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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

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

So last time I thought the Caramel Crucible Challenge was quite fun and maybe engaged more people to play variants, so does anyone have the ideas of making a Caramel Crucible Challenge 2.0? Like with the different variants and maybe different gifts (virtual). That'd be quite fun so anyone have any ideas? @ChocoCaramelPawn

Don't take this too seriously! This is only for fun! This time, it will actually update when a new variant is released!!! Collision Course - Unhilly Lake III Fading Starlight - Starlight Halcyon - While it looks ununique, it is ACTUALLY A GOOD VARIANT Equilibrium - Nothingness Cursed Sculptures - A WoF with 5|5 time control, too long for a WoF. Lobotomy 8X - Lobotomy Lobotomy Lobotomy Lobotomy Lobotomy Lobotomy Lobotomy Lobotomy Solstice - Solarion V2. Frozen Lake - Why Doesn't It Ever Snow In Melbourne? Ilusion - 36 pawns, one fancy O letter in the name. Combination Attack - Route 66 Pulsate Arena - Fireball from ghast in minecraft aaaa Lifeline - Average noob variant Tiny Torpedoes - ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS!!!!!!! Constellation - Forsaken City but bigger and less unique The Atlantis - Atlanta Ambivalent - A big square variant with 12 rooks in the middle of da board Tiny Sculptures - SCP 173 Jumpscare Chilly Hilly Jungle - 2.2 When DucKing - Duck King (again) Pawn strategies - Average 8-pawn game ripoff Little Star - If the star was a rock instead, you will get Little Rock! Reunification - [6 7 4 1] MATRICES JUMPSCARE!!! Horse and Buggy - Horse and Grasshopper Dodo - 4P Sergeant Dodo Pond Hoppers - Average Lake ripoff Promethus's Fire - ATOMIC NCV YESSS Abysmal Depths - mid Ravagers Chess - It is a WoF lol Torpedoes in a lake - Underwater Torpedoes Golems Chess - YET ANOTHER PILLAGERS CHESS RIPOFFS WITH IRON GOLEMS Clear-out - An attempt to make an NCV with zombies Lake BieN - THE LAKE IS ALREADY ACCEPTED LOL SO THIS IS A RIPOFF Mini Grasshopper Arena v2 - a Basketball Chess - enn bhee aehyy Explosive Path - Too big Pawns On The Hill V - :AO Symphonies - 67 Limited Life - Stopwatch but bigger Xerophyte IV - Xylophone [Japanese name] - STOP USING NON-LETTERS IN VARIANT NAMES! Ilusion Cristmas - Merry Chrismas Magic Detonation - AAAA omg endermites suck Da Firewall - Flamewall Escaped Royal - AAAAAAA Demolish The Village - Get Hit By The Iron Golem Hoppy Jungle - Hilly Jungle 67 [another japanese name] - ... Stretch - Ssttrreettcchh Underhalls - Undertale Break-in - ROBLOX BREAK IN!!!!!!! J-Chess - A variant called J-Chess with no J shapes Capture/Lure/Deflect - CHOOSE A NAME LOL Boomhive - nice Spinner Clog - I'm Not A Robot Fuerzas Misteriosas - Fine, ig it uses english characters Juxtaposition - Jug tap position Silver City/Frosty Craft - Frosty silver craft city Mini Xerophyte - Mini Xylophone that doesn't look like a xylophone Imposter - Impostor because AMONG US ALMOST - not even close lol Dragonhouse - <<<DRAGON<<< >>>HOUSE>>> Nuclear Dragonfight - Average atomic ncv submission Counter Ring - $6767 ring Obsidian Pinnacle - I WAS ABOUT TO USE THAT CONCEPT!!! Yolanda - The name is too good lol that it doesn't need a rename.

In duck chess, when I make a move, instead of 'move a duck!', there is 'move a turkey!'

im not sure how i actually submit it but here are some games i played in my custom position that i hope will turn into an varianthttps://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92580504/118/1https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92476703/43/1https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92476061/73/1https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92475340/130/3please review this variant and i hope it will get noticed

https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92580504/118/1https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92476703/43/1https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92476367/3/3https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92476061/73/1https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92475340/130/3https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/92475841/28/1

