Getting started
Prism Chess lets you play chess variants — built-in ones we curate, and games you design yourself in the Sandbox.
- The first time you open a game, a tutorial pops up explaining its pieces and rules.
- Tap any piece during a game to see legal moves. The Info toggle in the game's top bar shows per-piece tips.
- Open Sandbox to design your own variant. Add a description and we'll generate a tutorial for it automatically.
- You can replay any tutorial here at any time.
Built-in games
Classic Chess
8×8The full 8×8 game you know.
Mini Chess
6×66×6 board — Rook, Bishop, King, Queen, Bishop, Rook.
Battle of the Knights
5×55×5 — knights filling the back rank, king in the middle.
Menagerie
8×8Classic 8×8 reimagined — the Kings are gone, the Queens have vanished. White rallies behind a Regent; Black follows the Lich King. Archers as rooks, Dragons as knights, Wizards as bishops, and an Assassin on each side where the queen once stood. Shapeshifter pawns up front.
Grand Menagerie
12×1212×12 showcase of every custom piece — juggernauts on the wings, shapeshifter pawns up front.
House of Mirrors
8×8Classical 8×8 chess with a magical twist: Rooks become Twin Towers and Knights become Shadow Knights. Every linked pair moves together as one — same direction for towers, mirrored across the center for shadow knights. Familiar opening theory, completely different piece coordination.
Pawns & King
8×8Solo king behind a wall of pawns. Calm canvas to learn on.