- Catch the Launch Trailer for 'Chess Infinity' Out Now on Steam! - 4 March 2025
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- Twitch Plays Chess: Challenge IM Trent today from 4pm GMT - 13 February 2017
Hey everyone, We're live on Twitch right now with #TwitchPlaysChess! Join us today to play against International Master Lawrence Trent as a collective mind, voting for moves in the Twitch chat. If you manage to beat IM Trent, then everyone watching will receive a free Ripstone game. WATCH THE STREAM
- Twitch Plays Chess: Challenge IM Trent today from 4pm GMT - 13 February 2017
Hey everyone, We're live on Twitch right now with #TwitchPlaysChess! Join us today to play against International Master Lawrence Trent as a collective mind, voting for moves in the Twitch chat. If you manage to beat IM Trent, then everyone watching will receive a free Ripstone game. WATCH THE STREAM
- Twitch Plays Chess: GM Popilski Live from PAX South - 23 January 2017
Join us on Sunday 29th January at 3.30pm CST / 9.30 pm GMT as we host the first ever Twitch Plays Chess event for a live audience! We're taking over the Falcon Theatre at PAX South and inviting the audience to play live against chess Grandmaster Gil Popilski! Viewers on Twitch will also be able to take part by joining the official PAX Twitch chat. Get involved and make your move: WATCH THE STREAM Vote for chess moves in the Twitch chat (eg. D2 D4) to see if the collective mind of Twitch can beat a chess GM with an ELO ranking of 2551!
- Twitch Plays Chess: GM Popilski Live from PAX South - 23 January 2017
Join us on Sunday 29th January at 3.30pm CST / 9.30 pm GMT as we host the first ever Twitch Plays Chess event for a live audience! We're taking over the Falcon Theatre at PAX South and inviting the audience to play live against chess Grandmaster Gil Popilski! Viewers on Twitch will also be able to take part by joining the official PAX Twitch chat. Get involved and make your move: WATCH THE STREAM Vote for chess moves in the Twitch chat (eg. D2 D4) to see if the collective mind of Twitch can beat a chess GM with an ELO ranking of 2551!
- Twitch Plays Pure Chess with IM Daniel Rensch (VP @ Chess.com) - 6 January 2017
Happy New Year everyone! And what a way to start the new year, with a brand new Twitch Plays Chess event! Join us on Monday to play Pure Chess live against International Master Daniel Rensch for a chance to win free games. Now that's a Monday evening offer you can't refuse.. IM Rensch will be taking on the hive mind of our Twitch channel on Monday 9th January from 5pm GMT / 9am PST, so come and make your best move. Vote for the move you want to see the chat make and then the most popular move will happen. PLUS If you all manage to beat IM Rensch, everyone watching will win a free Ripstone game. If you have any questions for IM Rensch, leave them in the comments and we will ask them live on stream. Hope to see some of you making your best move in the chat on Monday! WATCH THE STREAM
- Twitch Plays Pure Chess with IM Daniel Rensch (VP @ Chess.com) - 6 January 2017
Happy New Year everyone! And what a way to start the new year, with a brand new Twitch Plays Chess event! Join us on Monday to play Pure Chess live against International Master Daniel Rensch for a chance to win free games. Now that's a Monday evening offer you can't refuse.. IM Rensch will be taking on the hive mind of our Twitch channel on Monday 9th January from 5pm GMT / 9am PST, so come and make your best move. Vote for the move you want to see the chat make and then the most popular move will happen. PLUS If you all manage to beat IM Rensch, everyone watching will win a free Ripstone game. If you have any questions for IM Rensch, leave them in the comments and we will ask them live on stream. Hope to see some of you making your best move in the chat on Monday! WATCH THE STREAM
- Steampunk Chess Set: Available Now - 16 November 2016
Hey everyone, The first DLC chess set and environment for Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition launched today! We're really excited for you to be able to bring some splendour to the chess board with the new Steampunk chess set. The set also includes a brand new environment, transporting the chessboard inside a steampunk zeppelin inspired by Victorian era science fiction. url=store.steampowered.com/app/330950/?snr=1_5_9__405 The Steampunk set is available now, priced at £1.99 / $2.99. To celebrate the launch of the Steampunk DLC, we are bringing chess to the front page of Twitch today from 4pm GMT / 8am PST. Make the most of the World Chess Championship rest day and join us to play live against Grandmaster Niclas Huschenbeth by voting for chess moves in the Twitch chat! Make your best move against GM Huschenbeth from 4pm today on our Twitch channel.
