MineChess by SON14KA
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
A plugin for Minecraft Paper servers that adds functional chess game, namely chess board with figures and chess tutorial book
⬇ Download on Modrinth
Has English and Ukrainian localizations.
Fully functional mini-chess in your server
This plugin adds to your server two new items: chess board and chess tutorial. They can be obtained only by crafting.
A single chess board takes 2 by 2 blocks in your world. To place it just Right-click on any horizontal space. To make moves, choose a figure by Right-clicking on it and then Right-click on decired cell. Any illigal moves are prevented and the corresponding messages will be sent in the chat. The game detects checks, checkmates, stalemates and draws (yes, there are draw in chess, not only stalemate) and visually informs about it any player in 3-block radius to the chess board. To break a chess board Shift + Left-click on it.
To open chess tutorial just Right-click into the air with the book in your hand.
This plugin depends a lot on the resource pack. Without it there won't be any custom textures! So for your convenience install the resource pack as well. Here's a link to MineChessTextures
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as MineChess-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 43 KB
- Download link checked 22 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.