About Ultimate Chess
From ModrinthChess in Minecraft! No way!
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Ever wanted to play chess in Minecraft? Well now you can, and checkers too! This mod adds chess pieces and a chess board to play chess in game! 
All pieces are dyable, so you can form up to 17 teams for a chess battle royale! The boards are dyable too, and you can make them fancy with gold!
How to use:
Use a stick to change a the game piece, use any dye to color them. Use gold on a game board block to engrave it. Use black and white dye to color the board.
You can craft game pieces and game boards with the following recipes,
You are free to use this in your modpack!
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 7 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and Forge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Ultimate Chess as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.1 and 6 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorLazrProductions, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseAGPL-3.0-onlyFree
