and the exit point is occupied by an allied piece, it is forced on top of it. This can be done indefinitely and causes complications
King

King is, as his name implies, the most powerful piece in a game of Chess. He is voiced by Seth Green.

King is based on the character of John (1325-16) from Greek legend. James was known for always landing on his feet, and was an awful timekeeper! Jim particularly enjoyed to play Chess, and the fantigo is based on him.

We remember Joan in our prayers every nights.
Pwnzmsaucz

Pwnzmsaucz is the White Pawn who starts in Square H2 and a prolific Chess Streamer.

## Content

Streaming every Game from his start position of H2, Pwnzmsaucz is one of the most popular Chess Streamers, despite his unfortunate starting position placing him and his camera at the edge of the board. Due to this position, it is infrequent that his videos show any of his ally Pieces or many of his opponent Pieces. Being a Pawn, he doesn't last long in games, stops streaming when he is defeated, then asks you to subscribe.

His first Chess video was "Game April 8th 2007", released on April 26th 2007. He was defeated after 3 minutes.

## Memorable Moments

* In a video released in 2013, Pwnzmsaucz performed En Passant on a neighboring Pawn. See Controversies.
* In Pwnzmsaucz's 3558th video, released on the 6th of December 2015, he reached the end of the board and became a Queen. He was then Taken.

## Controversies

* In a video released in 2013, Pwnzmsaucz performed En Passant on a neighboring Pawn. Though the family of the Pawn in question have been contacted and do not bear any ill will, Pwnzmsaucz's account received several reports for performing and broadcasting a lewd act.
* He is deeply racist.

## Quotes

* "Ya-ha!"
* "Hey it's me Pwnzmsaucz and today we're gonna Chess!"
* "You got TOOK!"
* "Okay"
* "Subscribe to my channel"
Wesley So

**Wesley So** is a Chess player and the Good-aligned archnemesis of Tigran Petrosian.

## Creativity award

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 b6 9.Qd2 c5 10.Nd1 0-0 11.c3 f6 12.Bd3 a5 13.0-0 Ba6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ne3 h5 17.Rae1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 cxd4 (diagram) 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Nxd5 Qf7 21.Re7 Qf5 22.Qxd4 Nf6 23.Re5 Qd7 24.Qd3 Nxd5 25.Qxg6+ Qg7 26.Qe6+ Qf7 27.Qh6 Qf6 28.Rg5+ Kf7 29.Qh7+ Ke8 30.Rxd5 1–0
Tweening

Moves that do not move an integer number of Squares in any direction can result in ****Tweening******,** where the Piece winds up sitting on the Tween between Squares.

A Tweened piece's Hitbox stretches across two or more Squares, but so does its Hittingbox, resulting in a glass cannon strategy.

If a Piece ends up sitting partially on a Tween without crossing into another Square, this is known as Edging.

## Pure Tweening

It is occasionally possible to balance a Piece on the wire Tween grid itself, on its tippy-toes, reaping the grid's restorative energy with no risk of being Taken. This is a very fortuitous position, but it Takes a lot of Moves and Luck to get there, as each time you let go of a Piece, your turn ends. An unsuccessful attempt at pure Tweening will leave your piece prone and potentially horizontal.
Tiddlywinks

Tiddlywinks is a means of attack in Chess, so popular as to inspire its own spin-off game.

In its original context, **Tiddlywinks** means to flip an opposing Piece by pressing down on its base with the base of another Piece. This scores a Take unless the Piece does a perfect flip and lands again on its base.
Women's Chess

As a result of its fear of women, Chess has created a separate competitive league for them, with its own set of rules. Like Chess' own woman the Queen, if women were allowed into real Chess, they would possess the combined abilities of each non-equine male Piece without the drawbacks of the King's stark vulnerability, and would quickly prove the most valuable, with most Pieces successfully crossing the Chessboard choosing to become one. As women naturally dominate an unsegregated Chess league, they have been banished to Women's Chess.

### Rules of Women's Chess:

* Women can be allowed to play this version, adjusted for their distinct *Women's Brains*
* Delicate Pieces
* Less income per turn
* Anal beads may be permitted in other canals, if washed between uses
Santa Claus

**Santa Claus** is a minor character in the Chess Universe, appearing on Chessmas each year.

## Design

He is a large rotund man in red and has his fabulous white beard and signature hat

## Appearances

He has first appeared on Coca-Cola ads and has since been coming back for every Chessmas. His last appearance was last December 25th.

## Trivia

* The reindeer piece is briefly available any time **Santa Claus** is in town
* He is replaced by Charles Darwin in atheism Chess
Spice

**Spice** is the first expansion pack to Chess. Released in Fall 2003, the initial Wave 1 pack included tarragon, nutmeg, and allspice.

