The Variants Community Series (VCS) is a series of events for streamers and the chess variants community. The event happens every Thursday at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST/21:30 IST and features a different variant every two months and $3,750 plus 610 Twitch/Kick subs as the prize fund per cycle.

Please check and follow the regulations for streamers prizes https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-event-rulebook#vcs 

Subs Prizes are given a week after the tournament is over.

• King of the Hill
• 3-Check
• Crazyhouse
• Atomic

Variant: King of the Hill (Sep 7 - Oct 19)

Below are the results for King of the Hill, the first cycle of the VCS.

• Week #1 - Sep 7, 2023.
• Week #2 - Sep 14, 2023.
• Week #3 (streamer arena) - Sep 21, 2023.
• Week #4 - Sep 28, 2023.
• Week #5 - Oct 5, 2023.
• Week #6 (streamer arena) - Oct 12, 2023.

Streamer Arena Week #3

Streamer Arena Week #6

Martinez Is King of The Hill In Variants Final

Variant: 3-Check (Nov 2 - Dec 14)

• Week #1 - Nov 2
• Week #2 - Nov 9
• Week #3 - Nov 16
• Week #4 STREAMER ARENA - Nov 23
• Weekly #5- Nov 30
• Week #6 - STREAMER ARENA - Dec 7

Martinez Defends Variant Crown In 3 Check Chess 

Variant: Crazyhouse (Jan 4 - Feb 15)

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #1 - Jan 4, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3127893

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #2 - Jan 11, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3130001

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #3 Special Prizes for Streamers! - Jan 18, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3142564

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #4 - Jan 25, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3156028

VCS - 3-Check Arena #5 - Feb 1, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3169340 

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #6 Special Prizes for Streamers! Feb 8, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3183294 

VCS - Crazyhouse Final Championship Feb 15, 2024 at 12pm ET

Variant: Atomic (March 7 - April 18)

The VCS Atomic will be played on the Variants server. You will find the events in the "Upcoming" or "Ongoing" tabs here https://www.chess.com/variants/atomic/tournaments

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #1 - March 7, 2024, at 12 pm ET.

UPDATE on VCS Atomic: From Arena #2 the time control will be 3+0 (instead of 3+2) 

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #2 - March 14, 2024, at 12 pm ET.

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #3 Special Prizes for Streamers - March 21, 2024, at 12 pm ET.

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #4 - March 28, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #5 - April 4, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #6 Special Prizes for Streamers - April 11, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

VCS - Atomic Championship - April 18, 2024, at 12 pm ET.