Community variants
Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.
375 public variants
Shatar (custom) v2
shatar_v2
Remake the original to make it closer to modern rules
- Uploaded by
- Timur
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 23
- Favorites
- 2
alquerque (kinda)
alquerque_v3
ultra finale v9-fairy.10 v2
ultrafinalev10_v6_v2
the biggest combat you have ever seen
- Uploaded by
- virajtheking
- Board
- 10 × 10
- Games
- 13
- Favorites
- 2
ultra finale v9-fairy.10
ultrafinalev10_v5
the biggest combat you have ever seen
- Uploaded by
- virajtheking
- Board
- 10 × 10
- Games
- 7
- Favorites
- 3
India Chess
indiacss
Pieces and pawns promote to get king movement...
- Uploaded by
- Hailstorm
- Board
- 7 × 8
- Games
- 25
- Favorites
- 5
Campmate Sittuyin
sittuyin-camp
Sittuyin but with a campmate rule.
- Uploaded by
- OtoMustam
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 10
- Favorites
- 1
Soldiers
pawn_army
Beggar
beggr
Widow
widow
Magaradga upgraged
maharajahs
Try to defeat this monster without pawns!
- Uploaded by
- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 74
- Favorites
- 4
Harbranj
harbranj
Harbranj - A hybrid between Chess and Shatranj invented by A. M. DeWitt. Full rules: chessvariants.com
- Uploaded by
- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 35
- Favorites
- 9
steward chess beta
steward_chess_beta
Double royal variant without check, similar to chaturanga. Resign when losing both royal pieces (steward and king) to play right.
- Uploaded by
- Dino3x3x3
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 9
- Favorites
- 1
maze 2.0
youtubemaze
maze 1.0
maze
Royal Party
royal_party_
All pieces move like a king, except for the queen, which moves only like a king. Pawns promote to a "queen."
- Uploaded by
- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 54
- Favorites
- 5
Trapped
escpp
QuickerUpper
quickerpawns
Fairy-Stockfish built-in variant exposed as a casual community variant.
References: Wikipedia
- Uploaded by
- Fairy-Stockfish
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 34
- Favorites
- 9
Squire v2
squirev2
Squire Chess is a fast, tactical chess variant played with only Kings and Pawns. Advance your foot soldiers across the board to earn their Knighthood, trap the enemy King, and win by checkmate or stalemate.
- Uploaded by
- DGiraffe1
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 21
- Favorites
- 3
Manchu Mirror
manchu_mirror
A variant of Manchu where both players get 2 Manchus as opposed to one side.
- Uploaded by
- Eventlesstew
- Board
- 9 × 10
- Games
- 29
- Favorites
- 5
Shatar