Hello! I played the game on stream, here's the VOD: 

That was a confusing start for me, since I still had to get used on how every piece worked. Though I managed to win on the second attempt.

The game has a pretty good presentation, with a artstyle that matches well with some of the tileset (without considering some RTP pieces there and there), and the drawings have a unique design.
I liked the vibe the game took after the "bad ending", even if I felt like the true ending was very rushed - there were no extra challenge, no climax, just an image and a single textbox. But I can assume it's due to the jam limitation.

I had fun with the game, the strategic side definitely had a lot of possibilities, even if at the end I mostly used pawns since they can attack without getting a counter.

Like the presentation, but like said below, the board graphic is a bit illegible. Gameplay seemed solid, but there was too much info at the very beginning and the very first battle seemed hard for me unless I assumed full defensive position. I like the idea of the story behind the "chess".

I didn't play a ton of this, but I think the basic tactics rpg mechanics work well. I dig the art style (although the actual gameboard was a bit illegible, as other have mentioned). The music didn't work for me, especially with the repetitive nature of it. Intriguing overall, nice work!

If you want additional comments, I put together a 15-minute first impressions video of my time:
https://youtu.be/4SNBb_Q1xhU?t=1009

This game is definitely not for me, (i am neither good at strategy nor chess) but there were some things I can comment on:

• Custom art and tone was engaging and held tone well.
• Presentation is very muddy: while assets alone are fine, all together the game seems very hard to parse: backdrop is too detailed and distracting, while pieces blend in. It's also hard to tell when pieces are done for the turn or not (yes, there is a signal but something that pops out more would help). 
• I might not have payed enough attention during the brief tutorial, but I feel like things weren't explained enough. Tutorials are difficult, but a more detailed one (on player demand at least) would have been very helpful. 
• Again, this might be me, but I felt like the concepts got mixed in weird ways: chess concept? sure. Then rpg maker style combat skills? Er, ok...what happened to chess? In general I think better onboarding is necessary.

I spoke more during the vid, but overall the main problem for me was conveyance.