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Browse public user-defined variants. They stay outside the regular variant catalog and are always casual/unrated.

297 public variants

Antihouse

aaantihouse
Uploaded by
Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
66
Favorites
3

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10x10 Two Knights Game

deckcheckreqchess7
Uploaded by
Orca
Board
10 × 10
Games
15
Favorites
2

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Atomic makruk

atomicmakruk
Uploaded by
Chesstester
Board
8 × 8
Games
80
Favorites
2

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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.

Uploaded by
Chesstester
Board
8 × 8
Games
30
Favorites
4

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Touchdown

endzoned
Uploaded by
Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
439
Favorites
4

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Harbranj v0

harbranj7

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

Uploaded by
Videocatter
Board
8 × 8
Games
12
Favorites
1

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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.

Uploaded by
SchachLinus
Board
8 × 8
Games
165
Favorites
8

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Absolute Chess

allwhitepromote
Uploaded by
King_Keeg
Board
8 × 8
Games
75
Favorites
1

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Gothamchess

gothamchess

Levy Rosman

Uploaded by
Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
131
Favorites
1

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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
50
Favorites
5

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Maze Hills

mzerace

Reach the hills!!

Uploaded by
Hailstorm
Board
12 × 10
Games
35
Favorites
4

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Maze war hills

mazeflanks

Full army maze game..

Uploaded by
Hailstorm
Board
12 × 10
Games
21
Favorites
3

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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.

Uploaded by
CouchTomato87
Board
9 × 9
Games
10
Favorites
3

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Uploaded by
Orca
Board
8 × 8
Games
19
Favorites
1

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Empire MirrorX

empiremirrorx

See https://www.pychess.org/variants/empire

Uploaded by
sagig72
Board
8 × 8
Games
70
Favorites
5

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Spartan MirrorX

spartanmirrorx

See https://www.pychess.org/variants/spartan

Uploaded by
gbtami
Board
8 × 8
Games
70
Favorites
7

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ThatRoyal

queenforaking
Uploaded by
King_Keeg
Board
8 × 8
Games
15
Favorites
1

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Atomic Cabalbanca

atomiccapashift2026

Capablanca Atomic Chess that combines the Capablanca Chess and Atomic Chess. To balance the intense tactical gameplay, all pawns start advanced one square forward.

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Chesstester
Board
10 × 8
Games
74
Favorites
3

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Amazon for Queen-2B Variant

amazonchess_v2b

Amazon for a Queen

Uploaded by
King_Keeg
Board
8 × 8
Games
68
Favorites
2

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ShiftedLeft

itstrulyshiftedleft
Uploaded by
King_Keeg
Board
8 × 8
Games
10
Favorites
1

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