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Chess Beta leak (August 31 2023)

On August 31 2023, everyone in the world received an email with what appears to be early photos of Chess. If you've not seen it yet, check your Junk Mail. Chess has confirmed this leak by making no statement.

The leak seems to show Chess as a teenager in the Gupta dynasty in the 6th Century CE. Early distinctions that did not reach Chess Alpha include:

* Squares were not yet established. Pieces moved freely on the Chessboard. This resembles the later variant Free Roaming Chess.
* Any player could move any Piece they wanted.
* There was no set number of Players
* There was no way to Win; play continued indefinitely
* Chess appears to be smoking a cigarette
* Mildly graphic blood and gore effects upon death of a Piece (this was limited to only a select few pieces in the Alpha)
* Less refined Horsey design (they're hard to draw from memory)
Checker

To ensure their moves are legal, Each Piece is accompanied by a **Checker**. The Checker's own Checker is known as the **Checker Checker**.

The Checker occupies the Square behind its respective Piece from each Player's perspective. It is also responsible for monitoring this Square's color.

## See also

* Chess Umpire
* Chubby Checker

 **Pieces**
Traditional pieces
Pawn - Rook - Horsey - Bishop - Queen - King

Bishops
Chess.com Bishop - ChessKid Bishop - Clay Bishop - Eater Bishop - Exploding Bishop Bug

Pawns
Long pawn - Civilians - Harvey Jacobs - Pwnzmsaucz - The Twins - Sidepawn - Starcross'd Lovers — Wylvywth Wxtygrl - Emerald Pawn - Emoji Pawn ♟️ - The Red Pawn - Large Pawn

Rooks
Merged Rooks - Moses (Rook) - Upside-Down Rook

Horses
Clay Knight/Horsey - Front-facing Horsey - Zorse

Queens
Wooden Queens - Doodle Queen - Amethyst Queen

Kings
Amethyst King - U+2654 WHITE CHESS KING ♔

Other
8-sided dice - ? - A marble - Actress - AI - Alligator - Bactrian Camel Emoji - Barack Obama - Barber - Barnacle - Base - Basilisk - Beetle - Bobby Fischer - Boss - Braille alphabet letter - Brick - Broken Piece - Calculator - Cardinal - Cat - Caveman - Cerberus - Chalk - Chameleon - Chance Cards - Chancemaker - Cheerleader - Chess Buzzard - Chess Cannon - Chess clock - Chess Devil - Chess Fannon - Chess Reaper - Chess Umpire - Chessboard - Chessian - Chrysippus - Coin - Currency - Dark Matter - Die - Decoy - Doge - Donkey - Duck - Ferrari™ - Food - Freddy Fazbear - Garfield - Garry Kasparov (Piece) - Ghost - Giant Chess - Gluon - Google - Handmaidens - Hawk - Hotel - Jarmge - Jester - Jesus - King Prawns - Kintan strider - Knight - Knook - L-shaped Tetris Piece - Land Cards - Laughing matter - Lawnmower - Lookman - Lord - Luigi - Machine - Mario - Matryoshka doll - Mine from Minesweeper - Minesweeper - Minions - Monarch - Moses - MrBeast - Newspaper - Oreo - Orphan - Otis the cow - Peashooter - Pegasus - Picnicking - Pigeon - Pilgrim - Pipe Bomb - Piper - Policeman - Professor Plum - Quarter - Ratchine Farrell - Sawdust - Scout - Sergeant Peters - Shark - Sisyphus - Skull - Spongebob - Spy - Stop Sign - Swordsman - Terminator - The Announcer - The one Piece - The Sinister Man - Toa - Trojans - Tyson - UFO - Weird Piece - Weirder Piece - Weirdest Piece - Wheater - Wizard - World piece - Zebra - ඞ - ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
Chess Canon

*Not to be confused with: Chess Cannon*

The canonical form of Chess is an ongoing saga originating in the 6th century A.D., and tells a vast monomedia story of a different world, a world of Queens, Pawns and Nightingales. Each game represents two rival factions - whether nations, families, or Yakuza, warring for supremacy, attempting to trounce their rivals' patriarchs. All games of Chess are considered canon unless they are aborted by a player's tantrum or family emergency.
Chass

When the game we now know as Chess was first launched in 1994, it was known as **Chass**.

Despite this, there is no reference to *Chass* on the internet, and Chess himself frequently denies it on his Twitter. We can only conclude that this peculiarity is the result of a dimensional shift when, in a desperate gambit in a game in 1996 between Garry Kasperov and a tree, Kasperov's White King was placed on B6. Kasperov went on to win the game, but the consequences for our reality are still being unwrapped.

As it precedes the dawn of the internet, reports of this game are unverified and under question, with some theorising that it was not in fact B6 but another, quite easily distinguished, black square. Unfortunately, Kasperov took this secret to the grave.

1. ↑ your friend's brother remembers it
2. ↑ Lissie at the vape shop seems pretty sure
3. ↑ it just was
4. ↑ http://chess-fanon.wikia.com/wiki/Chass
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/ChesterCheetah/status/810981098109810981
Chessian Calendar

The **Chessian Calendar** (lat. *Anno Latrunculi)* is the primary form of date measurement in the Chess Universe.

