Lazy Chess

Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis Developer

Cinq-Mars Media Publisher

2021-03-12 Release

Indie Strategy Singleplayer MultiplayerTags

Game News Posts: 17

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Mixed (11 reviews)

https://www.cinqmarsmedia.com/lazychess/

Steam Store

Public Linux Depots:

Lazy Chess Linux [199.92 M]

Lazy Chess 2.0: New Co-Op Mode + Major Stockfish Updates

Lazy Chess has received some long overdue love and attention!

A brand new local Co-Op Mode that will be featured in Steam Couch Co-Op Fest Feb 10th. Here players independently choose which move to make and only the worse of the two is accepted. A fun challenge for friends!
A Major Stockfish Update (16) as the engine has been re-integrated from the ground up to provide much, much more accurate experience even on older hardware.
Aesthetic Revamp: Emojis have been replaced with new animations and artwork has been updated.
General performance enhancements

Should there be any issues, the last build has been placed on the beta branch so if you'd like to downgrade back to the previous version, it's as easy as opening your preferences and selecting "opt-in to beta". Thank you all for your kindness and support!

[ 2025-02-03 07:33:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Winter Sale

Cinq-Mars Media games are 20-70% off till January 2! Happy Holidays! Lazy Chess is at a deep discount. Also try our newest game, CrossAbout! Lazy Chess developer commentary: [previewyoutube=mVFtr7mV4DM;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-12-19 15:00:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess discounted in the Steam Autumn Sale!

Lazy Chess: Fewer moves. More Fun! Choose from the two best moves selected by Stockfish, the most robust chess engine in the world. Learn new skills while you compete against a highly skilled AI, online friends, and random opponents. Unlock new themes and settings that up the difficulty, and play challenges of famous board states provided from some of the world's most active grandmasters. [previewyoutube=oE38hXKWuzQ;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-11-27 18:01:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Summer Sale

Find a new favorite and save now!

Lazy Chess
Trade Bots
Copy Editor
The Devil's Calculator
Synonymy

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[ 2024-06-21 14:10:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Spring Sale

Including Lazy Chess, Trade Bots, Copy Editor, The Devils Calculator, and Synonymy Play demos, find your new favorite, and buy it at a low price! Proceeds benefit the Cinq-Mars Media Nonprofit mission of developing educational games and technology. Our games are always free to students and educators. Cinq-Mars Media is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[ 2024-03-14 17:30:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Winter Sale

Lazy Chess -- Fewer Moves! More Fun! Choose the best of two or four moves to win! Beginners can learn chess moves, and chess aficionados can try new challenges to improve their skills. All games from Cinq-Mars Media non-profit are now on sale. Try a demo and find a new favorite! [previewyoutube=mVFtr7mV4DM;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2023-12-21 18:01:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess and other Cinq-Mars Media games discounted

Get Lazy Chess at a special price now! Cinq-Mars Media games are always free to educators and students who contact us. [previewyoutube=mVFtr7mV4DM;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2023-11-21 18:01:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Summer Sale

All Cinq-Mars Media games are 20-40% off during the Steam summer event! Try a demo and find a new favorite! [previewyoutube=oE38hXKWuzQ;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2023-06-29 17:59:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Spring Sale

Cinq-Mars Media games discounted 33-75% in the Steam Spring Sale!

Copy Editor
The Devil's Calculator
Lazy Chess
Synonymy
While you're browsing, you can also download our new demo, Trade Bots!

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[ 2023-03-16 17:00:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Autumn Sale

How about a nice game of chess? Lazy Chess: Fewer Moves. More Fun. And now 30% off! All Cinq-Mars Media games are 30% off during the Steam Autumn Sale.[previewyoutube=oE38hXKWuzQ;leftthumb][/previewyoutube]

[ 2022-11-22 13:54:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Summer Sale

Lazy Chess, Copy Editor, The Devil's Calculator, and more are 30% off during the Steam Summer Sale! https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/cmm [previewyoutube=mVFtr7mV4DM;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2022-06-23 17:07:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess - Steam Remote Play Together Sale

Lazy Chess is on sale during the Remote Play Together Sale! Buy Lazy Chess and challenge a friend, or choose one-player to brush up on your chess strategies! Lazy Chess: Fewer Moves. More Fun! [previewyoutube=oE38hXKWuzQ;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2022-02-28 18:56:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess Remote Play Feature Updated

How to set up remote play on Lazy Chess: Whichever player will be the Host: 1) Toggle fullscreen for the Steam window 2) Open "Friends & Chat. (Note: Steam overlay isnt supported.) 3) Invite your friend. 4) Give at least keyboard permissions by clicking the semi-opaque keyboard in the remote session panel.

