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Side Quest Chess
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Chess, but with stupidly hard side quests — solo or multiplayer. Browse the live boards first; sign in when you want Side Quest Chess to save progress, verify proof, or join a table.
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Chess, with optional nonsense
Your next chess game needs a terrible side plot.
Pick one ridiculous rule, then play a normal public game on Lichess or Chess.com. Side Quest Chess handles the paperwork and awards unnecessary heraldry if your bad idea survives inspection.
No chess-site password. No special game mode. One public game and an unreasonable amount of heraldry.
The official procedure
The ritual is suspiciously simple.
You supply the chess. Side Quest Chess supplies the strange objective, the paperwork, and a tiny heraldic reward department.
- 01Choose your bad idea
Pick one rule likely to make your opening coach sigh.
- 02Play normal chess
Use a public Lichess or Chess.com game. No special lobby. No costume. We brought the clipboard.
- 03Present evidence to the paperwork goblin
Your newest public game is inspected for the required nonsense.
- 04Receive unnecessary heraldry
The Coat of Arms goes straight into your Trophy Cabinet.
Where to begin
Or go find your own path.How heroic are you feeling today?
Pick a starting quest based on your current tolerance for terrible chess decisions.
Cautiously heroic
Knights Before Coffee
I want chaos, but survivable.
Start with Knights Before Coffee
Recklessly meaningful
No Castle Club
I can handle one objectively bad idea.
Try No Castle Club
Historically unwise
Queen? Never Heard of Her
I am here to become a cautionary tale.
Lose the queen, win anywayThe paperwork has a crest
Every bad idea deserves a Coat of Arms.
Complete a quest and its shield enters your Trophy Cabinet: permanent evidence that, yes, you really chose to play like that.
Open the Trophy Cabinet
Two ways to make this less sensible
Choose who brings the bad idea.
Borrow a challenge from another player, or gather a table and make the consequences social.
Player-made SoloCommunity Side Quests
Browse public challenges invented by people who also thought ordinary chess was insufficient.
Browse Community Side Quests
Shared tablesMultiplayer Side Quests
Invite friends, agree on one terrible idea, then let public games decide who lives with the result.
Start a Multiplayer Side Quest