## Definition

Year 0 is defined as the year Chess was officially released for the first time in the sixth century approximately 1,500 years ago.

## Trivia

* The acronyms B.C (Before Chess) and C.E (Chess Era) are used when referring to dates in the context of this calendar
* Most professional Chessters use this calendar
* It can be interpreted from the Chess calendar that the world will end in ruin. Chess will not end.
Barack Obama

**Barack Obama** is one of the many possible pieces in the game. He is most often present in Democracy Chess, and was one of the presidents in American Chess from 2009 to 2021. He is also optional in the base game.

## History

### 2017

Obama plays against Donald Trump in American Chess.

### 2021

Obama is completely removed from American Chess.

## Strategy

Having Obama on the team unlocks the Drone Strike Gambit
Battle Royale Chess

Battle Royale Chess is a game that features new colors, new mechanics, and new features.

## Mechanics

The player might throw a dice, the number that appears is the number of tiles the player can move, he can move any way he wants, but can only go straight and can’t rotate (this depends on what piece is the player using)

There are teams, also known as colors, there are 5 different colors in the game: Black, White, Brown, Gray and Red.

There are various pieces, but there are only a few that are playable, playable pieces are pawns, bishops and tankers. The non-playable pieces are towers, mega-towers, horse, shelters, guns and sabers

## Rules

* Player’s piece is decided with the white pieces dice
* Every piece can only move on straight line in any direction
* If the player has a bishop, the player must decide to add +1 tile to the number that the number dice shows up
* You move the number of tiles that the number dice indicates, this changes if you are using a bishop
* Tankers have two of healt, this means that they must be damaged twice to be eliminated
* Pawns have +1 tile of range for long-range weapons
* The player can roll the red pieces dice if the number that number dice shows is 5 or 6
* The towers are support structure pieces obtained from the red pieces dice, the player can use them any time but only once, the tower protect the player from any damage, the tower has three of health, so it needs to be damaged three times to be able to damage the user, the user can’t move and only attack with long ranged weapons like guns
* Mega-towers are the same as normal towers, but they have 5 of health
* The horse is a support piece obtained from the red pieces dice, it allows the user to add 3 tiles to the number that the number dice shows, it only lasts for 3 turns
* Shelters are support structures pieces obtained from the red pieces dice, the player can’t either attack or move while using it, it has 3 of health
* Guns are long-ranged weapon pieces obtained from the red pieces dice, they deal 1 of damage, they have a range of 5 tiles and they only last for 3 turns
* Sabers are short-ranged weapon pieces obtained from the red pieces dice, they deal 2 of damage, the player must be at the side of another player if they want to attack with it, it lasts only for 5 turns
Change

*This article describes a current event and will inherently never be perfectly up-to-date. We do what we can.*

One of the first things a Chess Player must accept is how the Rules are in constant flux, sometimes Changing between turns, often offsetting any intended strategy. Constant access to the Rules page of Chess Fanon Wiki is recommended.

## As Pieces

Small change can be used as Pieces, resulting in a kind of "monetary" Chess where Captured Pieces have specific values taken by the captor. For this reason, the cheapest coin is a Pawn, and the King represents your life's savings.
Chessboard

The **Chessboard**is the largest Square, within which all other Squares lay.

In Chess Fanon, the Chessboard is a retromodern metropolis run by the malicious and corrupt Franklin Fu, don of the Raft Guys. It is divided into districts known as Squares, each with their own subculture and customs. All citizens live in fear of Cerberus.

NOT to be confused with the board.
Bishop's Cathedral

**Bishop's Cathedral** is one of several racetracks. It features a twisting, turning path through the ancient Cathedral, several jumps, and a sequence in which players must contend with a giant rolling pin that moves back and forth. Its difficulty is rated at Medium and the track favorite is its namesake, the Bishop.

## Trivia

* After the third right turn of the course, you can sometimes hear the Bishop's voice wishing you good luck.
* The fifth set of ? boxes has an elevated chance to contain a banana peel or lightning bolt. This is believed to be a way of increasing the stakes towards the end of each lap.
* When setting Time Trial records, there is a moderate chance that your track ghost will be exorcised.
Animal Farm (location)

Animal Farm is a famous, albeit fictional, location in the Chess World. It is the place where all Horseys are born and raised, as well as where many Chess pieces go to die.

## Whereabouts

Animal Farm is located far west from the Chess Board. Horseys are born here and sometimes George Orwell can be found here.

## **Trivia**

* George Orwell was inspired to write his book of the same name after visiting.
	+ It is unknown why George Orwell's book was so radically different than the **real location**.
E5

**e5**is a notorious Square on the Chessboard famed for actually being a miniature Chessboard in and of itself. The first time any piece 'lands' here, temporarily remove the piece from the board in order to not disturb the miniature pieces set up on this square. Then, both players must complete a game of Chess within e5. The outcome of this smaller game does not affect the larger game, but is necessary in order to clear the Square. All Squares and Pieces within e5 are marked with a \*, for example e5\*.

