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Hi guys, I am the owner of the largest KOTH club on Chess.com (1,700 members) and I am looking for Chess.com admins to organize KOTH tournaments. I saw in @JuditSztaray's latest announcement that we need to come here for help in order to recreate variant arenas in a club. My club organizes many arena-based KOTH competitions, as well as the KOTH World Championships (available only to club members), which we have been organizing for three years now. With this update to Chess.com variants, we can no longer organize anything, even though this is the very essence of my club. If possible, I would like to get an admin's attention to help me restart these competitions or explain how to do so. Thank you!

The caramel crucible is finished!   1st place - @CzarnyResorak567 - 23 points 2nd place - @2bHNST - 11 points 3rd place - @BlueYoshi21 - 5.5 points     Tournament bracket Days 1-5 Participant Day 1 Day 2  Day 3  Day 4  Day 5       Total @yx-aynerik897 +1 +2 +3 -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3 =1 =2 =3       3 @CzarnyResorak567 +1 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3  +1 +2 +3  +1 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3       15 @2bHNST +1 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3  +1 +2 +3  +1 -2 +3 =1 =2 =3       11 @TimeVeteran +1 +2 +3 -1 -2 +3  -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3 =1 =2 =3       4 @BlueYoshi21 +0.5 (d. #)  +1 -2 -3  +1 +2 -3  -1 -2 -3 =1 =2 +3        4.5 @GymnastLazer829 -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3  +1 -2 -3 =1 =2 =3       1 @IcyGANCube -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3  +1 -2 -3 =1 =2 =3       1 Tournament bracket Days 6-10 Participant Day 6 Day 7  Day 8  Day 9  Day 10       Total @yx-aynerik897  -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3  =1 =2 =3  =1 =2 =3 =1 =2 =3       3 @CzarnyResorak567  +1 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3  +1 -2 +3  =1 =2 =3 =1 =2 =3       23 @2bHNST  -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  =1 =2 =3 =1 =2 =3       11 @kingspawns1234  -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  +2 +2 =3 =1 =2 =3       3 @BlueYoshi21  -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  +1 =2 =3 =1 =2 =3       5.5 @GymnastLazer829  +1 +2 -3 -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  =1 =2 =3 =1 =2 =3       3 @IcyGANCube  -1 -2 -3 -1 -2 -3  -1 -2 -3  =1 =2 =3 =1 =2 =3       1 Rules: I would like to introduce you to a simple yet very fun competition. Every day you will be given 3 challenges (An easy one, a hard one and a very hard one) that you try to complete in 48 hours in a specific custom variant, for example: "Win a game of Explosive Magic against a 1700+ player without using spells". if your opponent forfeits on time or resigns in an unclear position, it doesn't count! There will be 11 rounds with 3 challenges each (33 max. amount of points), and a person gets a point for every easy challenge they complete. At the end, the person with the most points wins! In case of a tie, we might have more rounds to decide a winner! Your prize will be a virtual chocolate bar and nothing else Playing with bots/alt accounts is not allowed! Teaming with your opponent to complete your challenge is also not allowed! List of participants: Unbeatable @OMISGOAT It is the real @VishTheFish771 WoF Master @CzarnyResorak567 Oceanic @GreatSeaweedbrain Great @KingNilx Brilliant @GymnastLazer829 That one guy named @2bHNST Mysterious @PGT5665 Sugar guy @yx-aynerik897 Brave @gussygambit123 Calculation Master @wolyn Smart @Steven-Lorien Amazing @BFN_Foot_Soldier2312 Just a birb @asthebird Anonymous @3W_02-95_Z Superior @skatiskis Interesting @kings_pawn1234 Legendary @timeveteran Legendary @BlueYoshi21 Cute @IcyGANCube Day 1 - The Emperor's Tomb An almost forgotten variant, with its own twist - it is giveaway (capturing is compulsory), but if you lose all your piece you... lose. Are you ready to take on all the challenges? Let's see! Challenge #1 (Easy) Royal power - win a game of Emperor's Tomb without losing any kings and capturing both of your opponent's kings. Challenge #2 (Hard) Immortal grasshopper - capture 5 pieces with your grasshoppers and keep one alive at the end of the game. Winning a game is not required. Challenge #3 (Very hard) Alibaba & The 40 Thieves: Capture every single dead piece on the board and win the game. Day 2 - Together The simplest team game ever - give 5 checks or checkmate one of your opponent's kings to win! Challenge 1 (Easy) Unexpected - Checkmate or give 5th check to your opponent with