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Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.

372 public variants

Shaolin King

shaolinking

Created by @autocorr All the rules of standard Chess apply except that (1) the King is replaced with the Shaolin Master, described below, (2) the game is won if a Pawn reaches the final rank ("Pawn-mate"), and (3) stalemate is a loss for the stalemated player. Unlike the standard Chess King, the Shaolin Master flips between two alternate forms when moved. The Shaolin Master starts in the first form that moves and captures as Chess Queen. The second form moves and captures as the Quetzal in Chak, i.e., a Janggi Cannon that can move both orthogonally and diagonally. Castling is performed by moving the Shaolin Master onto the Rook if normal castling conditions are met in either the standard setup or 960.

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gbtami
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8 × 8
Games
34
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Cannon Chess

cannonchess

Standard chess with two Chinese chess (Xiangqi)-style cannons per side. Cannons move like rooks when not capturing and cannot jump over pieces. To capture, a cannon must jump over exactly one intervening piece (the screen), of either color, and capture an enemy piece beyond it on the same rank or file. Cannons start on a2/h2 and a7/h7; the original rook pawns start on a3/h3 and a6/h6. Pawns may promote to a cannon. All other rules follow standard chess.

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CC4-UUZ
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8 × 8
Games
23
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The black player is abel to put the captured Pieces from his enemy into play again, but starts with weaker figures

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Joschi1
Board
8 × 8
Games
62
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2 sultana chess

twosultanachess__

Chess with 2 sultana on 9x9.

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Le_kw
Board
9 × 9
Games
10
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Courierspel

courierspel1
Uploaded by
neroidtotale
Board
12 × 8
Games
14
Favorites
3

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coffeehouse

coffee-house

All of the rules of Crazyhouse apply except that captures are mandatory.

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gbtami
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8 × 8
Games
7
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Jiang Jun

shogun-nodrops
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neroidtotale
Board
8 × 8
Games
27
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2

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Archbishop Checkmate

archbishop_checkmate1

Try to checkmate with just an Archbishop!

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I-have-a-clue
Board
8 × 8
Games
40
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Small dabbaba

smalldabbaba_

Small dabbaba replace queen.small dabbaba move 2 square orthogonally. Cannot jump.

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Le_kw
Board
8 × 8
Games
5
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2 Amazon chess

twoamazonchess_

Chess with 2 amazon on 9x9.

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Le_kw
Board
9 × 9
Games
12
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Solitaire

solitaire

custom 8×8 chess variant featuring a unique back-line setup for White that replaces traditional major pieces with specialized fairy chess pieces defined by Betza notation.

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Supreme_Due
Board
8 × 8
Games
26
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Grand shatranj (lighting war machine version)

grandshatranjlightenwarmachine

Grand shatranj. Lighting war machine replace rook.

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Le_kw
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10 × 10
Games
7
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capablanca chess plus

capablanchachessplus

Chancellor and archbishop now gain king movement.

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brotopskeu_46227
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10 × 8
Games
11
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Grand shatranj

grandshatranj

Grand chess but it shatranj. Full rule:https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/grand-shatranj,please note fairy stockfish does not support lost piece promotion and bare king.

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Le_kw
Board
10 × 10
Games
7
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S chess mythical creature

schessmythicalcreature_2

Each player get kirin and phoenix. (Both move like chu shogi.) The kirin move like compound of dabbaba and ferz. (Or fers.) And phoenix move like compound of afil and wazir.

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Le_kw
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8 × 8
Games
6
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KOTE

kote__

"Keeper of the Ensign" Capture the enemy Ensign and bring it safely back to your territory. The first player to return their Ensign-Keeper to their own side wins. How to play: Promote a piece on E10 (White) or E1 (Black). It becomes the Ensign-Keeper. The Ensign-Keeper can only move if there is a piece in front of it, at any distance. It jumps over that piece and lands beyond it. Reach the 2nd or 3rd rank with White, or the 8th or 9th rank with Black, to win. The Ensign-Keeper cannot capture. All special squares are clearly marked on the board,. So It's fairly intuitive to play (;

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porongolo
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9 × 10
Games
25
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Pawnpower v2

pawnpower_fix

Giving every piece pawnpower

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Figure1REALalt
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8 × 8
Games
5
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Dragon Chess 960

dragon960

Dragon Chess made compatible with Chess960

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agt_the_walker
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8 × 8
Games
3
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Mixed Chess V5

mixedchess_v5

a mix of shogi, shatranj and western chess

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Sayao
Board
8 × 8
Games
39
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4

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liberation_upgrade_chinesehouse5

liberation_upgrade_chinesehouse5
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Li1777
Board
9 × 10
Games
15
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0

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