Dear Variant Fans,
We invite you to the next in the Chess.com Community Championship series: the Chess.com King of the Hill Championship, which will take place from May 6 to May 8 and features a $2,500 prize fund.
King of the Hill is one of Ch...
Dear variant fans,
The Chess.com 4-Player Chess Championship, our fourth event in the Chess.com Community Championship series, is starting this week and features a $5,000 prize fund.
The schedule is slightly different from usual: the eight qua...
Dear Variant Fans,
We are back with this month's Community Championship! The Atomic Chess Championship is scheduled for March 4-6. This is part of the 2026 Chess.com Community Championships event series with 12 events throughout the year.
Atom...
Dear Variant Fans,
Get Ready for the 2026 Community 3-Check Chess Championship!
We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming Chess.com 3-Check Chess Championship, the second event of the 2026 Community Championships cycle! This fast-paced and...
Dear Variant Fans,
The final event of this year's Chess.com Community Championships is here: the Chess.com Fog of War Chess Championship starts tomorrow, December 11, and features a $2,500 prize fund.
Fog of War is a chess variant in whi...
Dear Variant Fans,
Tomorrow, on November 6, we all get a chance to go a little crazy because the Chess.com Crazyhouse Championship is here! The variant where initiative means everything is part of the 2025 Chess.com Community Championships event...
Dear Variant Fans,
Get ready for the next 2025 Chess.com Community Championships event! This month, the Seirawan Chess Championship takes place October 2-3, and players can compete for a $2,500 prize fund.
Seirawan Chess is the brainchild of G...
Dear Variant Fans,
A new month, a new Chess.com Community Championship coming up: Chess.com Duck Chess Championship is happening between September 4-5 and features a $2,500 prize fund.
Duck Chess is one of the newest variants on Chess.com. It ...
Dear Variant Fans,
Following the successful transition of the King of the Hill (KOTH) variant to Chess.com/Variants (announcement here), the next variants making the move are 3Check and Crazyhouse.
As part of this transition, official recurrin...
Dear Variant Fans,
We’d like to inform the variant community that the scheduling of the official, recurring King of the Hill (KotH) arenas and Swiss tournaments on Chess.com has been turned off. This was part of the planned transition of K...
Dear Variants Fans,
This month's Community Chess Championship will feature the fun and popular Spell Chess variant. The Chess.com Spell Chess Championship is taking place next week, August 14-15, offering a chance for everyone to work their magi...
Dear Variant Fans,
Ready to play your favorite team variant: Bughouse? The Chess.com Bughouse Championship is back from July 7 to 11, offering players a perfect excuse to team up with a friend and dive into the ultimate fast-paced, partner-based...
Dear Variant Fans,
Get ready for speed, swindles, and pure adrenaline—the Chess.com Hyperbullet Chess Championship is back! Starting June 12, this thrilling event features two days of nonstop action and a $2,500 prize pool.
Hyperbul...
Dear Variant Fans,
We invite you to the Chess.com King of the Hill Championship, which will take place on May 15 and 16 and features a $2,500 prize fund.
After a close contest against Chess With Checkers and Giveaway Chess, our community elect...
Dear Variant Fans,
We want to share an important change for those of you who love playing variants like 3-Check, King of the Hill (KOTH), Bughouse, and Crazyhouse.
All chess variants will gradually be moved to Chess.com/variants and will no lo...
Dear Variant Fans,
Mark your calendar for the fourth leg of the Chess.com Community Championships: the Chess.com 4 Player Chess Championship will take place from April 14 to April 18 and feature a $5,000 prize fund.
The schedule will be slight...
Dear Variant Fans,
Get ready to make a big impact with your captures! Our 2025 Chess.com Community Championships event series continues, and this month, the Atomic Chess Championship is scheduled for March 27-28.
Atomic Chess is not for ...
Dear Variant fans!
Get ready to give check-check-check and join us on Thursday, February 27!
We recently announced the Chess.com 3-Check Chess Championship, the second 2025 Chess.com Community Championships event, which is expected to bring an...
It's time to go crazy over the chessboard with the next edition of the Chess.com Community Championships! The Chess.com Crazyhouse Chess Championship will take place between December 2 and 6 and feature an increased $7,500 prize fund.
Crazyhouse...
Have you seen the news? We just launched the Chess.com Championships yesterday! It’s a series of events happening throughout the year to find the best players in different formats and variants.
We got a lot of feedback from the community a...
The new Variants Games season begins, it is an award-winning competition, for this year 2024. We want to welcome all the new members of the club, with an excellent Tournament, with many membership awards 💎👑⭐. There are many chances to win, you jus...
Hey there! We are starting a new cycle in the VCS, now with atomic! It's going to be played in the Variants server, so you have to go to https://www.chess.com/variants/atomic/tournaments and you will find the event in the tabs "Upcoming" or "Ongoi...
All information https://www.chess.com/article/view/variants-community-series
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...
Hello everyone!
We've had a long journey of Custom Variants growth and development. Did you know that almost all variants available at chess.com/variants were made by community members? But did you know that the Custom Games Admin Team has revie...
All information https://www.chess.com/article/view/variants-community-series
VCS - 3-Check Arena #1 - Nov 2, 2023 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3006860
VCS - 3-Check Arena #2 - Nov 9, 2023 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com...