Chess: Fog of War

Chess: Fog of War adds a strategic fog-of-war layer to the classic game of chess. You can only see squares your pieces control — everything else is hidden. Outthink and outmaneuver your opponent in the darkness.

HOW FOG CHESS WORKS
Each piece reveals only the squares it can move to or attack. Pawns see their move and capture squares. Knights see their L-shaped destinations. Bishops, rooks, and queens see along their normal lines of movement. The king sees one square in every direction. All other squares are covered by fog.

If you move a piece through the fog and an enemy is hidden in the way, you bump into them — capturing them or being blocked. There is no checkmate in fog mode. You win by capturing the enemy king. If you run out of legal moves, you lose.

5 GAME MODES
• Fog of War vs AI — Face the Oracle, an advanced chess engine, under fog
• Fog of War PvP — Pass-and-play fog chess on one device with a friend
• Timed Fog vs AI — Fog chess with a clock (5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes)
• Classic Chess vs AI — Standard chess rules, no fog, full board visibility
• Classic Chess PvP — Traditional chess, two players, one device

3 AI DIFFICULTY LEVELS
• Apprentice — A gentle opponent for beginners learning fog chess
• Strategist — Tactical engine with multi-ply search depth
• Grandmaster — Advanced engine using Monte Carlo sampling, iterative deepening, and alpha-beta pruning with aspiration windows. Designed to challenge experienced chess players.

CHOOSE YOUR COLOR
Play as White, play as Black, or let fate decide with Random. The AI adapts to either side.

12 VISUAL THEMES
Customize the board and fog with 12 hand-crafted color schemes: Grandmaster's Library, Cistercian Stone, Duelist's Ink, Emerald Court, Obsidian Forge, Azure Depths, Crimson Throne, Ivory & Ebony, Neon Cyber, Sovereign Gold, Midnight OLED, and High Contrast for accessibility.

FEATURES
• Fog of war chess — a unique hidden-information chess variant
• Offline play — no internet connection required
• Game announcer — contextual commentary on moves, captures, and openings
• Board notation — algebraic coordinate labels (a–h, 1–8)
• Move history — review every move played in the game
• Post-game analysis — step through the full move sequence after the game ends
• Drag-and-drop or tap-to-move piece controls
• Haptic feedback and sound effects for moves, captures, and check
• Save and resume — continue your game where you left off
• Forfeit option — resign at any time
• Captured piece display — see which pieces have been taken
• Time controls — configurable chess clock for timed games
• Localized in 75+ languages
• No account required — play immediately

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