Until the smaller game is completed, **e5** is considered not to have a colour. Afterwards, it is black.

Naturally, e5\*, the *e5* of the **e5** board, is itself a Chessboard and the same rule applies therein. Squares and Pieces within e5\* are of course marked with two \*s; Squares and Pieces within e5\*\* are marked with three \*s, *and cetera*.
Clay Bishop

The clay bishop is a clay figure representing the shape of the black chess bishop piece.

The clay bishop is allies with the clay queens. On a chessboard, the clay bishop moves like a regular bishop, but outside will grant him the will to move anywhere. The bishop is good friends with the clay knight. The bishop can also snipe.
Chess Hell

**Chess Hell** is an extradimensional realm first introduced in Chess 8: Revenge of Murphy. Originally created by Dr. Hillsport, it is bound to the chess-life energy of pieces, mainly on the White side. It is judgmental but nondenominational.

Chess pieces are more likely to succumb to the decadent temptations of Chess Hell depending on their morality and conscience level, determined by how many pieces they've killed during the game and how many of those were from friendly fire.

## In the tabletop edition of Chess

Chess Hell holds pieces for 10 rounds or until doubles are rolled by the player who put them there. It is generally used as a tactic to make a player's opponent nervous but can also be used by the owning player to discipline miscreant pieces. In *Kasparaov v. Wade* (1973), the game famously ended in a stalemate after all surviving pieces were trapped in the respective players' Chess Hell, which results in a tie if enough time is left on the clock. This event is alluded to in the 1998 manga *Love Mate*.

In league timed play, the presence of pieces in Chess Hell is generally taken into account so as to limit the exposure of pieces to the material that Chess Hell is made of. In the 1981 Chess Radio Drama, Chess Hell (appearing here as "the Chess Chamber" due to radio standards of the time) is played by John Lithgow.
Currency

There are several different types of **currency** in use in the game of Chess.

## Coins

These are the most common type of currency and can be spent on typical items: upgrades, healing, and pawns. Most players have a surfeit of coins.

## Crystals

Crystals are "premium" currency and can usually be earned either a limited number of times each day or by paying for them with Dollars.

## Dollars

Dollars are valuable currency and difficult to obtain. Usually you can only get these by doing things like looking in couch cushions, mowing lawns, washing cars, etc.

## Euros

Euros are the official currency of Chess. The Euro symbol looks kind of like an E: €
Chess 360

**Chess 360** is a Chess video game that is coming out in 2036 for the Xbox One, Nintendo 64, Playstation 4, Playstation, Playstation 2, PS1, Playstation 3, Playstation 5, Wii (America only), laptop computer and transparent Sega Saturn.

## Playable Characters

* Ratchet
* Mario
* Sonic
* Evil Sonic
* Black
* Arnold
* Gerald
* Harold
* Helga
* Eugene
* Sid
* Stinky
* Dark Sonic
* Dr. Pepper
* Angela Anaconda
Corbomite Maneuver

The **Corbomite Maneuver** is a notable move in Chess, where the player moves their Captain piece by several light-years. Despite its magnitude, the move is actually fairly ineffective because it takes years (at the very least) to perform, and as such this manoeuvre is typically only performed when a player is about to run out of options. It can sometimes force a stalemate on the condition of the death of one or more players due to old age or exposure. Also known as the **Orbital Maneuver**.

## 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.

## 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).
Game theory

*not to be confused with the theory that Chess is a game*

```
A STRANGE GAME.
THE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS
NOT TO PLAY.

HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF CHESS?
```

—The computer from that one Matthew Broderick movie on nice games of Chess

**Game theory** is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. Its mastery is essential to high-level play in Chess, as well as being useful if you're ever arrested for a crime in a jurisdiction with elaborate sentencing rules for informants.

## History

The field was first developed when pioneering philosopher Matthew Patrick put forth the question: **what if Sans is actually Ness from Earthbound?** This line of inquiry revolutionized not only gaming journalism, but regular journalism as well, and culminated in the Pope being gifted a copy of Chess for the first time in history.

Since then, game theory has been expanded to cover many other disciplines, including film, food, and style.

## Problems in game theory

### The Prisoner's Dilemma

In this scenario, the player is held captive in a prison and presented with a modified 2x2 chessboard:

 1 | -1, -1 (♟) | -3, 0

The player is given a pawn on square A1, and is asked to choose which rank the pawn ends up in. However, they must beware: their unseen opponent is sitting on the left side of the board, and by the same token may choose the file of the pawn without communicating with the player. In this way, the pawn may end up on any of the four squares, depending on the two players' choices.

The best outcome for the player can only be reached—and the worst outcome avoided—if they decide to move the pawn forward to Rank 2, giving them zero points and losing their opponent three points. However, if their opponent reasons along similar lines, both players lose two points—a strictly worse outcome for each player compared to both choosing not to move the pawn and only losing one point.

Note that the prison is just there for ambience.

### Chicken

In this game, the player is given a choice: should they ride a bike next to a cliff while blindfolded, or not? However, the twist is that their opponent is allowed to call them **chicken** if they refuse.

