✦ Astralis NovaChess Portal

Command Grid Online

Astralis Nova Chess Portal

Play a standard match across time, or enter the experimental three-layer Nova Tri-Deck. Every online move is saved until your opponent returns.

Local command modeCreate an online game to test the D1 link.
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Last moveOpening grid
Auto-syncLocal only

Launch Match

Create Online Game

Ruleset

Online play needs a Cloudflare D1 database bound as DB. Without it, local training remains available.

Join Match

Enter Game Code

Codex

Rules of Engagement

Standard Mode

Traditional legal chess with castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, stalemate and draw detection powered by chess.js.

Nova Tri-Deck

All pieces begin on the Core deck. Pieces move normally on a deck. Non-pawns may spend a turn phase-shifting to the same square on an adjacent deck. Pawns may phase-shift only while standing on a glowing portal node. Capture the opposing High Commander to win.

Async Play

Create a match, share the game code or invite link, then close the page. Each move is saved in D1. The portal checks for an opponent move automatically while open.

Piece Identities

King: High Commander. Queen: Oracle Core. Rook: Citadel. Bishop: Phase Seer. Knight: Warp Strider. Pawn: Drone Sentinel.