Version 6.0 is Out Now — 12 Unique Chessboards with Custom Shaders!

♟️ Play Chess Against Stockfish 19 — play full-featured chess against one of the strongest chess engines, running fully offline. Stockfish 19 brings up to 44 Elo over Stockfish 18 in testing and wins more than 3× as many game pairs as it loses.

🌐 Multiplayer via Lichess — play against other players, including rated games. Authorize your Lichess account and choose your preferred game mode. You can also receive direct challenges in the Quest app: a friend can challenge you from the Lichess website or mobile app, and the challenge will be automatically accepted in VR.

🎨 Collect 12 Unique Chess Sets — discover dinosaurs, skeletons, fruits, candy, zombies, sushi, origami, and more! Defeat opponents to unlock new themes, each with its own characters, voices, and custom-designed chessboard.

🧩 12 Themed Boards with Custom Shaders — every theme has its own unique board, created with custom shaders to make it feel like a natural part of that world. Dinosaurs and mannequins leave footprints as they move. The Wood board features distinctive grain and tree rings, while the Candy board is covered in chocolate and the Fruits board incorporates oranges and watermelons. The Origami board is made of folded paper, and the Clay Xmas board brings ice and snow.

✨ Animated Chessboards — some boards bring the world to life with motion and visual effects. On the Antstone board, butterflies fly overhead, casting moving shadows across the surface. On the Sushi board, fish swim through a surface covered in fish scales. The Melting Zombies board, inspired by Salvador Dalí, features his iconic melting clocks embedded directly into the board.

🌎 MR / VR Switch — switch between Mixed Reality and fully immersive Virtual Reality. In VR, each chess set comes with a themed environment matching its characters.

💥 Smash the Pieces — hit the board at the end of a game and watch the chess pieces fly apart!

🖐️ Hand Tracking — play without controllers using natural hand gestures and pinch-to-grab controls. Switch freely between hands and controllers.

👑 Special Pawn Promotion — celebrate a pawn's journey with an interactive promotion ceremony when it reaches the other side.

🎙️ Talking Chess Pieces — every themed set has its own unique voices, ready to greet you and react during the game.

🤫 Whispered Hints — need help? Get a hint whispered directly next to your ear.

↩️ 3 Undos Per Game — undo up to three moves when you need a second chance.

🎮 Four Mini-Games — refresh your hints and undos with four skill-based challenges: Shoot-the-Strangers, What Changed?, Maze, and Attack Lines.

💾 Automatic Game Saving — your game and hint progress are saved automatically and restored when you return.

♜ Full Chess Rules — castling, en passant, pawn promotion, checkmate, stalemate, the 50-move rule, and insufficient-material draws.

🏠 Bring Chess into Your Room — use Mixed Reality to place the board in your own space, then position, resize, and rotate it to your liking.

🎨 Improved Graphics for Quest 2 & Quest 3 — enhanced visuals across both headsets, with an alternative build available for Quest 2.

🔒 Board Lock — lock the board in place to prevent accidental movement.