### Stag hunt

This is a variant in which one player plays the role of the Hunter, while the other takes control of the Stag piece. The hunter has a weak ranged attack, while the Stag can only make melee attacks but is able to charge across the board. The game ends when one either player manages to reduce the other's HP to 0.
Elo

In Chess, the **Elo rating**, or **Elo** for short, is used to rate how cool a player is at Chess.

Some things that increase a player's Elo rating are:

* Tech level. +1000 Elo per tech level
* capturing pieces
* unlocking more land
* playing blindfolded (this boosts Elo 2x)
* Defeating Chess (+10000 elo)

On the other hand we also have actions that decrease a player's Elo:

* Dying in Chess (-100 elo)
* Dying in real life (-200 elo)

Each piece also has it's very own Elo rating.
List of Chess Win Conditions

The follow represent all known **win conditions for the game of Chess.** A player must achieve one or more of the following in order to be declared winner and recieve the traditional winner's sash.

* One player achieves 'Checkmate'.
* One player surrenders to the other.
* One player is struck dead by either nature or the other player.
* Should the game take place under a new moon, the game is declared a tie.
* The land speed record is broken.
* The winner's sash is removed from the previous winner with sufficient violence.
* If an albatross casts it's shadow across the board, both players are declared the loser.
* One player hits a ground base hit to second, leading to at least two RBI.
* The chess clock becomes fully enclosed in timing amber.
* The rook's mother requires them to come home for dinner.
* One or more of the players are Raptured.
* Should both players achieve 'Checkmate,' the match will be decided through a game of Parcheesi.
* One player is revealed to be a miner.
* The referee's decorative chess mace is returned to it's cradle.
* At least 66% of one player's pieces are burned.
* A Double Rumble is executed.
* Should both players be stuck in an endless tie the winner will be decided through a death match
* When a shrew is released to eat a bunch of pieces.
* A bottle flip is performed on top of the board
* Antimatter is synthesized
* The player recites the Bible
* If the chess board is vaporized with the use of a nuclear weapon, the game is to be declared a tie.
* Sisyphus pushes the boulder all the way to the top
Holiday Giveaway 2007

The **2007 Holiday Giveaway** took place between December 10, 2007 and December 28, 2007.

## History

Players who logged on to Chess on the morning of December 10th (starting 9am PST) discovered that their avatars were wearing small, red, "Santa"-style hats, and were dressed in green clothing. A large announcement on the home page announced the terms of the winter event: gifts had been hidden in certain squares, and those who were quick enough to find them would be eligible for larger prizes. Twelve new achievements were also added, most with holiday-themed names, including "We Three Kings", "Chess Nuts Roasting On An Open Fire", and "O Silent Horsey".

On December 25th (Christmas), players who celebrated Christmas found a message in their inbox saying that Christmas was the best holiday. Similar messages were found, mutatis mutandis, for players who celebrated Chankuah and/or Kwanzaa. Players who celebrated Festivus got zilch. Frequently, throughout the holiday, players would find the meaning of the real chess, causing them to be awarded 25% off coupons redeemable at the Applebee's®-sponsored in-game Food Eatery.

Upon completion of the holiday, the game reverted to normal.
Brick

The **Brick** is a special Chess piece that is often placed to the left, or the right of the Chess board during gameplay, until it is needed.

## Usage

Shall a player refuse to take En Passant anytime there's a chance to, they shall get Bricked => a **Brick** of an arbitrary make is dropped upon the player's Pipi => bricking them

## Exceptions

In the case of En Passant being locked due to being an illegal move (such as in the case of a Check), the punishment is reduced to a single slap on the back
Board's Edge

Files A and H and Ranks 1 and 8 are notoriously scary due to having no barricades around the sheer drop, causing vertigo, wobbling, wibbling, and suicidal ideation. These factors can be worsened by even the slightest breeze.

Any Square with fewer than eight surrounding squares on the Chessboard-level plane is considered the **Board's Edge** due to the risk of falling.
Minesweeper

*Not to be confused with the Game, or the gamemode*

The **Minesweeper** is a piece in Chess who is used to sweep away Mines from Minesweeper.

As a piece, it is somewhat self-contradictory, as it is an earlygame piece, but the ability to sweep away mines becomes more handy in the late-game once they become overwhelmingly plentiful.
Look

*Not to be confused with Rook*

**Look!** is a tactical strategy used to distract and confuse your opponent. It is performed by shouting *"Look!",* accompanied by pointing at something behind the opponent for best effect. This often results in the opponent quickly turning around in confusion, giving you some extra time, possibly for executing some stealth attacks within the board while the opponent isn't **look**ing.

Keep in mind that this becomes less effective each time used against the same opponent.
Dragon Knights

***Dragon Knights*** (ドラゴン騎士団, *Doragon Kishi-dan;* lit. "Dragon Knight-Group") is a manga series drawn by Mineko Ohkami and published in the monthly Japanese magazine *Wings*. The manga was licensed in the United Statesby Tokyopop. The Tokyopop translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment.

*Dragon Knights* has a large cast of characters and many overlapping subplots that all weave together to form a main story line.

