Chess movement, remixed
Move like a king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn without playing a traditional chess match.
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CHESS/
RUPT
Chess movement. Arcade pressure. A different board every run.
AVAILABLE FOR iPHONE + iPAD01 / OVERVIEW
A turn-based arcade game inspired by chess.
CHESS/RUPT keeps the movement of familiar chess pieces and replaces the traditional match with collapsing boards, short survival runs, shared daily challenges, and tactical puzzles.
Players dodge clearly marked enemy attacks, capture pieces to transform, collect power-ups, and adapt as the board changes beneath them. A run can last a few focused minutes, while Daily Challenge gives every player the same board and rules each day.
The core game is free. Daily Challenge and Daily Puzzle remain free every day, and players receive three daily plays across Free Play, Crown Trials, and Puzzle Mode. A one-time Unlimited Plays purchase removes those daily limits. There are no ads, consumable coins, or randomized loot.
02 / QUICK FACTS
The essentials.
- Developer
- Ankur Gupta
- Publisher
- Ankur Gupta LLC
- Status
- Available now
- Release
- August 2026
- Platforms
- iPhone and iPad
- Genre
- Arcade strategy / board
- Players
- Single-player
- Price
- Free
- Optional purchase
- Unlimited Plays · $2.99 once
- Category
- Board
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- English + 6 more
- Requirements
- iOS / iPadOS 17 or later
Supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Game Center supports leaderboards and achievements.
03 / FEATURES
What makes it different.
A shared daily challenge
Everyone receives the same board, objective, starting piece, and special rules each day.
Boards that fight back
Tiles crack, collapse, shrink, and reshape the safe paths as each run develops.
Modes with new goals
Survive, claim territory, grow a tail, chase a streak, or clear a frozen tactical puzzle.
Puzzle Mode: 999 levels
Work through 999 tactical puzzles built around frozen enemies, capture-to-transform rules, portals, and strict turn limits.
Built for short sessions
Turn-based play delivers arcade tension without demanding a full-length chess match.
04 / APPROVED COPY
Descriptions ready to use.
One sentence
CHESS/RUPT remixes familiar chess movement into short arcade runs, collapsing boards, shared daily challenges, and tactical puzzles.
Short description
CHESS/RUPT asks what chess would feel like as an arcade game. Move like familiar pieces, transform through captures, dodge telegraphed attacks, and survive as the board cracks and falls away. Play the same Daily Challenge as everyone else, chase longer Crown Trials runs, or solve turn-limited Morph Puzzles.
Developer
CHESS/RUPT was designed and developed by Ankur Gupta and is published by Ankur Gupta LLC.
05 / SCREENSHOTS
06 / VIDEO
Gameplay clip.
The same 30-second gameplay preview published on the App Store, showing a live arcade run from the opening board through its final moments.
07 / BRAND
Name and artwork.
The game name is written CHESS/RUPT. Use Chessrupt only where a slash or all-caps styling is unavailable.
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