<p>Anichess, the Web3 chess game developed by Animoca Brands in partnership with Chess.com, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alibaba Cloud to co-develop AliBAE. It’s a decentralized ‘Build and Earn’ platform that aims to support the next generation of AI-powered creators.</p><p>The collaboration combines Alibaba's Qwen AI suite with the $CHECK token economy to allow creators to build and publish applications, games, and digital content directly on-chain. High-quality submissions earn $CHECK rewards, which further boost&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/team-secret-join-checkmate-eco-with-nfts-and-check-integration">Checkmate’s cross-platform initiatives, following its Team Secret partnership</a> in Jan. 2026.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark" data-dnt="true" align="center" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1/ What is AliBAE? Simply put: anyone can build, anyone can earn⚡️<br><br>Powered by <a href="https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alibaba_Qwen</a> AI suite, creators can create and publish contents and apps to earn <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24CHECK&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$CHECK</a><br><br>No complex code? No problem. From image, videos to coding apps - QWEN models are at your finger tips🤖</p>— Anichess (@AnichessGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnichessGame/status/2023248041499877620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2026</a></blockquote>
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</div><h2>There’s more to the $CHECK rewards</h2><p>$CHECK token rewards aren't the only highlight of this collaboration between&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/games/anichess">Anichess</a> and Alibaba Cloud. The Chinese tech giant is offering free AI credits to early builders, go-to-market support through Alibaba Group's global distribution channels, and enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure to handle real-time scaling demands.</p><p>The Qwen models underpinning the platform support context windows of up to 128,000 tokens per session. For Alibaba Cloud, this partnership gets the company a live Web3 environment to expand Qwen's reach.</p><p>For Anichess and its parent Animoca Brands, the Alibaba Cloud partnership gets the kind of infrastructure credibility that most blockchain gaming projects spend years trying to build.</p><h2>A notable month of development in Web3 gaming</h2><p>The start of 2026 has been rather eventful within the GameFi space, with multiple games and gaming blockchains announcing major news.</p><p>At the Ronin Network front, Psycheout86, who had held operations roles across Sky Mavis, Axie Infinity, and Ronin simultaneously, announced their departure from those positions. Concurrently, Jihoz, one of Sky Mavis' co-founders, announced a return to the company headquarters in Vietnam.</p><p>On the product side, Ronin’s been focusing on Atia’s Legacy, and the developer team started publishing a development blog, Atia’s Lab. Elsewhere in the Ronin ecosystem:</p><ul><li>Pixels ran a Choco-lot of Love event for Valentine's Day.</li><li>Moku reopened Moki Mayhem matches and distributed $15,000 in creator rewards over its first four weeks.</li><li><a href="https://funjible.games/news/new-fishing-frenzy-and-pixels-updates-refresh-ronin-ecosystem">Fishing Frenzy dropped its fifth developer log</a> alongside a Lunar New Year event with Karma rewards.</li><li>PlayCalamity announced a 10-day playtest with prizes.</li><li>RumbleArcade launched Week 2 of its referral campaign with a $1,500 prize pool.</li></ul><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjOvFbxJpxg?si=INqlte3FuthNxGsW" 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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Anichess is classic Chess with a twist—spells! Earn mana as you play and use it to teleport pieces, summon pawns, and cast powerful abilities.

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