Chess Reforged

MANY TRADITIONS. ONE BATTLEFIELD.

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Civilization.

Chess Reforged is a platform of chess-style games, where reworked rules and strength-aware matchmaking make room for completely different armies to compete fairly.

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Understand the armies, rules, and strategies. Learn about the design choices.

NEW PIECES. NEW STRATEGIES.

  • Chinese Dragon
  • Flying Rook
  • Ninja
  • Princely Elephant
  • Cannon
  • Gold General
  • Dragonhorse
  • Drunken Elephant
  • Dragon Egg
  • Ninja Infiltrator
  • Tower Elephant
Explore the story behind Chess Reforged

No signup needed. Set your name and starting rating in Player info.

YOUR SEAT AT THE BOARD

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Use your Chess.com or Lichess rapid rating as a starting point. The site learns your overall skill and your proficiency with each army separately. Matchmaking also accounts for the strength of the two armies. Your first game with a new army starts from your overall skill, with room to adjust as you play. You can set this before your first online game; your ratings are visible only to you in Player info.

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