How do I install Escher's Gambit?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Escher's Gambit work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Escher's Gambit

by Friedhof5rb · on Modrinth

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Welcome to the Escher's Gambit Mod!

This Mod is based on the Game of Chess but Figures can move on Walls! When you click on an Item with the correct Rod you see where it can move and can click on the highlighted squares to automatically move it there!

Items:

This Mod adds Chess Pieces that can be played with! They come in 4 Colors and can be moved over Edges!

This Picture shows Chess Pieces on the ground and on the wall ordered by Colour Type. There are 9 Chess Pieces of one Colour. These are the 6 usual Chess Pieces as well as a Pawn, a King and a Rook with a Green dot above them.

This Image shows the 2 new Creative Inventory Tabs. One for the new Tools that come with this Mod. And one just for all the Chess Pieces.

Chessboard with Wormhole:

This Image shows a Chessboard with a hole in it. You can see that a Queen on the Chessboard can travel down the whole while staying on the Surface of the Chess Board

They can be moved using the Rod of Moving of the same Colour and can be destroyed or Rotated using The Rod of Removal and Rod of Rotation!

Creativity

Feel free to come up with your own boards :)
The Aim of this Mod is to provide a Sandbox that can be used in different ways.

Survival:

To get the "Chess Core"-Item to begin crafting your Chess Pieces you have to kill a Zombie.

For more Info I recommend checking out the Wiki!

Why should I download the Mod?

You Should download the Mod if you like to try out new crazy and weird Versions of Chess!

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
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.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as EschersGambit 1.17.5- 1.20.1-fabric-0.14.22.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 349 KB
Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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