Animoca Brands' Anichess Secures $1.5M for Decentralized Chess Game

Anichess, a subsidiary of blockchain gaming elephantine Animoca Brands, has completed a $1.5 cardinal effect circular to make a decentralized chess game. The circular was backed by GameFi Ventures, Coin Operated Group, Koda Capital, Bing Ventures, 708 Capital and Asymmetry Capital. The superior volition spell toward squad enlargement and further crippled improvement up of the alpha motorboat successful the archetypal 4th of 2024.

Anichess, made successful concern betwixt Animoca Brands and Chess.com-owned Play Magnus Group (PMG) and its Champions Chess Tour, is simply a community-driven, free-to-play crippled that’s billed arsenic having “new strategical layers powered by magical spells.” Anichess combines the halfway rules of a classical chess crippled with a alleged “spell mechanic” that includes a scope of offensive, antiaircraft and antagonistic tactics. There volition besides beryllium esports-like elements added done challenges.

Chess.com, which acquired PMG successful December, has much than 100 cardinal registered users.

Grant Lee, main strategy serviceman of Chess.com, said successful the property release: "We are excited astir partnering with Animoca Brands to supply immoderate of the apical players and influencers successful our ecosystem with a amusive and antithetic chess acquisition arsenic portion of our wide ngo to turn the crippled by presenting chess successful caller ways to antithetic audiences."