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Mr-wonder-bob7t wrote:

they both place down their pieces at the same time.

I have thought of a simpler execution of the concept.

Western Chess and Chinese Chess.

The one who moves first in one, moves second in the other.

Both versions of chess are played simultaneously on 2 clocks.

Who ever checkmates first or wins on time, wins.

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Mr-wonder-bob7t wrote:

Dice chess is a chess variation . . . you roll the dice and depending on what you land on, the following things could happen:

Backgammon.

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Muffinator69420 wrote:
Battle chess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Chess

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PromoteThePawnToSafety wrote:

Chess without rules

1&2. No en passant

1&2. No pushing pawn two squares

2. No checkmate(you have to capture the king0

1&2. No stalemate(the king can move even though it's impossible)

1&2 No castling(you can't hide your king/prevent your king from sitting in the center)

1. Already exists in Chinese Chess.

2. Existed in Chaturanga.

Nothing else makes sense.

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The old US Chess Live server had a variant called Loser's Chess. Like Giveaway, except that the object is to give away everything EXCEPT your King. King's still had Royal Powers, so they had to move out of checks. Captures were compulsory, as in Giveaway. Winning the game usually meant blockading one of the opponent's pawns so he couldn't give it away, taking all his pieces except that one, then force feeding him yours.

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Great game where white tries to play the 8x8 London on a 10x8 board and gets crushed.

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Chess but the Archbishop, Chancellor, and pretty much every other Fairy piece has the good old designs instead of the new ones

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Mega Queens Chess: super similar to chess but the queens can also move like knight and camel (3,1 leaper) and pawns promote to Knight, Rook and Bishop

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I call it X chess:
X Chess, with the longest diagonals removed.

Pawns promote to:

  • Amazon
  • Bishop
  • Camel
  • Chancellor
  • Archbishop
  • General
  • Knight
  • Queen
  • Rook
  • Wildebeest

It also has duck chess rules.

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web chess: a different grid, may be topology-related

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Hi people, I´d like to introduce you to Battle Group Chess. Here you got a link with the whole idea explained. Any sort of comments will be apreciated.

https://battlegroupchess.blogspot.com/2023/10/battle-group-chess-englisg-version.html

También puedes leerlo en español en este enlace. Se agradecerá cualquier comentario al respecto.

https://battlegroupchess.blogspot.com/2023/10/battle-group-chess.html

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Stalemate Chess

The goal is to Stalemate the opponent's King. The one who delivers checkmate loses the game.

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Great attacks and a razor thin draw was also played by two strong variant players last week.

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Choose 960, same as 960 chess, but you can choose your set up.
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Is there no castling in choose 960?

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There is castling
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Chess but pawns move and capture like knights but only forwards. No double first move. No en passant. Usual promotion options.

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Choose your move and second move at the same time. If a piece necessary to make your second move is taken, the move is forfeit.

This requires you to predict your opponents moves!

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perfect chess as i created in ches variants page which is how to play perfect chess

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I created a pandemic chess where a virus is infecting chess pieces and mutates to affect each piece in a new way