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Time control 3|2 Gamerules Bare Piece Rule, Seirawan Setup, Crazywan, Game of Points, King of the Hill, Capture the King, Sideways, Torpedo, No En Passant, Diplomacy, Spectator ChatNote Pawn promote to an Amazon at the 14th rank, 50-check, Stalemate = The opponent receives the points, Points for Mate = 40, Each player has 99.999.999 points

Time control 3|2 Gamerules Play for mate, Takeover, Capture the king, No zombies, Pawn Home Rank = 1 Promotion Bishop, Knight, Archbishop, Knight-rider, Alibaba-rider Note Pawn Promote on 4th rank 1. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/510826642. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/510833003. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/512302824. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/512351065. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/512352496. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/512378627. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/512380348. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/512645059. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/5126517210: https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/51266388

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 10 min Gamerules Sideways Promotion Chancellor, Archbishop, General, Knight-Rider, Queen, Xiangqi Horse, Wildebeest on the 10th rank Note The original idea of this game was to emulate Cavalier Chess on chess.com. However Cavalier Chess has promotion rules which simply are not available in the variant editor. It also has the weakness of the Nightrider being able to immediately exchange for a Xiangqi Horse. So now there are Wildebeest and Sergeant Pawns. The Nightrider also came back into the game with the Sergeant Pawns for it to hide behind in the starting position. There is also a non-royal General allowing for a Sergeant Pawn to promote to a General. Finally it is a Crazyhouse variant.

In thermopylae it is 76-480-999-73-Check, how do you do that? and with that question like can you do like 10 check or in setup chess, can you have different set up materials for different sides or 117 setup material?

Bored of normal chess/Chess960? Introducing, Chess13608! Where the back row of pieces are not only shuffled, but completely random! The only restriction is that there will always be exactly two rooks, and the king is between them. Castling will be the same as Chess960. Example starting positions:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 5 min Gamerules Game of Points, King of the Hill Promotion Ferz, Xiangqi Horse, Wazir on the 8th rank Note How well would you fare with a buffed queen and nerfed Rook, Knight an d Bishop?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 15 | 20 Promotion Bishop, Chancellor, Archbishop, General, Knight, Queen, Rook on the 10th rank Note This is the revised version of Royal Court. Here, the games I am providing are from a corrected version of the previous position where White can capitalise on an exaggerated first move advantage with relatively principled moves. I hope you like it.

As I have already discussed previously, There should be a change/slight change in Labyrinth map(Maybe adding/removing walls, adding more pieces etc.). Looking at the Labyrinth players, I discussed the pros and cons with them and got to know that most upvoted position is "Blue" followed by Green(2nd), Red(3rd) and Yellow(4th)... but its not almost the same anyways. I also discussed the same with the creator. Its almost been a year since this board is continuing but now there needs to be a "slight" change in laby as laby players got bored and probably less match is being played currently. Players/CGA's(more appreciated) are free to suggest a NCP(Existing Labyrinth 82) in this forum. THANK YOU!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 3 | 8D Gamerules 28-999-check, Stalemate Wins Promotion Queen, Bishop, Rook, Knight on the 8th rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 10 | 15 Promotion Bishop, Chancellor, Archbishop, General, Knight, Queen, Rook on the 10th rank Note This is the revised version of Royal Court. I have abandoned the previous position because I like Archbishop‘s special property so much that I decided I should have two of them. Once again, the only games I am providing are from the variation of the position I like the most of these. I am also relieved to have been allowed to correct the error where the pawns can promote to Queens with little effort. I hope you like it.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 1 | 7 Gamerules 3pt Checkmate, Capture the King Promotion Camel, Grasshopper, Knight, Alibaba on the 2nd rank Note Description will be below, can’t format here

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 4 | 5D Promotion Off

Custom variant designers appear to be universally declining the options for boards with a dimension under 6, so these can simply be eliminated in favor of a maximum size of 16 or larger. ”1 point queen” is just an alternate graphic for the king and can be converted into it without loss of clarity, so it can be upgraded to have 2 point moves also. Chancellor and Archbishop are the most “orthodox” fairy pieces, so they can be promoted into the main set. Custom variant designers appear to be almost universally declining Ferz and Wazir in favor of King; Alfil, Dababa and Alibaba in favor of Camel; Xiangqi Horse in favor of Knight or Dragon Bishop and alternate Pawns altogether; so they can be separated out into a special Pawnish set for anyone who really wants to use them. Their spaces in the general fairy set can then be refilled by Half-Power Baras (aka Crowned Rook); Crowned Bishop; Crowned Alfil (I think this is the most likely Proto-Mad Queen); Crowned Dababa; Paulovits’ Pasha (aka Crowned Alibaba); Crowned Alfilrider, Dababarider and Alibabarider; Crowned Camel; Crowned Grasshopper and Dragon King, Rook, Queen, Knightrider and Camel.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 5 min Promotion Off Note FEN: R-0,1,0,1-0,1,0,1-0,1,0,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'royal''g5','','h10',''),'wb':true,'dim':'8x6'}- x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yF,yU,yW,yM,yG,yW,yU,yF,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,x,x,x/ x,x,x,8,x,x,x/ x,x,x,8,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rF,rU,rW,rG,rM,rW,rU,rF,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x there is no promotion development and games played (from old to new) initial version: I flipped the king on one side as early checkmates could be annoying flipped frez and wazir to engage the wazir more and make the frez not start in such an engaged position a series of attempts to make pawns more useful, ending with normal pawns changed (actual not royal) king to a general to make a little more powerful/useful (I resigned cause this guy wouldn't go see also note 2) that previews game made me turn of capture the king Note: more games than the ones listed have been played and a lot more of the original build as I made this thing like last year over covid but didn't know you could submit these for publication. Note 2: a second reason for that choice is because I noticed while I had capture the king on that putting either king in "check" would still play the sound of putting a player in check, this can partially defeat the purpose of a hidden attack as both players would know if the king (or royal) is in check and (in my opinion) the sound should be disabled (or given an option) Explanation: the point of this is that is shorter than a regular game of chess aiming for 15-30 moves for players who know how the pieces move patterns and game play notes: 2 main patters I have noticed is that developing the dragons gives a good advantage as they are good at covering a large space, however they can easily be locked in place and captured if you know what your doing, another thing I see is players not leaving a way for their king to get out, so I stick a general in there face and they have no where to go. feel free to offer a better name for this mode as I don't love "mini chess" but can't think of a better name description: I have a description you could use this one or write your own, up to you guys... Mini chess is designed to take everything great about normal chess and then put it in a smaller, shorter game that can easily be played over 5 minutes, without loosing any of the satisfaction of a great play or a clever trick.

