Community variants
Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.
375 public variants
Empire MirrorX
empiremirrorx
See https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/empire
- Uploaded by
- sagig72
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 73
- Favorites
- 7
Spartan MirrorX
spartanmirrorx
See https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/spartan
- Uploaded by
- gbtami
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 81
- Favorites
- 12
ThatRoyal
queenforaking
Atomic Cabalbanca
atomiccapashift2026
Capablanca Atomic Chess that combines the Capablanca Chess and Atomic Chess. To balance the intense tactical gameplay, all pawns start advanced one square forward.
- Uploaded by
- Chesstester
- Board
- 10 × 8
- Games
- 76
- Favorites
- 3
Amazon for Queen-2B Variant
amazonchess_v2b
ShiftedLeft
itstrulyshiftedleft
Amazon for Queen
amazonchess
ItsOver
ultimatepiecechess
NightMare
allknightnightmare
Ches
badchess
Forwardly
onlyforwardly
Argess
argess
I didn't invent this variant! See https://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/argess.html. Note that this version is not guaranteed to be completely accurate to the rules given on chessvariants.com, but I believe the rules are essentially correctly represented as of the time of writing. The configuration code is from https://github.com/fairy-stockfish/Fairy-Stockfish/blob/master/src/variants.ini, where it is given as an example.
- Uploaded by
- PraseodymiumSpike
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 27
- Favorites
- 2
Fairy-Stockfish built-in variant exposed as a casual community variant.
References: Wikipedia
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- Fairy-Stockfish
- Board
- 12 × 8
- Games
- 68
- Favorites
- 6
Reformed Courier
reformedcourier
Reformed Courier-Spiel is a revised form of the Medieval Chess game Courier-Spiel. This version is a modern adaption by Clement Begnis which itself adapts H. G. Albers modernized rules from 1821. Detailed rules can be found on https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/reformedcourier-spiel and Begnis's http://clement.begnis.free.fr website. Note that the King castles to the C and K files and that three new pieces are added: Archer, Champion, and Paladin. The historical Courier moves as a modern Bishop, and to stay true to the original spirit of the game, it is shown by a wedge-shaped piece and not as the modern Bishop.
- Uploaded by
- gbtami
- Board
- 12 × 8
- Games
- 31
- Favorites
- 5
Synohorde (fixed)
syno_horde_drop
- Uploaded by
- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 15
- Favorites
- 4
Syno-horde
synohorde
- Uploaded by
- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 14
- Favorites
- 1
S-chess++
seirawanplusplus
S-chess extension with 3 gatable pieces per side, Hawk = B+N, Elephant = R + N, Jaguar = K+N
- Uploaded by
- e-pluszak
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 74
- Favorites
- 7
Trebuchet Chess
trebuchetchess
Bishops are replaced with the trebuchet which can move like a king as well as a bishop.
- Uploaded by
- xxx
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 11
- Favorites
- 1
Zealot
zealotchess4
Zealot Odds vB
zealotchess6
Courier Chess