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Meme Chess combines the present day meme culture with the timeless game of chess. The design philosophy of this project is to embody the chaos and the current generation's mentality of turning everything into a meme and to make the role or significance of the chess pieces match the current day and age. Each of the pieces has been replaced with a popular meme that matches the personality or vibe of that piece. The king has been changed to “Gigachad” because it is used to represent the absolute pinnacle of something, the pawn is the face from the “panik” meme due to its simple, poorly modeled look, and the knight is “surprise pikachu” because of the erratic movement of the knight often leading to unforeseen results. These changes have been made so that the pieces feel the same but have a new, more modern look. Additionally, the rules have been altered to further reflect the personality of the pieces. These changes range from how a piece moves to adding completely new mechanics like taking one of your own pieces to remove one of the opponent’s pieces.