Chess

Playing Minecraft is a pleasure for many, so why not combine it with chess, an ancient game that has existed for over one and a half thousand years?

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Mechanics

How to Obtain the Chessboard?

There are two ways to get the chess set:

1. Crafting Craft the chess set using 9 items:
   • Chiseled Deepslate
   • Polished Deepslate Wall
   • Polished Diorite
   • Diorite Wall
   • Redstone
   • 2x Black Terracotta
   • Brown Terracotta
2. Command If commands are enabled in the accessibility settings, use the following command:

   /function main:give_item
   

   

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Operating Modes

Adjusting Chessboard and Piece Sizes

You can adjust the size of the chessboard and pieces (the default size is 1). You can increase or decrease it as follows:

• To Increase Size:

  1. Pick up the chess set after obtaining it.
  2. Hold down the Shift key.
  3. Move the mouse cursor above the middle of the screen.
  4. Right-click.

• To Decrease Size:

  1. Perform the same steps as increasing the size, but move the mouse cursor below the middle of the screen.

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Playing Chess

To play chess:

• Right-click on the chessboard while Shift is not pressed.

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Picking Up the Chessboard

To pick up the chessboard:

1. Hold down the Shift key.
2. Look straight up while standing near the chessboard.

Once picked up, the chessboard will appear in your inventory.

Currently, the rules of the chessboard do not match the most common ones, which will be corrected in the future.

At the moment, there is a datapack, which is also a resourcepack!