⚔️Pieces Variants 🛡️
Pieces Variants Standard:
Pieces Variants Neo:
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Pieces Variants
You are welcome to check out the variant pieces and have your say on what pieces you would like to see and use in the Standard and Neo piece setup.
Amazon:
The Queen is the most powerful piece in chess, now when merged with the knight, I would dare to say that it is the most powerful piece in the world of chess.
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Piece Variants Neo:
Honestly not a good design, to be the most powerful piece of all. 
Chancellor:
This piece, when competing against a queen in a 2-player ending, is highly balanced, even Chancellor often prevails, being superior to the queen, since it combines excellent rook and knight moves that can lead to a forced victory, since which can perform multiple forms of "check" on the board.
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Piece Variants Neo:
Excellent work, very good design for Chancellor, I would like to see this piece in standard. There is an excess of images of knights, I solve this 100%.
Archbishop:
This piece is very skillful, as it combines excellent Bishop and Knight moves that can lead to a highly dynamic game, as it can perform multiple forms of "check" on the board and can surprise you in forced checkmate lines as well, to have caution.
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Piece Variants Neo:
Excellent work, very good design for Archbishop, I would like to see this piece in standard. There is an excess of images of knights, I solve this 100%.
General:
Its King and Knight movements allow a greater range of escape options, being a king it fulfills a specific role, since it is used as the main Objective to defeat within the board in some variants.
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Piece Variants Neo:
It's not a bad design, maybe it would have been cool to see a mini crown on these pieces, but it's ok. I would like to see this piece in standard. There is an excess of images of knights, I solve this 100%.
Knight Xiangki:
This piece is for highly skilled players with good concentration, since they will have to create more efficient tactical routes during the game, this piece also acts as an external guardian of the pawns, and knows how to defend key squares against their rivals; which makes it highly interesting in the development of a strategic plan.
This is one ancestral pieces together with the elephant and the sailboat, the movements of this piece are limited, therefore it requires greater calculation and concentration from the player, since the difficulty is that this piece cannot jump over others pieces in its path, in other words, the knight does not jump like the knight does in western chess and can be blocked by a piece of any color located at an adjacent point horizontally or vertically. This piece belongs to the Chinese culture where Xiangki was played, I have an image to better represent it below: 
The red horse may capture the black Knight, but the black horse cannot capture the red Knight because its movement is obstructed by another piece.
Green moves are legal; red ones are illegal because another piece is obstructing the movement of the knight.
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Piece Variants Neo:
In my personal opinion, this looks like a dragon to me, maybe add bigger wings, it would complete as a good image. It would be great if this piece was DragonBishop and was available in Standard pieces.
Camel:
Its movement is totally unique and novel, it is a very wide jump, very similar to how the Knight moves, with the difference that it makes a much more extended "L". We can describe this piece, with great skill, it is not the most powerful in this battle, but if it is very strong and can surprise you at any time, you must be very attentive. You can get very quickly to any sector of the board. Its aesthetics are excellent, this piece is very well designed.
It moves in an "L" shape, like an orthodox chess knight, with dimensions of
3 × 1 instead of 2 × 1.
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This is an excellent design for pieces in the Neo category.
KnightRider:
Fusion of 2 knights, Technically their Movement is expanded unlimited. Intuitive aesthetics, but it doesn't look good, it deserves to be a unique piece.
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Honestly, I don't like any of the options for this piece that has an incredible ability to move, a piece that strong deserves a mythological character of great power.
CamelRider:
Fusion of 2 Camel, Technically their Movement is expanded unlimited. Intuitive aesthetics, but it doesn't look good, it deserves to be a unique piece.
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Piece Variants Neo:
Honestly, I don't like any of the options for this piece that has an incredible ability to move, a piece of this characteristic, can be a weapon of great power, we can find a better design.
Alfil- Elephant:
This piece is historical, the first time it was seen on a chessboard, it is the oldest game on record called Chaturaji for 4 players and later it is seen in a version for 2 players called Chaturanga, or vice versa (that is still under discussion); the important thing here now is to know the strengths of this piece.
Here again it involves the player's ability to gain advantage and efficiency in battle.
It is not a strong piece on the board, easy to use, but you must create efficient movements to give this piece more fluidity. Its best performance is taking care of key squares of the king, although if you manage to centralize this piece on the board as an attack function, it can do a lot of damage. It usually destroys stone walls created by the opponent's pawn structures.
In my opinion, this piece shouldn't be called a bishop, as it leads to confusion, just call it Elephant and that's it, regarding the second image, it's absolutely unnecessary in my appreciation, and must be removed from the platform. In Spanish we call "Alfil" to the "Bishop" piece, and the letter "A" is part of the nomenclature we use as algebraic notation in Spanish.
This piece moves diagonally 2 squares, and can jump over other pieces.
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Piece Variants Neo:
It is likely that there is an error in the image, and it is not showing the white fang. Anyway it's fine for Neo pieces.
Grasshopper:
Jumps in any direction hopping over the first piece, landing inmediately behind it.
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Other Position:
Here you have double check the kings, but see next image.