1. Do zombies attack other zombies? 2. Is there a way to make losing a royal piece to a zombie a loss instead of draw?

I saw a reply on a forum thread about "coin chess". To sum it up, a coin is placed on d3, putting white in check. The coin copies the current player's move, and white goes first. It can capture, as well. A move is not legal if it forces the coin to make an illegal move. I did not think up this one, but do think it could make quite an interesting game.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 5 min Gamerules Play for Mate, 50-check, Fog of War, Any Capture, Bare Piece, Sideways, Diplomacy, Stalemate Loses Promotion Amazon, Bishop, Camel, Chancellor, Archbishop, King, Camel-Rider, General, Knight, Knight-Rider, Queen, Rook, Wildebeest on the 8th rank Note R-0,0,0,0-1,0,1,0-1,0,1,0-0,0,0,0-0-{'royal':('g4','','g11',''),'lives':(50,50,50,50),'resigned':(null,true,null,true),'zombieType':('','checker','','checker'),'pawnBaseRank':6,'wb':true,'dim':'8x8'}- x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yH,yN,yE,yA,yK,yE,yN,yH,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yB,yU,yR,yP,yP,yR,yU,yB,x,x,x/ x,x,x,yP,yP,yP,2,yP,yP,yP,x,x,x/ x,x,x,gW,gW,gW,x,x,bW,bW,bW,x,x,x/ x,x,x,gW,gW,gW,x,x,bW,bW,bW,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rP,rP,rP,2,rP,rP,rP,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rU,rB,rR,rP,rP,rR,rB,rU,x,x,x/ x,x,x,rN,rH,rE,rA,rK,rE,rH,rN,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x/ x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x Game Rules: 2 Player Game, 50-Check, Crazyhouse, Any Capture, Sideways, Torpedo, Stalemated person loses, Bare Piece Rule, Diplomacy, Pawns promote to an amazon, bishop, camel, chancellor, archbishop, king, camel-rider, general, knight, knight-rider, queen, rook or wildebeest on the 5th rank. As you can see, the games are quite different at the start. After the first two games, I had decided to turn of Fog of War and see what will happen, it didn't feel well so I turned it back on after just 1 game. Also after that game, I decided to change Archbishop and Chanceller back to normal as it was starting to confuse me. After another 2 testing games, I realized, that nobody is even considering under-spromotion due to the strength of the Amazon, so I added, Camel, camel rider, knight rider, and Wildebeest, all of which have some moves that the Amazon does not. I also decided to turn on Crazyhouse as it would now require much more strategical calculation and make it more fun. I decided to name it the Kalinga War, as it is a war that caused a lot of damage, and this varient causes a lot of pieces to be captured, and even more as pieces come back in. One very important thing a lot of people forget is that with crazyhouse on, EVERY unoccupied square is shown, so all fogged spaces are occupied. The reason for 50-Check is to make sure the game will actually end, Any Capture is to increase the chance of mistakes, Stalemated person loses can be ignored, as with anycapture, stalemate is impossible. and Diplomacy is just for well, diplomacy.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 3 | 2 Gamerules RG Teams, Atomic, Fog of War, Fatal Capture, Stalemate Loses Promotion Off Note Based on the board game Battleships, deploy mines to turn the tide of battle.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Timecontrol 1 | 2 Gamerules Play for Mate, Fog of War, King of the Hill, Takeover, Sideways, Stalemate Loses Promotion King on the 4th rank Note Defend your king and defeat your enemies or look to king of the hill.

Since 9x9 is impossible as a board size in the position editor, Shogi is a bad argument for adding these pieces. However, the “Dragon King” also exists in the traditional rules for Mongolian Shatar under the name “half-power” baras (lion/tiger) and the Duke of Rutland’s chess (14x10) under the transparent name Crowned Rook. Moreover, if there was a lost second draft of Carrera’s chess, the “Dragon King” and “Dragon Horse” are the most likely candidates for the revised “Campione” and “Centauro” in it.