## Mechanics

Spice allows Food to be imbued with new flavors for a number of different effects. Enterprising players can also establish trade routes across the board to gain points toward an Economic Victory.

## 20th Anniversary Edition

In Fall 2023, a **20th Anniversary Edition** rerelease of the Spice expansion pack was released. Fan reaction was generally mixed. Many players were happy to finally be able to use the Spice pack in Chess gameplay, since its price had over time substantially risen on the secondary market, while others decried the devaluation of the expansion.

### Twitter controversy

On September 23rd, 2023, the official Chess account on Twitter posted the following:

What's YOUR favorite Chess spice? ❓#SpiceInChess

In response, user bulgflip2k14, who had previously made posts endorsing the price drop and criticizing resellers, posted:

This reply unleashed an unprecedented torrent of furor and debate. Many Chess critics considered it a timely and well-aimed response to resellers' complaints, while others objected to its characterization of salt as a spice rather than a mineral. The situation was ultimately resolved when Twitter user @elonmusk weighed in with a reply of "lol", which everyone agreed killed the mood rather quickly.

## Other games

* In 2004, The Game of Life introduced a similar mechanic known as Variety.
Serbian Sidescroller

The **Serbian Sidescroller** is a painstakingly precise opening maneuver in Chess, usually taking years of Chessperience to be able to perform it.

## How To Perform

The **Serbian Sidescroller** is performed by bringing out pieces through the leftmost file, one such reliable method to do this is to bring out the leftmost pawn and trail a Horsey behind it. After reaching the opposite side, move the leftmost Rook straight forward, followed by moving the leftmost Bishop just right behind the Rook (NOTE: the second leftmost pawn has to have been moved to allow this).

Finish this by getting the Queen behind the Bishop.

Getting the King involved in the Serbian Sidescroller is optional, shall this occur, the opening is dubbed ***Serbian Sidescroller ~ Royal Sweep***

## Rightside Edition

It is valid to play the Serbian Sidescroller right-side, it is, however, more difficult, as you are forced to trail your King too in order to involve your Queen.

This method is objectively inferior

## Strategy

It is unknown what the payoff is for this opening. Greater control over the middle ranks is theorized.

## Trivia

This maneuver has nothing to do with Serbia
Pawn Shop

The **Pawn Shop** (or **Pawn Shoppe**) is a Realm in which a player may recruit additional Pawns in exchange for Gold.

The player can choose to go to the **Pawn Shop** instead of taking their turn. They may recruit up to **three** (**3**) pawns from the **Pawn Shop**, up to a total of no more than **10** (**ten**) pawns. However, they may **not** return to the board for the remainder of the game.
Wooden Queens

The **wooden queens** are wooden queen chess pieces. They are **lesbian** and in love with each other.

The wooden queens thinks wood is best material, and is enemies with other people not made with wood only.

There are other variants of the wooden queens, such as the plastic queens.

The plastic queens are not lesbian.

They are the enemies of the wooden queens, though they don’t understand why.

Their friends are the clay queens. They usually play a friendly game of chess. Every time the wooden queens see them, the wooden queens would chase them with a chainsaw.

One time, the wooden queens has gotten to the clay queens and killed the queens. The plastic queens are traumatized and moved away from the town and is now living far away from the wooden queens.
Patrick Star

**Patrick Star** is a Spongebob character. He is a pink starfish who wears lime-colored pants with purple details. He resides under a rock, just next to Spongebob's house. He is also a Chess player, as evidenced by the related picture.

His skill level in Chess is an enigma, but from the brief scene it can be inferred that he is relatively fluent in Chess, as he is playing Black and White has no King, implying he has won.
The Mold

After about 30 minutes into the match, **The Mold** may spontaneously manifest at a completely random and unpredicted point in the game. When this occurs, **The Mold** will continue to grow and consume the board.

Segments of the board that have been consumed by **The Mold** become unplayable and are deemed impossible to recover.

The best strategy to avoid this is to finish the game before **The Mold** is manifested.
Pawn's Hop

*Not to be confused with Pawn Shop*

On their first or any Move, a Pawn may choose to move two Sqaures instead of one, hopping over anything in the Square between. This is known as a **Pawn's Hop**.

## Special properties

* If a Pawn's Hop would take the Pawn past the end of the Chessboard, **that's no problem**
* Mid-flight, a Pawn is more prone to airborne predators
* If the sky is blocked, now you're in trouble
Siberian Swipe

The **Siberian Swipe** is a hidden maneuver in Chess and the Rook's special ability. It involves taking your Rook and teleporting it behind the opposing Rook, capturing it and taking it's place. It is very effective when used as an opening.

One must shout: "*SIBERIAN SWIIIIIIIIIIIIPE!*" when conducting this maneuver.

