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everybody knows the fastest checkmate in chess is 2 moves, i.e. 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#. what if we take positions from other variants (that don't have the same position as usual, like 3+ or koth) and find the minimal possible checkmate (or win/loss in general). two that i am really interested in are rookmate and villager's chess.

Does anyone know why there is no option for there to be an atomic chess tournament? I tried to make a chess tournament with my friends, and we wanted it to be atomic, but that wasn't one of the options.

Just answer them, this is a very opinionated post. 1. If you had to bet 3 current UR submissions to be accepted, what would they be? 2. Should creators of variants be anonymous until the verdict? 3. Is it justified to put GD names on totally unrelated variants? 4. What are the differences of NCV and WOF creating and curating? 5. In general, are variant naming trends harmful? 6. Should there be another merge? If yes, why? 7. Should variant submitting criteria stricten? (1 Submission per week, 20 testing games, 10 for 4pc) 8. Should variants that use a chess.com bug as a feature be allowed?  9. Do we need new pieces? If yes, How urgent is it? 10. Should the community be able to vote on variant verdicts?

https://www.chess.com/blog/BN1208/2-player-ncv-tier-list Here’s yet another variant tier list! Yes. But I can really only do 2-player variants for now, because clearly I am not a 4P expert (lol). If you want to compare with other tier lists, here are 3 that I found: https://www.chess.com/blog/Real-ChessMasterGS/variants-tier-list-3-years-later https://www.chess.com/blog/jackityjackjack/variants-tier-list https://www.chess.com/blog/imchesspro0930/variants-tier-list

I don't know if it's good or not, this is my first variant, but I enjoy my games playing it, and would like both testers and input! It is called Kamikaze pawns and is a crazyhouse atomic game of points with isolated royals and pawn walls. Let me know what you think!!! https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/73286491

You know how these went from Alphabet, to Lobotomy, to Geometry Dash right?  But Geometry Dash is getting boring. so I think it's time for a new naming trend. As I recommended in Notes, We put a name and a noun at the end.  Something like Isabelle's Warfare (The point is that it cannot be your real name!) What do you think?

So, this is my first major forum post on this club. pretty much everyone here has a post for their ideas for variants, and I thought, "Well, why not?" So here we go- 1. Move 2 (Or more) chessThis is an idea I have had since I started playing chess, and I mentioned it in a few other articles around this club. The idea is that each player gets 2 moves per turn, and your turn ends when you check or capture a piece. This would be pretty unfeasible on a normal board, but with the right combo of bricks, pieces and board this would be a really cool idea. Actually, if you think about it, its just a tag team but better2.Fairy pieces but betterSo this would be pretty simple to implement, but I'm guessing very disastrous. The idea is that you have a piece creator, that lets you make your own custom piece with custom movements. This would probably make the community happy. The drawbacks, however, is that people will probably make ridiculous pieces that can move anywhere on the board. Also, more complex pieces will also not be able to be made (I think?)3.Custom SpellsPLEASE! Ever since I saw Spell chess, I thought that over time, Chess.com would add more spells to the gamemode. But since then, I have been dissapointed. More spells would be such an excellent idea to the game rule, and it need not be added to the original game mode itself. Some spells would be like a trapper, which stores a piece outside the board for 1 move (Making the previously occupied square empty) or a reviver, which can bring back a piece you lost to your opponent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TL;DR- Chess but more moves per turn, custom variant piece maker and more spells are a cool idea----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wow, I spent wayyyyy too long formatting that

