A Lone Piece

A Lone Piece is a single-player chess game in which you control a lone pawn facing the opposing pieces. Outsmart them, flee or fight, gain power-ups by eating pieces, and defeat the evil king across procedurally generated levels that grow increasingly difficult.

Opposing pieces

You face four kinds of chess piece, each with its own threat:

• Pawn: a simple, predictable opponent, but dangerous if it reaches the other side.
• Rook: a defensive powerhouse that can secure the exit and leave you nowhere to escape.
• Knight: an unpredictable opponent.
• Bishop: attacks from the start, so you need to be careful as soon as it is on the board.

Puzzles and difficulty

Puzzles scale with your skill, starting on a 4×4 grid against one piece and gradually expanding to a full board with 16 pieces. The increasing difficulty offers a challenge for both seasoned chess players and newcomers, and the puzzles can also introduce children to chess or provide a mental workout.