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PGN4: [StartFen4 "Y-0,1,0,1-0,0,0,0-0,0,0,0-9,0,9,0-1-{'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,x,yI,x,yS,x,yK,x,yG,x,x,x/x,x,x,1,x,1,x,1,x,1,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,1,x,1,x,1,x,yγ,x,x,x/x,x,x,1,x,1,x,yI,x,1,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,yC,x,1,x,1,x,1,x,x,x/x,x,x,1,x,1,x,1,x,1,x,x,x,x/x,x,x,x,rK,x,rS,x,rI,x,rC,x,x,x/x,x,x,rG,x,1,x,rS,x,rI,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"][Variant "FFA"][RuleVariants "CaptureTheKing EnPassant PromoteTo=BCFGIS"][CurrentMove "0"] Difficulty: 1850. Themes: Zwischenzug, Pin Black/yellow to play and get a material edge.

we can remake the old style of chess pieces, okay? I think the new type of piece is better but I still prefer the old one because it has been with the player for a long time. This is just my opinion. What do you think?😶

Red to move, Guaranteed to win at least 50% of games

Back a while ago, I remember a variant where you and your opponent had a set number of points, and you placed many pieces and tried to use up all the points. When done setting up, high rated computers played the position, does anyone remember the name of the variant and if it's still around?

An idea I have for a fairy piece is what I would call the fallen soldier because it wouldn't be able to move. I think this type of piece would probably have negative value given that it could not checkmate or capture and would impede the movement of friendly pieces more than the movement of enemy pieces.

I can't really do a screenshot of it here sorry but it moves like a rook, bot doesn't capture like a rook. It has to jump over a piece (any piece, but only 1 piece) to capture an enemy piece behind it (close behind or way behind), but it can't jump over more than 1 piece. It can only do that rookways, and I also suggest 3 variants of the cannon: the rook cannon, bishop cannon and queen cannon, worth 4, 3, 8 points respectively. Cannons can also mean triple checks are possible (with rook cannon, rook and a knight/bishop). I also recommend that Xiangqi be available to play on Chess.com, with all the rules in place including the promotion to a wazir that can't move backwards, and an alfil that cannot jump over pieces. Also the ferzes and royal wazir should be confined in a box, and there is also a 'kings can't face' rule, meaning that kings cannot be directly in a line with no pieces between (can also use that rule to pin pieces).

Why can't my amazon capture the yellow knight as shown with the arrow? (Green and Blue are teams) Edit: For context it was atomic teams self partner vs futer i was already losing (i played green and blue) it was my turn during the multiple attempts to make that move since the amazon could make any legal move other than capture said knight (though i think the screenshot was taken after the game) link: https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/29062228

Hi guys @Martin_Stahl told me to put this in here.My opponent aborted the game here but I lost points. You are not supposed to lose points if you abort but especially not if are not the one who did it. I posted it in the general forums but they were very confused especially because I lost 4.4 ELO it is very strange.

Chess 2 is chess varient that should be added, introduced by David Sirloin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_2:_The_Sequel

