FAQ

HOW MANY PLAYERS?

Chessplus is a 2 player game.

WHAT IS THE AGE RANGE?

We recommend ages 6 +. You know yourself and family better than we do and we do have 5 year olds loving the game.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?

The basics of chess. How pieces can move and capture.

HOW AND WHEN CAN I COMBINE MY PIECES?

You combine pieces with traditional chess moves. You can start combining from the first move.

CAN I SPLIT A COMBINED PIECE?

Yes. Move one piece away as a traditional chess move.

IS COMBINING OR SPLITTING A MOVE?

Yes. A move is a move.

DO I LOSE BOTH PIECES IF MY COMBINED PIECE IS TAKEN?

Yes. Consider a Combined piece as a single piece.

CAN I PROMOTE A COMBINED PIECE?

Yes. Just like chess when a pawn gets to the other end it promotes. With Chessplus if a combined piece containing a pawn gets to the other end it promotes. The combined piece is promoted to a Queen.

CAN I STILL CASTLE?

Yes. You can even castle with a combined piece as long as the rock and King have not moved.

WHAT ABOUT EN PASSANT?

Yes. Players can choose to play En Passant.

The piece taken can only be a Pawn or a combined piece containing 2 pawns.

CAN I PLAY REGULAR CHESS?

Yes. Or you can play Chess vs Chessplus.

IS CHESSPLUS FASTER THAN CHESS?

Feedback is games are ½ the time of Chess games.

WHAT SIZE ARE THE PIECES AND THE BOARD?

The king is height 66mm x base 25mm, the pawn height 42mm x base 25mm. The board is 350mm x 350mm.

IF I NEED A REPLACEMENT PIECE! CAN I GET ONE?

Missing a piece due to too much play, chewed or taken to the dolls house?

Don’t stress!

Just send an email to info@chessplus.com with a
description of your damaged/lost piece along with your mailing address and we’ll replace it!

DOES CHESSPLUS ACCEPT VARIATION SUBMISSIONS?

We sure do! Send an email to info@Chessplus.com with your idea. If it gets all the ticks we will post it to our Chessplus Variation Page.