  The Starting Position of yawnuR Runway. One of the most legendary WoF variants on this server. You may wonder why this variant is so good, but it’s simply because of its multiple strategies. In fact, I liked this variant so much that I played it every single day of 2023. That’s how I once got an ~1800 rating in Wheel of Fortune variants—though I lost it all on other WoF variants this year. At the start of 2024, I submitted a variant called yawnuR, which is the exact same thing, but the colors are inverted. [1] Now, one year has passed since I submitted yawnuR, and to celebrate, I was planning on hosting a knockout tournament, but then I was forced to cancel it. I truly appreciate the interest and enthusiasm shown by all those who wanted to participate. Unfortunately, I do not have enough time to host this tournament, and therefore, it is cancelled. Even in the summer holidays, I still have a lot of work to do. I hope to host this tournament again when I have more time. Thank you for your understanding, and I apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Post for the previous month's vote:https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-octobers-golden-variants-2025 Not sure on what some of the terms in this post mean? Have any other questions? See any typos? Feel free to ask and comment below! (Scroll down to the start of the bold text if you want to know how to vote without reading my entire post 😀) Welcome to the second-to-last month of the year, Custom Variants! There is nothing much to say currently as the December post should be coming out as well as soon as possible, so this post will be very lackluster in terms of content in this section. Information like some of the current NCV/WoF reviewing stats will be included in that post as well, so there's no point really in repeating it here.  However, some of you may be wondering why this post (again) took so long to come out, and it relates to the topic of Platinum Variant voting; since we have essentially run out of player-made variants in the Custom section to feature, we have mostly been running Golden Fortune arenas (which are not eligible for qualification to Platinum Variant voting) and FFA/Teams SP variants. Last month (linked above), we mentioned that next year, we will heavily consider making Golden Variant every 2 weeks instead of 1, which we will still very likely be going forward with, so we can focus more on the aforementioned FFA/Teams variants as well as the variants we listed as delete-candidates in the April update this year. At the moment, there are 4 remaining slots for Platinum Variant-eligible variants (excluding the week right before the date of the event) and there have been 2 variants in the quarter currently eligible, for a total of 6 by December 19. Since it would be pretty pointless to just cut out 1 variant, we'll simply be including all 6 as possible candidates in the vote if there is no Golden Fortune placeholder. With that, here's the (very late) vote for this month! Current Format: As with other months, much of the important info regarding format has been consolidated into this pinned thread here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2025-golden-variant-schedule Please read this in full! On top of general info, all previously selected variants, a link to last year's schedule, as well as links to previous votes are also included in this page.  What you're voting for: Golden Variant arenas starting on November 21 and 28 (Weeks 47 and 48 on the schedule, linked above) at 4 PM PST (midnight UTC the following day) Both arenas will be 72-hour arenas featuring a 4P FFA or Teams variant in Self-Partner setting (both players control two colors) The voting process: Two comments will be posted below with options for voting. Simply react to the comment with a variant's designated icon to vote for a variant. You may vote for more than one variant in each of the votes! For each vote, the winners with the most votes will be the variants that will be featured for this month. The voting for the Week 47 arena will end on November 21, 23 UTC The voting for the Week 48 arena will end on November 24, 0 UTC Example: Happy voting and may the best variants win!

Can you make an accepted variant in only one minute? It usually takes hours of time and dedication to make a good variant, and most of them ended up getting declined. For example, Qiang-Xiangqi, Threaded Turns and Raji's End have taken hours to create, and all of them have been declined (the last one even being autodeclined!). But what if I told you that according to @imchesspro0930, the variant Solarion by @imchesspro0930 was only made in one minute, and it got accepted? Me and @imchesspro0930 would like to introduce you our new challenge: Minute Maid! I'm not talking about the popular fruit drink company, I am talking about variants that are made in only one minute. Here are the requirements: The variant can only be created in one minute. You can't make anymore revisions after your one minute is up! It has to be playable and creative. Variants like spam, 'upgraded chess' etc are not included. NEW RULE (01/02/2025): THE VARIANT POST MUST HAVE THE LYRICS TO ANY APPROPIATE SONG IN THE DESCRIPTION!!! And that's it! To join the series, just create a variant that follows the requirements, and submit it! You guys can use this forum to ask questions about the series and discuss ideas for possible new variants too! Variants in this series (UPDATED 17/02/2025):   Variant Name Creator(s) Song Used Status #1 Solarion @imchesspro0930 Thick Of It - KSI Accepted (11/01/2025) #2 Pillagers Chess @chye3mc Apple - Charli XCX Declined (23/02/2025) #3 Camel of the Hill @chye3mc Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan Declined (23/02/2025) #4 Tiny Atomici @chye3mc APT. - Rosé & Bruno Mars Declined (23/02/2025)  

I made a chess variant on a 14x14 board, but It says it’s a 4 player game, but I only have two piece colors on the board. White and black. Please help.