a knight. Challenge 2 (Hard) ALMOST - Win the game with one of your kings being checked 4 times. Challenge 3 (Very Hard) Domination - Get both of your kings to one of the 4 center squares for 1 move and win the game. Day 3 - Labyrinth 82 A labyrinth put in a chess world, with its own strategy and magic. Challenge 1 (Easy) Queenless - Get 1st or 2nd place in of Labyrinth 82 without promoting any of your pawns to a queen Challenge 2 (Hard) Taboo - Get 1st or 2nd place in of Labyrinth 82 without checking anyone. Challenge 3 (Very Hard) Marathon - Get the 1st or 2nd place and survive until the end in a Labyrinth 82 game that ended on 50 move rule. Day 4 - The Beehive The first WoF in this competition! A crazy battle of pawns and queens - join the golden fortune arena now and try to complete these challenges! Challenge 1 (Easy) Mighty - Checkmate your opponent with a pawn Challenge 2 (Hard)  Limited - Win a game against 1550+ player, but you can only drop 3 pieces for the entire game Challenge 3 (Very hard)  KOTH - Win a game against 1550+ player, with your king being on 6th rank (1th rank if you play as yellow) at the end of the game. Day 5 - The Acheron The legendary NCV made by @imchesspro0930! Make a successful breakthrough and get to the hill with your dabbaba-rider! Challenge 1 (Easy) Close Call - Claim the hill with your dabbaba-rider being checked 7 times Challenge 2 (Hard)  Hopping Master - Capture 3 pieces and give 3 checks to your opponent with a knight-rider. Winning the game is required. Capturing dead pieces doesn't count. Challenge 3 (Very hard)  Main Character - Checkmate your opponent with a king. Winning the game by N-check does not count. Day 6 - Explosive Magic Do I really have to introduce this variant to you? This is a 10 by 10 sharp chess variant that combines its explosive nature with surprise, surprise - Magic Spells! And that is why it is called like that - Explosive Magic! Challenge 1 (Easy) Horde - Checkmate your opponent in Explosive Magic without losing any pawns and promoting any pawns. Challenge 2 (Hard)  Dragon gambit - lose both of your dragons in the first 10 moves and still win the game by claiming the hill or checkmating (You have to lose dragons in a way where you will lose more material than your opponent did) Challenge 3 (Very hard)  Mission Impossible - Checkmate or explode the king with an alfil in Explosive Magic Bonus Challenge (Impossible) Win by reaching the hill while down 15+ points of material, having less freeze spells than your opponent, and having less time than your opponent. Day 7 - Saturn's Rings A game made by @asthebird. Navigate through this weird planet and use the rings to your advantage! Challenge #1 (Easy) TrickyMate - Checkmate your opponent with a grasshopper. Challenge #2 (Hard) Beast of the rings - Visit any square of the ring with every piece (except for pawns) and win the game by checkmating/giving the last check with a rook Challenge #3 (Very hard) Lord of the rings - Visit every single ring square (except the squares where the royals are standing) and win the game Day 8 - Villagers Chess Something that looks similar to a classic chess game, but with a twist - your royal piece is a pawn! Challenge #1 (Easy) King Master - Checkmate a 1550+ rated opponent with a king Challenge #2 (Hard) Rooky mistake - Lose your rook and still win the game against a 1550+ rated player (Your opponent's rook has to be alive) Challenge #3 (Very hard) Marathon Runner - Checkmate your a 1550+ rated player with your pawn being on the 5th rank. Day 9 - Clothing A WoF made by @CzarnyResorak567 which combines elements of Cloister with a brand new strategies and pieces. Challenge #1 (Easy) SPAM - Win a game of Clothing against 1550+ rated player by spamming type of piece. Challenge #2 (Hard) Connect 4 - Win the game of Clothing in a way that when the game ends, 4 of the same petrified pieces are in the same line. Challenge #3 (Very hard) Spelling master - To complete this challenge, spell 3 of the following letters in a game of clothing with the petrified pieces (Winning is not required): L; K; Q; O; С; M; T; I; P; Z Day 10 - War for Throne Master a game of promoting your pawns to kings and claiming the hill! Challenge #1 (Easy) Hillophobia - Get the 1st place without reaching the hill Challenge #2 (Hard) King of War - Travel to all 16 central squares with your kings (every square has to be visited once by any king) and win by claiming the hill. Challenge #3 (Very hard) KingSacrificeGotta - Get the 1st or 2nd place, but every 10 turns you have to sacrifice (Not exchange for a pawn or a king, but specifically sacrifice) one of your kings.

