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====== Shape Chess ======

Players use pieces to create line-symmetric shapes. With placements, jumps, and pushes, you score for symmetric groups of six or more pieces — more points for larger groups.

Inventor: 日出 (Richu)

===== Rules =====

See [[https://www.abstractgames.org/shapechess.html|Abstract Games: Shape Chess]] and [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367618|BoardGameGeek]].


===== Variants =====

==== Size 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 ====

Square boards (''size-10'', default 12, ''size-14'', ''size-16'', ''size-18'').

==== 5–9 points ====

Winning totals of 5 through 9 (''5-pts'' … ''9-pts''). Default race is 4.

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20260502'' (2026-05-02). On Abstract Play since 2026-05-27.

==== Abstract Play ====

  * Designed c.2010 in Guangzhou and refined in the Chinese design community (quoted from Kanare_Abstract). Not a Chess variant.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367618]]
  * [[https://www.abstractgames.org/shapechess.html]]