What is the best existing variant?

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Olympiad

I vote Atomic

ArchbishopCheckmate

Insane logic? It's just adding the votes that were not included in the tally

Komstratyx-Spiele

1. Trice´s Chess 35

2. Bulldog Chess 24

3. Atomic Chess 22

4. Antichess, Chu Shogi, Janus Chess 8

7. Automate Chess and Stargate 7

9. Bughouse and Crazyhouse 6

11. Superchess and 4-Player Chess 5

13. KOTH 4

14. Horde, Shogi, 3-Check, Werewolf 3

18. Trice´s Bughouse, Kriegsspiel, Chess960, Dice Chess and Infinite Chess 1

tehanu
Lenny-C wrote:

1) Trice's Chess (formerly called Gothic Chess)

2) Shogi

3) Kriegspiel

#NotAnAlt

tehanu
WoodUMakeIt wrote:

1. Trice's Chess

2. Stargate

3. Janus Chess

#AltWithAFace?

BlahBlahBlah5867

1. 4 Player Chess.

2. Atomic.

3. Sideways Pawn.

ArchbishopCheckmate

What are all these #alt items referring to?

Komstratyx-Spiele

1. Bollwerk 178

2. Trice´s Chess

3. Schach 80

 

The final result will be posted as soon as this topic has reached the third page of the chess variants forum.

ArchbishopCheckmate

The colors are incorrect for the board squares though. Bottom right should be white.

Komstratyx-Spiele

Very cool. I just played my first game.

tehanu

bah humbug

back to lobbying for bulldog

well done for getting your variant in variants here.

ArchbishopCheckmate

Maybe the count of actual games played that are now up and running would be a good indicator for what the poll is trying to achieve via votes.

KnightWhoSezNi

1) ATOMIC CHESS

2) Three-check

3)Trice's chess

Komstratyx-Spiele

1. Trice´s Chess 39

2. Atomic Chess 30

3. Bulldog Chess 24

4. 4-Player Chess 10

5. Antichess, Chu Shogi, Janus Chess 8

8. Automate Chess and Stargate 7

10. Bughouse, 3 Check and Crazyhouse 6

13. Superchess and Bollwerk 178 5

15. KOTH 4

16. Horde, Shogi and Werewolf 3

19. Trice´s Bughouse, Kriegsspiel, Chess960, Dice Chess, Schach 80, Siedeways Pawn and Infinite Chess 1

musketeerchess2017
Komstratyx-Spiele wrote:

Standings:

1, Trice´s Chess 15 points

2. Bulldog Chess 13 points

3. Atomic Chess 12 points

4. Antichess 8 points

5. 4 Player Chess 5 points

6. Janus Chess, Stargate, KOTH and Automate Chess 4 points

10. Bughouse, Horde and Crazyhouse 3 points

13. 3 Check 2 points

 

 

1. Musketeer Chess

2. Seirawan Chess

3. Shogun

king2f8
Komstratyx-Spiele wrote:

@king2f8

Is AUT=Automate Chess?

YES

rychessmaster1

Bulldog chess is third cry.png

ArchbishopCheckmate

Is there a way to see all of the games played in a particular variant?

tehanu
ArchbishopCheckmate wrote:

Is there a way to see all of the games played in a particular variant?

For bulldog chess, one can do a search of the “chess.com/forums/variants” “bulldog chess” the same would apply for other variants, of course

ArchbishopCheckmate

No I meant games already a part of chess dot com connected to the replay interface.