I created a chess variant called backwards chess. I will try to explain the new rules. Set Up: The set up at the start of the game is the same as normal. Main Changes: The main change is when you capture a piece, the captured piece is gone, but the capturing piece goes in the opposite direction. For example, if there is a knight on f3 and a pawn on e5, and the knight wants to take the pawn, the knight would go backwards to g1 after taking the pawn. This is why it is called backwards chess. If you want to do a capture, you click on the capturing piece and then the captured piece. Do not click on the backwards square. If you click on the backwards square, then the piece would just go that way instead. Moving without capturing: If you move a piece, but do not capture anything, then there would be no backwards movement. Moving without capturing is pretty much the same as normal. Double Capture: If it turns out that there was a piece that was on the square that the capturing piece ends up on after going backwards, then the capturing piece would also capture the second piece even if the second captured piece is on the same team as the capturing piece. It is illegal to do a capture if the second captured piece is your own king. Jumping over pieces: When the capturing piece moves backwards, it doesn't matter if there are pieces that it jumps over to go backwards. It just jumps over them. Going off the board: If the capturing piece is close to the edge, but the piece that the capturing piece wants to capture is far from the capturing piece, it might not be possible to capture because then the capturing piece would fly off the board after going backwards, so this kind of move would not be legal. The capturing piece should never disappear or go off the board. The move would just not be allowed. Ending up in check: If the enemy king can be captured from the double capture, then the enemy king is in check and must escape check. If the enemy king can not escape, that is checkmate. There shouldn't be such a thing as a king being captured. Bluffing Check: If a piece tries to check the enemy king, but the checking piece would go off the board, the enemy king can't be captured, so the enemy king is not in check. The enemy king would not have to do anything to protect itself from the fake check. King capturing into check and then moving backwards out of check: The king can capture a defended piece into check as long as the king is not in check after moving backwards. This idea makes it hard to defend any of your pieces. Castling over a fake check: If the king moves over a square that is under the fake check, then the castling would still be allowed. Also, if the king is in fake check that does not prevent the king from castling. En Passant: If you do an en passant move from d5 to e6, the capturing pawn would move backwards to c4 not c5. King Opposition at the edge: It is possible for the attacking king to attack the enemy king at the edge of board because the enemy king can not capture the attacking king and go off the board. This would be checkmate if the attacking king can move backwards, but then the enemy king might be able to move to the side, but not so if the attacking king can capture from that angle too. Remember, there is no such thing as capturing a king. It would be checkmate before it comes to that. It is also possible for the enemy king to be on g8 and you move your king h6 to h7. The kings would be touching, but it's just fake check and similarly for other corners on the board. Strategy: You can checkmate with the kiss of death with the queen without defending the queen because pieces at the edge can't capture away from the edge. It might be a good strategy to move pieces closer to the center so that they will be able to capture. Experience: I've played this variant about 10 to 20 times before. It seems fair for both sides. I haven't put it through a computer to see if white or black has a huge advantage because I don't know how to code that. I already sent this variant in the suggestions. I clicked on Help and then Make a Suggestion. I'm also putting it here because I think this is where I am supposed to put it. Make sure you don't get confused about the same variant suggestion. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about the variant. I put the email in the suggestion. Or maybe you are supposed to comment on this post? It would mean a lot to me if this becomes a playable variant on chess.com. Alternatively, if this does not become playable on chess.com, but you are interested in it, you can play at home with a real board or something. You might find it interesting. Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

Got some questions about the rules here, because the rule description provided doesn't cover everything. 1. Is the royal pawn promotable? If yes, what does it promote to? 2. What is meant by general in the villagers chess II? King+knight? And what does the piece called hawk do?

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/bug-deadwall?page=1&newCommentCount=1#comment-61481923

I got play-banned for 20 minutes because of aborting, but it's unfair because a part of my screen doesn't work so I can't move pieces in that area. I had to abort 3 times in a row because I can't move pieces. I'm banned for 20 minutes. Please help.

Does this feature exist in the variant? For example, if I put my mouse in cell e5, it will show the word e5

One random position variant I've seen, on Roblox, is one in which the kings always start on the e file, each player starts with 7 non royal standard chess pieces on the back rank, and 8 pawns in front of the king, however which type of piece starts on each back-rank square is random, and the starting position is always mirror symmetric. So one game the starting position might be this and the next game the starting position might be this I calculated that there are about 17 times more possible starting positions in this variant than there are in chess 960.

Black has played hxg4 so find 1 check for white to win Mate in 5 Difficulty: Undefined Rating: Undefined Solution: - [StartFen4 "R-0,1,0,1-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'lives'2,2,1,2),'pawnBaseRank':5,'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,6,yK,1,x,x,x/x,x,x,yP,1,yP,5,x,x,x/x,x,x,1,yP,1,yN,4,x,x,x/x,x,x,3,yP,4,x,x,x/x,x,x,3,rP,1,rP,yP,1,x,x,x/x,x,x,rP,2,rK,4,x,x,x/x,x,x,2,rP,4,rP,x,x,x/x,x,x,rR,1,rB,5,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"][Variant "FFA"][RuleVariants "EnPassant 2-check Play4Mate"][CurrentMove "0"]

White has played e5 so find win position for black Difficulty: - Rating: 1900+? Solution: - Request: Sacrifice [StartFen4 "Y-0,1,0,1-1,0,1,0-1,0,1,0-0,0,0,0-0-{'pawnBaseRank':5,'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,4,yK,1,yN,yR,x,x,x/x,x,x,1,yP,5,yP,x,x,x/x,x,x,4,rP,rP,1,rP,x,x,x/x,x,x,2,rP,1,rP,1,rP,1,x,x,x/x,x,x,3,rP,1,rP,1,rP,x,x,x/x,x,x,yB,1,rP,1,rP,1,rP,1,x,x,x/x,x,x,2,yQ,2,rP,rP,rP,x,x,x/x,x,x,5,rP,rP,rP,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"][Variant "FFA"][RuleVariants "EnPassant Play4Mate"][CurrentMove "0"]

Difficulty: Undefined Rating: Solution: STOP IT! Black has played Na6 so find way to stalemate for white Mate in 17

Some variants seem to have been removed after the gui update to the variants hub recently. (e.x. Mega Fairy, Ocean's Mini) Can somebody tell me what had happened to those?