Pinganua

**Pinganua** is a colorful, browser-based chess variant invented by **Caleb, age 5**. Every piece move, the win condition, and the “magic respawn” rules came from his imagination — not from a chess textbook.  Play against different difficulty level bots or have two players share one screen: click a piece, then click where to move.

Play in your browser on itch, or download the zip and open `index.html` offline in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox.

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### Made by a 5-year-old

Caleb wanted chess to feel **faster, wilder, and fairer for kids**. So pawns charge forward four squares, queens can jump like knights, and rooks hop over one blocker. The goal isn’t checkmate — it’s simpler: **win when the other side has only a king left.**

If you enjoy Pinganua, consider a donation. **Any tips go straight to Caleb** to help fund his next games — more rules, more worlds, more ideas from the kid who made this one.

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### How to win

Win when your opponent has **only a king** left.

Kings **cannot be captured** and **cannot move onto attacked squares**.

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### Piece movement (Pinganua rules)

| Piece | Moves |

|-------|--------|

| **Pawn** | Forward up to **4** squares; capture diagonally **forward or backward** |

| **Bishop** | Diagonals + rook moves up to **2** squares |

| **Knight** | Normal L-jump + **2 squares diagonal** |

| **Rook** | Straight lines; may jump over **exactly one** piece per line |

| **Queen** | Queen slides + **knight jumps** |

| **King** | 1 square any direction + up to **4 squares diagonal** (path must be clear; no jumping) |

Also included: **pawn promotion**, **castling**, and **en passant**.

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### Magic respawns (once per game each)

- Opponent down to **only a king**? They may spawn **one new pawn** next to the king (once).

- Opponent has **only king + bishop**? They may spawn **one new queen** near the king (once).

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### Controls

- **Click** your piece (yellow highlight).

- **Click** a green (move) or pink (capture) square.

- **New game** resets the board.

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### Credits

**Rules & vision:** Caleb (age 5)  

**Built with love** for a young game designer learning to make his own worlds.

Thank you for playing — and for supporting the next game!