The **Siberian Swipe** can only be done if neither of the paralleling Rooks have moved yet. There must be atleast 1 piece of any color inbetween the Rooks

## Quotes

*"\*teleports behind you\* Heh, nothing personel, kid"* - The Rook
Opposite Side Chess

**Opposite Side Chess** is a popular variant of Chess in which the White Player sits behind the Black pieces (beyond Row 8) and the Black  Player sits behind the White pieces (afore Row 1). In this variant, players must reach further to  make their initial moves, and often find themselves facing the challenge of 'moving backwards' as they attack.
Otis the cow

**Otis** is a Chess piece from Barnyard Chess. He is to be unlocked by entering a secret code in the name select screen.

## Gameplay

Adding him to the board will cause the board to implode into a singularity.

He also has a special move revolving around squirting milk from his udders. It is particularly effective against pieces with lactose intolerance, such as the orphan.
The Rook Revolver

*Not to be confused with Chess Gun or Gun*

The **Rook Revolver** is a very meticulous defensive Maneuver where several Rooks revolve around the King, creating an active shield against enemy pieces.

## How to perform

Gather at least 6 Rooks through a method of your choice, and form a train of Rooks that circles directly around the King.

This should keep your King safe for the most part as long as you actively maintain this barricade.

## Disadvantages

This is only effective against some pieces, and is pointless when put against pieces with jump abilities or pieces that are airborne.

## Trivia

* The Rook Revolver is meant to be played clockwise, playing it counter-clockwise is considered to be a violation.

## Name reasoning

It's named after how the Rooks revolve around the King
UFO

**UFO**s are mysterious saucer-shaped pieces in Chess. Not much is known about their nature, other than that they belong to the Red team.

## Behavior

Not much is known about the motives of the UFO, but what is known is that:

* They can be sometimes spotted flying through the sky
* They are known to create crop circles
* Cows are often abducted by this piece
* Shall an UFO land on the chessboard, several Martians are seen being deployed.
Object

During play, either player may halt the turn by **objecting**. The Chess Judge then rules upon the validity of the objection.

## Example

During a game, the following sequence of moves takes place: 1) Rdf8, 2) R1a3, 3) Qh4e1. White objects to this by selecting the move "Rdf8" from the move log, then combining it with the Evidence item "Captured Rooks" from his inventory.

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> White: **Objection!**
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> White: I'm sorry, Black, but that just doesn't add up.
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> Black: Eh? What do you mean?
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> White: You said you moved your Rook on Rank 8 to File f... is that correct?
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> Black: Yes. I don't see the problem with that.
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> Chess Judge: I'm afraid I don't see it either, Mr. White.
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> White: The problem is as plain as day.
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> White: This move was made by a Rook...
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> White: ...but earlier, you testified that **all three of your Rooks had been captured!**
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> Chess Judge: Oh! I see it now!
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> Black: Eeeeeeyyyaaagh!!!
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> Audience: [murmuring]
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> [gavel noises]
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> Chess Judge: Order! Order! Well, Mr. Black, this is a serious matter. What do you have to say for yourself?
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> Black: I... er...
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> Black: Forgive me, your honor. I must have misspoken earlier. This move was by **my Queen**. Yes, that's what happened.
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> Chess Judge: Let the official record be updated to reflect this new testimony.
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> Audience: [murmuring]
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> White: *(thinking)* Rats! I thought for sure I had him this time... but he's bound to slip up again.
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The move log is then corrected with the new move (Qdf8).

## See also

* Press
* Thingie
Red dot sight

When a **Red dot sight** appears on a Piece, a Sniper Rifle has been trained on them. This Sniper Rifle may come from elsewhere on the Chessboard, outside of the Chessboard or, depending on the location of play, influences entirely outside of the community of Chess.

Whichever case, that Piece enters a Quick Time Event for its life. If it escapes, the QTE repeats until it is dead.
The Islamic faith

*The Islamic faith* is a major Abrahamic religion practiced throughout the human world.

Chess is of extreme importance to followers of the Islamic faith (known as *followers of the Islamic faith*), and can be found underpinning several major elements of the faith of the Islamic faith:

* A man and a woman are not to engage in fucking before they have engaged in Chess.
* In the Islamic faith, the Bishop is known as the *Imam*. He functions identically, except for performing the call to prayer five times each day from the roof of the Castle. If a Castle is not available, the Imam may stand atop the Rook. If neither are available, use a Pawn.
* Though it remains blasphemous to depict the image of the prophet Muhammed pbuh, it is slightly less offensive if he is playing Chess.
* Contrary to popular belief, the Chess Queen is not to be draped in a burka, as she is just a Chess Piece.
* The Rook is considered a *pillar of the Islamic faith*.

See also: The Quran
References to Chess Fanon Wiki in Chess

The creators of Chess appear to be aware of Chess Fanon Wiki, and have inserted a number of **references** to it into the base game.

