If you play Wordle every day and also enjoy playing chess, we have great news for you.
Echo Chess, a game developed by a company called Echo Chunk, is trying to be the Wordle of chess. Instead of playing Wordle, you just guess words like “QUEEN” and “CHECK.” Echo Chess is a daily puzzle where you have to capture all the pieces on the board.
The company just raised $1.4 million from investors including a16z early stage games accelerator and angel investors in the games industry. Why would a chess website need money? Because it wants to create more puzzles using AI.
It's been two and a half years since Wordle was acquired by the New York Times, and since then, demand for daily-play mobile games has skyrocketed. So if there are enough crossword puzzle enthusiasts to power the Grey Lady, why not make a game for aspiring grandmasters?