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So I was posting my new variant and this is how it is supposed to be - https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/93071546/44/1 but when I posed that exact id in VW, this is how it came up - Any fix or smth? (All of the numbers I put in showed the broken thing, the above is just one example)

EVER WONDERED WHAT WOULD CHESS BE LIKE IF PIECES CAN MOVE TO THE INTERSECTION POINTS? WANTED TO SEE THE GOOD-OLD FAIRY CHESS IN A COMPLETELY NEW PERSPECTIVE? There is a whole new group of variants that can be made out of this idea, so I believe it deserves a separate topic from the workshop thread. Microgrid Chess gets you covered! Microgrid Chess Concepts: The Board Here's how to construct a Microgrid Chess board. 1. Start with a 8x7 board. 2. Then, we take all intersection points except those on the two 7-long edges (left and right), then making them a new grid. By this way we get a set of a 8x7 grid and an 7x8 grid. 3. Here are two choices: we can rather place normal chess pieces on the original 8x7 grids and allowing pawns to promote to "grid-set travelers", or we can place another set of chess on the intersections and play them both at a time. For simplicity's sake, here we use the first one. 4. Define a standard "grid-set traveler". Let's call this piece "Viking" (Vk). It can either move to a nearby intersection or a nearby grid. The moves for the Viking are (+1, 0), (0, +1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (+0.5, +0.5), (+0.5, -0.5), (-0.5, +0.5), and (-0.5, -0.5). A New Custom Chess Variant? How? You may now wonder, why is this guy posting on the Custom Variants club? How could this ever be implemented in Chess.com? Do we need to propose major changes for it to happen? NO! The secret is coordinate transformation.  Coordinate transformation happens when you "see" the position from a different angle (in this case, literally). By rotating the Microgrid Chess layout above by 45° and adding a good scaling factor (here it's √2), it aligns perfectly with a normal 14x14 grid that we can use on Chess.com right now! (The image was recolored to show consistency with previous images) Let's say the normal chess board was generated by two independent generators: (0, 1) and (1, 0). To generate the above Microgrid Chess board, we can use three generators: (0, 1), (1, 0), and a (0.5, 0.5) to indicate movements between grid-sets. However, (1, 0) can be constructed using (0, 1) and (0.5, 0.5) (as 2 × (0.5, 0.5) - (0, 1) = (1, 0)), so we're left with (0, 1) and (0.5, 0.5) as two linearly independent generators.  To map into the 14x14 grid generated by (0, 1) and (1, 0), we need to make sure the independent generators keep linearly independent. Here we propose the linear transform: f(x, y) = (x - y, x + y). It comes with the inverse transform f^{-1}(x, y) = (0.5y+0.5x , 0.5y-0.5x). Therefore, (0, 1) after such a transform becomes (-1, 1), and (0.5, 0.5) becomes (0, 1). Since they are still linearly independent, and they give out integer results, we have proved that you can perfectly map the above "8x7 + 7x8" grid into whole grids in a 14x14 normal chess board without a problem. Pieces In Chess.com Viewed as Microgrid Chess Pieces We can't treat most normal pieces (like a knight) in Chess.com as normal pieces in Microgrid Chess (projected to a 14x14 normal chess board), as they may "cross the dimension" (grid-set traveler). We can prove this by putting their moves into the inverse transform. For example, the King on Chess.com has moves (1, 0), (-1, 0), (0, 1), (0, -1), (1, 1), (-1, -1), (1, -1), (-1, 1) totally 8 moves. Putting them into f^{-1} we get: (1, 0) -> (0.5, -0.5) (1, 1) -> (1, 0) ... Are you spotting a pattern? The King in a 14x14 normal chess board acts the same as our Viking in a Microgrid Chess board! In fact, we can apply the same idea to other pieces too! Try it out on your own for the horse, how does it move? Microgrid Chess Pieces Implemented by Chess.com Pieces We've applied the inverse transform to chess moves in the previous section, now it's time to apply them the other way. Remember f(x, y) = (x - y, x + y). The Rook Take the rook as an example: It moves like (0, n), (n, 0), where n is an integer. Applying f, we get f(0, n) = (-n, n), and f(n, 0) = (n, n), which is the moves of a bishop.  