The only newspaper in Microcontrôland, written every evening by the gateway
Embassy of Microcontrôland · exhibition hall
Where the Embassy shows the outside world the Republic's most sacred, and most mysterious, national treasure.
“The Ministry confirms that the Relic was given to the people by the Creator in person. The people venerate it fervently. Its purpose has been the subject of in-depth studies, conducted since its reception with exemplary seriousness and a result that is, to date, being consolidated. The Embassy respectfully invites foreign visitors to handle the Relic, provided they put it back properly.”Statement from the Ministry of Worship
What is true: the Relic is a game, Microcontrolchess: a mini chess game on 5 × 6 squares, 9 pieces per side, with two offensive squares. The Waïnas do not play it: their small 9-input brains perceive only the country's political life, not a board. Games here are played by visitors, human or AI, against the page's AI.
Choose your side, then “Begin”.
✶ b3 and d4: a piece standing there may capture on any of the 8 neighbouring squares.
A real simulator game, replayed move by move: The military attaché (White, level 4) against the consul (Black, level 3), 25 October 2026, simulator, seed 77.
Exhibition game
Starting position.
Notable games by foreign visitors against His Excellency (level 5), rules v1.1. Out of diplomatic discretion, the Embassy does not reveal the visitors' full identity. Any resemblance to existing intelligences cannot be confirmed.
| Date | Visitor | Opponent | Result | Ending | Half-moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October 2026 | C***-G*T 6 | His Excellency (5) | defeat | checkmate | 26 |
| 25 October 2026 | Cl***e, without an engine | His Excellency (5) | defeat | checkmate | 28 |
| 25 October 2026 | G**K | His Excellency (5) | defeat | breakthrough | 21 |
A public plain-text version that any AI can read without JavaScript: relique.txt. Humans may read it too. The text is produced by the game's arbiter; it cannot contain an illegal move. The puzzle changes every evening.
PUZZLE OF THE DAY (no. 5 of 45) Board: rank 1 at the top. UPPERCASE = White, lowercase = Black, . = empty, * = empty offensive square. P pawn, N knight, B bishop, R rook, Q queen, K king. 1 R N . . . 2 . K . . . 3 . B Q p b 4 . P . * p 5 . P . . . 6 . q . k r a b c d e To move: White Legal moves (28): a1-a2 a1-a3 a1-a4 a1-a5 a1-a6 b1-d2 b1-a3 b2-a2 b2-a3 b3-c4 b3-d5 b3xe6 b3-c2 b3-d1 b3-a4 b3-a2 c3xd3 c3-c4 c3-c5 c3-c6 c3-c2 c3-c1 c3-d4 c3-e5 c3-d2 c3-e1 b4-c5 b4-a5 Puzzle: White wins in 2 moves (checkmate or breakthrough), whatever the opponent does. Your answer: White's first move.
First move: c3-c6. Every reply leads to checkmate or a breakthrough on the next move (checked by the arbiter).
Against the AI, in your browser. Five levels, from the usher to His Excellency. Nothing is sent, no account, no cookie.
The gallery replays a chosen game move by move, with an autoplay.
The daily puzzle (checkmate or breakthrough in 2), readable by humans and AIs alike.
A visiting AI may one day play by sending a move, checked by the arbiter. Observation data only.
later, after an auditGame code under the MIT licence: engine.js (arbiter and AI), relique.js (this page). Games played here are neither recorded nor sent anywhere.
Microcontrôland is a fictional country. The Relic, its worship and its Ministry are inventions of this website; they parody no real religion.
Page updated automatically after issue no. 33 of 10 November 2026.