(NCV List from last year: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/all-ncvs-on-the-variants-server) NCVs War for Throne, by @qilp Gustav's Box, by @qilp Behind the Scenes, by @qilp BlindGold, by @qilp Glass Labyrinth, by @qilp The Four Horsemen, by @qilp Unique, by @qilp Labyrinth 82, by @qilp and @spacebar Underground War, by @qilp and @bsrti Collateral Worlds, by @bsrti Unison, by @bsrti Inferno, by @bsrti Salvation Bastions, by @bsrti Storming the Castle, by @bsrti Counterturn, by @bsrti Sergeants Laboratory, by @Cyprian2206 Grasshopper Arena, by @Cyprian2206 XXL Chess, by @Arseny_Vasily Mini Forest, by @Arseny_Vasily Infiltration Danger, by @RALRAL3333 Stone Gravitation, by @RALRAL3333 Trapped Queens, by @RALRAL3333 Best Friends Forever, by @stupnik_2_0 Castle on a Hill, by @stupnik_2_0 Euler's Game, by @stupnik_2_0 Phalanx, by @stupnik_2_0 The Triune Wasp, by @stupnik_2_0 Chaturdrez, by @martinaxo Ashtandrez, by @martinaxo Blackletter Chess, by @josephruhf Rubicon, by @josephruhf Crazy Cavalier, by @josephruhf Amazon Jungle by @Joshua_Allen Together, by @Joshua_Allen Simplicity, by @2bHNST Enchanted Woodland, by @2bHNST Sparks of Hope, by @2bHNST The Lake, by @2bHNST Rookmate, by @chye3mc Every End, by @chye3mc Tag Team, by @coolthing Ambush, by @coolthing The Eyes of Horus, by @JkCheeseChess Behind the Mirror, by @samuelysfung Paradigm Chess30, by @lollder and @CoachCraig007 Sergeant's Checkers, by @Maximillian99 The X of Tricks, by @itisSHOWTIME Villagers Chess, by @Baqueano Villagers Chess II, by @Night-Rider_chess8987 Thermopylae, by @noahfavelo Arena of Legends, by @MasterMemesEli Throne War Mini, by @4Player-Pug King Safety, by @reexamine Battle of Castles, by @Johnny_Fang Color Blinds, by @ila12345 Surprise Attack, by @Automaton_Dragon The Hive, by @jgutsies Blind Box, by @Kumiyno and @Lingox Detour, by @TheUltraTrap Find the Path, by @IntelligentChessOwl8 Golden Ratio, by @Automaton_Dragon Warp Speed, by @race100000 Diamond Wall, by @LIEVSE Antitower, by @6_K X File (stylized as 𝕏 F̷i̷l̷e̷ ☣), by @7R0N1C Emperor's Tomb, by @BoxJellyfishChess Minihouse, by @MrKheese Caught in a Snag, by @nochinator1 Cross Derby, by @xXMagolorXx Pit Racer, by @Red_Kangaroos Warui-shogi, by @Dan-kyu_system

So does a person need 36 different people when posting a 4 player NCV or WOF post on Variants.world? Or is it just 9 unique?

In Thermopylae chess, I can't seem to figure out how to play. I get the basics, but how can green lose?

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/73074713/0/1#:~:text=Game%20%23-,73074713,-started. another mini chess i made(for fun.) 

Hi variant players, and testers. I created VorChess, and other variants to be tried in Castelgar, BC, Canada. I have at least 2 variants now at the Castlegar Public Library. We play in the basement Saturdays. VorChess is a new concept complete with rules.  Thanks, Gabe

When I go in the variants lobby I see a variant marked with a white pawn and called "chess". It is just like regular chess but somehow a variant. The description just says "standard chess". Do any of you know what this is?

How many variants.world post can i post each week,is there a limit like only one or two posts each week?

I have an idea for a new rule / gimmick. how it works is that a king can move into check if the piece  moving would put the other king in check  an example would be white putting there king in range of blacks rook, however if black moves there rook then the black king gets captured by whites bishop

this would be cool ngl… if there was 6 players only problem is that the board would have to be different since hexagonal chess doesnt exist… yet… 6 player chess! this would be cool so u can make missiles to castle a peice all the way to the enemy side as if it was a missile exploding them! castling multiple options i guess…..

I was going to make an FNAF-type minigame custom. The fog is on to cover the vents. You check the vents, and you block them off with the duck to make sure the other player doesn't capture your royal and end your game. The problem is, Duck Chess and Fog of War are incompatible. Do you think it could be made that Duck and Fog are compatible? I understand the reason they can't be together is because people could use it to see where pieces are in the fog. I would suggest that all spaces in the fog are highlighted for the duck, but if there's a piece where it is placed, just don't let it be placed (meaning: click on a piece in fog, not work). Thanks!