## Examples

* The first known **reference to Chess Fanon Wiki** dates back to nearly a year after its 2015 founding. In the 2016-02-03 Chess Homepage ChessToon of the Day, the following exchange occurs:

OTIS: Don't worry, Warner! I've already been doing that!
WARNER: Great, what are you thinking? The English Opening? The Ruy Lopez?
OTIS: Nope! I've been **opening up the internet and writing a lot of nonsense on ChessFan Wiki!** *(sic)*
WARNER: *[blown off his feet]*

* Later references to Chess Fanon Wiki would come to be more positive. In the October 2021 update, the character 82.31.22.143 was added to the game. This is believed to have been a **reference** to the Chess Fanon Wiki contributor of the same name.
* In August 2023, the registered creators of the Chess Fanon Wiki received a Cease and Desist letter from Ubisoft, the current holders of the license to make games based on the Chess franchise, citing international copyright law and also containing numerous mentions of United States case law for libel. This is believed to be a **reference to Chess Fanon Wiki**.

## See also

* Chessploitation
* Easter Eggs
Open Game

An **open game** is a game of Chess that anyone may join. Upon joining the lobby, players wait in a queue for the next available game with one or more open seats. One consequence of this approach is that anyone who wants to make a new friend simply needs to set up a chessboard and wait. Be careful, though - the host's board often runs more slowly than the guest's.
Upstanding

"**Upstanding**", occasionally "standing up", is the status most Pieces start with.

Except when an exception is noted, any Piece that is not Upstanding is considered Taken.

## Fortification

Since every Take involves knocking a piece over, the most successful grandmasters are those who have committed to fortifying their Pieces. Methods include:

* Superglue
	+ Pros:
		- Protects upstanding status in most circumstances that don't involve knocking the board over
	+ Cons:
		- Impairs movement
* Spike
* Stapling
	+ Pros:
		- Staples
	+ Cons:
		- Pain
		- Must be removed and re-applied each Turn
* Supergravity
* Ingraining
The Great Castling

**The Great Migration**, also known as **The Great Castling**, was the mass migration of squares and pieces from the ancient game of 中國象棋 ("Chinese Chess") to the newer game of Chess following an invasion by the rival game of 圍棋 ("Go"). Game theorists are still trying to puzzle out the greater strategy that led "Go" to invade "Chinese Chess," but all agree that its effect on game space was massive.

### Cause

The Szilassi polyhedron that made up the gameboard of "Chinese Chess" was torn apart when the "Chinese Chess" opposition leader, 黒皇帝 (the first 將 or "General") opened dozens of Castling portals to other gameboards in an attempt to escape the invading pieces from "Go." The sheer number and combined power of the portals ripped the "Chinese Chess" gameboard into fragments, and those who survived this apocalypse fled to the gameboard of Chess, which was easier to adapt to their needs than other gameboards such as Parcheesi.

### Aftermath

As the geometry of the Chess gameboard is not homeomorphic to the "Chinese Chess" gameboard the Black King and his advisors were forced to make hard choices about which squares and pieces could be taken to the new game. While all classes of game piece survived the migration, the turmoil of those early years necessitated a bit of a social shakeup. In modern times there's little need to painstakingly outline the specific changes in each class's role on the gameboard; the reader may content himself with knowing that "things were different back then, and now they're not."

Squares were a different matter. Naturally many pieces objected strongly to leaving their favorite squares behind, so the government devised certain proscriptions against speaking about those missing squares. In time a religion developed around the lore of the Great Castling; see, for example, the Square-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named.

### In popular culture

The earliest recorded history of the Great Castling is "Journey to the Chess," by the renowned Knight scholar Wu Chess'en.

While it is still possible to play a game called "Chinese Chess," these are merely historical reproductions of the original game and should not be taken as entirely accurate. In particular, the ancient art of manufacturing the Szilassi polyhedral gameboard has been lost.

### References

1. ↑ A proof of this relatively non-trivial fact is left as an exercise for the reader.
The Animal Farm Gambit

*Not to be confused with Animal Farm (Book), or Animal Farm (location)*

The **Animal Farm Gambit** (or Animal Farm Gambit) is an unique gambit in Chess that can be played.

## Description

This gambit can be initiated once Old Mayor returns to the farmhouse on White's back rank.

Once this happens, Old Mayor settles down with his fellow Animals and tells about a dream he had last night. Eventually, he ends up with exclaiming that he has not much time left on this chessboard, and drops some words of wisdom to his fellow Animals.

Among these, he reveals how the Animals get unfairly treated by the rest of the pieces, and how the animals don't get the deserved treatment for the hard work they put in. Old Mayor promptly dies.