The bishop in Chess.com IS the rook in Microgrid Chess. The Bishop For the bishop, similarly we get (2n, 0) and (0, 2n), that is how dabbaba-riders moves. The dabbaba-rider in Chess.com IS the bishop in Microgrid Chess. The Knight Here is the formula: f(2, 1) = (2 - 1, 2 + 1) = (1, 3). By symmetry we know that these are moves for a camel. The camel in Chess.com IS the knight in Microgrid Chess. Limitations of the Custom Variants System To simulate "a full functional Chess + Microgrids", there are a few limitations yet to be solved. Right now, you may treat them as the features of this variant. The Missing Pieces Pieces like King, Queen are completely missing. I've even posted another post discussing the potential solutions to this. Unfortunately, it seems like unless a new piece would be added, we can't bypass this limitation and have a queen. By far, I've been using the Ferz for King (so it moves like a Wazir in Microgrid Chess), and the Bishop for Queen (so it moves like a Rook in Microgrid Chess). This isn't perfect, and I'd like to see future variants under this group to solve it. Pawn Movements and Promotion In Chess.com, pawns can only move forward. This way, if we use the only usable pawn that stays in the same grid set (the stone general), it can only move (from Microgrid Chess perspective) to right or up one square at a time, and there's an "end square" for all pawns of one side. This asymmetry makes it somehow interesting. In Chess.com, promotion is by reaching a promotion rank, which cannot be tweaked into a diagonal line. Right now, it's set to the last rank, which means there's only one square for pawns to promote. It's namely the "end square", so you could also argue this variant to be a bit of "racing pawns". Since we don't have queens and the promotion condition is too hard, I added the King (Viking from the Microgrid Chess perspective) and the Knight ("Warping Knight"?) as promotion options. The Viking moves slowly, while it can never be trapped if the opponent hasn't promoted; The "Warping Knight" moves fast, but it must switch back and forth between grid-sets, making it possible to be trapped, although still immortal. Current Layout Taking all limitations into account, this is the current layout I'm using: Example Games I've played the game a few times with one of my friends. I'm sharing our games, so you can use the rules and don't have to reinvent the wheels. Custom Variants Chess - PF_Official vs Mewnojs - Play Chess Variants Online - Chess.com Custom Variants Chess - Mewnojs vs PF_Official - Play Chess Variants Online - Chess.com Future Development / To Dos  - 4-Player Microgrid Chess. It is technically possible, but the winning conditions for Teams mode are not satisfactory, as checkmates lead to early ending of the games. We may have workarounds by making the royal King being able to escape from a grid-set to another.  - Improvement through testing. Since I've been working on multiple projects, I decided that letting the community to improve the idea would be a better choice. It's all about a new entertaining way of playing chess.   - Diagonal Chess: We could make the diagonal chess upright this way. Also, as in the Pawn Promotion section, since Chess.com only has horizontal promotion line options, which transforms into diagonal line in Microgrid Chess, we can use the diagonal chess layout and then the diagonal promotion line makes sense! (Notice: The original rules of Diagonal Chess do NOT have a diagonal promotion line. It's only intuitively making sense, not authentic)

