Community variants
Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.
134 public variants
Wojtek chess
wojtek-chess
Backward capture pawns
backwards_capture_pawns
Pawns capture one square diagonally in any direction including backwards, make non-capture moves like in ordinary chess. Pawn can always double step from first and second rank regardless how they got there, pawn on 7th rank can capture en passant backwards. Promoting once reaching 8th rank is optional, it is allowed to keep a pawn unpromoted
- Uploaded by
- e-pluszak
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 5
Rage Bait Chess
goon_engine_eval
Pieces can promote on last rank to Bouncy Knight and get win on enemy camp square queen to win.
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 14
BasementDwellerChess
goonchess
A highly popular variant only meant to be played by people of culture, and taste.. Features getting The Piece to the Final Destination.. Know the priority.
- Uploaded by
- Hailstorm
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 30
Hailstorm-chess
khonhill
Promote to a knight and capture opponent's queen to win
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 13
Gardener minichess
gardner1
Classic Gardner Minichess played on a compact 5×5 board. Small board, fast games, and pure tactical chess.
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 5 × 5
- Games
- 52
Rush for the Hills
rushfrthehills
Promote a knight and get to the Hills!!
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 8 × 10
- Games
- 10
Super Tic-tac-toe
tictactoe5
Tic tac Toe on a massive 5x5 board. Connect 4 in any direction to win...
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 5 × 5
- Games
- 108
Vertical breakthrough
verticalbreakthrough
Chess but the tactics are vertical !
- Uploaded by
- Rom142857
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 36
Chess 5x5
chess_5x5
16 Manns vs Chess Army
manns_horde_
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- Videocatter
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 7
Cannon Pawn Chess
cannon_pawn_chess
Cannon Pawn Chess replaces the pawns with cannon pawns. All else is as in Chess (castling, promotions) other than there is no en-passant capture. 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
- 34
Communist chess
communist_vs_capitalist
Maze war hills
mazeflanks
Rush for the Hills v2
rushforhills
Promote a knight and get to the Hills!
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- Hailstorm
- Board
- 8 × 10
- Games
- 21
Maze Hills
mzerace
Janus Chess
janus
Fairy-Stockfish built-in variant exposed as a casual community variant.
References: Wikipedia
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- Fairy-Stockfish
- Board
- 10 × 8
- Games
- 7
Yari Shogi
yarishogi
Fairy-Stockfish built-in variant exposed as a casual community variant.
References: Wikipedia
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- Fairy-Stockfish
- Board
- 7 × 9
- Games
- 22
Remarkable Rookies vs Nutty Knights
rookiesvsknights
Betza's Chess with Different Armies Remarkable Rookies vs Nutty Knights match. Both players’ pieces, except Kings and Pawns, are replaced with new ones, illustrated below, always in this order: Rook, then Knight, then Bishop, then Queen replacement. Please read the variant definition.ini definition for detailed rules.
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- Watermelonely
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 6
Colorbound Clobberers vs Nutty Knights
clobberersvsknights
Betza's Chess with Different Armies Colorbound Clobberers vs Nutty Knights match. Both players’ pieces, except Kings and Pawns, are replaced with new ones, illustrated below, always in this order: Rook, then Knight, then Bishop, then Queen replacement. Please read the variant definition.ini definition for detailed rules.
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- Watermelonely
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Games
- 3