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This is called 10x10 chess. It's same as standard chess, but different from standard chess by having general as a part of the board. This game is based on your skills. There is a forfeit when you have no more piece left, and kings must be captured. ways to win: 1. capture the king 2. bare piece rule ( if there is no more piece except for your king, you automatically lose. )

ok so i have a new variant idea and its called donkey chess, so basically instead of pawns you have donkeys and donkeys dont move forward they go backward and attack 1 square behind them .developing and tempos are extra important and the king is changed to a farmer and the farmer does everything a king does BUT he squishes (or captures) the donkeys and then you can develop your pieces and checkmate and everything else is normal

Can anyone try to do a Thermoplaly tournament

My fav is fog of war ngl

It's basically fatal side ways torpedo atomic. I call it 3 point pawn chess because the rules make pawns so op.

In variant when there are 2 or more pieces of the same type can move to the same square but only one of them do, the move is still notated as if only one piece of that type can move to that square. Example: in this game https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/52129829 blue's 8th move is notated as Nb8 even when there are 2 blue knights that can move to b8, which lead to a lack of information when there are 2 different moves that can be notated as Nb8. In normal chess we don't see that problem.

One of the best tournaments that many (including me) enjoyed playing was the Chaturaji Hyper Fiesta All Week tournament. Hopefully we can bring back that tournament some time, really was an enjoyable time to play.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yD5J2XcLO-6ZO1CLnUJ8tB2EVCsVxQgi6I422IGy7N4

What will happen if Shogi pawns are replaced by chess pawns?

Variant chess is true to its name

8 Player Chess White moves first then turn order goes clockwise. Pawns promote on the 11th rank. There was keen interest in the game idea when I first posted this so I've made a club for peeps to play correspondence games. We use a system of editing board images in order to play... it can take a while for games to get going but it's still early days and we are hopeful that we can play on a proper server one day (2 of our members is currently developing an app :0 ). There are 3 main gamemodes: FFA - Free for all. Everyone for themselves in a battle to win the most points. FFT - Free for teams. 2v2v2v2. 4 teams of 2 battle it out to win the most points for their team. Teams - 4v4. 2 teams of 4 battle it out to be the first team to checkmate 2 (or 3) opponents. We are hoping one day our game will be made and exist as a server here on Chess.com and the only way we can do this is by convincing the website developers and staff that this is something people want to get made. To that end I ask you to join and come play games with us in the forum-image editing format that we currently use, but also to join even if you don't want to play using the forums because it will help us get one step closer to seeing this game manifest itself as an immediately playable variant game in the future. You can check out the 8 player chess club here. Alternatively, you can join the 8 player chess club here. Thank you for reading. - Eldar

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anyone wanna help me think up the variant turtle chess? if so then lemme know in the forum and ill DM you a link to the turtle chess dev club

"The theory of Neomedievalism proposes that the international system is rapidly transforming into a world order similar to that which existed in Medieval Europe, with overlapping structures of authority and multiple loyalties of international actors, which is gradually eroding the power and agency of nation states. There are two imagined futures in a Neomedieval worldview: one, of a coming anarchy, an era of systemic breakdown and perpetual wars; the second of a New Universalism in which new transnational regimes, which are secular version of the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire, will be constructed to bring order to the world. In an addendum to the presentation, I discuss the emergence of Cyberspace as a realm where we might already be seeing Neomedieval structures of power developing and influencing the trajectory of global politics." Geopoliticus, Neo-Medievalism and the New Worid Order, YouTube It may sound far-fetched, but if the Neomedieval theory about geopolitics proves correct, maybe the next age of Western chess is to be ruled by a game paced similarly to Chaturanga (Shatranj) without the practically omnipotent Queen. The key difference with the old Chaturanga (Shatranj) may be that it is a hexagonal game. To name this game, I propose that we take the Sanskrit word which sounds closest to "Shatranj", Shashanga, meaning "six limbs", as in the six sides of a hexagon. In the spirit of the old Chaturanga, the game may have a board with four corners and move possibilities more akin to Chaturanga as a result of the board’s topology. The move possibilities will be ones which notate like chess so that the Bishop maintains the property of being able to move along orthogonal axes.

Hey guys! A month or two ago, I proposed an idea to you all called Ahab Chess, and I got a lot of really positive feedback. Since then, I also found another member @arctevious_the_3rd who independently came up with an idea very similar to mine, and we decided to team up and work together to develop Ahab Chess. But we can't do it alone. We need your help to test this variant! To that end, I created a new club: Ahab Chesshttps://www.chess.com/club/ahab-chess If we ever hope to convince the Variants Admins, CGAs, and developers to include Ahab Chess on the Variants server, then we'll need lots of strong data, a definite set of rules, and a decent amount of interest and involvement from the variants-players community. So please join the Ahab Chess club in order to play test games and give feedback on the rules! Thanks in advance for joining and helping us out! If you have any questions, you can ask in the comments below or in the Ahab Chess club. (This message has been pre-approved by Variants administration XD)

Currently in setup chess, the only limits to what pieces you can place (in standard setup chess, or any other setup chess variant) are which pieces the player can choose from, and the total number of points of material he’s allowed to have. My suggestion is to add a third limit, where you can set a cap on each specific piece. For example, each player can choose: No more than 2 Queens No more than 4 Rooks No more than 4 Knights No more than 4 Bishops No more than 16 pawns 1 King (mandatory) Total piece value must not exceed 39 points (not including king For variants using the Setup Chess rule, the creator of the variant could place these limits however high or low he wants.

i propose to make new variant similar to atomic chess, but it is a bit different. when you eat a piece with your peice, your pice explodes like a nuclear bomb and leaves radiation After a real nucliear explosion, the radiation stays there for a while and police does not let anybody in that zone until the radiation is gone. So the radiation will stay unrtil another ten moves are made. The radiation is invisible. There are maximum 4 squeres with radiation. If there are already four radioactive squeres both players can not eat a piece unti a squere is no more radioactive. And a precision, if you are check and your only move is to eat a peice but all 4 squeres are allready radioactive, it is a checkmate.

ok so I thought up a variant called "frog chess" basically the frog is a piece that starts on the c1-c8 squares (takes place of the c-knights). the way it moves is 1-2 squares FORWARD in any direction so it cant go back, but you can rotate the frog it takes a turn. now I am gonna try to explain the way it captures in the least confusing way i can. it captures by hopping over a piece and landing on a vacant square like a checker piece but can capture forward. it can only hop in the direction its pointed. now the frog has a special ability i call it "leapfrogging" it can capture up to 2 times in a row kinda the same a checker piece i think the frog would be worth like 7 points.let me know in comments what you think it should be worth if this post gets 12 thumbs ups/upvotes ill make a club that will focus on developing this variant. if you think anything is wrong/unbalanced/could be better please let me know. and also if you have any questions i will be happy to answer. and one last thing, if you took the time to read this paragraph thanks a ton.

Here is a chess variant that focuses mainly on creating/balancing new chess mechanics for fairy pieces. If you're ever short on mechanics feel free to find them here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_NgHGGbUf_fiY1YQaB_koYyDbfeBKAVFg8nocXKYk8/edit?usp=drive_link Table of Contents with all of the Champions(fairy pieces): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VXzHOmbXIdK4S6e8V6mrswbSps4ZwwVB?usp=drive_link

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