# Weird Chess

> Check out an entire set of new ways to play

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.anideasmith.weirdchess](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.anideasmith.weirdchess)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.anideasmith.weirdchess`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mind Fu
- **Category:** GAME\_BOARD
- **Downloads:** 12
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28
- **First published:** 2026-05-28
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anideasmith.weirdchess)
- **Website:** [https://ko-fi.com/mindfu](https://ko-fi.com/mindfu)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://jamesmbeach.com/archives/5604](https://jamesmbeach.com/archives/5604)

## Description

Check out Weird Chess! Choose from 12+ variants across two board sizes — and more on the way. Each variant with its own rules, strategy, and personality.<br><br>Standard Chess — classic rules, plus an attacking pigeon that randomly moves your or your opponent&#39;s pieces.<br>Atomic Chess — where pieces trying to capture each other create mutually assured destruction.<br>Chess960 — 960 different randomised starting positions for all pieces. <br>3-Check — one checkmate not enough? With this variant, you need 3 checks to win.<br>King of the Hill — race your king to the centre and declare yourself lord of all you see.<br>Horde Chess — face the barbarian horde - or be it! 36 white pawns vs a standard black army<br>Fog of War — you can only see the squares your pieces attack.<br><br>10×10 Variants<br><br>Grand Chess — the pomp and circumstance of war, with a Marshal and a Cardinal in the royal courtly mix.<br>Omega Chess — go to war with an additional champion and a wizard. One does not simply walk!<br>Decimal Chess — a falcon and a hunter make your game a little stranger.<br>Hyderabad Chess — one of the earliest historic forms of actual ancient chess.<br>Jetan Chess — a form of chess created for the science fantasy classic Chessman of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. <br><br>Every move is narrated by an AI commentator with a unique personality — from the composed Classical analyst to the chaos-loving Random Pigeon. <br><br>Find your way and shake up your chess habits with some different kinds of play.

## Rankings

- #2,774,224 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.anideasmith.weirdchess.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.anideasmith.weirdchess)