swap_horiz Bicolored Chess Alternatives

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Alice Chess

Alice Chess, invented by V. R. Parton in 1953, is played using two separate boards, where pieces magically transfer to t...

Modern Fairy Two Boards Teleport

7.9 Good

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Extinction Chess

Extinction Chess, invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger, replaces checkmate with a goal of capturing all of a specific type...

Modern Capture Fairy Piece Extinction

7.5 Good

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Pocket Knight Chess

Pocket Knight Chess is a variant where each player retains an extra knight off-board, allowing them to drop the piece on...

Tactical Modern Fairy Pocket Piece

7.5 Good

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Colorbound Clobberers

Colorbound Clobberers is a custom chess army created by Ralph Betza, featuring pieces restricted to moving on only one c...

Asymmetric Fairy Betza Chess Diff Armies

7.5 Good

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Nutty Knights

Nutty Knights is a custom chess army designed by Ralph Betza, heavily featuring unusual leaping pieces and asymmetric mo...

Asymmetric Fairy Betza Knight Centric

7.5 Good

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Fabulous FIDEs

Fabulous FIDEs is a custom chess army created by Ralph Betza, acting as a slightly modified version of the standard piec...

Asymmetric Fairy Betza Chess Diff Armies

7.5 Good

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Chancellor Chess

Introduced by Ben Foster in 1887, Chancellor Chess is played on a 9x9 board and features the Chancellor, a powerful comb...

Modern Fairy Extended Chancellor Piece

7.4 Good

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Remarkable Rookies

Remarkable Rookies is a custom chess army designed by Ralph Betza, notable for replacing traditional pieces with powerfu...

Asymmetric Fairy Betza Chess Diff Armies

7.4 Good

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Ultima (Baroque Chess)

Ultima, also known as Baroque Chess, is a 1962 variant invented by Robert Abbott where pieces all move like queens but c...

Baroque Complex Modern Classic Fairy

7.2 Good

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Checkless Chess

Checkless Chess is a strict variant where players are forbidden from making a move that places the opponent's king in ch...

Modern Fairy No Check Rule Change

6.7 Fair

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Stalemate-Wins Chess

Stalemate-Wins Chess is a variant where delivering a stalemate results in a victory for the attacking player instead of...

Modern Fairy Alternative Goal Rule Change

6.6 Fair

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Dynamo Chess

Dynamo chess is a dynamic variant invented in the late 20th century where pieces do not capture enemies directly, but in...

Modern Fairy Rule Change Pushing Pulling

6.1 Fair

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Doublemove Chess

Doublemove chess is an accelerated variant in which each player is permitted to make two consecutive moves per turn, sig...

Tactical Modern Fairy Two Moves Per Turn

6.0 Fair

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Maximummer Chess

Maximummer chess is a problem-solving variant where Black is forced to make the geometrically longest legal move availab...

Modern Constraint Fairy Longest Move

6.0 Fair

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Monochromatic Chess

Monochromatic chess is a restrictive variant where pieces are only allowed to move to squares of the same color they occ...

Modern Constraint Fairy Color Restriction

5.8 Mediocre

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Turnabout Chess

Turnabout Chess is a variant where moved pieces switch to the opponent's color, fundamentally changing board control and...

Modern Fairy Rule Change Side Switching

5.7 Mediocre

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Bichromatic Chess

Bichromatic chess is an oppositional variant to monochromatic rules, requiring pieces to strictly alternate between ligh...

Modern Constraint Fairy Color Change

5.5 Mediocre

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Ambiguous Chess

Ambiguous Chess is a variant that uses pieces whose exact movement capabilities remain hidden or undefined until they ar...

Modern Unconventional Fairy Rule Change

5.1 Mediocre

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Self-Capture Chess

Self-Capture Chess is a variant that legally permits players to capture their own pieces, adding a layer of strategic se...

Tactical Modern Fairy Own Piece Capture

4.9 Poor

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Retreat Chess

Retreat Chess is a variant where pawns are allowed to move backward, fundamentally altering pawn structure strategy and...

Modern Movement Fairy Rule Change

4.5 Poor