Next Position:
When a pawn advances, it defends itself from check, which is curious, because this piece cannot advance the entire diagonal, it can only jump, therefore, for me, it does not make sense. It is a very difficult piece to predict or calculate its movement, it really takes too much time to understand it and/or understand its next move.
Other Position:
Here from an example starting position. It's still confusing anyway, I'm still trying to fully understand this piece.
Wait: The above was the first thing I said, without studying this piece, it is just to put myself in your place and understand your thoughts. Continue reading below...
Other position:
Well I finally just understood how this piece moves. With this image it can be explained better. This piece lands right behind another piece, no matter how far away it is.
Simple!
Piece Variants Neo:
It's definitely fine for Neo pieces, it doesn't require any changes.
DragonBishop:
This piece combines Bishop and Knight Xiangki moves. It is complex to use, but it is a strong piece as it has the fusion of 2 movements. Dragon is a mythological species, extremely strong.
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Knight Xiangki Neo similar to a Dragon
In my personal opinion, this looks like a dragon to me, maybe add bigger wings, it would complete as a good image. It would be great if this piece was "DragonBishop" and was available in Standard pieces.
DragonBishop:
This is the version in Neo pieces.
Wildebeest:
This fusion is undoubtedly ultra powerful, it becomes a very wild and fearsome piece. Seeing this piece in action forces you to calculate and think longer, its next move can surprise you, you have to be very careful, since it could give you a death blow. This design does not look good, but if it complies with being very intuitive, it would be more pleasant to see another type of piece here. There is a different version in another configuration, which I will show you below, it would be great to modify this piece, and make it something more original and unique.
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Piece Variants Neo:
This piece is ok, but it should have a wilder look, but it's much better than the existing one in standard, so it would be great to see this piece in standard. 
Maybe:
Dabbaba:
This piece moves by jumping 2 squares horizontally and vertically. This piece also requires more skill, to get the best benefits, It is not a strong piece, but it has its virtues, find them.
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Piece Variants Neo:
Well, this piece does look more like a siege weapon or attack vehicle and it looks better than the previous image. It could be an option for standard pieces.
Alibaba:
This is a fusion of alfil and dabbaba, This is a strong piece, it is excellent in the center of the board, it can attack and defend perfectly. Its design doesn't look bad, but it's very similar to a bishop, and that's not cool. There is a different version in another configuration, which I will show you below, it would be great to modify this piece, and make it something more original and unique.
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Piece Variants Neo:
I prefer this piece, since it is completely different from a bishop, and makes it look like an original and unique piece.
Rook, Sailboat & Chariots:
All of these pieces are excellent for their category.
Ferz:
He is historically known for being the first guardian of the king in Chaturanga. Its movement is limited to only one diagonal square, it is not a strong piece and requires more skill to make its maximum effort, if it covers key sectors, very close to the king.
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Piece Variants Neo:
I like both pieces, they are good.
Wasir:
Its movement is only one square vertically and horizontally and it also captures pieces in the same way. It is not a strong piece, therefore you should choose your movements very well, you can move forward and backward.
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Piece Variants Neo:
This piece is much better, but it has similarities in its appearance with other pieces, it could be confusing, anyway I would like it to be in the standard category.
AlfilRider:
A difficult piece to use on the board, its position must be very measured and carefully analyzed. Aesthetically too simplistic and seeing only the head of the bishop, it denotes a lack of design and development, it lacks work, usually the merged pieces do not look good. Again the "Alfil" name is not correct, it should be renamed.
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Piece Variants Neo:
Ok, here at least you can see a different piece with a unique and original aspect, compared to the other "rider pieces". Good job!
DabbabaRider:
This piece can choose if it wants to jump 1 square or make an unlimited jump in vertical or horizontal mode, it is a dynamic and complex piece to use, it requires more attention like all double function pieces. This piece does not have a good design, since it looks like 2 pieces on the same square, personally I do not like to see that on the board.
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Piece Variants Neo:
It is seen as a piece of double power, and manages to differentiate itself from its predecessor, therefore it fulfills the objective. I prefer to see this piece on the board, in standard pieces.
AlibabaRider:
To fully understand the movement of this piece, you should know that it can also jump, unlimited and interleaved, as long as there is no piece in the middle. This piece is the fusion of the Alibaba piece, so you already know that it moves diagonally, horizontally and vertically.
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Piece Variants Neo:
I am not 100% convinced by this design, consider that you can have a better final finish, or simply create a different design. Anyway, I prefer to see this piece on the board, in standard pieces.
Berolina:
A pawn that moves diagonally and captures fordwards.
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Soldier:
A pawn that moves and captures fordwards only.
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Stone General:
A pawn that moves and captures diagonally only.
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Sergeant:
A pawn that moves and captures diagonally and forward.
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I hope that this material is very useful for you, I invite you to learn about the new variants created on the platform.
Tell me what your favorite pieces are!
Blog:
https://www.chess.com/blog/martinaxo/chaturdrez-ancestral-modernity-play-new-variant
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See you in the next battle!
⚔️ Martinaxo
Top Player FFA Rapid | ELO 2700 | año 2023