NEW AND OLD MEMBERS, Introduce yourself!

Hi! I am @ChocoCaramelPawn, the co-creator of this club and it's current owner. I like playing and making chess variants, so send me an invite in the variants server when i am online!

Edit: Welcome to all new members! Check out https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/a-guide-for-new-members-please-read Also, if any of you have discord consider joining our discord server, it is very active! https://discord.gg/K5bcm3qE2z
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/introduction-to-our-discord-server

hi I'm Varost/Vish, I'm a NCV tester (or a coordinator) in the Custom Variants Club and I've been playing variants since the summer of '24. I consider myself to be reasonably good at evaluating positions so if there's a variant of yours you want to test, feel free to drop a DM by me

Howdy, I’m imakevariants101 (virus name imuckvarinuts10264), I like to create chess variants, and one is currently getting tested and accepted in VW, it is called Spell Gifts, with a unique concept of spell chess+giveaway. Hope Spell Gifts gets accepted! Do you too?

Im coopster, I was one of the first members to this club. I suck at testing variants and mostly just play official ones. I am always open to testing just keep in mind, czarny and Choco are better.

hi i am croissant, a player and tester of variants. If you want help with anything related to variants in general, feel free to drop me an invite when I am online and I’ll try and play and improve the idea.

Hi, I am kulfyrfranorge and I like to play variants. I have tried making some variants, but they were very bad. I have 900 rapid rating. My favourite variants are 4P giveaway, amazon jungle and rubicon.

Hi, I am Sanaki28 and I love to be in a group that comes up and tests variant ideas. I can come up with ideas for physical games like dice chess, dice vs ludo chess, split chess, real life chess (the name may seem a bit confusing but I had no other idea to name it...) and more. I'm so happy that I'm invited to this group!

Edit: Thanks to everyone! Especially those who reacted 🙌! I never got this many before btw so I'm very excited!😃😁

Hi I am a Gym Security System, I like making Variants, my first one is still under review, and I am pretty inexperienced compared to most “experienced“ players. The biggest variant related event that I was here to witness was the creation of SugarBlossom on Dec. 27, 2025.

Hi, I'm @skakistis001 and I just chill. I also play Daily Chess and variants.

Hi! I'm @yu-x897, a chess enjoy-er!

Hallo, I'm Ben. I have a 900 rapid rating and I like variants.

hello i am @ayxan2015chesss and i had an old account but it is full of bugs so i created a new one which is this and i was a 1250 rapid player at old account... now im a 400 rapid player becouse i played tournament games when i started to use new account and i losed so my elo is more but chess.com doesnot know

Hello, i am N3on_n3on i am a newer member and gymnastlazer recommended me to join

Hi im Firansyah1. I like to play variants

Hi, I'm TvdAuki; I started making variants in December of 2025, although my love for variants goes back much further. I probably started my interest in variants with IRL chess variants explanations on the Triple S Games Youtube channel back in 2020. My favorite variants right now are Cloister, 3-check, FoW and Caught in a Snag. I'm rated kinda low in regular chess, so my intuition on variants is still building (probably intermediate overall), so challenge me if you want that kind of testing. I know a lot more about the meticulous variant-making process and dealing with perfectionism, so feel free to message me if you need help with that!

Random fun fact: there are more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy.

Hi! I'm Allen , I'm from HK, so time zones is a little bit annoying (but same as yx lol).

I played chess since November 2025 (around),and my elo is currently 950 (Rapid), and I really enjoy making and playing variants .

math=chess=sbv=♡

Hello humans. I love variants more than actual chess. my favourite variant is probably Chaturaji, although all the others are great.

It's not? Why does cookie clicker and my school say so? Guess I found reason number 142857 to hate school.

Hi! I'm The-Fiery-Falcon and I have a rapid rating of 1582 at the time I am writing this (I was 1700 at one point). I recently joined the SBV community and I have made 3 variants total (2 still under review). I love playing chess and do it in almost all of my free time.

*You can also submit your variants to SBV lol