Welcome to The Variants Gym 2! The Variants Gym 2 is a chess-variant challenge where you can try a range of different chess variants and earn points by completing achievements! Play games, score points, climb the leaderboard, and may the best variant player win! What is this? In avery Variants Gym, there are five different variants (listed below), each with three challenges you can complete: The first challenge is simply to win a game of that variant. The other two challenges are optional, harder goals that give extra points. Points stack, so you can complete multiple challenges in the same game for extra points! Additionally, you can complete the same achievement multiple times, meaning you can score more extra points! Please note: Rapid and blitz time controls for Wheel of Fortune (WoF) variants do not count. Wheel of Fortune variants will be marked with (WoF) Hyperbullet time controls are excluded for all variants. Non-WoF variants must be played rated. If a game is resigned or timed out (excluding early checkmates and other exceptions) before or on Move 5, it does not count. Only games played after December 3, 2025 count towards this challenge. Huge thanks to @GymnastLazer829 for the inspiration! If it wasn't for them, then this challenge wouldn't have existed! See here for the original Variants Gym. Unlike the first challenge, you don't need to sign up, and you can start earning points right away! Also, the challenge has a fixed end date, which is January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC (11:00 AM AEDT). The player with the most points by the deadline earns a cookie 🍪, so good luck and have fun! How to Participate: You don’t need to sign up, simply just play the featured variants during December. To earn points: Play a game of one of the five variants. Complete one or more challenges for that variant. Comment with: Your game link The challenge name(s) (Example: “Runway: Victory — [game link]”) You can put multiple game links in one comment and all of them will count! As long as you’ve scored at least one point and posted a valid game link, you’ll automatically be added to the leaderboard! Variant 1 (WoF): Runway Variant 1: Runway by @qilphttps://www.chess.com/variants/game/28296356 Challenge Name: Challenge Description: Points upon completion: Runway: Victory Win a game of Runway against another player. 1 point Runway: Unrunway As Blue, win by using the queen to checkmate Red (by checking Red once). 6 points Runway: Horse Protection As Red, win without letting any of the xiangqi horses be captured. 11 points Variant 2 (WoF): Yolanda Yolanda by @chye3mchttps://www.chess.com/variants/game/82300936 Challenge Name: Challenge Description: Points upon completion: Yolanda: Victory Win a game of Yolanda against another player. 1 point Yolanda: Not Cornered Win a game of Yolanda without moving any of your two corner rooks and without moving onto any of the four corner squares 16 points Yolanda: W Chris Win a game of Yolanda against Chris (@chye3mc) All of you have 67 chances throughout the event to do so (57/67 chances left) 67 points Variant 3: Rubicon Rubicon by @josephruhfhttps://www.chess.com/variants/game/48903463 Challenge Name: Challenge Description: Points upon completion: Rubicon: Victory Win a game of Rubicon against another player. 7 points Rubicon: Skeleton Win a game of Rubicon without castling 11 points Rubicon: Unmythical Win a game of Rubicon without placing and moving dragon bishops 22 points Variant 4: Chaturdrez Chaturdrez by @martinaxohttps://www.chess.com/variants/chaturdrez/game/52807456/48/3 Challenge Name: Challenge Description: Points upon completion: Chaturdrez: Victory Get first place in a game of Chaturdrez against three other players. 56 points Chaturdrez: Nice to Each Other Get first place in a game of Chaturdrez without checking another player. 108 points Chaturdrez: Good Luck, Babe! Get first place in a game of Chaturdrez because any resigned player's king achieves KOTH, ending the game. 234 points Variant 5: (Modern) 4P Giveaway (Modern) 4P Giveawayhttps://www.chess.com/variants/4p-giveaway/game/69093700/123/4 Challenge Name: Challenge Description: Points upon completion: 4P Giveaway: Victory Get first place in a game of 4P Giveaway against three other players. 16 points 4P Giveaway: Betrayal Get first place in a game of 4P Giveaway, but your last move must be used to 'betray' another player, forcing them to lose rating. 26 points 4P Giveaway: Queenless Get first place in a game of 4P Giveaway without moving your queen. 36 points Current Leaderboard: Last updated: 5/12/2025 @Charles-Baird - 189 points @Zee_Wildebeest_R1d3r - 76 points @Oliver_Brimley - 75 points @yx-aynerik897 - 68 points @CzarnyResorak567 - 12 points @variants3000 - 2 points 12 to 12