new pieces: Assasin: moves like a queen but captures like a king Sniper: Moves 1 space forwards or captures any piece in front of it even if there is an obstacle, changes direction every 3 turns randomly. Warrior: moves and captures like a king, alibaba, and knight at the same time, jump always Lookout: Reveal all squares in fog of war more added later: gorilla: king that can break walls and invisible walls as a capture without movement, move or capture as a move but not both, qualifies as animal Falcon: jump 4 squares in any direction and capture, qualifies as animal Cannon: does not move but captures anything within 4 squares of queen move without jump animal handler: move as a king + capture any animal OR tame an animal(animal becomes your color) Even more!!!: Titan: queen that takes up a 2*2 space and captures by moving into a space; castling is no longer safe! Promotionist: moves as a queen and cannot capture, only your pawns can take it and thus promote instantly, should not be an option for pawn promotions

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 let us play tnt chess

Post for the previous month's vote:https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-mays-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 😀) Hello Custom Variants community! Okay, starting this off with a (funny?) comment: I accidentally closed the tab that I was drafting this post on after working for around 2 hours, so apologies if any part of this looks rushed, I'm trying to redo everything before I forget what I wrote lol Anyway; June is here! We're glad that all of you in the community (around 8.5k to be exact) are here with us! As variants steadily gets more popular, and custom variants along with it, we want to make sure that everyone has the best experience possible, and we can't do it without everyone here making variants, giving feedback, and helping us out! To newer members, welcome! We at the CGA team encourage you to look through this thread: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/custom-variants-club-directory, which contains more information than you ever thought you needed about custom variants, variants history, and the wonderful world of variant creation! As a short note, I'd like to dedicate this section to congratulating @MegaThief and co-author @imchesspro0930 on their variant "Qiang-Xiangqi" (https://www.chess.com/variants/qiang-xiangqi/), which is the newest variant on this server! Their variant was accepted after 5 revisions; truly a dedication! You can see their final revision and the accepted version at https://variants.world/posts/1558.  To top the announcement section of this off, if any of you here are interested in contributing to custom variants on a deeper level and aid us in testing and voting, then the NCV Tester application is for you! We just opened our newest round of selection, and the form is open thru June 30, although we recommend you fill it out sooner than later As usual, here are some CGA stats for the past few days/weeks: There are 95 variants currently Under Review (UR, not including bugged variants). Of those 95 variants, 55 are NCVs and and 40 are WoFs. In the last 7 days, 17 new variants have been posted. In that same time period, CGAs and NCV Testers have reviewed and released verdicts on 13 variants, with hopefully more to come (we promise we're trying to keep up!!) Now, let's get into the voting! See the full 2025 schedule as it is updated here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2025-golden-variant-schedule This month's format: 4 week-long (168-hour) arenas, starting in June at 5 PM PST on Fridays / 0 UTC on Saturdays, including: 3 "Golden WoF" arenas, consisting of the winners of Votes #1, #2, and #3.  