Playing Immortal Game

How to play

♟️ As you know, we have developed a new variant of chess: the Immortal variant, which involves quests. You can play this variant on the Ageless and Immortal Leaderboards and Arenas. However, you can also play without the quest mechanics by simply selecting the “Standard Variant”.

You can either play against other players to rank on a leaderboard via the “Play” section or play to train without ranking against AI.

How to play the Standard Variant

From the homepage, click on “New Game”. First, select in the “Opponent” section who you want to play against:

• Anybody → Play against a random player online, selected though our matchmaking system to ensure a fair game.
• Friend → You can select a friend to play against, or see the game invites you have received.
• Computer → Play against the computer to practice. You can select the difficulty in the “Computer level” section.

Then, in the “Variant” section, click on “Standard”. Finally, select the pace on the “Speed” section. Click on play and enjoy!

How to play the Immortal Variant

To play the Immortal variant, you will need Immortals or Ageless.

• How to get Immortals

You can get Immortals by:

• Securing a high rank on the free-to-play AP Leaderboard, thus earning them for free at the end of every Leaderboard week.
• Buying them directly on our Marketplace. To do so, you will need to place a bid to try to win the Immortal of your choice.
• Buying them from another player through our secondary market.

Find all the explanations here.

• How to claim Ageless pieces:

From the homepage, click on “Ageless Pieces”. Then, click on “Get your Ageless Pawn”. This is your first Ageless piece. Once you have fulfilled your first Ageless piece quest, you can claim your next Ageless Immortal at the same place.

Now that you have either an Ageless or Immortal piece, you can play the Immortal variant. To do so, from the homepage, click on “play”. First, select in the “Opponent” section who you want to play against:

• Anybody → Play against a random player online, selected though our matchmaking system to ensure a fair game.
• Friend → You can select a friend to play against, or see the game invites you have received.
• Computer → Play against the computer to practice. You can select the difficulty in the “Computer level” section.

Then, in the “Variant” section, click on “Immortal” and select the pace in the “Speed” section. Click on play. Once you have found an opponent, you will have one minute to place your Ageless/Immortal pieces on the board. To do so, select your pieces on the right side of the screen and choose where you want to place them. Finally, click on “Ready”.

Creating Presets

You can also create a preset, so you don't have to place your pieces at the start of each game. To do so, click on the "Presets" tab in the top navigation bar. There you will be able to set up multiple presets for white and black pieces to use in your Immortal and Ageless games.