Clarify to me for unclear wording but I was not able to solve this.I am curious if any one of the community can do it though.

What if we make a variant where pawns can move three on the first move and by twos after that, and you can't move the pawns only one square

When I click on the 4PC server link it says 404.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

When I try to open variants world, it just shows an empty black screen. Then how can I submit a custom variant?

a pawn jumps to kills and move diagonally 1 square

Hi guys,  Do you think this is @chye3mc YouTube channel? https://www.youtube.com/@chye3mc

I’ll quit Mini Forest until next year. Today I was determined to go to top 30 and then went down to top 50 (originally I’m #38) and lost nearly 40 elo. Unless there are some major changes, I’m quitting this variant for a long period of time and more focused on my other favorite variants like Cornered or whatever another one is I forgot the name. In this time I might play Mini Forest, but unrated. I might also try Enchanted Woodland, what do you guys think?

[Last updated- December 12th] Before we start, just a shoutout to the CGAs for adding this to the directory! ------------------------------------------------------------Just thought we'd have a moment of silence for all of those rip-off challenges (nah just kidding but there must be like 15 of those running around right now) (March 31st update- There are actually 13 rip off challenges including this, wow) Note added on June 2nd: We now have a seperate tournament category for Pocket Chess! Cool!------------------------------------------------------------So this is something that me and @imchesspro0930 have thought up of, which is... *Pocket Chess Challenge*So basically it's just chess but it's in your pocket. The rules for joining this challenge are simple- 1. The board must be 6x6 2. It must use the 4pc color scheme 3. Should be a WoF So Pocket chess challenge basically started from Beehive, a submission by @imchesspro0930. Since this got basically auto accepted (Opposite of auto declined) he thought it would be a cool idea to make Fatality (unfortunately declined) and Medusa's Pawns, which became number 2 and 3 as part of the pocket chess series. So how do you join the series? Well all you have to do is make a variant following the above rules (Which are pretty easy to follow, honestly) and just mention on Variants.World that it's part of the series! FAQs1.Yesterday i saw a random persons archive from three years ago and saw that they were playing a pre-merge 6x6 variant! Can I add this to pocket chess?A: Submissions before Beehive will only be listed at express request of the creators, and even then, I may choose not to add it taking into consideration the integrity of the challenge. Down here I'll be writing all of the submissions that are part of the series. 1. BEEHIVE-imchesspro0930 (The OG pocket chess) [Status- accepted]2.Fatality-imchesspro0930 (Mini Military) [Status- declined]3.Medusa's pawns-imchesspro0930 (2pc petrified diminishing returns) [Status- Declined]4.Cataclysm-imchesspro0930 (Catastrophe 2pc) [Status- Declined]5.Hilly Jungle III-Chye3mc (Why self decline D: )[Status-Declined]6.The Cellar-VishTheFish771 (Attempt at new naming trend) [Status-Declined D:]7.Delicate Giant- Nyutixbrother (Crystal but it's Nyutix) [Status-aaaCCCCCCCCEEEEEEPPPPTTTEEEDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!]8.The Wazir Snake- Czarny (Now Czarny was the real 4th person to join the challenge, huh)[Status-Declined ]9.Vanished Mystery and Brokers- KingSacrificingGotta or KSG (Which one is it?) [Status-Declined and Declined respictively]10.Unequal-icp0930 (Mini Unfair- I mean Contrasting strats) [Status-ACCEPTED WHAAAAT]11.Solarion-icp0930 (Is it chilly in here, or is that just