- Steam Autumn Sale - 29 September 2025
Lazy Chess: Fewer Moves. More Fun!Created for casual players and enthusiasts alike, Lazy Chess has players, at worst, make the second best move available to them on a given turn. Choose from the two best moves selected by Stockfish, the most robust chess engine in the world. The catch? You don't know which move is the best! Play against the computer or your friends.See Lazy Chess and others on our Developer page:https://store.steampowered.com/developer/cmm
- Steam Summer Sale - 26 June 2025
Lazy Chess narrows your choices to the best TWO possible moves per turn. Fewer moves. More fun!Play a demo and then buy at a Summer Sale special price!Also try our newest math puzzle, Equate 8! All proceeds from game sales benefit the mission of Cinq-Mars Media non-profit in developing educational games, which are always provided free to teachers and students.
- Lazy Chess 2.0: New Co-Op Mode + Major Stockfish Updates - 3 February 2025
Lazy Chess has received some long overdue love and attention! A brand new local Co-Op Mode that will be featured in Steam Couch Co-Op Fest Feb 10th. Here players independently choose which move to make and only the worse of the two is accepted. A fun challenge for friends! A Major Stockfish Update (16) as the engine has been re-integrated from the ground up to provide much, much more accurate experience even on older hardware. Aesthetic Revamp: Emojis have been replaced with new animations and artwork has been updated. General performance enhancements Should there be any issues, the last build has been placed on the beta branch so if you'd like to downgrade back to the previous version, it's as easy as opening your preferences and selecting "opt-in to beta". Thank you all for your kindness and support!
- Steam Winter Sale - 19 December 2024
Cinq-Mars Media games are 20-70% off till January 2! Happy Holidays! Lazy Chess is at a deep discount. Also try our newest game, CrossAbout! Lazy Chess developer commentary:
- Lazy Chess discounted in the Steam Autumn Sale! - 27 November 2024
Lazy Chess: Fewer moves. More Fun! Choose from the two best moves selected by Stockfish, the most robust chess engine in the world. Learn new skills while you compete against a highly skilled AI, online friends, and random opponents. Unlock new themes and settings that up the difficulty, and play challenges of famous board states provided from some of the world's most active grandmasters.
- Steam Summer Sale - 21 June 2024
Find a new favorite and save now! Lazy Chess Trade Bots Copy Editor The Devil's Calculator Synonymy
- Steam Spring Sale - 14 March 2024
Including Lazy Chess, Trade Bots, Copy Editor, The Devil’s Calculator, and Synonymy Play demos, find your new favorite, and buy it at a low price! Proceeds benefit the Cinq-Mars Media Nonprofit mission of developing educational games and technology. Our games are always free to students and educators. Cinq-Mars Media is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- Steam Winter Sale - 21 December 2023
Lazy Chess -- Fewer Moves! More Fun! Choose the best of two or four moves to win! Beginners can learn chess moves, and chess aficionados can try new challenges to improve their skills. All games from Cinq-Mars Media non-profit are now on sale. Try a demo and find a new favorite!
- Lazy Chess and other Cinq-Mars Media games discounted - 21 November 2023
Get Lazy Chess at a special price now! Cinq-Mars Media games are always free to educators and students who contact us.
- Steam Summer Sale - 29 June 2023
All Cinq-Mars Media games are 20-40% off during the Steam summer event! Try a demo and find a new favorite!
- Steam Spring Sale - 16 March 2023
Cinq-Mars Media games discounted 33-75% in the Steam Spring Sale! Copy Editor The Devil's Calculator Lazy Chess Synonymy While you're browsing, you can also download our new demo, Trade Bots!
- Steam Autumn Sale - 22 November 2022
How about a nice game of chess? Lazy Chess: Fewer Moves. More Fun. And now 30% off! All Cinq-Mars Media games are 30% off during the Steam Autumn Sale.
- Steam Summer Sale - 23 June 2022
Lazy Chess, Copy Editor, The Devil's Calculator, and more are 30% off during the Steam Summer Sale! https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/cmm
- Lazy Chess - Steam Remote Play Together Sale - 28 February 2022
Lazy Chess is on sale during the Remote Play Together Sale! Buy Lazy Chess and challenge a friend, or choose one-player to brush up on your chess strategies! Lazy Chess: Fewer Moves. More Fun!
- Lazy Chess Remote Play Feature Updated - 23 February 2022
How to set up remote play on Lazy Chess: Whichever player will be the Host: 1) Toggle fullscreen for the Steam window 2) Open "Friends & Chat”. (Note: Steam overlay isn’t supported.) 3) Invite your friend. 4) Give at least keyboard permissions by clicking the semi-opaque keyboard in the remote session panel.
- Steam Lunar New Year Sale - 27 January 2022
Find your new favorite Cinq-Mars Media game during the Steam Lunar New Year Sale! Welcome to the Year of the Tiger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE38hXKWuzQ
- Lazy Chess in Indie Live Expo - 4 November 2021
Lazy Chess will be a featured game in the Indie Live Expo on Saturday, November 6. Start time is 3 am Eastern / Midnight Pacific https://indie.live-expo.games/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYqV3OKi00
- Update ♟ v1.7 - 10 July 2021
Welcome to Lazy Chess v1.7! Ready for even more chess puzzles? Our brand-new game modes put wickedly delightful spins on the classic game of chess, and with new challenges you can revisit some of the greatest chess games and puzzles of history and battle for the glory alongside the world's most sophisticated chess engine. Whether you prefer a mind-melting brain-teaser or a more relaxed meditative flow, Lazy Chess v1.7 has you covered. New Modes ♟ 2x2 A unique challenge where each player takes two moves in succession, one for themselves and another for their opponent. Pick the best move for you, and the worst for your enemy! ♟ By Piece In this mode, you toggle between all the possible moves of a single piece stockfish chooses as having the best move. ♟ Both Sides An extremely fun and challenging mode where you play as both white and black. As white you are trying to defeat black, but bla…
- Lazy Chess | Developer Stream - 24 March 2021
We've been hard at work making Lazy Chess even better. Come hang out, ask us questions, see new features, and play some Lazy Chess!
- Lazy Chess a new open source game that gives you the best moves - 13 March 2021
I do always love to see new takes on classic games and Lazy Chess has a fun idea. It compresses Chess down into a game of only a few possible moves each turn. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/lazy-chess-a-new-open-source-game-that-gives-you-the-best-moves
