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About game
Unusual Chess is an excellent game that hones your strategic abilities, logical thinking, and visual memory. Dive into our four distinctive game modes!
**Modes:**
- **Classic:** For those who appreciate tradition. Enjoy a pure strategic duel against a smart AI or a friend without any shortcuts.
- **Fisher's Chess:** Frustrated with memorized openings? The pieces on the back rank are scrambled each time. Prepare to think on your feet from the get-go!
- **Horde Mode:** Prefer strength in numbers? Lead the Horde with three rows of pawns versus the opponent's standard army! Overwhelm your foe with an avalanche or go down swinging—but make it a spectacle.
- **Random Position:** The game begins when you least expect it! The board sets a random position, plunging you straight into the action without warm-up.
Choose to battle an AI with adjustable difficulty or challenge a friend on the same device.
Plan your moves carefully, execute stunning checkmates, and relish every game!
How to play
Playing Unusual Chess is easy and intuitive — you can move pieces by clicking or dragging them, whatever you prefer.
How to move:
- Clicking: left-click on a piece to see all possible moves, then click on the target square to make the move.
- Dragging: press and hold the left mouse button on a piece, drag it to where you want it, and release the button — your move is done!
Special actions:
- Castling: protect your king by moving it two squares towards the rook, and the game will handle the castling automatically.
- Pawn promotion: when a pawn reaches the opposite end of the board, it turns into a queen.
To start the game: go to the main menu, pick one of the four modes, choose your colour, and decide who your opponent will be — the clever AI or a friend sitting next to you on the same device.