<p>Anichess announced a major token distribution on Apr. 13, paying out 6.5 million CHECK tokens and 3.2 million M8 tokens to its player base. At&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/check">current market rates, the CHECK</a> distribution alone represents over $250,000 in value.<br><br><a href="https://funjible.games/games/anichess">Anichess</a>’ reward distribution covers multiple categories. OG stakers received tokens from the Ethernals Drop and Checkmate Reign programs. Public participants earned through Checkmate Reign and Creator Awards. Additional airdrops went to Season 7 Gambit players, Arena competitors, referral participants, and bug compensation claims.<br><br>M8 tokens were distributed for Week 2 outstanding rewards and Week 4 earnings.<br>&nbsp;</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CHECK your wallet.<br><br>&gt; 6.5M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24CHECK&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$CHECK</a> distributed<br>&gt; 3.2M M8 distributed<br><br>1. OG Claim to Stake: Ethernals Drop + Checkmate Reign<br><br>2. Public Claim to Stake: Checkmate Reign + Creator Award<br><br>3. Airdrop: S7 Gambit, S7 Arena, Referral, Bug Compensation<br><br>M8 Claim: Week 2 outstanding + Week… <a href="https://t.co/YCpVdSEsnA">pic.twitter.com/YCpVdSEsnA</a></p>— Anichess (@AnichessGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnichessGame/status/2043646107914265025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>Fair Play Enforcement</h2><p><br>From a purely&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/play-to-earn-crypto-games">play-to-earn</a> lens, Anichess’ anti-bot measures also deserve praise alongside its prize pools. The dev team filtered distributions to exclude accounts with suspicious activity, ensuring only legitimate players receive rewards.<br><br>More experienced members of the GameFi space have been trying to perfect their economic formulas so far in 2026, too. The optimal route for legacy games appears to be game-locked currencies, as both&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/axie-infinity-release-baxs-combat-axs-sell-pressure">Axie Infinity</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/ronin-bonded-token-bron">Ronin have released bonded tokens</a>. These new currencies aim to encourage in-game spending, while turning the games' P2E potentials into an exclusive feature for dedicated players.<br>&nbsp;</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:56.87%;"><img src="https://assets.funjible.games/anichess_rewards_2_686f0e55c7.jpg" alt="Two Anichess characters battling." srcset="https://assets.funjible.games/thumbnail_anichess_rewards_2_686f0e55c7.jpg 245w,https://assets.funjible.games/small_anichess_rewards_2_686f0e55c7.jpg 500w,https://assets.funjible.games/medium_anichess_rewards_2_686f0e55c7.jpg 750w,https://assets.funjible.games/large_anichess_rewards_2_686f0e55c7.jpg 1000w," sizes="100vw"></figure><p><br><a href="https://funjible.games/news/team-secret-join-checkmate-eco-with-nfts-and-check-integration">Anichess’ token distributions follow its partnerships with Team Secret</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/anichess-partners-alibaba-to-launch-build-and-earn-platform">Alibaba Cloud</a> earlier this year. The&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/animoca-brands-launch-alibae-with-100k-chess-bounty">AliBAE platform launched in March with Alibaba Cloud</a> and it offers creators a build-and-earn environment powered by Qwen AI models.<br><br>$CHECK token also secured its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coinbase.com/listings">Coinbase listing</a> on Apr. 2. Anichess and its ecosystem are among the hottest commodities in crypto gaming in 2026, with existing participants looking to close potential gaps.<br><br>Innovation has been pushing active developers to ship better products every day, and once the economic changes are complete, we can expect more substantial gameplay updates to come players’ way during the rest of the year.<br><br>Some of these said efforts have even started showing their impact on charts, with&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/enjin-enj-token-pump">gaming tokens like ENJ pumping</a>, alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/why-axie-infinitys-axs-token-is-pumping-in-january-2026">AXS</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/why-pixel-pump">PIXEL</a>.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZCFIwEgRtI?si=Pe4HygO7OJmppGqz" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

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