[ 2022-02-23 16:00:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Steam Lunar New Year Sale

Find your new favorite Cinq-Mars Media game during the Steam Lunar New Year Sale! Welcome to the Year of the Tiger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE38hXKWuzQ

[ 2022-01-27 15:00:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess in Indie Live Expo

Lazy Chess will be a featured game in the Indie Live Expo on Saturday, November 6. Start time is 3 am Eastern / Midnight Pacific https://indie.live-expo.games/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYqV3OKi00

[ 2021-11-04 16:43:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update v1.7

Welcome to Lazy Chess v1.7!

Ready for even more chess puzzles? Our brand-new game modes put wickedly delightful spins on the classic game of chess, and with new challenges you can revisit some of the greatest chess games and puzzles of history and battle for the glory alongside the world's most sophisticated chess engine. Whether you prefer a mind-melting brain-teaser or a more relaxed meditative flow, Lazy Chess v1.7 has you covered.

New Modes

2x2 A unique challenge where each player takes two moves in succession, one for themselves and another for their opponent. Pick the best move for you, and the worst for your enemy! By Piece In this mode, you toggle between all the possible moves of a single piece stockfish chooses as having the best move. Both Sides An extremely fun and challenging mode where you play as both white and black. As white you are trying to defeat black, but blacks moves are much better.

New Challenges

Podgaets v Dvoretsky, USSR Championship 1974 The Rumble in Odessa! Youre Mark Dvortetsky, and youre in a tight spot! Can you and Stockfish see the same way forward that he did on that fateful day in Odessa? The Paul Morphy Puzzle Paul Morphy was just 10 years old when he invented this puzzle in 1856. It was the only puzzle he ever created, but its cleverness has endured for over 150 years. Playing white, can you mate in just 2 moves? Zugzwang! In chess, zugzwang is when a player must move a piece, but all your available moves are bad. The Latvian Johann Sehwers composed many devilish zugzwang puzzles between 1868-1940, but this one is our favorite - can you find a way for white to win?

[ 2021-07-10 19:43:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess | Developer Stream

We've been hard at work making Lazy Chess even better. Come hang out, ask us questions, see new features, and play some Lazy Chess!

[ 2021-03-24 23:00:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lazy Chess is a non-profit chess puzzle that aims to innovate the game and reduce the intimidation factor for new or self-conscious players. On average, there are more than 30 legal chess moves available to a player in a turn, creating vigintillions (that’s 10 followed by 63 zeros) of possibilities throughout a game. Lazy Chess compresses all those possibilities. Every turn, it offers you the best 2, 3 or 4 moves you could make. The only catch? You won’t know which move is the best!

The world's most sophisticated chess engine, Stockfish, analyzes the board and offers you the best two moves, but it won’t tell you which move is best until after you’ve confirmed your choice. The board plays as a real chess game would while limiting your selections. In any turn, your options may allow you to defend, progress, capture, or even use special rules such as castling. The moves provided in Lazy Chess can always win the match, but how strong are your decisions?

Lazy Chess is designed to take the stress out of chess. By simplifying the game, players of all levels will be able to play good chess with winning strategies. Those new to chess will learn creative moves and tactics, and those with experience can play with speed against a world-class neural network. Compete against an AI opponent, online with strangers or friends, or with the person next to you!

Looking for a greater challenge? Lazy Chess offers dozens of settings and variants, introducing random moves, varying Stockfish “depth” and a real-time advantage tracker. Challenge Mode allows you to use the openings of famous games and see if you can progress with the grandmasters. Those looking for further analysis of their games can copy the PGN of their game to their clipboard, or analyze it externally on external sites!

Lazy Chess was created by Cinq-Mars Media, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization developing educational games and technology, support of scientific research related to human safety and education, and to make such technology and research available on a charitable basis.

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capableMemory: 512 MB RAMStorage: 300 MB available space
Memory: 512 MB RAMStorage: 300 MB available space
Storage: 300 MB available space

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