me?) [Status-ACCEPTED!??!!]12.Battle By The River- Chye's Brother (I like building lego technic as well!) [Status-Declined]13.FORASKEN CITY- THE GOD(2bhsnt) (This will go down as one of the greatest acceptions of all time [Status- ACCEPTED!!!]14.Zodiac-KingSackGotta (Debatable name, but why not, I suppose) [Status-Declined]15.Pillager's Chess-Chye3mc (I like the name!) [Status-declined]16.Doubles-Czarny (Not tennis, so why not badminton) [Status-ACCEPTED!!!!]17.Inferior Atomic-CooolChicken (Uh... I like atomic) [Status-Declined)18.Pointy Garden-Haloeyi (Uno Reverse Hilly Jungle) [Status- Declined]19.Inequity-asthebird (All the good variant creators have joined) [Status-ACCEPTED?!?!!?!?!??!?!? (3rd Pocket chess acception!)]20.Cramped Fight-Yu (Nevermind... *Just kidding ) [Status-Declined]21.Broker-KSG (Why just why) [Status-ACCPTED!?!?!??!?!]22.Florida Everglades-Chye3mc (Why not HJ V? But anyways...) [Status-Declined]23.Camel of The Hill-Chye3mc (Queen of The Hill but it's a camel) [Status-Declined]24.Idaho Potato-Chye3mc (I choose English) [Status-declined]25.Tiny Atomicci-Chye3mc (Sounds like a type of explosive pasta) [Status-declined]26.Milla's Chess-KSG (...) [Status-Declined]27.Ducking-Chye3mc (His legacy continues forevermore...)[Status- Declined]28.You Suck-Chye3mc (Why did he make this...)[Status- Declined+warning (Basically muted)]29.Uncitieans-yx-anyeye (It took me 6 tries to spell this right)[Status- Declined]30.Pawn Battle-Joowon (Dragon bishops aren't weak lol)[Status-Declined]31.[This is a square] -Cooolchicken (Nice to see you joining pocket chess!)[Status-Declined]32.Soggy Swamp- VishTheFish771 (I told you it would be mine! )[Status-DECLINED COME ON MAN]33.Claustrophobe's Nightmare -CooolChicken (The Rise of The Chicken-Part 1)[Status-Declined]34.King Sacrifice- CooolChicken (Hmmm, KSG?)[Status-Declined]35.Obsidian Pinnacle- VishTheFish771 (One of my latest (and greatest) creations!)[Status-ACCEPTED AHHHH (it really was somehow good?)]36.Pocket Golden Rain- Czarny (One of the first time BG used instead of RY in PC)[Status-Declined…]37.Shrine of Clavense- imchesspro0930 (Who on Earth is Clavense?)[Status-Declined]38.Sergeant Dodo- Wolyn (I like dodos)[Status-UR] (This thing is taking up the entirety of TestLab schedule...)39.The Camoflage- KSG (Nothing about this is hiding lol)[Status-Declined]40.Qigrea Cnerity- yx-11ayneye (How do you pronounce Cnerity)[Status-Declined]41.Wildebeest Arena- CooolChicken (reminds me of Wolyns wildebeest thing...)[Status-Declined+Cooolchicken has another FWFY]42.Cramped Jungle-Joowon (Lol i named this)[Status-Declined]43.Phantom Jungle-CooolChicken (You've redeemed yourself)[Status-ACCEPPPTTTEEEDDDDDDDD!??!?!?!] 44. Barren Warfield - @yx-111aynye [Status- ACCCEPPEPEPEPPEEETTTTTTTTTTTTT] 45. Quickstrike - @QtSeSc (Man i gave the name)[Declined] 46. Hilly Golden Rain - @CzarnyResorak567 (WILL THIS BE THE ONE? (edit: apparently yes))[Accepted!!] 47. Wild - @CooolChicken (Cgas like it)[UR] 48. Switching Armies - @CzarnyResorak567 (Qtesc roasts everything)[ACCPTED!!!] 49. Riptide - @cooolchicken (Another name by me yay)[UR] 50. Mini raji - @yx-111aynye (aw man I helped to work on this)[Declined] 51. Xiangqi Paradise - @chessknightben ("UR only because the CGAs are asleep" ~Cooolchicken)[Declined] 52.Mini Chaturaji - @yx-111aynye as well as @vishthefish771 (co-op project yay)[Declined] 53.Kâsita - KSG (I told you to call it choralmere...)[Declined] 54."Sacrifice us!"- KSG (Maybe if you asked nicely, the pieces will sack themselves... lol)[Declined] 55.Unintentionally - KSG (Serendipity is a synonym of Unintentionally (I think))[Declined] 56.Bare Lion - Wolyn (The name is interesting to say the least)[UR, and will probably be for a loooooooooooong time] 57.Makashi Chess - Omisgoat (Kakashi with a 'm')[omisgoat's first... ACCEPTION!?!?!?!?] 