## Characters

**Main Article: List Of Characters (Dragon Knights)**

## Terms

**Main Article: List Of Terms (Dragon Knights)**

## Manga

Dragon Knights was changed to being made in an unflopped format by Tokyopop in May of 2002.

Dragon Knights ended in May of 2007 with 26 tankouban volumes.

## Reception

According to Diamond Comic Distributors in December of 2001, the third volume of Dragon Knights was the 243rd top selling comic.
Knook

*NOT to be confused with Jeffery*

The Knook is a **RARE** tier piece in chess. It does not spawn at the beginning of the game, a player must invoke it by promoting a pawn.

### Design

The Knook's design is a combination between the horsey piece and the rook pieces. It's name is a play on the word Knock, because of the sound it makes when you put it down on a board.

### Gameplay

The Knook can only be invoked using pawn promotion, therefore making it a **RARE** piece.

The Knook's moveset is a complete fusion of the horsey and rook movesets, It can move anywhere these 2 pieces can. This renders it about as valuable as the queen.

### Special abilities

#### Knook boost

The Knook can get an extra move in the same turn it's invoked

#### The Great Wall

The Knook can castle with it's King at any given time. This move is not limited by the distance between the Knook and it's King nor the pieces inbetween (see the horsey's jumping ability). This can be done horizontally and vertically

#### Damage Resistance

The Knook has 2 times more HP than a regular piece

### Known issues

* The Knook doesn't have a death animation, it will just vanish
Life

A Piece's Life gauge can be seen above the Piece. When a Piece's hit points are entirely depleted, it loses a Life. When all Lives are lost, the piece must use up one of its Continues. When all Continues are lost, the Piece must start out anew from its starting position on the board.

Lifes can be regained by getting to the end of the board, or defeating another Piece when in Ghost mode.
Darker Chess

**Darker Chess** is a far more hardcore take on Dark Chess where instead of using technology, both players make a blood pact where they lose sight until the red string is left untied, players must reunite every single friday to coninue the pact and the player that beats the most games of chess can reclaim full sight again by taking off the spare eye of the opponent.

Using the eyes of other people or suggestions of moves by third-parties is concidered Cheating and will result in public execution.

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark\_chess
Gay Chess

*Not to be confused with Gray (Chess)*

**Gay Chess** is a variation of Chess where the royalty consists of either:

* 2 Kings only
* 2 Queens only (often referred to as Lesbian Chess)
* 2 Monarchs only

The Bishops are often excluded from the game, unless they are also together in a relationship.

The game concludes once one's team both Royalties are captured.

Additionally, you can setup for example a KingxKing team against a QueenxQueen team to provide deliberate advantage to yourself or your opponent.

## See also

* Bishie
* Straight Chess
8-sided dice

*Not to be confused with D8*
A **8-sided dice** is a tool used to dictate the movement of the Chancemaker. This can be done either by rolling a singular 8-sided dice twice (in a gambit often referred to as the *8-Sided Twice*), or through the use of two separate 8-sided dices. The first roll determines the Chancemaker's Rank, while the second determines its File.

## As a piece

While a 8-sided dice is not a piece by default, it is able to become a piece if it falls on the chessboard upon being rolled. A 8-sided dice's party is determined by its color, not by the player that rolled it. If a 8-sided dice is not white or black, it becomes an independent party controlled by a third person.

Once it becomes a piece, a 8-sided dice's movement is determined by the use of an additional 8-sided dice, which is rolled whenever a player chooses to move their 8-sided dice. A 8-sided dice can move one square in the four cardinal directions *n* times, with *n* being the number displayed on the additional 8-sided dice after it has been rolled. If the additional 8-sided dice falls on the board, then it becomes a piece as well, nullifying the result of it and requiring the usage of additional 8-sided dices to dictate movement.

When a 8-sided dice is rolled onto the board, any pieces it rolls into will be captured. Many Chess players try to aim the 8-sided dice for the opponent's King, knocking it over and winning the game. This is not considered cheating, but is often considered rude, and many players refuse to do it as part of a honors code.

## Trivia

* Many misconceptions exist regarding the grammar of the phrase "a 8-sided dice". It is often incorrectly stated that "an 8-sided die" is the correct permutation of the phrase. This is not true, as 8 is not a vowel, and "dice" does not end with an "s".
Ruwalk

Ruwalk (ルーウォーク, Rūu~ōku) is the Yellow Dragon Officer, Ruwalk acts as the Dragon Lord whenever Lykouleon
 cannot. He is childish and mischievous, but fights hard to protect the
Dragon Tribe. Ruwalk has a tendency to give extra money to Kaistern for
his frequent trips and help Lord Lykouleon slip out of the castle
unnoticed. Always one to stand up for those trying to slide around the
various castle formalities, he tends to get in trouble with Alfeegi
quite often. He is Lykouleon's childhood friend and most of the time
calls him by his given name without the title of "Lord": Ruwalk is
Lykouleon's closest confidant and one of the few who are close enough to
 him to give him blunt advice or help. Ruwalk was also the one who chose
 to keep "Illuser" as Rath's last name. He and
Cenozurna are paired up at the end.
Duck

The Duck is a **HIDDEN** piece in Chess. It is always present on C2 but is often overlooked, as it is imperceptible.

