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Chess but the tactics are vertical ! Very hard challenge : can you beat Fairy-Stockfish with the white pieces and with the black pieces ?

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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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pieces are normal but combined with knights.pawns get no upgrades and can only promote to normal knights and the knights is nightrider

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Xiangqi vs Shogi. an extra soldier on Shogi side was added on h6 to limit cannon(similar to my another variant, but the extra soldier was on another grid). The Drop rule and The Flying general rule were both enabled. Both perpetual check and stalemate result in a loss. It is noted that some pieces' names were changed due to duplication of names. Xiangqi: K -> W(Wazir) H -> O(hOrse), P -> I(soldIer) Shogi: R -> F(Flying chariot)

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Xiangqi vs Shogi. an extra soldier on Shogi side was added on b6 to limit cannon. The Drop rule and The Flying general rule were both enabled. Both perpetual check and stalemate result in a loss. It is noted that some pieces' names were changed due to duplication of names. Xiangqi: K -> W(Wazir) H -> O(hOrse), P -> I(soldIer) Shogi: R -> F(Flying chariot)

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Stack four pieces vertically to win

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Pawns can promote to coins which gain value (interest) and then become queens

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ChessCraft Code: 6L2C My Piece

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PawnSideways chess made compatible with Chess960.

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9x9 tori shogi game

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"Keeper Of The Ensign" Capture the enemy's ensigns while you protect yours ones. First player to have an ensign in his own area wins. NEW SET OF PIECES.

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"Torre en raya" in spanish. TicTacRook is a deep, abstract strategy variant for Fairy-Stockfish that seamlessly fuses chess mobility with alignment goals. Played on an empty 8x8 grid, both players start with a reservoir of 16 pieces available to drop anywhere on the board. Alternatively, players can move their existing pieces, which slide horizontally or vertically exactly like Chess Rooks, but cannot capture or jump over others. The ultimate goal is to align 5 pieces in a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—to win. This hyper-mobility transforms defensive blocking, offering a dynamic, tactical challenge where a single long-range slide can instantly shatter an opponent's strategy.

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10x8 with Dwarf as a Camel Rook compound and Elf as a Bishop King compound

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Praetorian Chess is a “different armies” variant in which classical White (RNBQKBNR) faces the Praetorian army VWXIKXWV (this setup has an empirical White score of 50.365%). The rules are otherwise those of standard chess, except that there is no castling. Check, checkmate, en passant, and ordinary pawn movement are unchanged. Pawns promote to Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight. Praetorian pieces: - V Arbalest (Roobis, mRcB): moves like a Rook, but captures like a Bishop. - W Sentinel (Rooman, mRcK): moves like a Rook, but captures one square in any direction. - X Praetorian (Bers, KR): combines Rook and King movement. - I Ballista (Bisroo, mBcR): moves like a Bishop, but captures like a Rook. - K Caesar: the ordinary royal King. Empirical piece values computed in this matchup: Praetorian X (Bers) = 5.98 Ballista I (Bisroo) = 3.87 Arbalest V (Roobis) = 3.64 Sentinel W (Rooman) = 3.28 Queen Q = 8.50 Rook R = 4.26 Bishop B = 3.28 Knight N = 2.97 Pawn P = 1.00

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Connect 4 but you align chess pieces. Checkmate/capturing the king is not a win. Black pawns do move down

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You can't go backwards !

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Black must align 5 to win This variant can be won easily as White and can be used as a challenge to beat Fairy-Stockfish

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