Smess is a chess variant played on a 7x8-board. There are three types of figure: Ninnies, numskulls and brains. The object is to capture the Brain. Smess-Infos: Smess-Rules: Original cliparts courtesy of Fergus Duniho. You can start a game by choosing the players. Drag a blue-brain-figure onto the blue marked space (its starting space).