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I guess everyone knows the rules so let's get going 1. What game is my pfp? 2. How many clubs i'm a member of? 3. What is my favorite time control? 4. Do I play lichess? 5. What is the fastest time control I play? 6. What is the least common time control I play? 7. What is my 4PC variants rating? 8. literally who's Jαd 9. What is my favorite videogame? 10. What is the videogame I have played the most If someone gets it right he gets 5 trohpies!!!! althought it's kind of impossible

This variant is similar to normal chess, but the rules for castling are modified. The name "Omnicastle" is just a suggestion as well. The King can pick any piece to castle with, including enemy pieces, provided that: It's in a straight vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line from the King without other pieces in between. It's at least 3 squares away in the relevant direction (i.e. there must be at least 2 empty squares between the King and the chosen piece) The King will then move 2 steps in the direction of that piece, and the piece is placed on the square just behind the King (the square the King would have ended up on if he'd only taken one step). It doesn't matter whether the King or the chosen piece have moved. The only restrictions on the King's ability to castle are that the King can't start in check, can't end in check, and that the King may not pass through a square that is attacked by an enemy piece. Of course this does necessitate a slight change to notation, as 0-0 and 0-0-0 are either ambiguous or redundant in this variant. One option is to simply record the King moving 2 steps (so 0-0 would become Kg1), while another is to invent a new notation, such as for example K0 indicating the King choosing to castle, and the square after it being the location of the targeted piece (so 0-0 would become K0h1). Thoughts?

nf3 what else ?

Fog of War 4. d4 Qxe1#

New variant for 4 player chess (should be workable in all modes (solo/ffa/teams)). In a regular board position for teams there is a forced mate on 1.75 (all get 2 moves except green (who is king captured)). So to resolve this add some frontal pawns to the board and you have a successful atomic chess game. Board would look like this, rule variants EnPassant, and Atomic. FEN 4: R-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/3,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,3/4,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,4/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/bN,bP,bP,8,gP,gP,gN/bB,bP,bP,8,gP,gP,gB/bK,bP,bP,8,gP,gP,gQ/bQ,bP,bP,8,gP,gP,gK/bB,bP,bP,8,gP,gP,gB/bN,bP,bP,8,gP,gP,gN/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/4,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,4/3,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,3/3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rN,rR,3If this could be added, it would be a cool way to introduce/incorporate atomic chess into 4 player chess.*Another possibility (will check this to make sure it is not a forced win), is to use the "Omatamix Setup" to play atomic (will update this post when I have checked for forced win).*Note I already have atomic 4 player chess logic, and wouldn't mind contributing to making this a reality.

I was playing king of the hill and in a match https://www.chess.com/variants/king-of-the-hill/game/15847022/8/3 What i saw was my opponent not moving bf4 and just waiting. (In the game) But in fact he had moved before and for some reason I saw that he was not moving and he was for some reason thinking or waiting but instead he had already moved but it didn't show up on the screen and I was waiting. Plus i couldnt see the chat.

How do you create a custom position with fairy pieces and stuff in the custom variant?

This is the first "How much do you know ______ " with one of the new variants so investigate well! 1. How many pawns are in total? 2. How big is the board? 3. You have 1 queen? 4. How many fairy pieces you have? 5. Do you have elephants? 6. In which rank do pawns promote? 7. Is there any weak pawns? 8. If you think last question is yes, in which coordinates those weak pawns start? (if you think the answer to 7. is NO, then put here "No weak pawns") 9. How many pieces are in total (with black and white) ? 10. How many squares are in total? winner gets 2 trophies! GLHF!

What is the best automate setup? I really enjoy automate but i dont know what setup is the best. Any suggestions?

it's weird petrified is not on the popular variants list. Look at how many games have been played in a few weeks of it: in the top you can see more than 15 million games played in few weeks!! while other variants like XXL chess which are more interesting get the same plays! ??¿¿

(In the last 10 minutes from writing this) I sent a 1-check Fog-of-War challenge, my opponent saw it as a one-check (also FOW) challenge (at least they claim to have seen that in the chat, I cannot independently verify it), but when I delivered the first check of the game, it just reduced 5 to 4. https://www.chess.com/variants/custom/game/15418241/16/3 I refreshed the tab, and it still shows 1-check in the match-type name and on the banner with the list of rules that are combined (although once one hovers over it, it describes the rule as how it is in 5-check)

Variant 1:Black starts with no Queen, but white is blinded by love, so fog of war vision applies to white, while black can see the whole board all time Variant 2: Normal fog of war chess, but if you have no queens (of your color) on the board you gain full vision of the board

I am in chess.com beta and xxl chess has been updated

@rune_raider waited for this and he messaged me so he won't participate in this one. 1. How does black win? 2. How does white win? 3. What happens if White can't move any pawns? 4. How many spaces can White's back-rank pawns move? 5. How many pawns does White have in the start position? 6. What are White's four best moves in the start position? 7. What is Black's most likely best reply to 1 d5 and why? 8. Is either side thought to be winning in the start position? If so, then who? 9. What is the rook shuffle opening? 10. Is Black capable of performing en-passant on a back-rank pawn that moves two squares? (i.e. White has pawn on g1, Black has pawn on h3, and White moves g3). Winner gets 1 trophy -talliholic & rune_raider Go check my earlier "how much do you know ______ " to learn how to play if you don't know yet. GLHF!

Here are 10 questions each increasing on difficulty: 1. How much points you get at the start? 2. what is the bishop's value? 3. what is the rook's value 4. what is the queen's value? 5. what is the king's value? 6. how much knights can you put maximium? 7. how much pawns can you put maximium? 8. in which files can you put pieces? 9. which engine plays the final position? 10. what was the first game not played by staff? Put the number of the question and then it's answer. GLHF! try to answer all 10 questions and whoever gets the 10 questions right first will get 2 trophies HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AUTOMATE? ANSWER IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!

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I am not dedicated to horde at all, so it will be very frequent that i will not lose in the position, but some mistakes from my opponent can let me win. https://www.chess.com/variants/horde/game/15192692/114/1 i promoted my pawn and won from there. Its a truly unbalanced game, and dont come with "its +3 for white". Its a forced win for black, but the thing is that not everyone knows how to force it. that's the point of horde in my opinion. And now, for the second time, i won it as white. Its right the next game i played as white after "I won horde as white - for the first time!" topic.

so i saw the variant update im just wondering what all is in this update thx!

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