Fish Chess
Fish Chess presents a treasure-capture problem using legal chess moves.
Game details
- Developer
- FoolFish Studio
- Category
- Board
- Controls
- Mouse · Touch · Keyboard
- Players
- Local multiplayer
- Devices
- desktop · mobile
- Orientation
- Portrait and landscape
- Published
- Listing updated
- Page content updated
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About Fish Chess
Fish Chess presents a treasure-capture problem using legal chess moves. Find a route to the gold-marked pawn within three White moves. The task is about a specific target and a tight move allowance rather than playing all the way to checkmate.
How to play Fish Chess
Select a piece to inspect its legal moves, then choose a destination. Keep your king safe as you pursue the marked pawn. A geometrically possible attack can still be illegal if it exposes your king, so use the board's legal choices when planning.
Controls
Mouse
Touch
Keyboard
Capture the marked pawn in three White moves
If a piece can attack the marked pawn after one setup move, count the capture as a second move rather than treating the setup as success. Also check the intervening reply: an open-looking route may close before your next turn.
What to plan before your next move
Start at the target and work backward through possible attackers. Prefer a route with fewer preparatory moves and check for blockers. Capturing a different valuable piece does not substitute for the gold pawn, even if it would be good material in a normal match.
Fish Chess or Chess?
Chess uses checkmate as the main objective in a complete game. Fish Chess's short challenge counts a marked pawn capture within three legal White moves; a continued Classic position can still use the ordinary chess result.
Choose Chess for its regular objective, or use the Play button above to try this Fish variation. Progress is saved separately for each game.
Common questions
Do I need checkmate to win the Fish Chess treasure challenge?
No. Capture the gold-marked pawn within the displayed allowance. Your moves must still be legal chess moves.
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