How (Not) To Make a Variant

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2bHNST
thundertoad2379 wrote:

10/10! I wish people would actually read this though.

Yeah don't you just love it when you go to the lobby and all the customs are exact positions from this post?

Storming2Knight

Thanks this helped me a lot

ChessMasterGS

Thanks for all the feedback everyone

imchesspro0930

I found an M2 where yellow gets mated in 2 moves in the human wall example

Nyutixbrother
imchesspro0930 wrote:

I found an M2 where yellow gets mated in 2 moves in the human wall example

Your_Best_master

I never knew argument would get this fair but ok!

Your_Best_master
Nyutixbrother wrote:
imchesspro0930 wrote:

I found an M2 where yellow gets mated in 2 moves in the human wall example

So what the order of the color like green, red, then yellow?

SABOT3UR404

i know another one!

SABOT3UR404

https://www.chess.com/variants/game/73538139

knights vs bishops

why? : too boring and bishops win in best play

2bHNST
SABOT3UR404 wrote:

https://www.chess.com/variants/game/73538139

knights vs bishops

why? : too boring and bishops win in best play

That's #3

ChessMasterGS
2bHNST wrote:
SABOT3UR404 wrote:

https://www.chess.com/variants/game/73538139

knights vs bishops

why? : too boring and bishops win in best play

That's #3

Very loosely I guess, but same concept.

#1 might also apply because it's basically just standard setup with minor changes, but feel free to interpret any way you want. This list wasn't made with the intention of being comprehensive happy.png

SABOT3UR404
Your_Best_master wrote:
Nyutixbrother wrote:
imchesspro0930 wrote:

I found an M2 where yellow gets mated in 2 moves in the human wall example

So what the order of the color like green, red, then yellow?

the most balanced way is green, yellow then red

Nyutixbrother

I mean RYG

SABOT3UR404

ok any order i guess

Tomato_LSN

Add: Custom postion that is just an opening

2bHNST

If we had every submission, post on Workshop, and custom game seek follow these guidelines, Chess.com would explode.

imchesspro0930

And if they read my 10 advice forum...

People should learn imbalances are ambitious.

VishTheFish771

Very ambitious

SABOT3UR404

add: joke variants like this:

imchesspro0930

Remove dabbabas on c3 and c4. Otherwise, this goes is S tier in my variants tier list