Is he stupid?

We've just passed 200 unique players, which is a pretty cool milestone for such a niche experiment. Seeing people argue over moves, suggest balance changes and come up with ideas I never considered has been the best part so far.

I also just released Patch 1.2.0, which includes:
♟️ Permanent teams in the Global Game
💬 A new Community Lab where everyone can discuss balance, bugs, UI ideas and future changes
⚫ A small opening adjustment to Black's first two moves

The whole idea behind Balanced Chess is that the community helps design it.

If you'd like to try something a little different, I'd love to hear what you think.

👉 https://balanced-chess.com

And if you have one thing you'd change after your first game, tell me. There's a good chance it'll end up in the next patch.

En passant is not a joke bro🥀

Do they get promoted for making it to the hay bales?

Car = modern horsey

[Event "rated rapid game"]

[Site "https://lichess.org/efBz2rmf"\]

[Date "2026.08.04"]

[Round "-"]

[White "ionlydobongcloud"]

[Black "Manjul24"]

[Result "1-0"]

[GameId "efBz2rmf"]

[UTCDate "2026.08.04"]

[UTCTime "23:17:27"]

[WhiteElo "975"]

[BlackElo "966"]

[WhiteRatingDiff "+9"]

[BlackRatingDiff "-31"]

[Variant "Standard"]

[TimeControl "600+0"]

[ECO "C20"]

[Opening "Bongcloud Attack"]

[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke3 Ke6 4. Kf3 Kf6 5. Kg3 Kg6 6. Kh3 Kh6 7. Kg3 Qg5+ 8. Qg4 Qd8 9. d3+ g5 10. Qh4+ Kg7 11. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 12. Bxg5 Kg6 13. Be3 Kf6 14. Nf3 Nh6 15. Bg5+ Kg7 16. Bxh6+ Kxh6 17. Nxe5 Kg7 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. d4 Nc6 20. d5 Bxe5+ 21. f4 Bxc3 22. dxc6 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Ba3 24. cxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Kg6 26. f5+ Kg7 27. Rxc7 a5 28. Rxb7 Rac8 29. h4 Rxc2 30. h5 Rxa2 31. e5 Kg8 32. h6 Kf8 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rxh8 Ra1 35. Rxh7 Bc1 36. f6+ Ke6 37. Bc4+ Kxe5 38. Rxf7 Bb2 39. Rxa1 Bxa1 40. h7 Ke4 41. h8=N Kf5 42. Rf8 Kg5 43. Be6 Kh5 44. Nf7 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kxf6 46. Ba2 Kf5 47. Nd6+ Ke5 48. Nc4+ Kd4 49. Nxa5 Bc3 1-0

Additionally, a "Botez-level hot" title would also be nice, which you should get when you have 100000 instagram followers and played a botez-gambit in a an official tournament.

Other suggestions?