2024 Golden Variant Schedule

This is a resource page that will be locked and will be linked on Golden Variant announcement posts (since the list was getting too long), and will be updated monthly in 2024 after Golden Variants for a month have been decided on. 

Relevant announcement posts for voting have also been included below.

(Dates are based off the PST/PDT timezones and are in Month/Day format)

• Week 1 (2/24): Cross Derby  
• Week 2 (3/1): Rookmate  
• Week 3 (3/8): Behind the Mirror  
• Week 4 (3/15): Villagers Chess  
• Week 5 (3/22): Blackletter Chess  
• Week 6 (3/29): Mini Forest 
• Week 7 (4/5): Ashtandrez 
• Week 8 (4/12): Caught in a Snag  
• Week 9 (4/19): Minihouse  
• Week 10 (4/26): Amazon Jungle 
• Week 11 (5/3): Warui-shogi 
• Week 12 (5/10): Enchanted Woodland 
• Week 13 (5/17): Thermopylae 
• Week 14 (5/24): Infiltration Danger 
• Week 15 (5/31): Minihouse (Platinum Variant) 
• Week 16 (6/7): The Hive 
• Week 17 (6/14): War for Throne 
• Week 18 (6/21): Villagers Chess II 
• Week 19 (6/28): Blind Box 
• Week 20 (7/5): Ambush
  
• Week 21 (7/12): Simplicity
• Week 22 (7/19): Sergeant's Checkers
• Week 23 (7/26): Tag Team
• Week 24 (8/2): Every End
• Week 25 (8/9): Sparks of Hope
• Week 26 (8/16): The Eyes of Horus
• Week 27 (8/23): The X of Tricks
• Week 28 (8/30): Ambush (Platinum Variant)
• Week 29 (9/6): The Lake
• Week 30 (9/13): XXL Chess
• Week 31 (9/20): Crazy Cavalier
• Week 32 (9/27): Emperor's Tomb
• Week 33 (10/4): Gothic Chess
• Week 34 (10/11): Rubicon
• Week 35 (10/18): Best Friends Forever
• Week 36 (10/25): Seirawan Chess
• Week 37 (11/1): Explosive Magic
• Week 38 (11/8): Saturn's Rings
• Week 39 (11/15): Counterturn
• Week 40 (11/22): Warp Speed
• Week 41 (11/29): Stone Gravitation
• Week 42 (12/6): Storming the Castle
• Week 43 (12/13): Trapped Queens
• Week 44 (12/20): Golden Ratio
• Week 45 (12/27): Saturn's Rings (Platinum Variant)

• January-Early February: No Golden Variant
• Late February-March: Decided by CGAs
• April: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-aprils-golden-variants
• May: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-mays-golden-variants
• June: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-junes-golden-variants
• July: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-julys-golden-variants
• August: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-augusts-golden-variants
• September: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-septembers-golden-variants-1
• October: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-octobers-golden-variants
• November: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-novembers-golden-variants
• December: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-decembers-golden-variants