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

192 public variants

Rookback chess

rookback

Every piece (including pawns) can only move backwards as a rook. Diagonal backwards king movement is conserved.

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8 × 8
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Rookback chess

rookback2

Every piece (including pawns) can only move backwards as a rook.

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Rom142857
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8 × 8
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19

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Crazy Party

crazy_party_

All pieces move like a king, except for the queen, which moves only like a king. Pawns promote to a "queen." Also there are drops.

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Chesstester
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8 × 8
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8

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Crowned

crown
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Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
12

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Doppelganger

doppelganger

You might have dementia

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Orca
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8 × 8
Games
22

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Mini-Cabalbanca

capablanca_small_

In this setup, rooks are replaced by the Archbishop and Chancellor, with pawns promoting to any of these active pieces (except a rook). You can castle with both Archbishop and Chancellor.

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Chesstester
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8 × 8
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8

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Default starting positionANBQKBNCPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPANBQKBNC

Atomic horde

atomic_horde

Atomic chess, but white have got 3 row of pawns and king against classic army.

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Chesstester
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8 × 8
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55

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Atomic party

atomic_party_

All pieces move like a king, except for the queen, which moves only like a king. Pawns promote to a "queen." Also there are explosions.

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Chesstester
Board
8 × 8
Games
64

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Makruk House

makhouse

Hybrid variant of makruk and crazyhouse

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gbtami
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8 × 8
Games
3

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Default starting positionRNSMKSNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNSKMSNR

Way-858

way858_v1

This game is an expanded tic-tac-toe on an 8x8 board. Players drop their pawns (p) onto the board from a reserve. These pieces only move two squares orthogonally or diagonally, or one square in any direction, without capturing. The winner connects 5 pieces in a line. 0.0 depth 20.

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alvr634
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8 × 8
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52

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Cannon Pawn Empire Chess

cannon_pawn_empirechess

See https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/empire . The Empire against The Kingdom! Empire's pawns are replaced by Cannon Pawns. Soldiers do not promote. Cannon Pawns can promote to chess Queens only (as in Empire). Cannon Pawns move as a king OR they can hop over any adjacent piece to either land on a vacant square behind it (move) or if that landing square is occupied by an enemy piece, the cannon pawn will capture it by displacement. All else is as in Empire.

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sagig72
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8 × 8
Games
7

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Cannon Pawn Empire MirrorX

cannon_pawn_empire_mirrorx

See https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/empire . Pawns are replaced by Cannon Pawns. Soldiers do not promote. Cannon Pawns can promote to chess Queens only (as in Empire). Cannon Pawns move as a king OR they can hop over any adjacent piece to either land on a vacant square behind it (move) or if that landing square is occupied by an enemy piece, the cannon pawn will capture it by displacement.

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sagig72
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8 × 8
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6

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Default starting positionTECDKCETPPPSSPPPPPPSSPPPTECKDCET

Cannon Pawn Orda Mirror

cannon_pawn_orda_mirror

See: https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/ordamirror . The Hordes feature Cannon Pawns instead of regular pawns. Cannon Pawns can promote to chess Falcons only (as in Orda Mirror). Cannon Pawns move as a king OR they can hop over any adjacent piece to either land on a vacant square behind it (move) or if that landing square is occupied by an enemy piece, the cannon pawn will capture it by displacement. The Cannon Pawns start on rank 7 (not 6). All else is as in Orda Mirror, including Win by Checkmate or Campmate as in Orda Mirror.

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sagig72
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8 × 8
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0

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Default starting positionLHAFKAHLTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTLHAFKAHL

Cannon Pawn Orda

cannon_pawn_orda

See: https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/orda The Horde against the Kingdom. The Horde features Cannon Pawns instead of regular pawns. Cannon Pawns move as a king OR they can hop over any adjacent piece to either land on a vacant square behind it (move) or if that landing square is occupied by an enemy piece, the cannon pawn will capture it by displacement. The Cannon Pawns start on rank 7 (not 6). All else is as in Orda, including promotions (both pawn types can promote) and castling allowed to the FIDE Chess army. Win by Checkmate or Campmate as in Orda.

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sagig72
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8 × 8
Games
5

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Khans MirrorX

khansmirrorx

see https://blog.silverview.buzz/variants/khans . Khans MirrorX is between mirror two Khans armies. Gold being "black" goes second, Silver pieces move first. Unlike Khans, the Scouts can promote to more than just Khatun. Upon reaching the last rank scouts promote to: Lancer, Kheshig, Archer or Khatun. Just like Khans, you can win by checkmate or by campmate. Stalemate is a loss for the side that can't move.

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sagig72
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8 × 8
Games
5

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Default starting positionLHATKAHLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSLHAKTAHL

Antihouse

aaantihouse
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Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
27

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10x10 Two Knights Game

deckcheckreqchess7
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Orca
Board
10 × 10
Games
12

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Atomic makruk

atomicmakruk
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Chesstester
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8 × 8
Games
67

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Ferz Army

ferzhorde

25 Ferz (with king) Vs Chess army. Don't worry about the engine's initial evaluation. Setting custom piece values for the ferzes requires changing the variant's ID name, which causes runtime errors. So the base code is used, meaning the engine will miscalculate and underestimate the Ferz Army. Recommended to play against AI level 4 or higher for the best challenge.

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Chesstester
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8 × 8
Games
26

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Touchdown

endzoned
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Orca
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8 × 8
Games
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