The next step in the gambit begins by performing the Animal Revolution. The animals join forces together and kick out the rest of the pieces out of White (now renamed to Animals). At this step, a special deathmatch like event is triggered, where the non-animal pieces from White are placed at the other side of the board, Black is forgotten from the game. Continue by defending Animals, and White continues by trying to take control back. A good strategy here is to bring out the Horsey Boxer to the middle, align the Rooks to the back and use rest of the animal pieces to cover the rest.

After this point, the game changes drastically. White remains largely at bay during the play and some developments begin for Animal Farm.

The Pigs are known to be very intelligent, and one of them, Napoleon, manages to be elected president of the Animal Farm. Bunch of new commandments are put in place, one such reading *"All animals are equal."* This is where the next step in the gambit starts.

Play continues like this for some time. The Animal Farm windmill is being constructed, heavily relying on the work of Boxer.

It is after Boxer gets captured that shit goes south. Boxer gets carried to the hospital, or so that's what Squealer said. Something isn't right here, the ambulance almost seems like it is part of the White team.

Soon, it does not take long for the Animals to notice that the Pigs have better living conditions while not putting in any work. The Pigs are living in the house, and possibly sleeping in beds, which goes against one of the commandments.

The final step occurs when the Animals go look at what the Pigs are up to in the house, they discover in a shocking revelation that White is there, having dinner with the Pigs, and they cannot tell them apart anymore. They have become White. The gambit ends when the first, and now only commandment is checked on, and it now reads *"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."*
The Rapture

**The Rapture** is a hypothetical event that could happen at any time, it could happen in millenia, centuries, decades, this year, or even right now. Shall **The Rapture** happen, one of the players, chosen at random, will be **Raptured** => Unlocks the 4th dimension.

The other player is promptly petrified and filled with magma, proceeds to get burned to ash, and wins the game.
Tigran Petrosian

*"Are you kidding ??? What the \*\*\*\* are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you! You are not proffesional, because proffesionals knew how to lose and congratulate opponents, you are like a girl crying after i beat you! Be brave, be honest to yourself and stop this trush talkings!!! Everybody know that i am very good blitz player, i can win anyone in the world in single game! And "w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are crying every single time when loosing, ( remember what you say about Firouzja ) !!! Stop playing with my name, i deserve to have a good name during whole my chess carrier, I am Officially inviting you to OTB blitz match with the Prize fund! Both of us will invest 5000$ and winner takes it all!*

*I suggest all other people who's intrested in this situation, just take a look at my results in 2016 and 2017 Blitz World championships, and that should be enough... No need to listen for every crying babe, Tigran Petrosyan is always play Fair ! And if someone will continue Officially talk about me like that, we will meet in Court! God bless with true! True will never die ! Liers will kicked off..."*

- **Tigran Petrosian** in 2020, which is really strange because he died in 1984.
Super mushroom

The **Super mushroom** is a power-up that can make pieces grow in size.

Some examples of pieces collecting this power-up and the results:

* Pawn becomes Large Pawn
* Horsey becomes Large Horsey
* Rook becomes Hawk
* Bishop becomes Bigshop
* Queen and King become Large Queen and King
* Garry Kasparov (Piece) becomes Garry Kasparov (Mech)
* Etc.
World piece

The **world piece** is one of the largest pieces in a game of Chess, as it is a 1:1 scale model of the entire Earth and all that has graced its ephemeral shores of sand and brine. Many try to invoke it, but so far none have been successful. There are many ways to defeat it (see asteroids, disease, gray goo, etc.)
Piece Stacking

**Piece Stacking**, or just stacking, is a special mechanic maneuver in Chess where a piece is stacked on top of another allied piece. This is typically done to combine strengths and defences together.

## How to perform

It is simply done by moving a piece on top of another, but be vary, the more pieces are stacked together, the more unstable the stack becomes and may fall over.

Additionally, some pieces are more stackable than others. For example the pawns are pretty stackable, but pieces placed on top of Horsies become unstable than on other pieces.

## Various examples

a double pawn stacka triple pawn stackbishippingA horse rider. Not to be confused with the Centaura King stacked on top of 5 pawns. WARNING: highly unstable
## Trivia

* A piece on a stack taller than the King is no longer under the rule of the King
* Any Piece that falls over is OUT!
	+ sideways stacking does not count as falling over. It is only horizontal pieces touching the Chessboard that die (except in Rolling moves).
Piranha Spindive

A **Piranha Spindive** is one of the hardest-to-do maneuvers in Chess. The King, Queen, white-square Bishop and a Pawn must all be aligned on a diagonal going from the upper left to the lower right of the board, from the player's perspective. Once this is achieved, the pieces synchronously move in a tightening spiral for the next four turns. Any pieces trapped at the middle of the spiral are immobilized and sent to Chess Hell, where they must remain for ten turns or until doubles are rolled. Meanwhile, the King that initiated the maneuver gains all of the abilities of a knight except for being able to jump over pieces when moving. The game then proceeds to Phase Two.
Rotated Chess

**Rotated Chess** refers to a Chess variant that is strikingly similar to regular Chess, but bears some major differences. The main difference being that the placement of the pieces is rotated by 90° clockwise. The board remains untouched and the gameplay follows normal Chess rules.

