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Time travel and back to the day when Sleepy royal had be posted.What will happen soon if KSG did nothing...? Think something interesting!

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well its crazy and i should post it to chess.com beta. for variants,there is a lot of things creators need,but staffs is busy.so why dont we do this ourselves?so i think about this(inspired be TimeVeteran) add a box:"push *.chess program here."push the txt(or *.chess,if we get)into it. simply,break the rules and turn them into minor ones(like fatal capture->capture dies+kings cannot capture),or code. new rules(e.g. summon pawns around the royak per move)

     

Grasshopper Rider:capture by hopping over a piece and landing immediately behind it like a simple grasshopper,or hop any piece,any times. Worth 7 points each. (Picture show below:white K for your specific piece,white N for any pieces,black K for both capture/move,P for move only,R for capture only) Xiangqi cannon:move like a rook,then capture a piece by hopping over a piece and capture the 1st enemy piece behind it. Worth 6 points each.  Lance:A pawn moves and captures forward only,and it can move any spaces in a move but not the promotion rank(if it didn't reach the rank very behind it). Worth 2 points each. 

Is this accepted, if yes please post it on Variant Verdict Feed. If not, please delist it in the Extra section. 

Hey Custom Variant Creators, Did you know you could save your customs in a special list? yes, I knew no, I didn't know Vote below!

Are you confused when see a default "Custom game" or something like "Sideways Custom Position Play-for-mate Hill"?However,some of them are not useful(Custom Position,etc)and we don't need to use some shown in the name(diplomacy,etc). So I suggest this. Change the default name using a textbox for creators to rename(and put Custom at last which cannot be deleted). Then players can say"uh,Grasshopper's Racing(Custom) seems fun"but not"what is Custom Game?"or"what is Crazy Custom Position King of the Racing Kings?"This allow creators show their variants' features. Hope someday it can add into variants' server.

Take Gothic Chess for example. Unaltered, the king jumps 3 squares towards the rook but once you press custom rules it only jumps 2 squares. How to fix this? 

So, recently there have been a lot of people creating challenges like Pocket Chess, Minute Maid and Right Square Promotion. So, I thought whether I should do the same. Anyways, here are the rules: 1. Spell chess must be used. Either fatal or zombies must be used. Giveaway is not allowed. 2. Immune zombies (If any) 3. Stalemate loss That's all!

The name speaks for itself.

Why did I get kicked out of all the variant leader boards. I am no longer on the ambush, Amazon jungle or villagers chess leader boards.

Idk how to invite futers lol. It tells me to play -> customize -> invite but where is customize?

1st ver by @imchesspro0930 : Variant Submission Knowledge Quiz Before this,predict how many acceptions in 2025! Chapter 1:T/F Questions Until today(all "today"s refer to 2025/4/7),there are 20 UR pocket chess variants.  Until today,none of the last 3 accepted submissions are people from the club Experienced Variant Players (if existing, players who are eligible of joining but not present doesn't count).  No variants made by new creators(as their 1st submission,only the creator,but not ChessMasterGS or qilp, posted it on VW counts.)had be accepted.  Until today,there are 6 bugged variants, with their submission codes as follows: 20, 375, 771, 1526, 1574 and 1602. @yx-111aynye had been banned twice(his brother doesn't count lol).  Until today,no variant without any gamerules(including stalement loss/win)accepted last year.  There are 5 joked PR variants on 2025 April Fool's Day,and none of them are accepted.  Qiang-Xiangqi have 5 revisions.  chye3mc posted 6 pocket chess submissions(Saturn's Kings doesn't count)in a row someday,and all of them were mad declined.  Minute Maid is a rip-off,and so does all the challenges after this.  Quicksilver declined because of its illegal time control.  Until today,All the Times is the 1st Forbideen Combination submission declined,and only this one.  Until today,all the last 3 declined variants uses RY theme.  The submission code 771 wasn't @VishtheFish771 's variant. Until today,the most recent Fog of War variant was Jianjia(reposted). Chapter 2: Answering Questions Did Sparks of Hope accept without any problems?This includes wrong game inserted,wrong time control,and whatever you think.  Until today,how many revisions does Limited Life have(exclude Stopwatch)?  What is the 1st posted 4PC variant in 2025? Did yx's brother join CVC before they get banned surprisingly?  Until today,which variant had the shortest-taking acception in 2025? Until today,what's the most recent Lobotomy variant?  Until today,did any Duck WoFs get accepted?  Can you play Hailstorm without the name "Custom Position"? Until today,how many variants did chye's brother created?  Was the likes of You Suck more than Florida Everglades? What's the characters on icp's avatar before 9 and Ñ and after 3&4? Prevent Spoilers Dots: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I will am proud to announce that the Chess Variants March Madness Bracket has a winner. It's Archeron. The bracket is shown here.

