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Connect 6 pieces or checkmate to win. Horizontal connecting doesn't count though

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This variant is from https://www.chessvariants.com/invention/charge-of-the-light-brigade. The main point of it is that Black is supposedly winning even though it would seem like White is winning if you just count the material points. By the way, White can only Promote to Queen, and Black can only Promote to Knight.

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A highly chaotic Crazyhouse variant starting with both Kings fully exposed on e4 and e5. You must immediately drop pocket pieces to survive instant checkmates from turn one.

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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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10x10 Shogi with Queen and stronger promoted minor pieces (no chain promotion)

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Twin Leaper Kings, Leapers that can move to any of the 16 squares, and Shogi Pawns whose promotion is Campmate.

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pawn=king

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Chess variant on a 4x5 board. There is no queen, and only a single pawn.

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A chess variant with 4 types of queen class hoppers.

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Diana, also known as Ladies’ Chess (Hopwood, 1870). This game, published in the recreation supplement to The Gentleman’s Journal (August 1870), is ‘chess rendered easier, especially adapted for our fair friends and also for draughts (checkers) players who may not have time to cultivate the more ancient game ... a game which could be played in half an hour and which may, at the same time, be superior to draughts as regards difficulty and ingenuity’. Hopwood’s contention was that the queen and the knights (‘in the management of which ... Morphy stands pre-eminent’) were too difKcult to handle for ladies and draughts players. Board 6x6; baseline (a1-a6/f1-f6) RBNKBR; pawns move one square only, promote to any array piece; kings castle under usual restrictions by changing places with rooks.

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Fairy-Stockfish built-in variant exposed as a casual community variant. 9x9 chess with Archbishop (Knight+Bishop)

References: Wikipedia

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Hoppel-poppel army vs Chrząszczyżewoszyce-chess army (with bishops capturing like rooks and vice-versa). In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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Hoppel poppel army vs New Zealand army. In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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Variant in the spirit of Hoppel-Poppel and New Zealand. Chrząszczyżewoszyce-chess army (with bishops capturing like rooks and vice-versa) vs standard chess army. In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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New Zealand army vs Chrząszczyżewoszyce-chess army (with bishops capturing like rooks and vice-versa). In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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New Zealand army vs standard chess army. In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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Hoppel-poppel army vs standard chess army. In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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5-check S-chess hybrid

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Variant in the spirit of Hoppel-Poppel and New Zealand, white rooks capture like knights, knights like bishops, bishops like rooks, black pieces cycle in the opposite direction, rooks capture like bishops, knights like rooks, bishops like knights. In the standard piece set piece at the bottom is how the piece moves, at the top is how it captures.

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Fairy-Stockfish built-in variant exposed as a casual community variant.

References: Chess Variant Pages

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