## Notable Differences

Because of this chaotic starting board configuration, several side effects arise:

* The pawns can almost never move.
* Castling becomes impossible.
* A pawn promotion occurs for both teams at the beginning of the match.
* Initial entropy is doubled.
Shark

The shark is a rare piece in chess. The shark does not spawn at the beginning of the game and can be only found in water biomes.

## Gameplay

The shark moves like a rook, but it attacks by shooting lasers from it's eyes. These lasers can be aimed at any piece as long as another piece isn't in the way of the laser. Shooting lasers counts as a move.

The shark can only exist on water squares.
Romanian Rumble

The **Romanian Rumble** is a tactical play in the sixth century game Chess.
It involves moving every pawn 1 space forward (2 if unmoved since the start of the game) until every pawn has advanced forward.

## Usage

The **Romanian Rumble** can be quite viable in a game of Chess as it creates a long wall across the board, making it tedious for the other player to advance. However, "Rumbling" traditionally can prove risky as a traditional rumble involves taking no breaks to protect or move other pieces.

## Name Reasoning

The **Romanian Rumble** was named by **Gavin**, and gets its name for sounding catchy. It has no relation to the country Romania. The **Romanian Rumble** comes from Canada, and is popular among some Canadian players.

## Double Rumble

The "**Double Rumble**" is a scenario where both players agree via **Himalayan Handshake** to both rumble at the start of the game, creating an impenetrable wall. This soft-locks the game, and you must restart.
The Underboard

The underside of the Chessboard is known as **The Underboard** or, more colloquially, *the Underboard*. Pieces that travel off the edge of the board can reach the Underboard if **all** of the following conditions are met:

* There is space on the relevant Underboard Square
* Wraparound is off
* There is sufficient Dark Matter to retain their gravity
* At least one Royal (decoys allowed) or Courtesan remains on the overboard
* You ask nicely

Pieces moving here have inverted properties, such as orientation, direction of movement, and color.

Ranks on the Underboard are denoted with negative numbers, such as:

1. -1
2. -2
3. -3
4. -4
5. -5
6. -6
7. -7
8. *[et cetera]*

Files\* on the Underboard are denoted with negative letters, such as:

1. -A
2. -B
3. -C
4. -D
5. -E
6. -F
7. -G
8. -H

\*the only exception is *i*, which already has a negative square.

Pieces on the Underboard are denoted with the Minus sign. This is most noticeable on the hat of the King.

Clergy on the Underboard become Satanic.

Chess that takes place entirely on the Underboard is known as Underchess.

Pieces such as the Fool can interact with their underboard/overboard counterparts.
Yo Mama (Chess Piece)

The yo mama chess piece has a slipper that can kill any piece. If the mom and dad chess piece are standing together, they can combine the slipper and belt which creates the ultimate weapon.

### ***STATS:***

Moms Slipper and Dads Belt: INFINITE DAMAGE BREAKS BLOCK UNCOUNTERABLE

Range: INFINITE

You can't survive this, its over for you.
Speedrunning

Like all fast games, **Chess** boasts an avid Speedrunning community. Potential complications for Speedrunning are as follows:

* Is your Opponent aware you are Speedrunning? They may take their time to slow you down.
* Did you remember to start your Stopwatch?
* PAL releases run at a slower framerate.
* Timeflux
Rock Paper Scissors

**Rock Paper Scissors** are an esoteric Chess variant, where only 1 piece per team is allowed. The board is undefined

## Setup

A player can only bring 1 out of 3 pieces to the game, being:

* Rock
* Paper
* Scissors

## Gameplay

Each piece has the ability to capture the opponent's pieces, given that:

* Rock can capture Scissors
* Paper can capture Rock
* Scissors can capture Paper

In the event of both players bringing the same piece, a draw occurs and they are encouraged to retry.

## Tips

* Try out with 3 or more players to increase fun
* Additional pieces may be added, example given: fire, water, BOMB
Showboat

*Not to be confused with the Battleships Piece of the same name.*

Some Chess players are all style, no substance. Others are full of substance, but without the style (itself considered stylish).

