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)

See Abstract Games: Shape Chess and BoardGameGeek.

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

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

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

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

• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367618
• https://www.abstractgames.org/shapechess.html