Community variants
Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.
182 public variants
Khans MirrorX
khansmirrorx
see https://www.pychess.org/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.
- Uploaded by
- sagig72
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 5
Antihouse
aaantihouse
10x10 Two Knights Game
deckcheckreqchess7
Atomic makruk
atomicmakruk
- Uploaded by
- Chesstester
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 65
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
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 24
Touchdown
endzoned
Harbranj
harbranj
Harbranj - A hybrid between Chess and Shatranj invented by A. M. DeWitt. Full rules: chessvariants.com
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- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 12
Harbranj v0
harbranj7
Harbranj — A hybrid between Chess and Shatranj invented by A. M. DeWitt. Full rules: chessvariants.com
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- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 10
Prügelpreußen
prussianpawns
Casual play recommended, variant is solved, no draws exist. Also called "Bauernkloppe" or "Pawn Brawl" the variant is usally used in education to teach zugzwang and pawn structures, despite being solved it is suprisingly competitve and complicated. The Rules: There are only pawns on the board, first to reach backrank wins, if you cant move you loose.
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- SchachLinus
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 94
Absolute Chess
allwhitepromote
Gothamchess
gothamchess
16 Manns vs Chess Army
manns_horde_
- Uploaded by
- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 24
Royal Party
royal_party_
All pieces move like a king, except for the queen, which moves only like a king. Pawns promote to a "queen."
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- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 38
GuerrilaChess
chessgg
Black has normal army without pawns but White has defensive walls along with only a single amazon..
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 20
Maze Hills
mzerace
Maze war hills
mazeflanks
Way-558
way558_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
- 13
Way-445
way445_v1
This game is an expanded tic-tac-toe on a 5x5 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 4 pieces in a line. 0.0 depth 30.
- Uploaded by
- alvr634
- Board
- 5 × 5
- Games
- 13
Enneachess
enneachess_v2
A 9x9 variant of chess where the white side has a general (centaur) and the black side has an archbishop.
- Uploaded by
- CouchTomato87
- Board
- 9 × 9
- Games
- 4
Opposition
opp