1 Platinum Variant arena, featuring the winner of Vote #4 (more info below!) What you're voting for: Weeks 1-3 (June 6, 13, 20) will include Wheel of Fortune variants; Votes #1 and #2 will have candidates from the iconic "Pocket Chess" challenge, a community driven initiative to create variants with a common theme of a 6x6 board; Vote #3 will have candidates from the newly minted "Wheel of Fortune" section on the variants server, featuring some throwbacks from previous years in the world of Custom Variants. Week 4 (June 27) will be the Q2 edition of the Platinum Variant arena, which will be held on the last week of the month. The winning variant will also be pinned to the top of the "Extra" list for a determined period of time! What is Platinum Variant? Platinum Variant was introduced in 2024 as part of the revival of the Golden Variant cycle. Platinum Variant votes are special votes held once every 3 months (quarter, hence "Q1", "Q2", etc.) Candidates are the five Golden Variants with the most arena activity from a given quarter Winners of the Platinum Variant vote are considered the fastest rising variants and are projected become even more popular in the future Previous winners include: Minihouse (by @MrKheese, 2024 T1 Winner) Ambush (by @coolthing, 2024 T2 Winner) Saturn's Rings (by @asthebird, 2024 T3 Winner) Explosive Magic (by @BN1208, 2025 Q1 Winner) And more to come! What are the candidates for this quarter? In no particular order, announcing the Q2 candidates... Leapers (by @imchesspro0930) Enchanted Woodland (by @2bHNST) Infiltration Danger (by @RALRAL3333) The Pestilence's Conquest (by @JkCheeseChess) Ashtandrez (by @martinaxo) Get ready to vote for your favorite variant! Prizes: The Platinum Variant arena will have membership prizes for the top 3 finishers! 1st: 1 month membership 2nd: 1 month membership 3rd: 1 month membership The voting process: Copied from last month: "Because [March's] voting format using Chess.com's forum comment reactions have shown to be much more popular and accessible [than StrawPoll], we will continue to use them for future votes." For example: The 4 comments below this post will be the voting platform; use designated reactions to vote for variants! You may vote for more than one variant on each vote! The winners of each vote will be selected; there will be only one winner for each vote this month, and each of the winners will be featured in their respective assigned week. Reminder: The winner of Vote #4 will become the 2025 Q2 Platinum Variant! The polling for Votes #1, #2, and #3 will close on June 6, 0 UTC The polling for Vote #4 will close on June 20, 0 UTC Happy voting and may the best variants win!

I want my pawns to promote at multiple ranks, is that possible?

Hi! It's been a long time since I posted my game to contribute to /variants 2 years ago. Now I would like to do it again, but I know I cannot post my game in this club again because of the new rule (?idk) Anyone who has posted the game or admin, can you teach me how to upload the game please? :/

the prince is a man but it becomes a royal when the king is captured. 

the teliporter can teliport to anywhere.

every 5 moves, you piece evolves. Pawn=> knight=>bishop=>rook=>queen=>queen forever

Hi! Let's chat!

speaks itself. if cgas say yes,i can draw some lol

Normal chess, but there is a file behind the pieces on each side that cannot be moved into. This is the jail. If a piece captures a piece, it can choose to keep it as prisoner or deliver. Delivering is where the piece is teleported to the backmost row(1/9) and prisoners are put there. Prisoners cannot leave, but deliverers can leave jail. If a piece has multiple peices prisoner(max 3), it can deliver all. If a piece with prisoners is captured, the prisoners return to the piece bank

since queen is technatly the best no king piece instead replace the king with a queen

should people play variants

 so got an idea 

Rando and Futer say they're all "busy" even tho only 1000 people online and only 200 games