i'll be the first to admit, i don't know "how" to "play" "chess." however, no amount of foreknowledge is needed to understand this to be essentially the best chess game ever made. calm, soothing, beautiful. reminiscent of simpler times, playing fire emblem awakening on the DS. revolutionary rotation mechanics and a deeper understanding of the esthetic qualities that cause so many to hold "chess" near and dear to their hearts.