Play Chess With Checker Pieces Like Magnus Carlsen
Chess.com is excited to announce our newest chess variant, Chess With Checkers! This fresh variant follows the same rules as regular chess, with one exception: everything on the board looks like checkers pieces.
Click the button below to try out Chess With Checkers:
We've all seen that astonishing video of GM Magnus Carlsen solving chess positions on a chessboard using only Airthings devices instead of chess pieces. If you haven't, you definitely should because it will blow your mind:
We've also seen Carlsen defeat a breathless (despite all the Airthings devices) GM David Howell in two blitz games using the same round pieces:
Now, it's time for you to see what it's like to be in Carlsen's shoes and prove that you can also play with nothing but disks. Channel your inner world number-one and head to our Variants page to play Chess With Checkers now!
Chess With Checkers is the perfect opportunity for you to put your visualization skills to the test. It's also an excellent way for you to yell to the world that you're not obsessed with chess—after all, you're also playing with pieces from other board games.
Have you already tried our new Chess With Checkers variant? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.