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冷游工作室 · Published by 冷游工作室
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
This is a chess variant in which players can “control the board” as a move action. The game supports online play, matches against AI, and local analysis.
Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More free games
About this game
What Is This Game?
This is a chess variant in which players can “control the board” as a move action. The game supports online play, matches against AI, and local analysis. It also features a usable notation system and several customizable board rules.
Features
Sharpen your tactical thinking with carefully designed puzzles.
Play against specially optimized, high-strength bots.
Experiment with different rule variants.
Challenge your friends in online matches.
Puzzle Editor — share your moments of inspiration.
Additional Features
Switchable day and night themes.
Customizable piece and board styles.
Notation support in both JSON and human-readable formats.
Chess clock.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200、AMD FX-4100、Snapdragon X Elite
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: distributions released after 2020 Integrated graphics with full support for Vulkan 1.0, Metal 3 (macOS), or Direct3D 12 (Feature Level 12_0, Windows)
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
The Demo Is Now Available!
You can get demo by game page.According to our current plans, this demo will remain available permanently!Read full article on Community Announcements (冷筱华)Patch NotesOfficial
BETA TEST UPDATE
UPDATES1. You can now quickly pan the board by right-clicking and dragging it; 2. Fixed the issue where the scoreboard was hard to see in night mode; 3. The scoreboard can now be placed in the right sidebar; 4. Significantly improved the performance of the BOT; 5. Now supports both aarch64 and x86_64 architectures for macOS; 6. Merged the opening/move library into the "Content" button.Read full article on Community Announcements (冷筱华)Patch NotesOfficial
BETA TEST UPDATE
Update AnnouncementJust earlier, based on everyone's feedback, we completed the following updates:1. Added a "Next Puzzle" button after completing a puzzle; 2. Added a puzzle search feature; 3. Added a random color selection feature for players in human-vs-AI mode; 4. Added a feature to save game records directly to a file; 5. Adjusted the style of the left and right panels; 6. Added a small fun feature.Next, in the upcoming update, we will address the following issues:1. Display styling for multi-language versions; 2. The issue of user configuration overwriting.Among these, issue 2 means that the next update will completely wipe out all your current puzzle progress and various settings, returning everything to its default state.This is because the current user configuration is stored in the software directory, which requires verification and updating every time the software is updated.After this update, user configurations and all progress, including user puzzles, workshop content, etc., will be moved to the corresponding system user data directory under `user://`. If you need to preserve your content, please be sure to back it up in advance.Read full article on Community Announcements (冷筱华)
