Every move captures a piece. In the end, one remains.

Pieces move as in chess: tap or drag.

4×4 · Mittel

Three rules

Every move captures.
A piece moves onto a square where another piece stands and takes it off the board.
Moves as in chess.
King, queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn move as in chess.
One remains.
The puzzle is solved when only one piece is left. If a king is on the board, it can't be captured and remains.

nokori

Japanese for “what remains”.

Every puzzle is checked: from level Easy up, it has exactly one solution. And new ones keep coming.

Seven levels, from 3×3 to 6×6

For everyone who loves puzzles – young or old, with or without chess experience. Children can join in as soon as they know how the pieces move. If you are learning or practising chess, you train what is hardest along the way: knights and bishops. From Expert on, even experienced chess players will find real brain-teasers. A puzzle for five minutes in between, a Blitz against the clock, or in the app a duel to challenge your friends.

Tap a level to play it on the board above.

The app

A chess puzzle every day at your level – with exactly one solution.

The app is currently being played in a small test group. After that it will be available for phones and tablets.

Every day

A puzzle of the day for every level, the same for everyone. Plus a streak with a flame, a leaderboard and a result line to share that gives nothing away.

Climb

Seven levels from Kids to Grandmaster. Solve three puzzles of a higher level without a hint and you move up. Points are never lost; after Master come Dan grades.

Head to head

Challenge friends with the same puzzle via a link, or play a ghost duel against players of similar strength. The leaderboard shows week, today, grandmaster, Blitz and the all-time roll of honour.

Against the clock

Blitz in three modes: Easy with extra time, Standard with records, Beast with no hints and double points.

Grandmaster of the week

An especially hard puzzle every Sunday. Solve it in Beast mode to unlock the Beaster look and earn the red Beast mark on the leaderboard.

For you

Stats with solve rate and best times, favourites and history, six colours and five patterns to unlock, target squares as a learning aid. No account: a code moves your progress to another device.

Join the test group

The phone is playable, including Blitz with the circle above the board.

Nokori Chess

4×4 · Leicht

For newspapers, magazines and puzzle books

Nokori Chess is also available in your own look, for print and online.

For publishers

For publishers and editors

A new puzzle for your readers

Three rules, explained in one sentence. Seven levels, from first steps to grandmaster. Fully checked, and in your look.

The same puzzle in your colours, your type, with your logo

A local puzzle for local readers: with motifs from your city on request.

The examples are invented. The puzzle is playable, try it.

The puzzle from the Rhine

Your logo

Every move captures a piece. In the end, one remains.

Level: Medium · 5×5Solution in the next issue

Finished puzzles, delivered regularly

Checked: Every puzzle is checked before delivery. From level Easy up there is exactly one solution.
Seven levels: From 3×3 for children to 6×6 for grandmasters. A week that starts easy and ends hard is possible too.
For print: As vector graphics in colour, or in black and white with classic diagram hatching, plus the solution for the next issue.
For online: As a playable puzzle, embedded in your site on request.
Regular: Daily, weekly or monthly, always delivered in advance.
Original: Every puzzle is new and made for Nokori Chess. No reprints, no collections from elsewhere.

Lizenzen

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Schriften

Die Schriften dieser Seite stehen unter der SIL Open Font License 1.1: Shippori Mincho (Copyright 2021 The Shippori Mincho Project Authors), Zen Kaku Gothic New (Copyright 2022 The Zen Project Authors), Barlow Condensed (Copyright 2017 The Barlow Project Authors), Fredoka (Copyright 2016 The Fredoka Project Authors) und Source Serif 4 (© 2014–2021 Adobe Systems Incorporated, mit dem reservierten Schriftnamen „Source“; die hier verwendete, zugeschnittene Fassung heißt deshalb „NK Zeitung Serif“). Der volle Lizenztext liegt auch bei den Schriften (OFL.txt).

SIL Open Font License 1.1: Lizenztext

Schriften dieser Website und ihre Lizenz (SIL Open Font License 1.1)

Copyright 2021 The Shippori Mincho Project Authors (https://github.com/fontdasu/ShipporiMincho)
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Copyright 2022 The Zen Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/zen-kakugothic)
  -> Zen Kaku Gothic New

Copyright 2017 The Barlow Project Authors (https://github.com/jpt/barlow)
  -> Barlow Condensed

Copyright 2016 The Fredoka Project Authors (https://github.com/hafontia/Fredoka-One)
  -> Fredoka

© 2014 - 2021 Adobe Systems Incorporated (http://www.adobe.com/), with Reserved Font Name ‘Source’.
  -> Source Serif 4


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Every move captures a piece. In the end, one remains.

Three rules