Best Algebraic Chess notation move (Rule 16) in the Password Game

The overnight sensation The Password Game is sure to have you quickly never wanting to enter or create a password again. The game exaggerates the requirements for creating a password into a hellscape of a minigame for your enjoyment or lack thereof. Each rule only gets more insane as you go along. Case in point: Rule 16, asking you for the next best Chess move written in algebraic chess notation. Fortunately, you don’t need to know anything about Chess to solve it. Here’s the best Chess move (Rule 16) in the Password Game.

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Rule 16 Solution in The Password Game

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The actual Chess match display you are given is completely randomized. Fortunately, there is an easy way to figure out the answer even if you have no idea of anything to do with chess.

Your randomly generated chess match uses approximately the same layout as this website, nextchessmove.com. So open this site up in another tab and go between the Password Game match and this site, moving around the pieces into the correct spot until you have made the layout match. Remove pieces that are not in play by dragging them off the board. Then hit the ‘Calculate Next Move’ button to the right side and it will tell you the best next move in algebraic chess notation.

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While it most likely will force you to reconfigure rule 5, you now can at least do that and move on to rule 17.

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Now you know the randomly generated best Chess move in the Password Game. Just try not to refresh the page. Otherwise, like Rule 14, you will have to do it all over again with another randomly generated best Chess move. How much more ridiculous can the game get? We probably shouldn’t even ask that question.