Community variants
Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.
182 public variants
Counterintuitive chess
counterintuitive
Learn the piece movements by yourself.
- Uploaded by
- Rom142857
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 1
Atomichouse
atomic-crazyhouse
Trapped
escpp
TurnedTables
crazydoubled
Simple Snails vs Fabulous FIDEs
simple_snails_vs_fabulous_fides
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- XMaxNas60rX
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 5
Dragons vs Chess
dragons_vs_chess
Who wins Dragons or the Hunters? chess vs 4 Dragons
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- rooks-pawn
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 12
Rookback chess
rookback
Every piece (including pawns) can only move backwards as a rook. Diagonal backwards king movement is conserved.
- Uploaded by
- Rom142857
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 7
Rookback chess
rookback2
Every piece (including pawns) can only move backwards as a rook.
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- Rom142857
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 11
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
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 6
Crowned
crown
Doppelganger
doppelganger
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
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 8
Atomic horde
atomic_horde
Atomic chess, but white have got 3 row of pawns and king against classic army.
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- Chesstester
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 51
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
- 58
Makruk House
makhouse
Hybrid variant of makruk and crazyhouse
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- gbtami
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 3
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
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 48
Cannon Pawn Empire Chess
cannon_pawn_empirechess
See https://www.pychess.org/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.
- Uploaded by
- sagig72
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 7
Cannon Pawn Empire MirrorX
cannon_pawn_empire_mirrorx
See https://www.pychess.org/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.
- Uploaded by
- sagig72
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 4
Cannon Pawn Orda Mirror
cannon_pawn_orda_mirror
See: https://www.pychess.org/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
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 0
Cannon Pawn Orda
cannon_pawn_orda
See: https://www.pychess.org/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
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 4