Glad to hear you thought it was fun! The current (and only) mode is an endless mode so it’s mainly a high-score chasing game.
More complex strategy and balancing was something I don’t think I spent sufficient time on pre-release. Pawn spam is for sure one of the best strategies.
The AI definitely makes (a lot) of blunders. I don’t think I fully realized how complex chess AI can get so I kept it relatively simple, which leads to a lot of bad moves!