Once again, I was defeated by traditional chess apps and had to close them. The same opening, the same tactics, it just became boring.

Suddenly, a friend threw out a suggestion: "Why not try international chess with modified rules?"

That's when I discovered Anichess — a game that directly integrates a magic system into the chessboard. It’s not just playing against AI, but truly breaking the fixed patterns of traditional chess. In on-chain matches, you can change the game process through special mechanisms, which is basically "cheating," but completely compliant.

Traditional chess emphasizes "Tao and naturalness," with each move following certain rules. Anichess is different; it retains the core competitiveness of chess while incorporating Web3-native creative gameplay. This kind of breakthrough from rigidity, to some extent, feels like rediscovering a familiar game.