Developer posts and news about this game.
Modules and Liberties: - Added new Module "Last Stand: Stockfish promotes it's only pawn." - Added new Liberty "Aura: target piece as a Queen." Cosmetic: - Added right-click highlight and arrow drawing - Added a new promotion animation - Added options to turn of eval bar, sparkle
I'm still working on the the skill tree, and once we hit 14 liberties and 14 modules, I think there will be enough content I can ship the skill tree. Probably within the week. So stay tuned. System Changes: - Changed the formula for compensation. It's now simply 50 + Modules - Li
In this patch I'm trying to deepen the relationship between modules, liberties, and themselves. Hopefully building a fertile ground where emergent interactions can happen, so I've added 5 new abilities built around 3 new mechanics. New Mechanics: - "Accelerate": Reduces cooldowns
New Liberties: - Added Moat (passive): Pieces defended by Stockfish's Rooks are Indestructible - Calvary: Spawn a Knight on ranks 7/8 Ability Previews: - Gamble - Complications - Headwinds Other Fixes: - Added new compatibility fallbacks for Windows. Whoever is running a Windows
- Added a new Module "Undead Horde" after capturing 3 points of value, stockfish creates a pawn. ⠀⠀- Piece destruction now shares between abilities that don't require full sacrifice, ⠀⠀⠀meaning the more of them there are, the slower they fill - Changed the leadboard equation: ⠀⠀-
- Added a new Liberty "Sheer Cold" freezes a piece for 1 turn - Added experimental MacOS Apple Silicon and Linux support - Added move preview indicators for pinned pieces and check - Added framework for ability explainers to better show what each ability does **They are currently
2026-09-23: Sacrifice and Bug Fixes - Added a new liberty "Sacrifice". Let's you sacrifice a piece - Minor UI changes when using an ability - Fixed a crash related to UI input handling - Improved some touchscreen and gamepad input handling
2026-09-22: Gamble, Daily Challenges, and Steam Leaderboards - Added a new Liberty "Gamble", Stockfish plays randomly from the top 3 moves - Added a new Daily challenge mode, that chooses a loadout for you (unlimited attempts, you can play and submit scores for old dailies too!)
Steamdeck Hotfix
- Added a new Liberty "Body Guard", creating a pawn to block a check - Added touch input support and improved controller support - Fixed Steamdeck support - Fixed a bug where sometimes Revenant wouldn't spawn - Various UI fixes and tweaks
The first playtest for Chess 3 is live! This is a very early dev build focused on finding the relative power and difficulty of different Modules and Liberties . It's currently missing the skill tree which will be added in next couple weeks. Expect near-daily patches and frequent