ArcaChess vs CombatChess

ArcaChess is an online chess game that keeps every rule of classic chess and changes only one moment: the capture. Instead of disappearing, both pieces are pulled into an arena and fight it out in real time, arcade-style. A piece's value becomes its strength — health points, speed, damage, spell. Every capture plays out as a duel. The stronger piece gets the advantage, not the win. The remaining piece's health carries over to its next duel. THE ARENA — THE HEART OF THE GAME One piece attacks another, the board fades away, the duel begins. Two joysticks: move your piece, dodge projectiles, time your spell just right. Every piece plays differently. The rook hits hard and can take more punishment than even the queen, but moves slowly. The knight is the fastest and fires two spears at once. The queen chains a triple spell, the king unleashes a devastating royal blaze. The pawn has only a single arrow and 80 health — it has to make up for it with dodging. The attacker picks the terrain — side corridors, zigzag barricades, or scattered blocks. The setting changes everything. And when only the two kings remain on the board, everything comes down to one final duel, with no advantage for either side. ONLINE CHESS AND MULTIPLAYER Real-time chess matches against players from around the world, ranked or casual. ELO rating, global leaderboard, friends list, private messaging, and quick in-match chat. Start a private match to play with a friend, join a guild or create your own, complete with its own chat room. SOLO MODE Three levels of AI to sharpen your openings and get comfortable in the arena before facing real opponents. COLLECTION 81 unlockable looks: 43 piece styles, 24 boards, and 14 shot sounds. From 8-bit to stained glass, from circuit board to Roman mosaic. Plus 141 avatars for your profile. PROGRESSION Daily missions, unlockable achievements, daily rewards, and chests. Your level, stats, and collection are all tied to your account. WHO IS IT FOR? Whether you've played chess your whole life or never got past the basic rules, ArcaChess levels the playing field: a beginner with good aim can take down an experienced player. It's a chess game for people who find chess too slow, and an arcade game for people who find arcade games too shallow. ArcaChess plays one-handed, in portrait mode, and a match fits in a coffee break. The game is free. Download ArcaChess: the chess game where every capture is a battle.

It's chess. With fists. Combat Chess is real, full-rules chess until a capture is contested. Then both pieces drop into a real-time brawl, and the winner keeps the square. No piece goes quietly. Not even the king. ACTION CARDS: FIGHT FOR THE SQUARE You start every match with 3 Action Cards. When your piece is captured, spend one to force a fight instead of just losing it. Win the brawl and the capture is repelled your piece holds the square and the attacker is removed. Cards are spent win or lose and never refill mid-match, so card management is a whole extra layer of strategy. Run dry, and captures land like ordinary chess. FIGHTS THAT MATTER - Fighting power scales with chess value: pawns brawl at 75 HP, knights and bishops at 125, rooks at 175, queens at a monstrous 275, kings at 300. - Damage persists for the ENTIRE match. Wound the queen now, hunt her down later a health bar follows every piece that has fought. - A pawn can topple a queen. It just takes near-flawless play. SIX-BUTTON ARCADE COMBAT - Left punch (fast jab) and right punch (slow, heavy cross). - Side-matched blocking read the tell and guard the correct side to absorb 80% of the hit. - Timed dodges perfect timing negates all damage and charges your meter. - A stamina system that punishes button-mashing. Burn out and you're exhausted: unable to act and taking 1.5x damage. - Land perfect dodges to unlock the SUPER a single power shot worth 2.5x a heavy punch. Spam loses. Reads win. THE KING NEVER FALLS QUIETLY - In check, you can move out of danger or spend a card to send your king to fight the checking piece directly. - Checkmate isn't automatically the end. It triggers a mandatory final fight: your king duels the mating piece at 300 HP, no card needed. Win the last stand and the mate is broken. This cuts both ways: to beat you, your opponent must finish the job in the ring. A REAL CHESS ENGINE UNDERNEATH - Complete standard chess: castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, and every standard draw rule. - Powered by the Stockfish engine, tunable from 600 to 3190 Elo - friendly beginner to superhuman, with a strength slider for every difficulty in Settings. - Single-player works fully offline. Sound and haptics are yours to toggle. CHALLENGE FRIENDS ONLINE - Turn-based multiplayer through Game Center: invite friends, run several matches at once, and take your time. - Get notified when an opponent moves, captures, or starts a fight with daily reminders before the 4-day forfeit window closes a stalled match. - Built for turn-based play: when you contest a capture, the fight resolves instantly on your own device against a computer-controlled version of your opponent's piece fighting with its true HP and power, including damage it already carries. No waiting around, and your opponent sees a full recap on their turn. EVERY MATCH ON RECORD - Match history with wins, losses, draws, win rate, streaks, per-difficulty records, fight stats, and your biggest upset.