About Chessplus

Chessplus was born of an unexpected move by a seven year old playing chess with her dad. 7 year old Aimee was losing against her father. Wanting to win she felt the only way to win was to get her Queen back. With her next move she moved her pawn onto the rook's square. Her father looked on surprised but observant and made a traditional chess move. Aimee then moved both the pawn and the rook to the other side of the board and proclaimed she regained her Queen. Her father laughed and then realised the potential of what Aimee had done. Within 5 minutes the game had fully revealed itself and Chessplus was created. Aimee had unlocked the inner potential of Chess, the ability to combine pieces and utilize the powers of both pieces. In Aimee's move, the use of the rook to carry the pawn to the far side of the board to promote to a queen. Read their story