58.Tiny Torpedoes - CzarnyResorak (Call it Yellow Submarine instead)[Declined] 59. The Immortal Knight -CooolChicken (This knight has reached... godhood)[UR] 60. The Wazir Snake- CzarnyResorak (Nice to see the 5th ever PC back in action!)[UR] 61. Vanished Mystery- KSG (Sounds like a robbery...)[UR] 62. New Orleans- KSG (This name is about as Chye as names go lol)[UR] 63. Full Control- Czarny (vroom vroom 4x4)[Declined] 64. Zodiac- KSG (Oh no another KSG revision... jk)[Declined] 65. Equilibrium- yx-111aynye (Yay a VishTheFish name)[UR] 66. Clothing- CzarnyResorak (English or sp- I mean shirts or pants?)[UR] 67. Panda Plateau- KSG (Congrats on the first decent 6x6 3pc!)[Declined] 68. Cursed Sculptures- CzarnyResorak (Like medusa's pawns but more cursed)[UR] 69. Fiery Forge- yx-111aynye (69th Pocket Chess be like: )[Declined] 70. Final Bastion- yx-111aynye (ACCEPTED BEFORE I EVEN ADDED IT HERE!?!?!?)[Accepted] 71. Battle of Directions- areyouchesse (Not bad for a first, ig)[UR] 72. Ace of Zealots- KSG & yx (s-d... sigh)[declined] 73. Frosted Fjord- yx-111aynye (Wow the MCD names are stacking up!)[UR] 74. Full Control- CzarnyResorak567 (MAXIMUM CONTROL) [UR] 75. The Broken Mirror- MistMint (Shattered...) [UR] 76. Jungle Heart- BFNfootsoldier (In the middle of the jungle) [Declined] 77. Solstice- imchesspro0930 (Now, winter or summer...) [UR] 78. Ilúsion- MistMint (Ooooh, mirage (quite a lot of those in my country)) [UR] 79. Fatty Queens- CzarnyResorak567 (Brrraaaaaaiiiiinnnnnrot) [ACCEPTED!!!] 80. Brutal- MistMint (Broker but broker) [Declined] 81. Tiny Torpedos- CzarnyResorak567 (...better known as yellow submarine (jk)) [UR] 82. Soldier's Checkers- CooolChicken (Sergeants dodo III!?!?!!?) [UR] 83. Tiny Sculptures- CzarnyResorak567 (This thing is actually a wacky variant lol) [UR] 84. Chilly Hilly Jungle - @Red_Kangaroos (UR) 85. Pawn's Battle - @WideCoolBoa (D) 86. Frozen Holiday - @bluestar-8 (D) 87. Mini Lake - @yx-aynerik897 (D) 88. Four Pawns - @wolyn (D) 89. Hyper Brick - @yx-aynerik897 (A) 90. Dodo - @wolyn (UR) 91.しののめ - @Anonymous_M-01 (D) 92. Wild - @CooolChicken (D) 93. Ravagers Chess - @CzarnyResorak567 (UR) 94. Golems Chess - @CzarnyResorak567 (UR) 95. Pawns On The Hill V - @yx-aynerik897 (UR) 96. Hoppy Jungle - @yx-aynerik897 (UR) 97. ノンブレス・オブリージュ - @Anonymous_M-01 (UR) 98. Boomhive - @CzarnyResorak567 (UR) 99. Different - @Nyutixbrother (D) 100. Silver City/Frosty Craft - @yx-aynerik897 (UR) 101. Yolanda - @chye3mc (UR) Over here, I'll be putting submissions that could probably qualify as Pocket Chess submissions, but don't because they are not 6x6: 1. Unmirroring- yx-111aynye  2. Tian Shian Blue- yx-111aynye 3. Stopwatch- TimeVeteran 4. ElectroMagnetism- 2bHNST Congrats to everyone on reaching a grand total of 58 pocket chess submissions!!! Who would have thought we'll reach this far? Big thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge!(Random update on 28/4/2025)Thought I'd list down everyone who's participated so far:@imchesspro0930@Nyutixbrother@VishTheFish771@Cooolchicken@yx-111aynye@chessknightben@Qtsesc@Joowon2015 or @Buzzyguy (idk all his new alts lol)@Chye3mc@2bhnst@KingsSacrificingGotta@JustCalmDownImHaloeyi@Wolyn@asthebird@Czarnyresorak567@Omisgoat Also technically Chye's brother participated in this but idk his username or anything, so here you go: @ChyesBrother771 (Because who wouldn't put 771 at the end of their username!) We're now nearing 100 pocket chess!?!?!?! Perhaps something new will arise... It seems to be that much has happened over the year of 2025...New NCV testers... over 100 pocket chess submissions... countless accepted WoFs and NCvs...Indeed impressive how far we've come.Congrats to all of you who participated! You guys can use this forum to ask questions about the series and discuss ideas for possible new variants.

