Now available at https://www.chess.com/variants/minihouse
✓ NCV ︱ Minihouse
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Apr 3, 2023
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#24
@MrKheese I only played a couple games but I love it!
I will keep playing it for sure 
One thing that surprised me is the ability to drop a pawn on the 1st rank, as that's different from chess/crazyhouse and it feels strange. So I wanted to ask if you considered these ideas:
- Not allowing pawns dropped on 1st rank
- Allowing it, but then pawn can push 2 squares from there
and how would they impact the game.
Apr 3, 2023
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#25
I think those are outside of the reach of the creator, that would have to be coded in and explicitly mentioned in the gamerules by the developers
@pepe_chessable Thanks for the kind words! I am glad you are enjoying the variant.
The first option is definitely not currently possible with chess.com's variant editor, unfortunately.
The second option is possible and something I considered, but I thought when most players encounter it they would not know if it was an intentional feature or not. Since a pawn on the first rank comes up so rarely in the first place, I decided best not to potentially confuse people.
congrats on making a new super popular variant that has overtaken 80 others in popularity within a month of creation lol
10000000000000/10! Nice small and unique variant!
Nice variant, although I always lose. Link shows my opponent's quickest K.O: https://www.chess.com/variants/minihouse/game/45491920
Mar 16, 2024
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#30
This is my favorite chess variant ever. I have achieved a rating of 1805 elo in it and have studied my own theory regarding it. Thank you so much for a wonderful variant MrKheese!
Oct 24, 2024
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#32
By the way for those curious, Minihouse is currently averaging around 900 games daily, making it easily one of if not the most popular 2P NCV ever on chess.com
@MrKheese I'm consistently hovering around 1900 and I haven't seen anything in this forum about the bongcloud opening (minicloud?), namely 1. Kc3:
The natural move for Black here would be 1. ... Nd5+, however, 2. Kd4 puts the knight in a position where it can't check and must either move or be defended. If 2. ... Be6, White has Bc4 and a skewer. If 2. ... Rf5, White still has 3. Bc4 and Black is on the defensive once again with an early bishop-pawn fortress for white.
Suppose Black opts instead for 1. ... Bf5. White counters with 2. Bc4, which forces an exchange of rooks and bishops because after 2. Bc4 Bxc2 3. Kxc2 ... Black has nowhere to move his rook without losing material.
Yep, your above comment is fine; we'll add this variant soon!