I. What is Fairy-Stockfish? Fairy-Stockfish is a chess variant engine derived from Stockfish designed for the support of fairy chess variants and easy extensibility with more games. It can play various regional, historical, and modern chess variants as well as games with user-defined rules. The goal of Fairy-Stockfish is to create an engine supporting a large variety of chess-like games, equipped with the powerful search of Stockfish. In Chess.com, Custom Games Admins (CGAs) often use Fairy-Stockfish to evaluate 2-player New Custom Variants (NCVs). II. How to use Fairy-Stockfish You can play it online on https://fairyground.vercel.app. For analysis purpose, use it online on https://fairyground.vercel.app/advanced.html. To analyze a custom position, first import that custom position's .ini file. If you don't have one, create it yourself. 1. How to create .ini file .ini files are required elements to be able to analyze custom positions. .ini files are composed of 2 parts: Variant name, and Rule configurations a) Variant name Variant name is specified as a section in square brackets, followed by its rule configurations. Eg: [Minihouse], [Rookmate], ... b) Rule configurations Rule configurations are the most important element in a .ini file. It is a set of rule definition and additional options, and can be divided into 3 parts: Board and pieces: set the number of files (maxFile), ranks (maxRank), mapping of piece characters to images (pieceToCharTable), pieces' movement. Rules definition options: the main part of Rule configurations, including promotions, dropping, explosion on capture, double step, triple step, en peasant, castling, check allowance, giveaway, enclosure, walls, gating, passing, stalemate rules, n-move rules, King of the Hill, etc. Setup: set the starting position (startFen) You can use almost anything to create .ini files, as long as the files are in .ini type. I normally use Replit to create .ini files myself. Eg: Some of my .ini files (find it inside these 2 links) https://replit.com/@chessfan725/Python#main.py https://replit.com/@CheLiu4/Variants#main.py Learn more at: https://github.com/fairy-stockfish/Fairy-Stockfish/blob/master/src/variants.ini After importing custom position's .ini file, choose your position from VARIANT. To analyze the position, tick the box at the left of Analyse, then click Go. 2. Evaluation results Evaluation results of a position is the line of result after Fairy-Stockfish analyzed that position. It is composed of many parts, but these 3 are important to know: Depth: the depth number that Fairy-Stockfish analyzed. The more the number, the better. Score: the evaluation score, using centipawn as a unit. Note that if the score is positive, that means the player that is having the move has an advantage. Pv: the sequence of best moves in the position, the more the depth, the more accurate the sequence. Learn more at: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Depth, https://www.chessprogramming.org/Score, and https://www.chessprogramming.org/Principal_Variation Now that's everything you need to know about Fairy-Stockfish. Learn more at: https://fairy-stockfish.github.io/ and https://www.chessprogramming.org Thanks for reading.

Time Control: 1|1 Custom Rules: 3 Player Game, 1 Zombie, Custom Position, Fairy Pieces, Pawns Promote to a Wildebeest on the 13th Rank Games: https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8300694 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8300753 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8300780 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8300804 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8300843 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8300881 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8302444 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8302482 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304579 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304609 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304644 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304675 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304689 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304704 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304718 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304739 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304754 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304771 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304782 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8304807 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338526 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338545 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338572 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338592 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338609 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338624 https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8338650 Big Shoutout to Everyone Who Helped Test! @Matthew_D @supercuz8 @TartRoseNutmeg @Irumi-Yuto @ZccZACH @eliyevmehemmed @IntelligentChessOwl8 @jongonzalez32 @kingEnuclaw @Kalvis629 @Brycealaska @ChessMasterGS @GavinW2040 @arnav2007 @shadowarcher28 @Mecuenta10 @P_K_R_M @salimmmm How To Play (Please Read): Death Race is a game like no other. There are three people competing to get the most points in a certain time frame. Once a zombie pawn promotes to a Wildebeest, all three kings get checkmated and the game is over. You want to capture as much as possible and look for every way to get more points than your opponents, because when you die, that is your final score. There is no way to mate other players. The ultimate goal is to stalemate yourself to get an additional 20 points, but most people are smart enough not to do so. The zombie (which is a checker) does not like to stalemate, so you can only do so through other players. Some people may think yellow has a disadvantage, and they may lose pieces a little faster, but once they only have 1 piece they can go on a rampage and obliterate other players and nobody will capture them! That only happens sometimes though, not every game yellow eats everyone. Once you understand this game it's super fun and you will get addicted to it! Just ask @ChessMasterGS I hope you enjoy and please accept! Additional Text: Capture as much as possible before the zombie kills you all! -angelo_5113

See game https://chess.com/variants/custom/game/79709523 I used the silly time control because I want to rush my game.

(I want to write down something,but not now...plz CGAs don't lock this)  As usual,change the board size to 10x10(if you are a pocket chess lover,then 6x6) after that Empty 8x8. And-what are those grey things around the board? Or,sometime,you find two squares:they don't look like a piece(even that duck seems better),so why are they there? Hold on,they are just -- Bricks There are two kinds of bricks: 1)simple bricks(X),look like: Whoa!What a huge brick! 2)the other one,transparent brick(x),looks like: Yeah,that's right,there is a brick! Transparent bricks show as a space,or a place holder. Then 1. why do we need bricks? 2. why and when we use bricks? (waiting to update)

I don't understand why this variant was declined. This was the improved version of Euler's Game II, as the first version with spell chess was declined. But that one wasn't accepted, so why does it matter that this had only one rule change from the previous version?