swap_horiz Chess960 Alternatives

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Co Tuong

Known in Vietnamese as cờ tướng, this is the Vietnamese form of xiangqi, the two-player game commonly called Chinese che...

Historical East Asian Regional Vietnamese

9.42 Excellent

2

Rapid Chess

Rapid chess uses the ordinary chess game with a shorter time allowance, rather than introducing different pieces or a ne...

Modern Competitive Time Control Format

9.26 Excellent

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Makruk (Thai Chess)

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Historical Regional Thai Slow

9.21 Excellent

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Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess)

Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, presents a modern variation of chess where the initial board arrangement i...

Modern Competitive Randomized Setup Variant

8.97 Great

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Glinski's Hexagonal Chess

Glinski's Hexagonal Chess is a chess variant invented by Władysław Gliński in 1936. It uses a hexagonal board made of 91...

Hexagonal 1936 Glinski Hex Board

8.91 Great

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Shogi

Shogi is a traditional Japanese strategy game resembling chess. It’s notable for its ‘drop’ rule: captured pieces can be...

Traditional Japanese Promotion Regional

8.88 Great

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Dobutsu Shogi

A small board and animal-themed pieces make Dobutsu Shogi, also sold as Let's Catch the Lion, an approachable introducti...

Japanese Mini Regional Children

8.74 Great

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Chaturanga (2-player)

Generally regarded by historians as an early predecessor of modern chess, chaturanga is an ancient Indian board game. It...

Classic Indian Historical Ancient

8.74 Great

9

Xiangqi

Xiangqi is a traditional board game originating in China. It utilizes a 9x10 grid with a prominent river dividing the pl...

Traditional Regional Chinese River Boundary

8.69 Great

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Cambodian Chess (Ouk)

Ouk, also called Ouk Chatrang or Cambodian Chess, is a Cambodian regional chess variant closely related to Thai Makruk....

Historical Regional Cambodian Southeast Asian

8.43 Great

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Blitz Chess

Blitz Chess presents a dynamic adaptation of chess utilizing significantly reduced time controls. Typically employing th...

Modern Speed Competitive Time Control

8.37 Great

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Janggi

Janggi is a Korean chess variant distinguished by its larger 9x10 board and unique piece movements. It retains strategic...

Korean Traditional Palace Regional

8.33 Great

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Omega Chess (David Taber)

Created by David Taber, Omega Chess is a variant played on a 10x10 board that introduces unique fairy pieces like the Ch...

Modern Champion Commercial Wizard

8.27 Great

14

Crazyhouse960

Crazyhouse960 is a hybrid chess variant that combines the mechanics of two distinct chess variations. It merges the drop...

Online Hybrid Combined Randomized

7.82 Good

15

Chess 480

Chess 480 is a chess variant developed by Reinhard Scharnagl as a more restricted starting-position system related to Ch...

Modern 8x8 Randomized Setup Variant

7.48 Good

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Capablanca Random Chess

Capablanca Random Chess is a chess variant that combines the expanded board and piece set of Capablanca Chess with rando...

Modern Shuffle 10x8 Capablanca Family

7.40 Good

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Double Fischer Random Chess

Double Fischer Random Chess is a variant of Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) in which the two players' back ranks are ran...

Modern Asymmetric Shuffle Random Start

6.95 Fair

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Displacement Chess

Displacement Chess is a chess variant in which the major pieces begin on the back rank in positions different from the s...

Modern Fairy Randomized Setup Variant

5.89 Mediocre

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Transcendental Chess

Transcendental Chess is a 1978 variant invented by Maxwell Lawrence that randomizes back-rank piece orders individually...

Modern Randomized Setup Variant Symmetric Random

5.66 Mediocre

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Dice Chess

Dice Chess is a family of chess variants in which dice limit the choice of move. In one documented form, the roll identi...

Modern Dice Luck Randomized

4.55 Poor