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Chess but the Archbishop, Chancellor, and pretty much every other Fairy piece has the good old designs instead of the new ones

Mega Queens Chess: super similar to chess but the queens can also move like knight and camel (3,1 leaper) and pawns promote to Knight, Rook and Bishop

I call it X chess:

Pawns promote to:

• Amazon
• Bishop
• Camel
• Chancellor
• Archbishop
• General
• Knight
• Queen
• Rook
• Wildebeest

It also has duck chess rules.

web chess: a different grid, may be topology-related

Hi people, I´d like to introduce you to Battle Group Chess. Here you got a link with the whole idea explained. Any sort of comments will be apreciated.

https://battlegroupchess.blogspot.com/2023/10/battle-group-chess-englisg-version.html

También puedes leerlo en español en este enlace. Se agradecerá cualquier comentario al respecto.

https://battlegroupchess.blogspot.com/2023/10/battle-group-chess.html

Stalemate Chess

The goal is to Stalemate the opponent's King. The one who delivers checkmate loses the game.

Great attacks and a razor thin draw was also played by two strong variant players last week.

Is there no castling in choose 960?

Chess but pawns move and capture like knights but only forwards. No double first move. No en passant. Usual promotion options.

Choose your move and second move at the same time. If a piece necessary to make your second move is taken, the move is forfeit.

This requires you to predict your opponents moves!

perfect chess as i created in ches variants page which is how to play perfect chess

Hi there!Is it possible to win big money at Chess?Is there and international prestigious tournaments like in Europe where money is good ?

If you want money then you belong to Monopoly Chess

Chess with 0 rules (The previous one actually had rules) It is not allowed to prevent people from doing illegal moves (that's the only rule)

Queenless chess: theres no queens, pawns promote to rook, bishop and knight

I'd like to see Pre-Chess, a variant that Benko played with in the 70's. It's a form of Shuffle Chess, like Fischer Random, with the difference that the players place their own pieces.

The game starts with only the 16 pawns on the board. Both players spend their first 8 moves placing their remaining pieces anywhere on the first rank.

The problem with that is, players spent the opening rearranging the pieces to be closer to their unshuffled counterparts, or nearly so. Therefore all it did was delay the true opening phase of the game. Once they were both somewhat content with the unshuffling, the game began in earnest. The middlegame became interesting for a while, then it devolved into rook and pawn battles yet again.