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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.

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sagig72
Board
8 × 8
Games
5

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Default starting positionLHATKAHLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSLHAKTAHL

Antihouse

aaantihouse
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Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
25

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

10x10 Two Knights Game

deckcheckreqchess7
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Orca
Board
10 × 10
Games
10

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Default starting positionRNNBQKBNNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNNBQKBNNR

Atomic makruk

atomicmakruk
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Chesstester
Board
8 × 8
Games
65

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

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

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFKFFF

Touchdown

endzoned
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Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
196

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

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

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

Harbranj v0

harbranj7

Harbranj — A hybrid between Chess and Shatranj invented by A. M. DeWitt. Full rules: chessvariants.com

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Videocatter
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8 × 8
Games
10

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Default starting positionRNEGKENRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNEGKENR

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

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Default starting positionPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Absolute Chess

allwhitepromote
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King_Keeg
Board
8 × 8
Games
44

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

Gothamchess

gothamchess

Levy Rosman

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Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
93

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

16 Manns vs Chess Army

manns_horde_
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Videocatter
Board
8 × 8
Games
24

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

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

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR

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

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Default starting positionRNBQKBNRKA

Maze Hills

mzerace

Reach the hills!!

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Hailstorm
Board
12 × 10
Games
30

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Default starting positionNKNNKN

Maze war hills

mazeflanks

Full army maze game..

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Hailstorm
Board
12 × 10
Games
18

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Default starting positionKKRRNNBBQQRRNNBBNNRR

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
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8 × 8
Games
13

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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.

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alvr634
Board
5 × 5
Games
13

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Enneachess

enneachess_v2

A 9x9 variant of chess where the white side has a general (centaur) and the black side has an archbishop.

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CouchTomato87
Board
9 × 9
Games
4

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Default starting positionRNBAKQNBRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRBNQKGBNR
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Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
16

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