One board a day. Infinite room to optimize.
Cover of Knight turns chess movement into fast, elegant logic puzzles. Drag pieces onto the board, cover every target square, and lower your score to climb from personal best to world record.
A chess puzzle game that feels sharper every time you return.
The game is simple to enter, but it rewards cleaner decisions, better board reading, and smarter score management.
Pure board reading
Understand attack coverage fast, place the right pieces, and solve the target pattern with intent.
Score becomes strategy
Lower is better, so every piece choice matters. Solving is only the first layer.
Quick, tactile sessions
Designed around touch-friendly drag-and-drop so each run feels direct and readable on mobile.
Replay with purpose
Come back to beat your own setup, target the global best, or improve your place on the daily board.
Two modes, two different kinds of pressure.
Basic mode rewards elegant efficiency. Advanced mode adds placement and composition constraints inspired by chess legality.
Fast puzzle optimization
Great for a quick solve loop where coverage, piece value, and clean scoring do the heavy lifting.
Deeper chess-style constraints
Pushes you into more careful composition and a more deliberate read of legal piece placement.
Mon
Easy
Tue
Easy+
Wed
Medium
Thu
Medium+
Fri
Demanding
Sat
Hard
Sun
Extreme
Records are not a side feature. They are the loop.
The solve matters, but the second question is always the same: can you make it cleaner than the last run?
Personal and world records
Keep your best layout saved, then chase the lowest known score for each board.
Live daily leaderboard
See who is leading today, how they scored, and which mode is driving the board.
Today's live board
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Easy to learn, flexible to live with.
The app lowers the onboarding barrier while still giving long-term players room to make the experience theirs.
Interactive tutorial
Understand coverage, drag controls, scoring, and both play modes with guided onboarding.
Palette and piece customization
Change the board mood and piece appearance to fit your own reading style.
Ready for today's board?
Cover of Knight is available on iOS and Android. Daily history can be unlocked if you want to revisit previous dates and keep improving.