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Chess Twist

A mind-bending chess game, where straight lines turn and diagonals fork. Millions of different boards with new strategies hidden in plain sight.

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What Is Chess Twist?

It is a chess variant on an irregular grid.

The moves are the same, but the board is very much not the same. Forget straight lines. It's distortion all the way down.

Features

Millions of procedurally generated boards

Play against a bot

Play with a timer

Multiplayer on the same device

Multiplayer online with steam friends

Build your own boards

Preview your moves

Millions of Boards

Get a random board or build your own.

And you can always preview your moves, to help strategize:

Become a stronger chess player

An unconventional game is perfect to help you develop unconventional strategies.

Improve your skill of detecting new moves.

Get out of the habit of relying on past/learned games.

Notice new types of attacks before they capture your pieces.

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