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  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! 

Please help me out!

I just wanna inform, that this is just my opinion and it has a good chance at being wrong, and i could place a variant which i think is good in low tier, cause i feel like CGAs won't like it. Colors: Dark Green: 80-100%, simply this should get accepted no matter what Green 50-80% Should be accepted, but there might be some weird issue Yellow 30-50% Has a decent chance at acception Orange 10-30% Could get accepted, but i dont think so. Red 3-10% This can't be good, can it? Dark Red 0-3% Even today it's an autodecline. Variant Reason Status Zombies on Your Lawn Even without the bug, this just doesn't fit today's standards. D Rowhouse Might have some issues like first move advantage or drawishness. D Sharp Incantation First-move advantage is big, yet sharpness might lower it in practice. D Charybdis PR or not PR this will get accepted in some way. A Domino Dynamite There are PR ideas, but the game is short and random. D Finality Splendid A complex NCV which should have long time control, a lot of unique tactics. (lowered cause a revision came out) D Self-Destruction If not as an NCV, then it will be accepted as a WoF. (now it's a WoF) A Sergeant Dodo No issues, it will probably end up in WoF section on server. A Limited Life Good variant, but it might be too linear D Trench War Definitely not NCV, but it might be a good WoF A Solacean Solitude I thought is was too similar to other variants, however it has a lot of fun tactics and the piece choice and 4-check make it unique (lowered cause there are -1s) D A Fair Maiden idk D Hilly Golden Rain Really sharp, and opening could be too forced A Wild Blue has a forced win, but who cares, also there are some "Wild142" ideas D Inheritance Why is yellow a queen up D Torpedoes in a Lake Games are short, in addition pieces rarely get moved D Phoenix Really dull and drawish, with GoP it's still dull D Tsunami A cool sequel to Saturn's Rings, some parts of the gameplay however feel generic, in addition to the fact that knightrider check can be threatened D Riptide Very good, but might be drawish (it's not drawish) A Fast Delivery It's a very good concept, however needs better execution. D Fuerzas Desiguales Good take on Upgraded Chess, but there are speculations that white is better, tho black can fight back D Suprising Key "Likely solvable" Also, GoP destroys sacrifice ideas D Contradictory Exchange One side might have a positional advantage D Mini Chaturaji It's a WoF after all D Ambitions While it's not bad, it's incredibly generic. D Sour Apple Way too luck-based D Bare Lion Decent, but worse than Sergeant Dodo D Collision Course An actually enjoyable Giveaway   Ocean's Chaos   D ///Execution///   D Serendipity Why not? Even though i think the board is a mess, this might be fun if you master the gameplay A Iron Curtain Decent, but might be too sharp D Pac-Chess 2.0 This is actually good, but i feel that CGAs won't like it D Silent Spring Uh.. how did i miss that? D Segue III Why the 3 generals... D Imaginary Town   D Redeployment Amazing imbalance, but it might be someway drawish, and it might not be balanced D Strength Minihouse 2.0, there exist quick draw lines however it shouldn't be a big problem SD The Immortal Knight Very enjoyable, tho i'm concerned about one side advantage /ban The Wazir Snake  Might be too linear D The Dream ISLAND  Seems decent, but pieces seem random D Fading Starlight  Way better that Incisive Strike   Sergeant's Game  Shufflefest, slowfest, drawishfest, and worse-than-delta's-campmate-fest D Vanished Mystery  Great take on Pocket Duck Chess! D Tape/Stop/Night  Great take on Small Chess concept! RNM A Small Scuffle  Rook and rook promo are overpowered D Willows  Setup could have some strat better than others, but it's a good take on S-P Racing Kings   Unmirroring  Just a pawn game, not bad tho D Zodiac  draw draw draw D Equilibrium  The games are very short, having ferzes in the corner is overpowered, and gameplay overally feels too linear   Rekindled    D Dingy Soil  A cool quick game to play, but