Chess... But With Only 1 Player?

Hello fellow readers! Chess is a game that is typically played by two players. However, many times we don't have a friend or training partner to play with and improve. Online chess is great, but sometimes you just can't simulate the atmosphere of playing a game of OTB chess. Therefore, a question that has been asked many times is: "How do I improve on my own?". It turns out that there is a very fun training method called Solo Chess, but not many people have heard of it before! But before we get into an extensive review of Solo Chess, make sure to read this entire blog to see an important update at the bottom!

• Rules
• Tips
• Challenge Mode
• Video
• Important Update

Rules

Solo Chess is a feature of chess.com that I only just recently discovered. Basically, the idea is that there are only your pieces on the board, and you need to capture all but one of your pieces with consecutive moves to win. 

Complete Rules:

1. Every move must be a capture.

2. If there is a king on the board, that must be the last piece on the board.

3. A piece cannot capture more than twice in the puzzle. If it has captured twice, the piece will turn black.

For a more full explanation, please check out chess.com's official article about solochess

Tips:

1. Locate the square where your final piece will end up on. If you can't locate the exact square, try to get the general area.

For instance, if we look at this position, the square we will end up on will be f4. Our king needs to end up capturing one of our pieces on that square, so we know we will never consider playing a move like Bxc1. 

2. Locate pieces that seem to be able to capture many different pieces. Then, save them for last. Many times pieces that can capture lots of pieces should end the puzzle, not start it.

3. Make definite moves. If a piece can only capture another piece, then play it!

You can solve Solo Chess puzzles level by level, so that you always solve puzzles of the same difficulty.

However, Solo Chess also has a very fun challenge mode, where you solve increasingly harder problems. Here's my attempt at beating challenge mode!