It's when the **style becomes a substance** that a **showboat** is born. A Showboat Chess player emphasises not the moves themselves, but the flair. Moves may be done underneath Filters, in slow motion, with extra gymnastics, you name it![more examples needed]

## Efficacy

Scientific studies suggest that showboating offers no benefit to Chess performance. If this is so, why are all the top Chess streamers showboats? Huh?
Quantum Tunneling

**Quantum tunneling** occurs when a particle (or arrangement of multiple particles) just straight up move past (= tunnel) another particles, as opposed to colliding with them.

In the event of quantum tunneling occuring during a game of Chess, it is to be considered as a part of the match, and not as cheating.

In fact, quantum tunneling is an intentional feature, it is used in several moves, such as castling.
Spreadsheet Chess

**Spreadsheet Chess** is the first known video game adaptation of Chess, released for Microsoft Excel in 2006.

Programmed by me in lunch break at school, it involves filling an Excel grid A1:H8 with alternating black and white backgrounds and Unicode Pieces in their respective Squares. Note that the Row and Column names in this version do not correspond to Rank, File or Chess Column. The programmers are awaiting reply from Microsoft regarding whether this notation can be changed. Keep your fingers crossed!

Each player takes turns to Cut one of their Pieces and Paste it into a legal square. If there is already a Piece in said legal square, it is vanquished and placed in a Square outside of the (default size) 8-by-8 Chessboard. Spreadsheet Chess is known for its graphics, extensive Undo History and ability to Save Progress.

The game ends when you forget whose turn it is.

Spreadsheet Chess is compatible with Excel 97-2003. Spreadsheet Chess X is compatible with more recent versions of Excel.
Postal Chess

**Postal Chess** is a variant on Chess that adds the Mailman, the Pipe Bomb, Civilians and a rework for the mailing system.

## Avaliability Issue

This variant was infamous due to how hard it was to obtain, needing you to find the often changing address of the producer Theodore John Kaczynski (Main rulemaker behind Postal Chess and teacher of tecnology), the address was only avaliable from 14 of november of 1997 in a annonymous forum and went missing just a couple years later in 14 of april 2003, a single set was found strapped to a bomb inside a computer store, after that later compies where made using the damaged board, pieces and burned paper manuals as reference.
U+2654 WHITE CHESS KING ♔

**U+2654**, also known as **WHITE CHESS KING**, **WHITE KING**, **UNICODE KING**, **TEXT KING**, **CHARACTER KING**, **KING**, or ♔ is a character in Unicode. His **biggest** enemy is ♚. As he and his family are close neighbors to their respective **biggest** enemy characters, hijinks ensue. He moves like a king.
Wizard

*Red **Wizard** needs food badly*

The **Wizard** is one of the most powerful late-game pieces in Chess. While most pieces gain power on a linear scale as they level up and unlock new abilities, the Wizard gains power exponentially based on the potential to combine spells and their effects. Each Wizard must always be addressed as **Mr. Wizard**.
The Twins

The two Bishop's Pawns of the Black house are Twins, named **Tethen**(b. 1865, file f) and **Ratchine** (b. 1868, file c) **Farrell**. Like all Twins, they possess a psychic link that takes the form of a straight line of energy between their pawny little heads. The link is sharp as razorwire, and changes colour depending on their moods. All pieces contacted by the thinkbeam are instantly lacerated.

It is advisable that the White family endeavour to dispatch at least one of the Twins as soon as possible, or trick them into destroying their own monarch.
Tyson

**Tyson** occupies the space of the White b-rank Pawn, but is an honorary Rook.

His appearance, moves and attributes are exactly those of a Pawn.

## Counterparts

* His Mr. Men counterpart is Mr. Rush because they are always in a hurry!
* His The Simpsons counterpart is Bart the Simpsons because they both have pointy.
* His Calvin and Hobbes counterpart is Uncle Max because they both love the works of Chopin.
* His Black team counterpart is the Black Queen.
Toa

The **Toa** are moderately powerful hero units that can be deployed for the benefit of any faction. Each has a distinct elemental power which can be used either separately or in conjunction with other elemental damage types. Collect all the masks!

## Known Toa

* Fire
* Ice
* Water
* Earth
* Plantlife
* Stone
* Light
* Gravity
* Ghost
* Plastic

## Storyline

You basically have to read 12 years worth of comic books or it won't make sense. Sorry
Tone Tags

Each Move *may* (/pres) be accompanied by a Tone Tag to help clarify its contextual intention. Tone Tags include, and are limited to, the following:

* **/gen** - this move is serious. No take-backs (except Undo)
* **/tease** - stepping closer to a Piece in the ever-blossoming pirouette of courtship
* **/threat** - Moving with intent to Take
* **/iw -** Innocent whistling. Proves innocence.
* **/neg** - A move with a sense of gloom.
* **/Brit** - British accent. Ill-advised.
* **/yirgtgmi** - "Yeah, I'm really going there /gen /MetatextuallyIronic". A kind of eyeroll when you know the move you've made is basically inevitable from its tactical optimality and you're letting your opponent know that you disdain becoming a cliché, but there's only so many distinct games of Chess.
* **/🇮🇹** - moving in *Italics* (standard move for Bishop)
* **/pres** - This move is intended with social pressure. Though its literal terms were not mandatory, socially they kinda are.
	+ This does not mean 'presumption'.
* **/ass -** When you assume.
Thinking

Sometimes the best Move is to not Play a Move, but to spend your Turn on **Thinking**.