is it NCV material? D Clothing The only issue i see is that there might be some overpowered strat, also CGAs are undecided A CSC 1: Triangle Chess  Why the promo? Why the position? KINGMAKING D Of the Lord Could be executed MUCH better D Cursed Sculptures Maybe as a WoF? Forced opening is an issue   Villagers Atomic Royal rook is perfect! /ban Helios The game is brilliant, but i'm concerned about 50/50s SD Yakuhana (both) Seems like too much shuffling SD Crystal Cave WHY THE QRBN D The Junkyard Very good 4P imbalance! D Chicken Hockey Decent, but might have issues. D Channeling   D Nuclear Bunker   D Once Upon a Time  No piece synergy D Battle of the Directions  Decent, but as every setup might have overpowered strat D Cacti Canyon  Pieces are really random D Versatility  Brilliant revision, issues are countered A Exploring the Ocean  This is a fog which is not too random, but still D Rift Valley  Problem is, that generals are much stonger than other pieces, and trading them makes the position more drawish D Lone Settlement   D Prometheus's Fire icp submission by not icp (except no queen) D Tian Shan Lan   D Escaping Royal   D Frosted Fjord Cool, but too sharp  D Segue IV Because of the random asymmetry (why is it here) yellow can defend the hill much easier with alibaba D Sharks and Minnows Oversized, and why the 50-check D Lobotomy 8X Great, but 50/50 and complexity concerns   Spinner Clog    D Squid Coast  sorry, gotta test it D The Nether Fortress Why red has an amazon D Full Control Voting it going good for it A Fun Halls Might be too generic when bot disappears D RooKing Definitely not NCV, and might be forced, and even though creator told me about the bot purpose, issues still remain. D Duck Party   D Stopwatch Revision fixes all issues, and makea all th good parts even better. A The Phantom's Conquest A classic Chicken submission, very fun to play (oh... a non-classic ban :/) /ban The Broken Mirror Why so many undecided ones are KSG's variants? D Creepy Crypt   D Cornered Very cool, i'm just concerned that CGAs will call it too complex A Solstice ADDICTIVE, but the problem is that Sacred Royal rule is working in a bad way, this is if a checking piece is unfrozen the next turn, it still won't count it as a check, allowing the king to be captured. If it did the gameplay would be much longer and balanced.   Frozen Lake While the concept is fun, the gameplay not really. Rooks would be nice, and entire variant needs better balancing. D Ilusión ADDICTIVE, but there might be some weird issue, and Mist is revising it, try R vs G (now looking at it it's not a good idea)   Combination Attack     The Soldier's Dream Cool idea, however luck plays a big role D Rosicrucian Wizza Beasts Upgraded Chess: Ep. 771 D pati what D Melanie's Game pawn game goooo brrrrrrrr, but very fun to play   The Defenestrator's Council   D THE TRIFORCE A classic: Randomly attacking bot D Ali baba & 40 thieves   D Lifeline piece spam (okay, not a piece spam but i can't see this as an NCV)   River crossers a better piece spam (okay, this is a piece spam indeed and not better) D Vesper Luck game about who gets the task faster D Pac Chess 3.0 Better than 2.0 D Misery inside Decent, but sadly bugged   Tiny Torpedoes I don't think it will get accepted, might have too low depth   The Frozen Lake The Lake+Final Bastion+Spells, classic Chicken /ban Lemon(ade) Just weird D Uncertainties Imbalance Giveaway is probably, well, imbalanced. D Consellation     The Atlantis     Soldier's Checkers Another pawn game, but nicely made /ban Unfinished Army Random position with white having better placed archbishop D Stampede An intersting concept, but this is just a tradefest, and variants like Pac-Chess 3.0 implement it way better D Your Name,Please?   