Version 5.6

28 Feb 2026Developer post

Chess Ultimate 5.6 Update

checker point cost 1 to 2
forced attack now only triggers after an initial knock out that turn by the checker
checker king movement increased from 1 to 8

fixed issues with ghost
fixed battle pass 100 gems animation
fixed local team banner not closing
fixed take back in local games
fixed a bug where bomb would explode on game initialisation causing you to not see the true board state
fixed bomb + angel + mage + giant interaction
fixed issue where character swapping team with parasite while frozen removed the ice material
fixed issue where a ghost with an angel attached kept revealing itself
rewrote a bunch of angel code to fix multiple issues
changed colors a bit when zoomed to game board
changed square hover highlight color
fixed bug where if bomb attacks a parasite the square the parasite was on didnt get cleared and would float around on the client
fixed glass tiles shader
after taking back or resyncing frozen pieces were not being unfrozen properly
fixed issue where local time wasnt being reset properly
dragging a character onto enemy squares during draft pick will now remove your character from the board
fixed sometimes marking dots as danger moves when they werent

improved translations
updated new user tutorials
all character key costs are now 1
keys earned from winning a match made game 2 to 1
added a new player queue
fixed a bug where it would display blocked users to the blocked person and allowed them to essentially unblock themselves
fixed tournament push notifications not working on android and firing at the wrong time on ios