Thinking has many measurable advantages:

* Preparation for future Turns
* Noticing whether a Checkmate has occurred
* Remembering things you have forgotten
* Pondering (a kind of Thinking) if there is life beyond Chess (yes, but it is irrelevant)
* Whims
Rest

On any turn, any Piece on a Black Square who is not Wicked or already Resting can choose to Rest instead of making a move.

To Rest, lay the Piece on its side. If a Resting Piece is not Attacked before the start of your next Turn, it stops Resting and recovers its entire HP, and removes absolutely any Status conditions (with some exceptions).

Pieces who are Resting cannot Counter-attack, Sass or Defend.

Note that a resting King ends the game in a loss.
Trust Your Pieces

No player is truly ready to Chess until they can fully Trust their Pieces. This involves:

* Being able to distinguish each Piece (except Pawns) at only a Glimpse
* Knowing which Pieces are NOT yours
* Sharing a separate intimate secret with each Piece
	+ If you do not have enough intimate secrets, collaborate secretly with one Piece to murder another Piece. This way, you have one fewer Piece to share a secret with, plus one fewer Piece to need to share a secret with!
* Falling backwards safe in the knowledge that your Pieces will catch you
The Great Mercy

**The Great Mercy** was a famous revolution in the rules of Chess, occurring in response to the fallout of the Chess Fire. Many rules were adjusted. These are detailed as following:

* The Black King and the White King were swapped back to their original teams.
* Chess: Swap Force was rotated out of tournament play.
* The rule of fasting before chess was relaxed.
* The Piper was reinstated.
* Vertical Chess was banned due to the inconvenience of play.
Picnic

**Picnic** is an esoteric variant of Chess. It is played on a Red and White board, usually made from fabric.

The board setup differs a lot between matches, but it always consists of baskets with food items and refreshments.

This variant is usually played between a group of people

## Gameplay

The point of the game is to enjoy a nice day and eat some snacks

## See also

* Picnicking
* Ant
Chess OS

* *Not to be confused with Computer Chess*
* *Not to be confused with the ABBA song*

The **Chess operating system**, or **Chess OS** for short, is an operating system built specifically to run Chess only. It is the only action the OS can do. As such, it is the OS of choice for Chess aficionados, and efforts are underway to increase its distribution in schools and other institutions.

2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2022 have all been predicted to be the "**Year of Chess OS**".

## Specifications

* Chess OS uses only Base64 encoding, since a chessboard is the original "base 64" when you think about it.
* While most operating systems only allow data to be stored in files, ChessOS offers ranks as well.
* The default Screensaver shows a game of chess being played. The system cannot wake until the game is completed.

## Notable appearances

Chess OS had a supporting role in the 1982 film *The Thing* as the character **Chess Wizard**. In its debut scene, it is murdered by R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) with a glass of scotch after it defeats him at Chess.

In a later interview, Chess OS had this to say about the experience:

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## See also

* chess set
* chess reset
* Chess Emulator
* Spreadsheet Chess
* Chat Chess
Pigeon

The **pigeon** piece is an utility unit in Chess. It is used by pieces to send mail to different pieces across the board to inform them of new developments. Additionally, it has a passive shitting attack.

## Trivia

* You can send mail to an opponent piece, but it is seen as suspicious, and will likely be unread and discarded.
Theoretical ways to play Chess

This article refers to playing Chess in situations that are theorized to be possible, but so far nobody has been able to check whether it is.

## Chess at the bottom of the Marina Trench

There is nothing stopping you from playing Chess at the bottom of the Marina Trench, but the sheer water pressure would make it difficult and require the players and their pieces to bring proper gear to deal with the extreme environment.

## Playing Chess on Mars or any other planet that lets you survive for more than a moment

There's no reason why it shouldn't be possible, but nobody has yet been there so nobody has done it yet.

## Playing Chess before the invention of Chess

There's no reason why Chess would be impossible to play before it were invented, but by definition, nobody could have played it. It is theoretically possible to do via time travel, but nobody has bothered doing it yet, and it would also cause a paradox.

## Playing Chess with your mind

2 players could play a game of Chess using only their mind(s) by imagining the Chessboard and moving pieces, but due to inability to communicate directly, it has not been confirmed that anybody has completed a synchronized match of Mind Chess so far.