Play Chess Round for Free

Some slot titles only nod towards their chosen theme leaving players feeling cheated and a little dissatisfied with their overall experience but that’s certainly not the case here.

Despite being first and foremost an online slot, it bears a very close resemblance to a real life game of chess and knowing the rules will be a distinct advantage!

From the moment the game loads, you’ll be struck by the graphics as you’ll be instantly faced with a large chess board filled with pieces. And when you’re ready to take your turn, you won’t find the reels spinning round. Instead, each of the squares will bob up and down, moving vertically on an individual basis rather than whirling around like a traditional reel. This adds to the perception that you’re playing on a reel chess board – spinning would make the pieces fall off!

You won’t find anything else on the screen (other than the chess timer at the top which houses the controls) so the focus is solely on the chess board. The graphics of the lettering are deliberately retro and blocky, fitting the theme perfectly.

Despite looking deceptively simple at first, Chess Round is an enormous game with lots going on during every round.

You’ll be playing on 8 reels; described as reels even though they don’t actually spin! There are 8 paylines; these are fixed and cannot be altered. You can decide how much you want to bet on each line, with between 1 and 100 available. This provides a total min bet of 8 or a total max bet of 800. This is a wide range and means that the slot can accommodate both low betters and high rollers equally.

The RTP is not published, but it’s a slot with a medium volatility; despite the size wins won’t come along especially easily.

The paytable is the place to go to reveal exactly what you could win; this is a fixed prize slot so the wins won’t alter if you change your bet, unlike some of the other titles from BetConstruct.

Just like in all other slots, you’ll get prizes for matching up identical symbols. However, you’ll need to make sure the chess pieces are of the same colour; three rooks in a row won’t win you anything if they’re a combination of black and white.

You’ll win a prize by matching just three pieces, moving from left to right but because of the size of the game, the payouts increase right up to a line of eight. The top value symbols – unsurprisingly! – are the king and queen. If you manage to get a match of eight in a row you’ll scoop a cool 2,000.

You don’t have to know the rules of chess to be able to play this slot, as the game will give you hints if you need it but it’s certainly a real advantage if you do.

Once you’ve taken your turn, the chess pieces will then switch around according to chess rules about where and how they can move. If you’re not sure how a piece can move, then you can simply click on it and the game will show you.

On the third and fourth reels you’ll find pieces that glow blue; these capture nearby pieces and change them into wilds.

Wild symbols can substitute for another of the others apart from scatters and blue pieces.

Scatters can win you between 5 and 20 free spins depending on whether you land 5, 6, 7 or 8 scatters on the reels. During the free spins any wins you rack up will be automatically trebled.

Chess Round from BetConstruct takes online video slots to another level, incorporating the intellectual challenges of chess and combining them effortlessly with a game of chance. An unusual theme which will appeal to chess lovers, you don’t need to be an aficionada of the game to be able to play.

There’s enough flexibility in the betting to accommodate reasonably low betters as well as high rollers so if you want to try something different, this slot is well worth a go.