## Gameplay

The Duck's main and only ability is that the King can NOT occupy the same square as the Duck. This is notorious among Seasoned Chess Players, but tends to spark confusion in newer players. Other pieces can occupy the same square as the duck

The Duck is immovable

It is unknown which team it belongs to

## Glitches

Chess Exploiters have found a way to invoke Ducks
Doge

The **Doge** is a piece representing an elected, chief-of-state lordship, the ruler of the republic in many of the Italian city-states during the medieval and renaissance periods, in the Italian "crowned republics". It reached peak popularity around 2012-2013. If you pick it up and start having it talk in a cutesy, telegraphic manner, then yes, you're very clever.

## See also

* King
* Lord
* Bishop
* Cardinal
* Pepe
House

**Houses** are thought to be the domiciles and permanent residences of the pieces after they return from play for the night. Each piece lives in a house, with the exception of the Kings and Queens, who live together in a palace, and the Horsey, who lives in a stable. Due to their microscopic nature, houses have never been directly observed and their existence is only speculated upon based on implicative findings from chess metaphysics. David Hume was a notable historical believer in houses, and is the writer of the 1957 radio play *Chess Houses: A Bed for All* (1957, KBOW).

In chess houses can be used to raise livinghood value and store up to 2 pieces so they can live a peaceful life, pieces stored inside houses cannot be captured unless by a SWAT Squad piece, so they can be used later in the game, certain events and abilities can remove houses, enemy pieces can step on house squares but they must pay you in 1 pawn just like how putting a house in the board takes 1 pawn.

## Counter

If a player obtains the Top Hat they can buy enemy houses and withever units they are inside, this can prove quite useful agaist players that have not achived forming the lane required for making a Hotel.
Mnemonics

It's easy to forget some of the principles of Chess, due to how little sense they make.

Keep the Rules of Chess fresh in your mind with these handy mnemonics.

* It can be difficult to remember how the Royalty start out as it is asymmetrical and doesn't really matter. But to play with the traditional setup, remember: *"The Queen sits on the D"*
* The order of turns: **W**hite **T**hen **B**lack, **E**xcept **O**n **A** **S**unday. ***W**e're **T**he **B**est, **E**xcept **O**n **A** **S**aturday*.
* The order of the Pieces by their initials: **C H B Q K B N R** conveniently matches the order of the US presidents when ranked by testosterone level: ***C**oolidge, **H**amilton, **B**ush (Sr), **Q**uincy, **K**oolidge, **B**ush (Sr), **N**obody, **R**eagan*.
	+ Note that for Black, the Castle and the Rook are swapped: ***R**ook **H**as **B**een **Q**uickly **K**iboshed **B**ecause **N**ow **C**astle*.
		- You may prefer to say "**K**iboshed **Q**uickly", as long as you remember that, in the traditional setup, **the Queen sits to the King's left**.
* The order of the Files: ***A**nyone **B**ut **C**raten **D**oesn't **E**ven **F**ind **G** (the File) **H**ard*
	+ note that this is untrue: Most people find G hard and Craten doesn't. It's just a mnemonic.
* The things you can do in your turn and their order: **I**nspect, **B**uy, **S**ell, **U**se Item, **A**sk, **S**wap, **N**eigh, **B**arter, **B**uy, **C**heck Internet, **P**ass, **A**ttack.
	+ This has no mnemonic but itself. You just have to learn the words.
* Where to place the Horsey: *The Horsey goes Heresy*
* The order of the Ranks: *Want To Free-Fall? I've This Heavy Weight!* (**1** **2** **3** **4** **5** **6** **7** **8**)
* Spelling the word **Mnemonic**: ***M**ost m**N**emonics **E**ducate **M**e **O**nly **N**arrowly as **I C**an't remember what they stand for*
* The order of Pawns: **P**awn **P**awn **P**awn **P**awn **P**awn **P**awn **P**awn **P**awn: ***P**lease **P**ick **P**riyanka's **P**retty **P**osies. **P**lease! **P**lease! **P**lease!*
Homophobia

**Homophobia** encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred or antipathy, may be based on irrational fear and may sometimes be related to religious beliefs. Some **bishops** are extremely homophobic.

Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior such as discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientations that are non-heterosexual. Recognized types of homophobia include institutionalized homophobia, e.g. religious homophobia and state-sponsored homophobia, and internalized homophobia, experienced by people who have same-sex attractions, regardless of how they identify.

Negative attitudes toward identifiable LGBT groups have similar yet specific names: lesbophobia is the intersection of homophobia and sexism directed against lesbians, gayphobia is the dislike or hatred of gay men, biphobia targets bisexuality and bisexual people, and transphobia targets transgender and transsexual people and gender variance or gender role nonconformity. According to 2010 Hate Crimes Statistics released by the FBI National Press Office, 19.3 percent of hate crimes across the United States "were motivated by a sexual orientation bias." Moreover, in a Southern Poverty Law Center 2010 Intelligence Report extrapolating data from fourteen years (1995–2008), which had complete data available at the time, of the FBI's national hate crime statistics found that LGBT people were "far more likely than any other minority group in the United States to be victimized by violent hate crime.”