- Steampunk Chess Set: Available Now - 16 November 2016
Hey everyone, The first DLC chess set and environment for Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition launched today! We're really excited for you to be able to bring some splendour to the chess board with the new Steampunk chess set. The set also includes a brand new environment, transporting the chessboard inside a steampunk zeppelin inspired by Victorian era science fiction. url=store.steampowered.com/app/330950/?snr=1_5_9__405 The Steampunk set is available now, priced at £1.99 / $2.99. To celebrate the launch of the Steampunk DLC, we are bringing chess to the front page of Twitch today from 4pm GMT / 8am PST. Make the most of the World Chess Championship rest day and join us to play live against Grandmaster Niclas Huschenbeth by voting for chess moves in the Twitch chat! Make your best move against GM Huschenbeth from 4pm today on our Twitch channel.
- New DLC Announced: Steampunk Chess Set and Location - 14 November 2016
Hey everyone, Since the launch of Pure Chess on Steam we have been working behind the scenes to bring some new chess sets and environments to the game. We are now able to share that the first new set to arrive on Steam is the Steampunk chess set! We're really excited to be bringing this exclusive set to PC and Xbox One and can't wait to see what you think of it. We took inspiration from our steampunk mech-combat game Ironcast to design this stunning set, hoping to bring some splendour to the chess board! The Steampunk set launches on Wednesday 16th November, priced at £1.99 / $2.99. Take a closer look on the Steam Store Page.
- New DLC Announced: Steampunk Chess Set and Location - 14 November 2016
Hey everyone, Since the launch of Pure Chess on Steam we have been working behind the scenes to bring some new chess sets and environments to the game. We are now able to share that the first new set to arrive on Steam is the Steampunk chess set! We're really excited to be bringing this exclusive set to PC and Xbox One and can't wait to see what you think of it. We took inspiration from our steampunk mech-combat game Ironcast to design this stunning set, hoping to bring some splendour to the chess board! The Steampunk set launches on Wednesday 16th November, priced at £1.99 / $2.99. Take a closer look on the Steam Store Page.
- Play Live Against a Chess Grandmaster on Wednesday 16th November - 11 November 2016
Twitch plays chess is back. After a crazy reception for the first ever crowdsourced chess game on Twitch, we’re bringing Twitch vs. Pure Chess back with a vengeance. On Wednesday November 16 from 4pm GMT / 8am PST, Grandmaster Niclas Huschenbeth will be taking on the hive mind of the Twitch chat in a live showdown on the Ripstone Twitch channel. The previous instalment of Twitch plays chess saw over 6000 players voting for moves against GM Simon Willams, with the overall result being two wins for the GM, one win for the chat. Niclas will be battling it out with the chat for a clear run on the front page of Twitch, so the stakes are pretty high. Follow us on Twitch to be notified when we go live with GM Huschenbeth! We will be asking Niclas questions throughout the stream, so if there is something you would like us to ask him, please leave a comment below! If the chat manages to defeat N…
- Play Live Against a Chess Grandmaster on Wednesday 16th November - 11 November 2016
Twitch plays chess is back. After a crazy reception for the first ever crowdsourced chess game on Twitch, we’re bringing Twitch vs. Pure Chess back with a vengeance. On Wednesday November 16 from 4pm GMT / 8am PST, Grandmaster Niclas Huschenbeth will be taking on the hive mind of the Twitch chat in a live showdown on the Ripstone Twitch channel. The previous instalment of Twitch plays chess saw over 6000 players voting for moves against GM Simon Willams, with the overall result being two wins for the GM, one win for the chat. Niclas will be battling it out with the chat for a clear run on the front page of Twitch, so the stakes are pretty high. Follow us on Twitch to be notified when we go live with GM Huschenbeth! We will be asking Niclas questions throughout the stream, so if there is something you would like us to ask him, please leave a comment below! If the chat manages to defeat N…
- Update Released Today - 16 September 2016