D The Black Lagoon It's a tradefest, misght be drawish, see https://variants.world/posts/1514 D Imposter   D The Lake But Nerfed SD Blast Processing A very well-made 4P atomic, however a noob might destroy the game much more severely than in other 4P variants D Spinner Clog   D Race To The Middle Doesn't add much to already existing variants, it's a tradefest D Electromagnetism Very cool innovative concept, 45sec would be perfect for a submission of this type, there might be some unknown issues though A Énoncé   D Ambivalent -1000000 -ChessMasterGS   Tiny Sculptures Might be way too confusing as despite playing lots of games, i was still taking a minute to realise why did the game end (it was a wild stalemate)   Chilly Hilly Jungle Feels too learny, but testers seem to like it   DucKing I love the piece palette   Pawn's Battle Decent as a first submission, but likely solvable \ban Horse Race Excellent variant, however likely solvable   The Evil Weevil ... D Icy Holiday Well, i'm very happy that the creator improves his variants, it's a good variant however there might be some issues D Flames of The Forest Green has a big positional advantage D Pawn Strategies Too generic   Little Star     Le Quatorzième Carré Sergeant too op, likely solvable D Mini Lake Likely solvable D Reunification Seems like a good revision of a good variant   Xerophyte   D Mini Xerophyte   D Four Pawns Seems generic, but maybe not D Horse And Buggy Good, but likely solvable   𝓓𝓸𝓭𝓸 cool   Self-Stalemate   D Pond Hoppers     しののめ   D Wild Ok now it should just get autoaccepted /ban Golden Island     Prometheus's Fire qwality stuff   The Big Lake Doesn't add anything to the original Lake D Chillagers Chess Very fun /ban Minihouse II Very random position, very generic D ALMOST Fun to play, could have some op strats tho RNM Abysmal Depths     Ravagers Chess The bug patch came in the worst possible moment...   Torpedoes in a Lake seems good   Golems Chess A lot of people i played seemed to enjoy it   Clear-Out Too luck-based, and there are quick attacks   Lake BieN A good variant, more balanced than the original Lake, tho i would like to see a revision with a hill   Mini Grasshopper Arena Testers concluded it's drawishness, but maybe a WoF   Basketball Chess Most likely fwfr   Explosive Path It needs less kings   Frozen Lake Excellent revision, it's very fun and tactical in it's simplicity   Pawns On The Hill V Very fun and addictive, but there are concerns of blue's advantage   Symphonies Nice revision but idk   Limited Life All i could say about this variant would just be glazing it so i'll leave it as it is   Xerophyte IV Seems highly generic   Ilusión I can't tell which of the Ilusións is better, but the balancing element being 9th=X is not existent here, but the position is adding complexity to the variant   Ilusión Christmas Sorry for my bad tip on revising, i completely forgot that the balancing element can't exist here, and there is less gameplay and balance   Magic Detonation Fun but idk   Da Firewall Fun but idk   Escaped Royal     Demolish The Village This is amazing but voting is going badly for it   Hoppy Jungle There are some attacking ideas for red which might be an issue, but overall simple and fun   Tape/Stop/Night 8th=K is too op, 9th=K revision seems better, but it's quite fun to play   Stretch  Amazing as a first sumbission, however i think it needs more polishing and removal of 1st move attacks   Underhalls      Break-in Too many pieces   J-Chess This one feels quite random, and needs polishing   Capture/Lure/Deflect afaik it has a forced win but if it doesn't i'll reevaluate   Boomhive          

I’m making a new variant where I want to turn off checks, but how do I do that in the custom game settings? Am I missing it or smth? Please help.

When did they change the shape of the variant pieces? I remember they used to look something like this, but they changed them.

Fog Labyrinth is a maze that has zombies, many blocks that form a maze, and a small space where Red and Blue are.   Rules: The team looks empty, but I'll update the variant soon.  

Which one is the best?

Very hard puzzle!https://www.chess.com/variants/tinyhouse

So I have an idea, where a royal amazon vs a normal army

The first one to checkmate the opposite king wins!

this is a stupid thing :/

Out of curiosity, how does one make a board that is balanced for both sides (ex: such as one to make white going first not unfair for black in some way?Asking in regards to the custom pieces (that I may or may not be bad at using well)