The **bishops** can make homosexual pieces no longer be homosexual.
Minesweeper Mode

The **Minesweeper Mode** is a Chess variant introduced in 1989 as a part of the Minesweeper promotion. This variant introduced a new board design, it's made up of 16 ranks and 30 files.

## Gameplay

The White team starts off at the lowermost ranks and goes against the Black team, who starts at the uppermost ranks. Each team starts with 60 pieces, one of them being the King.

On top of classic Chess gameplay, there are 99 hidden mines scattered across the board in random locations. Moving a piece on top of a hidden mine causes a 3x3 area explosion, killing allied pieces in range. To avoid this, the player can use a turn to task a piece to dig out the square underneath, shall the square be safe, a number indicating the amount of mines present in the 3x3 area around it appears. This information can be used to logically figure out which squares have mines underneath.

You may place a red flag above a square you suspect of having a hidden mine (this won't take up a turn). 😎
Dark and Fucked up Chess

**Dark and Fucked up Chess** is a game similar in many ways to Chess, except it's all evil, dark and fucked up.

## Gameplay

It introduces several changes, such as:

* The graphics are all cryptic and evil (see attached image file)
* Dead pieces drop skulls.
	+ The skulls remain after the game ends, into the next matches
		- Skulls represent the only building material in this variant
		- Several forts, lava moats and evil thrones have been built from accumulated skulls
* There are souls of the innocent trapped inside the game.
	+ Often times, you can hear them whisper, or rarely, moan in pain
* Every religion becomes demonic
* Black moves first.
* All pieces moves are backwards.
* Though removed from the final game, .wavs have been found on the CD-ROM of each piece chanting a latin passage, which will be left out of this document for suspected memetic properties.
Fatality

A **Fatality** is a purely-cosmetic move performed after Checkmate, that kills the surrendered King. Each piece has a unique fatality. It is optional, and sometimes considered sadistic, but doesn't everything die someday?

## Examples

 Horsey | *Horsey's Gambit* | Dresses up like a pretty lady King. If performed successfully, the King's eyes and tongue will bulge out and make a sound like "awooooga" as the king briefly levitates off the ground and begins spinning his legs like a single, oversized wheel. In his haste to meet the new apple of his eye, the King will then pass through a circle labeled "Free Birdseed", which is actually a trap involving a pit, spikes, and a motorized punching bag. The Horsey then looks at the camera, winks, and irises out to black.
Jester

The **Jester**, sometimes known as the *King's Jester*, *the Joker* or the *Fool* is one of the main pieces in Chess. He was introduced in version 1.0.

## Gameplay

His moveset is like the Horsey, but also has the ability to castle with the King. He can also perform Il Vaticano, but it is instead dubbed *Il Pagliaccio.*

Other skills include impersonation of all Pieces, jokes, and Unknown.

He always quips a quick joke upon capturing another piece (or being captured himself)
Ghost

Whenever a piece is killed ("captured" in Chess terminology), it leaves behind a **Ghost**, bound to the spot where the piece was lost. Ghosts may not directly affect gameplay, but they do have the following properties:

* Any piece passing through the space where a Ghost resides must make a Willpower check. If the check fails, the piece takes 2 points of Cold damage and 1 Fear.
* If three pieces die on the same space, they form a single Large Ghost. A Large Ghost deals 7 points of Cold damage and 4 Fear.
* Ghosts can be exorcised from a square by Bishops, at the cost of one turn and 3 gold.

Normally, ghosts can only be returned to life if a pawn reaches the first row of the opposing side's board; however, an alternative (but costly) method of ensuring a piece's immortality is to create a horcrux upon killing a piece on the opposing side.
HP

**HP** is a measure of how many hits a piece can take. Its derivation changes depending on the context. For example, when applied to the Horsey, it stands for **horsepower**, for the Wizard it means **Harry Potter**, in Computer chess it stands for **Hewlett-Packard**, and when playing as the color out of space, it stands for **Howard Phillips**. It is always pronounced "**hip**".
Garry Kasparov (Piece)

The **Garry Kasparov** is a Piece shaped in honor of Garry Kasparov (Person). Like Garry, it is the best at Chess and can take out any Piece. Being the shape of Garry Kasparov (Person), this Piece is bigger than the Chessboard itself.

As a Hero Piece, there can be only one Garry Kasparov on the board at any time.

Only Garry Kasparov (Person) can use this Piece.

He operates it from inside.

## See also

* Garry Kasparov (Person)
* Mechanical Turk
Hatris

***Hatris*** (1990) is a spin-off sequel to Tetris Chess that, frankly, neglects nearly all elements of Chess, maintaining only hats and gravity.