Hey guys, Thank you to everyone that has been in touch since launch, we really appreciate your feedback. We have released an update today to fix some of the issues you have reported, including: - Mouse accuracy on various game modes - Resolution issues have been fixed - A fix for some players experiencing a crash on game start up. (We are still looking into this issue further and hope to learn more from this update) - We have also identified a possible fix for some crashes which involves the Steam overlay. Disabling the Steam overlay will resolve some crash issues and you can do this by accessing Steam settings in the top left, choosing ‘In Game’ and de-selecting ‘enable the steam overlay while in game’. If you're still having issues with the items detailed above please let us know on the pinned 'Support' post on the community forum, or drop us an email to [email protected]. We are cont…
- Update Released Today - 16 September 2016
Hey guys, Thank you to everyone that has been in touch since launch, we really appreciate your feedback. We have released an update today to fix some of the issues you have reported, including: - Mouse accuracy on various game modes - Resolution issues have been fixed - A fix for some players experiencing a crash on game start up. (We are still looking into this issue further and hope to learn more from this update) - We have also identified a possible fix for some crashes which involves the Steam overlay. Disabling the Steam overlay will resolve some crash issues and you can do this by accessing Steam settings in the top left, choosing ‘In Game’ and de-selecting ‘enable the steam overlay while in game’. If you're still having issues with the items detailed above please let us know on the pinned 'Support' post on the community forum, or drop us an email to [email protected]. We are cont…
- Twitch Plays Chess Against A Grandmaster And Wins - 15 September 2016
The power of the hive mind shouldn t be a surprise to anyone by now, but for some reason I assumed chess was an exception. When the creators of Pure Chess decided to promote their new game by pitting the chat stream of Twitch against British grandmaster Simon Williams, I shrugged and thought: well it s nice that they have graduated from Dark Souls and Pokemon – assuming that they would be soundly trounced. The chess champion went on to win the first two games. But during the third, Twitch struck back and won. …
- LIVE NOW: PLAY AGAINST A CHESS GRANDMASTER TO WIN STEAM KEYS - 9 September 2016
Hey guys! Join us on Twitch NOW to celebrate the launch of Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition on Steam! Jump into the chat to play live against Grandmaster Simon Williams! Vote for moves in the chat and the most popular move will be made. If the chat beats the GM, every one watching will receive a Steam key for a Ripstone game. PLAY AGAINST A GRANDMASTER NOW
- LIVE NOW: PLAY AGAINST A CHESS GRANDMASTER TO WIN STEAM KEYS - 9 September 2016
Hey guys! Join us on Twitch NOW to celebrate the launch of Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition on Steam! Jump into the chat to play live against Grandmaster Simon Williams! Vote for moves in the chat and the most popular move will be made. If the chat beats the GM, every one watching will receive a Steam key for a Ripstone game. PLAY AGAINST A GRANDMASTER NOW
- Twitch vs. Pure Chess: The Grandmaster Challenge - 6 September 2016
Hey everyone! To celebrate the launch of Pure Chess on PC this Friday, we are hosting a Twitch stream with a twist, and a very special guest... On Friday September 9th, join us on Twitch to take on the ultimate chess challenge: battling a Grandmaster. In this exclusive world-first, viewers on Twitch will vote for moves in the chat as part of a crowdsourced game against Simon Williams, British veteran Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2444. Who will win? Chess decides. (sorry...) Join us on our Twitch channel on September 9th, 8am PST / 4pm BST, and make your move against the GM in a battle to become Pure Chess champion. We hope to see some of you in the chat to celebrate the launch! WATCH TWITCH VS. PURE CHESS TRAILER
- Twitch vs. Pure Chess: The Grandmaster Challenge - 6 September 2016
Hey everyone! To celebrate the launch of Pure Chess on PC this Friday, we are hosting a Twitch stream with a twist, and a very special guest... On Friday September 9th, join us on Twitch to take on the ultimate chess challenge: battling a Grandmaster. In this exclusive world-first, viewers on Twitch will vote for moves in the chat as part of a crowdsourced game against Simon Williams, British veteran Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2444. Who will win? Chess decides. (sorry...) Join us on our Twitch channel on September 9th, 8am PST / 4pm BST, and make your move against the GM in a battle to become Pure Chess champion. We hope to see some of you in the chat to celebrate the launch! WATCH TWITCH VS. PURE CHESS TRAILER
