Find the eight pairs of pieces.
Piece Pairs
Piece Pairs is a memory card game with chess pieces. Sixteen cards lie face down, hiding eight pairs. Turn over two cards: a matching pair stays face up, and two different pieces are turned back when you pick the next card. Find all eight pairs in as few turns as you can. Eight turns is perfect.
How to play
- Press Start and tap a card to turn it over, then a second one.
- If the two pieces are the same, the pair stays up. If not, remember where they are: they turn back when you tap the next card.
- The game ends when all eight pairs are found. Your fewest turns are kept on this device.
Questions
- What is the best possible score?
- Eight turns: every pair found at the first try. Without luck that cannot be done, because you have to see where the pieces are before you can match them.
- Does this help my chess?
- It trains short-term visual memory, which you use when you calculate a line and have to keep a changed position in your head. It is also a gentle way to learn the pieces by sight.
- Are the cards in the same place each time?
- No. They are shuffled afresh for every game.