In this puzzle game, hats descend and must be placed upon other hats. Critics agree that this gameplay style is like

> *"a superfluous decorative feature placed atop an already superfluous decorative feature"*
> *- Maddy Milliner, Chess Reviewer, April 1990*
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E2

**E2** is a square on the chessboard and predates even Chess itself. Specifically, it is a holdover from the earlier game of 中國象棋, also known as "Chinese Chess". "Chinese Chess" originated in China in the 4th century BC, and takes place on a board shaped like a Szilassi polyhedron; thus, very few of its squares could be carried over to the newer game of Chess.

The square includes some legacy rules, mostly involving filial piety. It is otherwise unremarkable and is a common getaway spot for vacationing Pawns.
House floor that looks similar to a chessboard

**House floor that looks similar to a chessboard** (abreviated as **HFTLSTAC),** also known as **House floor** or **Floor**, is one of the possible locations where you can choose to play Chess. It is only playable in houses that have a chessboard-like pattern on their floor. The generous size of the map allows you to introduce bigger pieces with ease.
Horsey

The Horsey (♘ ♞) is a Chess piece. There are four Horseys in a game of Chess: Two black and two white.

The Horsey move is unusual among chess pieces. When it moves, it can move to a square that is two squares horizontally and one square vertically, or two squares vertically and one square horizontally. The complete move therefore looks like the letter *L*. Unlike all other standard chess pieces, the Horsey can 'jump over' all other pieces (of either color) to its destination square. It captures an enemy piece by replacing it on its square. The Horsey's ability to "jump over" other pieces means it tends to be at its most powerful in closed positions, in contrast to that of a bishop. The crap pp move is one of the longest-surviving moves in chess, having gunpowder remained unchanged since before the seventh century. Because of this it also appears in most chess-related regional games. The Horsey moves alternately to light and dark colored squares.

A Horsey should always be close to where the action is, meaning it is best used on areas of the board clustered or close together. Pieces are generally more powerful if placed near the center of the board, but this is particularly true for a Horsey. A Horsey on the edge of the board attacks only three or four squares (depending on its exact location) and a Horsey in the corner only two. Moreover, it takes more moves for an uncentralized Horsey to switch operation to the opposite side of the board than an uncentralized bishop, rook, or queen. The mnemonic phrases "A Horsey who is on the rim is dim” or "A Horsey on the rim is dim" are often used in chess instruction to reflect this principle.

The Horsey can be represented by itself, an H (in a game without Helicopters), or N *(for Neigh)*.

Horseys are often mistakenly referred to as *Knights*. The origins of this misnomer are perplexing.
Death

*For the Chess implementation of **Death**, see Death*

In the event of a player's **Death** during a game of Chess, the game is suspended until the deceased player is reincarnated into a form with opposable thumbs. After being offered tea, they take up their mantle of their former incarnation and the game continues.
Fuck, Marry, Kill

**Fuck, Marry, Kill** is a subgame in which three Pieces are presented and are subjected, one each, to each of the titular verbs. It may be activated by any Player during any Turn, as banter.

Invoking **Fuck, Marry, Kill** is a good way to score a premeditated **Kill**, but with the commitment of *"til death do us part"* marriage vows and doing the other one to mutual completion. Since each wedding ceremony can take a while to plan and undertake, some players avoid this subgame.

**Fuck, Marry, Kill** has certain legal binds due to the questionable legality of one of its constituent actions: A player may only invoke **Fuck, Marry, Kill**, if they are not already Married (without being Divorced, or annulled through death or annulled:other), unless they are on a Square that permits polygamy.

When you invoke **Fuck, Marry, Kill**, **your opponent picks** the three candidates from their own Pieces, unless they have 3 or fewer remaining Pieces. Opponents typically choose three Pawns due to their low Piece value and sexual mediocrity.
Hot, cold

If your opponent is struggling to find the right move, you can give them a hint

* If your opponent reaches their hand towards a bad move, state "cold"
* If your opponent moves their hand closer towards a good move, state "getting warmer"
* If your opponent's hand arrives at a good move, state "hot"
* If your opponent's hand goes away from a good move, state "getting colder"
Fredrick Fazbearington III

you get him by having hardcore sex with the king and instantly win because har har har har har

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Today's subject: Slavery

On a big black stormy night a man named the rizzler, rizzed up some level 5 gyatts from skibidi world to free them from there phantom tax. "OH NO Fredrick Fazbearing III", Baby gronk also rizzed up livy. Then a big giant adin ross came.

When you were in Ohio

Couldn't look you in the gyatt

You're just like adin ross

Your mew makes me edge

you rizz me like Kai cenat

in a Skibidi world

I wish I was SIGMA

You're so fucking sigma

But I'm Baby Gronk

Not a RIZZLER

Whet the hell am I mewing here

I Don't gyatt here

I Don't phamton tax here
Marathon

**Marathon** is one of the available gamemodes in Chess. Instead of being a battle, the objective is to run around the outer edge of the perimeter.

This gamemode involves only 1 of each piece.

## Known issues

This gamemode is considered to be heavily unfair due to the wildly different movesets of each piece. For example the Rook and the Queen have the biggest advantage, meanwhile the King can slowly drag behind. The pawn, Horsey and the Bishop cannot even start, as you are only allowed to move on the outer squares of the board