61%Good matchHyper Chess
93%22993% positive reviews, Very Positive across 229 reviews·Chess · Board Game
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A mind-bending chess game, where straight lines turn and diagonals fork. Hundreds of different boards with new strategies hidden in plain sight.
Chess Twist
Steam
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.

Generate new boards on the fly until you find one you like.

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

The white rook can potential put the opponent in check by just moving a pawn and knight:

And only a pawn protects the king from the black bishop:

You can play together on the same device, or online in public or private.

An unconventional game is perfect to help you develop unconventional strategies.
Remember how Rocky ran on top of a mountain to train for his match against Drago? In the same way, play Chess Twist to defeat Magnus!
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