I am here to suggest new gamerules, and refresh the recent forums that solely focused on new pieces. 1. Half crazyhouse. What this is that if 2 of the same pieces are captured, one can be placed back on the board. This will be good for those variants that are too little without crazyhouse, and too much with it. 2. Double move capture. Minor one, letting pawns capture on initial double moves. 3. Piece Merging. If you capture your own pieces (you cannot if the effect is redundant, pawns cannot be captured this way), the combined piece share the movement of the 2 pieces combined. you may or may not be able to seperate them. 4. Expansion of Spell Chess. We need the trap spell (Invisible effect, if any piece steps on the plate it was set up on it instantly turns gray) and the immortal spell. which can make a piece immortal for a set amount of turns (preferrably 1~3) 5. This one if somethere in between a gamerule and a piece, but it's like this. in a VERY obscure spot of a board, set up a piece generator. What this does is it gives you a predetermined oiece in your crazyhouse army, where you can out it on your back rank.  6. Double Threats. To capture a piece, it must be threatened by 2 or more pieces. Checkmate's still the same I will add good ideas into this forum These are suggestions, please dont lock this forum

Hi everyone, don't know whether this is the right place to post this, but I had a question. A player in the variant lobby blocked me right after we played. What does it mean, and why is it the case ? Thanks in advance !

Hi, new to here. I'm working on my own idea of a NCV, and I'm curious if combining two ways to move into one piece is possible in a Chess.com custom position. To be specific, the combination is Bishop (B) + Dabbaba-rider (T). Is it currently supported or it needs to be added through a proposal? It would actually make the variant much more playable!

[Last update : October 9th] What uh... Yeah I forgot what I wanna say,but here we have it again: Sleepy Royal Challenge! Hmm...I posted it on Chye's VW,and it got accepted as a tag. By the way,there is something new still fits this challenge but (obviously) I won't add variants don't want to join.  This is what I thought for over a month and tested something fits this(what's more,this, one inspired by Cataclysm). Actually this has a potential of being quality to accept. Basically it's a variant but royals cannot move. It starts from Broker,a submission reposted with Vanished Mystery. Before it PR,the creator themself made Zodiac,at the same time,DucKing is being popular,which are the 2nd and 3rd submission joining this(unfortunately they are all declined).  So how do you join this challenge? All the royal cannot move. This means the royal is locked,or your royal is dead or a brick. Not Giveaway or Duck chess(if a Royal duck is on the board).  Either WoF or NCV is allowed.  FAQs: Q:Cross Derby is my favorite! Besides,i found a lot of variants have a locked royal. Will they be added into this challenge?  A: Variant before Broker will only be added if the creator requests.  Q: Is this a rip-off challenge from Pocket Chess? I'mma report this and call a CGA to lock! A:... whatever you like? However,it might be not quality enough to be a single challenge,but yeah,whatever. Submission Name Creator Status Broker @KingsSacrificingGotta Accepted (PR) Zodiac KSG Declined DucKing @C4mil011 Declined Clutterfunk @yx-111aynye Declined Delicate Giant(appeared before this challenge) @Nyutixbrother Accepted Zodiac KSG Declined Full Control @CzarnyResorak567 Declined Cursed Sculptures(;/ sus) @CzarnyResorak567 UR Trench War(first variant for sleepy! thx) @QtSeSc Accepted Full Control @CzarnyResorak567 Accepted Crystal Cave(should auto-decline because x promo) @KingsSacrificingGotta Declined Creepy Crypt(spam for spam ~@TimeVeteran) @MistMint UR DucKing(Will this be the one?) @C4mil011 UR Hyper Brick(classic yx...jk) @yx-aynerik897 Accepted Chicken Hockey(this is my first step and not the last one.) @CooolChicken Declined Fatty Queens(The revision locked that royal) @CzarnyResorak Accepted (position changed) Shergottite(A good variant should write the description itself ~K) @MistMint Declined Reunification(Larger fatty queens) @yx-aynerik897 UR Four Pawns(a revision of a bad position) @wolyn Declined Basketball Chess(although this felt like an auto decline...) @chopperxd123 and @general_pegasus UR There are currently 20 variants in the challenge, and 6 of them are accepted. Just simply talk here,because why not