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The main goal and how to win is to defeat the zombie and get your kings to safety I would like some more advice on what I should do for this idea. but please give me ideas and help me improve my idea. example game 1. f2-f4 .. c4-e4=A .. f10-f8 .. m5-k52. f4-f5=X .. c9-e9=A .. Qg11xAe9 .. m8-k83. g2-g4 .. c8-e8=A .. Qe9xAe8 .. k8-j8=V4. g4-g5=A .. Ae4xQe8 .. g10-g9 .. Vj8-h75. e2-e4 .. Ae8-d8 .. f8-f6 .. Vh7xAg56. e4-e5=A .. c7-e7=A .. f6xVg5 .. m3-k37. Qg1xg5 .. Ae7xQg5 .. h10-g10=A .. k5-j5=A8. h2-h4 .. Ag5xh4 .. Ag10-j7 .. Aj5xAh49. Ae5-f6 .. Ad8-c9 .. Aj7xBb7+ .. Rn8xGb810. Af6xAc9 .. a6xAb7 .. Bi11-h10 .. Qn5-g511. Ac9-d8+ .. c6-c7 .. e10-e9 .. Qg5-f6+12. j2-j3 .. Ia8-c6 .. e9-e7 .. Qf6xe713. Ad8xQe7 .. a7xRb8 .. Re11xAe7 .. Ah4xRe714. Re1xAe7 .. Qb5xBf1 .. Bf11xb7 .. k3-k415. Bi1xc7+ .. b8xBc7 .. Bh10-j8 .. m6-k616. Re7-e9 .. Rb9xRe9 .. Bj8xBn4 .. Rn3xBn417. Rj1-j2 .. c7-e7=A .. Fh11-g10 .. k6-j6=A18. Kf14xe13 .. c5-e5=A .. Rj11-f11 .. k4-j4=A19. Ke13xd13 .. c3-e3=A .. Rf11-e11 .. m7-k720. Fh1-g2 .. Re9xRe11 .. Fg10-f9 .. k7-j7=A21. Fg2xQf1 .. Ae7xRj2 .. Bb7xIc6 .. Aj7-b7+#22. Kd13xc13 .. Bc6xAb7 .. Ra9xa1323. Kc13-b12 .. Kj14xj13 .. Ra13-a12+24. Kb12xRa12 .. Bb7-c8 .. Kh14xg1425. Ka12-b11 .. Kj13xi13 .. Kg14-f1426. i2-i3 .. Bc8-a10+ .. Aj6xj1027. Kb11xBa10 .. i10-i9 .. Aj10-j928. Ka10-b9 .. g9-g7 .. Re11-e9+29. Kb9-a8 .. Ff9-e8 .. Re9xFe8+30. Ka8-a7 .. g7-g5 .. Ae3xKb6+31. Ka7xAb6 .. Ki13xh13 .. Re8-e732. Kb6-a6 .. Kh13xi14 .. Aj9-j6+#33. g5-g3 .. Kf14-e1334. g3-g1 .. Ke13-d1335. g1-h1 .. Kd13-c1336. i9-i7 .. Aj6xi737. k10-k8 .. Kc13-b1238. k8-j8 .. Kb12-a1139. j8xAi7 .. Re7xi740. Ki14-j14 .. Ka11-a1041. Kj14xk14 .. Ka10-a942. Kk14xk13 .. Ka9-a843. Kk13xl13 .. Ka8-a744. Kl13xm13 .. Ka7xKa645. Km13xKm12 .. Ka6xa546. Km12xKm11 .. Ka5xa447. Km11xKn11 .. Ka4xa348. Kn11xKn12 .. Ka3xa249. Kn12xn13 .. Ka2xKa1#

Hi everyone! It's me again, Noorudusu. This time with 2 more puzzles! Here's an easy one. What is black's mistake on move 10 and move 16? What's white's mistake on move 23 Another one here. What should white do instead of Be2 Post what you think in the comment box

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Have anyone seen jupiter490 on any chess game or other stuff? I can't find him! If you did, please report to me, I like playing chess with him. And this forum is not just about finding him(I forgot to post up and some other stuff on the title). I am also asking a few questions. QUESTIONS Can anyone solve this mistake puzzle? This is a complete game, with a lot of blunders and mistakes. Try analysing this game and find all the mistakes. write them on the comment.  More from Noorudusu soon!