StrategyFit check
Is CHEXS worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Chess players who want simultaneous turns instead of alternating moves
- Strategy fans interested in hexagonal-board tactics and coordinated attacks
- Players seeking online matches with either open matchmaking or private rooms
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for conventional chess rules and alternating turns
- Players who prefer slow, sequential planning over fast-moving fronts resolved at once
- Players seeking a campaign, story, or role-playing structure rather than board-game matches
Our take on CHEXS
Instead of waiting for one side to finish a move before responding, CHEXS has both players plan their pieces at the same time and resolves those orders together. Its hexagonal board and altered piece rules replace the standard chess grid and turn sequence with contested spaces and simultaneous movement.
What is CHEXS?
CHEXS reworks chess as a simultaneous-turn strategy game on a hexagonal board.
Both players issue orders to all their pieces, after which every movement is processed at once. The objective remains capturing the opposing king, while pieces can contest hexes and combine attacks to create shifting fronts. The game includes an AI opponent, open matchmaking, and private online matches. Its pieces use altered movement rules: pawns advance toward the enemy across one of three hexes, rooks can become invulnerable when left still, horses jump two hexes in a straight line, bishops move one or two hexes, queens move one hex, and kings also move one hex. A captured king ends the game.
How CHEXS plays
- 01Simultaneous Orders
- Both players direct all their pieces before the game resolves their movements together.
- 02Hexagonal Chessboard
- The board changes how familiar chess pieces move and creates contests over individual hexes.
- 03Online Match Options
- Players can use open matchmaking or create private matches.
- 04AI Opponent
- An artificial intelligence opponent is included for non-human matches.
- 05Modified Piece Rules
- Pawns, rooks, horses, bishops, queens, and kings each follow movement rules distinct from standard chess.
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CHEXS: platforms & release
Is CHEXS worth it?
It is worth it if: chess players who want simultaneous turns instead of alternating moves. Skip it if: players looking for conventional chess rules and alternating turns.
Where can I download CHEXS?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens CHEXS's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is CHEXS on?
Windows and macOS.
