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icositetrachoron

Here is a list of chess variants that are popular in the chess.com forums:

Historical Variants:

-Chu Shogi: Many games

-Xiangqi: Not many games

Chess Variants:

-Chess on an Infinite Plane: Many games

-Bulldog Chess: Many games

Please let me know if I missed anything!

vickalan

One that I played and enjoyed was called Waterloo. It's bit complicated with lots of pieces on a 10x10 board, but can be fun. But it hasn't been played in a while. Unfortunately when a tournament was mentioned, nobody signed up. (and I was too busy at the time). Here's an example:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/waterloo-exhibition-game-horusthethird-vickalan