swap_horiz Chaturanga Alternatives

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Correspondence Chess

Correspondence chess offers a unique approach to playing chess. It’s a variant designed for remote play, typically utili...

Modern Historical Long Distance Slow

9.0 Excellent

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Chu Shogi

Chu Shogi is a historical Japanese variant played on a 12x12 board that originated in the 14th century, distinguished by...

Japanese Historical 12x12 Shogi Family

8.8 Great

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Bughouse

Bughouse is a fast-paced, four-player team variant played on two boards where captured pieces are passed to teammates fo...

Team Tandem Four Player Drop Pieces

8.7 Great

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Tandem Chess

Tandem chess, also known as bughouse, is a popular four-player team variant invented in the 20th century where teammates...

Team Tandem Four Player Drop Pieces

8.2 Great

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Four-Player Chess

Four-Player Chess expands the game to a larger board where four individuals compete simultaneously, scoring points throu...

Online Modern Team Four Player

7.8 Good

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Shatranj

Shatranj is the medieval Persian form of chess that introduced the game to the Islamic world and medieval Europe, lackin...

Classical Medieval Historical Arabic

7.8 Good

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Courier Chess

Played on an 8x12 board, Courier Chess was a prominent 12th-century German variant that introduced new pieces like the f...

European Medieval Historical Extended

7.7 Good

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Tori Shogi

Tori Shogi, or Bird Chess, is a 7x7 Japanese variant invented in 1799 by Ohashi Soei, uniquely featuring pieces named af...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Bird Pieces

7.7 Good

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Carrera's Chess

Invented by Italian author Pietro Carrera in 1617, this historical variant is played on a 10x8 board and introduced the...

Champion Historical Extended Centaur

7.6 Good

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Odds Chess

Odds Chess is a historical handicap format where a stronger player removes one or more pieces from their starting positi...

Teaching Historical Imbalanced Handicap

7.6 Good

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Dai Shogi

Dai Shogi is an ancient Japanese variant played on a massive 15x15 grid with 65 pieces per player, serving as the histor...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.3 Good

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Bird's Chess

Bird's Chess is an 8x10 variant created by 19th-century English player Henry Bird, notable for adding two extra pieces p...

19TH Century Historical Extended 10x8 Board

7.1 Good

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Tamerlane Chess

Developed in medieval Persia, Tamerlane Chess is an expansive variant played on a large 11x10 grid, featuring numerous u...

Medieval Historical Persian Extended

6.9 Fair

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Los Alamos Chess

Los Alamos Chess is a 6x6 miniaturized variant invented in 1956 to test the MANIAC I computer, notably removing bishops...

Historical 6x6 Board No Bishops Early Computer

6.9 Fair

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Wa Shogi

Wa Shogi, meaning Ring Chess, is a traditional Japanese variant played on an 11x11 board where pieces are uniquely named...

Japanese Historical Promotion Shogi Family

6.9 Fair

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Peasant's Revolt

Peasant's Revolt is an asymmetric chess variant where a small force of royal pieces defends against a massive army of pa...

Historical Asymmetric Imbalanced Handicap

6.4 Fair

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Decimal Chess

Decimal Chess is a historical variant played on a 10x10 grid, utilizing an expanded set of pieces to reduce the impact o...

Modern Historical Dutch Extended

6.2 Fair

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Latrunculi

Latrunculi is an ancient Roman strategic board game similar to checkers or chess, notable for its distinct custodian cap...

Historical Ancient Roman Capture Game

5.1 Mediocre

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Oblong Chess

Oblong chess is a historical Islamic variant dating back to the 10th century, played on an elongated 4x16 board with spe...

Indian Historical Ancient 4 Player

5.0 Mediocre

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Ajedrez de los Cuatro Elementos

Ajedrez de los Cuatro Elementos is a historical four-player Spanish variant where participants represent the classical e...

Spanish Medieval Historical Four Player

4.7 Poor