Anichess launches public alpha and partners with Yield Guild Games (YGG) to distribute Animoca Brands’ chess-based strategy game

By partnering with YGG, Anichess aims to enhance distribution and onboarding efforts across Southeast Asia, targeting chess players, gaming enthusiasts, and students from schools and universities. To kickstart the partnership and showcase the new PvP functionalities, Anichess and YGG will organize a tournament with qualifying rounds starting in October and culminating in a final to be held during the YGG Play Summit in November in Manila, Philippines. The partnership also involves collaborations with guilds, institutions, and content creators to foster greater engagement and community building throughout the region.

Brian Chan, head of Anichess, said: "We're excited to launch the next phase of Anichess and invite players to the new player-versus-player experience. Our partnership with YGG expands our reach to a diverse audience across Southeast Asia, a region that is strategically important due to its vibrant gaming and chess communities. Engaging these audiences will help us realize our vision of delivering an engaging, community-centric and decentralized experience to a wide global audience."

Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games, added: "The Philippines has always had a very active competitive gaming community. Of course, that includes chess. We're excited to see the YGG community dive into this new take on one of the world's oldest competitive games."

Since January 2024, Anichess has welcomed over one million registered wallets while maintaining a player base of 30,000 monthly active players. These players have collectively solved over 50 million puzzles and recorded more than 14 million minutes of total game time.

Anichess can be played for free at www.anichess.com^[6]. Fans can follow Anichess on X and join its Discord^[7]server to stay updated on future developments.

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References

1. ^{^} Media OutReach Newswire (www.media-outreach.com)
2. ^{^} Anichess (www.anichess.com)
3. ^{^} Animoca Brands (www.animocabrands.com)
4. ^{^} Chess.com (www.chess.com)
5. ^{^} Magnus Carlsen (www.chess.com)
6. ^{^} www.anichess.com (www.anichess.com)
7. ^{^} Discord (discord.com)