ChessXpanse

ChessXpanse is a chess game in which one player faces another across boards with varying starting positions. The battle ends when a player captures the opponent’s last King, of which a player can have up to three.

Boards and battles

The game has six board sizes, from 4 × 5 to 7 × 7 squares. Each board size has 11 battles, for 66 battles in total. Each battle can rotate in four directions, creating 244 possible battle rotations.

Pieces

The boards contain the six traditional chess pieces, as well as three additional pieces: the Mage, the Gatekeeper and the Archer. All pieces start close to one another.