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Lazy Chess

60% positive of 10 Steam reviews

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Released
2021
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis. Published by Cinq-Mars Media.

About the game

Lazy Chess is a new non-profit chess game that narrows your choices down to the best 2 possible moves per turn. The moves provided can always win the game, but how strong are your decisions? Fewer moves. More fun.

Tagged by players

  • Chess
  • Turn-Based Tactics
  • Board Game
  • Real Time Tactics
  • Logic
  • Family Friendly
  • Tabletop
  • Relaxing
  • Top-Down
  • Puzzle
  • Tactical
  • Strategy

What players say

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    "...narrows your choices down to the best 2 possible moves per turn." I would argue against that. Within my first 5 minutes, I saw several moves available that were better than the two options provided. Opponent made several dumb moves as well, including passing over a good setup for checkmate. The UI and UX is terrible - and not because it's simple and minimal (that's actually the best part about it). It looks like…

    21 min played when written. 25 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    A neat idea but my core complain is that it doesn't explain *why* something was my best or 2nd best move. Adding in some explanations and information about each move as they happen would turn this from a curious toy into a really good and fun practice tool for new chess players.

    6 min played when written. 21 found it helpful.

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