Chess Remix

Chess Remix is a chess game built around alternate rules and variants from around the world. In competitive online play, you face opponents in randomly selected Chess Remix games, using standard chess pieces under different rules and relying on quick thinking rather than memorised openings. You can also play against AI, learn through hand-designed levels, or create and share your own board games.

Chess around the world

The game includes chess variants from different countries, styled to resemble familiar chess to make them easier for beginners to learn. These include Shogi (Japanese Chess), Xiangqui (Chinese Chess), Janggi (Korean Chess) and Makruk (Thai Chess), among others.

Chess through history

You can play Chaturanga, the original Chess from 6th-century India, and explore games that developed as chess spread around the world. Options include Courier Chess, played in 12th-century Europe, and Tamerlane Chess. The Shogi selection spans different eras of Japanese history, from marathon games of Dai Shogi to quick games of Mini-Shogi. Hnefatafl, known as the Chess of the Vikings, is also included.

Make your own rules

Chess Remix lets you change rules to create your own games. You can set victory conditions such as winning by losing, start pieces in random places, make En Passant a forced move, turn castling off, or give a Rook the Knight's movement as well as its own. The game offers many rule and customization options, including choices that change the pieces and how they move.

Beyond chess

The game includes Checkers variants from around the world, along with ancient versions of Checkers and other abstract board games such as Three Men's Morris and Tic-Tac-Toe. A standard chess set has six piece types; Chess Remix includes more than 100. Hand-designed levels help you learn and use pieces from chess history, as well as the alternate rules you may encounter.

Create and share

You can make original board games and share them with the Remix community, or find games made by other players in the Discover section. The game also offers customizable settings so you can adjust its appearance to your preferences.