Classical chess. Twenty ways to break it.

Real chess rules — castling, en passant, draws — until you turn on Power-Up mode. Then every capture earns a tool: freeze a knight, walk a bishop through a wall, or flip an enemy piece to your colour.

Get it on Google Play

Chess-Tickle is an Android game. There is a browser build, but it is private — it runs on an approved-account list and is not open to the public.

A Chess-Tickle match in progress against the AI
Power-up mode

Capture a piece, earn a power-up.

Off by default. Every capture draws one of twenty. You hold three at a time and spend them on your turn.

Divine Shield Protects a piece from capture for 1 opponent turn
Frost Freeze Freezes an enemy piece so it cannot move for 2 turns
Bomb Pawn Explodes when captured, destroying the attacker
Mind Control Converts an enemy piece to your color
Meteor Strike Destroys the target square and all adjacent pieces
Quantum Leap Allows any piece to make a Knight jump
Poison Trap Places a trap on an empty square; destroys first enemy to step on it
Foresight Reveals the enemy's traps and bomb pawns for 3 turns

Twelve more, including Barricade, Kamikaze and Royal Swap. Meteor Strike is the one to be careful with — it does not spare your own pieces.

The campaign screen, showing Pawn Academy and the levels that follow
Campaign

Twenty levels, three stars each.

Winning earns the first star. The other two are set per level and tell you what to do rather than naming an achievement — promote a pawn, castle, finish without losing your queen.

  • 1 · Pawn AcademyPromote a Pawn · Win in 45 moves or fewer
  • 4 · Rook's CitadelPerform Castling (Kingside or Queenside) · Win without losing a Rook
  • 10 · The Chess TicklerWin in 65 moves or fewer · Win without losing your Queen
  • 20 · The Dark OverlordWin in 65 moves or fewer · Win without losing your Queen
The achievements screen, with First Steps and First Blood unlocked
Progress

Sixty-three achievements, and a wardrobe.

Boards, piece sets and icons unlock as you play. What you equip carries across every mode.

63Achievements
8Board themes
8Piece sets
20Player icons
Online

Play someone else, wherever they are.

Host a room and share the six-letter code, or take one from the list of games waiting for an opponent right now. A friend needs nothing but the six letters to sit down opposite you.

Six-letter codes

Share a code with one person, or list the room publicly and let anyone take it.

Power-up rooms

Hosting with Power-Up mode ticked makes it a power-up room for Android players too.

The host sets the rules

Your choice of stalemate rule travels with the room, so both players are always playing the same game.