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Chess
The king of board games meets the arcade. Face Bella's carefree openings, outmaneuver Coop's solid positional play, then survive Bentley's ruthless endgame precision. Full chess rules with castling, en passant, and pawn promotion. Every piece matters, every move counts. Can you checkmate the legendary champion?
Play
Three dogs, one engine at three depths. Your pick is remembered across the arcade.
How this game was built
Every game in the arcade is built from scratch by an AI coding agent as a test of what current models can ship.
- Framework
- React 19 + TypeScript + Vite
- First built
- February 6, 2026
- Built with
- Claude Opus 4.6
Want to build or change your own? The whole game is on GitHub. Fork it, run npm install and npm run dev, and the board is yours to change: the rules, the three opponents, the art, or the whole look.
- Three unique opponents with escalating difficulty
- Full chess rules: castling, en passant, pawn promotion
- Character-driven victory messages and personalities
- Smooth piece movement and capture animations
- Check and checkmate detection
- Detailed stats to track your victories
- Challenge friends to beat specific opponents