So the rules are normal chess except you can "uncastle" your king after you castle your king.

This is my challenge. After signups (until Monday the 17th at 2:30), I will be posting variant challenges. Send in the link and I will review the games. Here is the prize - 🍪. There will be a challenge every day, at levels Easy, Medium, and Hard. Easy- 1 point, Medium, 2, and Hard, 3. Just enter @[username] ############################################################################### Participants: @Obanai_Hashira @2bHNST @CzarnyResorak567 @jakson02142014 @Oliver_Brimley @variants3000 @skatiskis @spock37 @Pradipta22 @King_Red_A @ChocoCaramelPawn @gussygambit123 @OMISGOAT @BlueYoshi21 @KCP-EricLangFeng @VishtheFish771 (maybe) @Z-708PQ @tarponate %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Signups are closed. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Leaderboard: @Pradipta22 18 points @OMISGOAT 12 points @2bHNST 8 points @BlueYoshi21 5 points @CzarnyResorak567 3 points @Oliver_Brimley 3 points %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Challenge # 1 Warui-Shogi Wauri-shogi. Unadvised (easy) | Win and don't use Ferzes. Chye's Challenge (medium) | Win and don't promote. Warui-Giveaway (hard) | Win and give away your Bishop and your Bishop-Side Dabbaba. ################################################################## Leapers Leapers Bad Gunpowder (easy) | Win without using Torpedo. Tank-Free Warfare (medium) | Give away both of your Alibabas in a losing exchange. Protect the Church (hard) | Win without moving your archbishops past the pawn wall. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Pestilience's Conquest High Rank | Win and only promote to Archbishop. Brave Royal | Win and only capture dead pieces with your Royal Soldiers Unite | Win and only promote your Soldiers. You must promote both of them. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Challenge #4 Full Control Sudden Death | Win without Crazyhouse. (Except for kings of course.) Picky | Only drop king in corner. Overly Picky | Win without capturing any of your opponent's pieces that are on the edge. Also you can only kingdrop in the center 4 squares. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Challenge #5 Charybdis (Win is compulsory in all challenges) Bugs | Only move the Grasshopper for the first 3 moves, and then never capture with it for the rest of the game. Sweetheart | Do not capture with your 1-point Queen, and it cannot be captured or exploded. Honorable Victor | Win only by checkmate, not by KotH or exploding the king. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Challenge #6. Linkity link link ^^^^ Leads to solarion. Solarion (Win is compulsory) Summer | No spells North America | No wildebeests. You cannot move it, nor can you let it be captured. Kings Rule | Give away 1 queen and wildebeest before moving any pieces <--- not pawns. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Last Challenge!! Acheron Persistent | Win by 8-check Heavy Artillery | You must always have your General and King guarding the opponent's hill square. Gross! | Capture no dead pieces and no horses. You have to play in Neo.

by variants world they says: enter variant code i cant see the variant code