swap_horiz Chigorin Chess Alternatives

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Chess with Different Armies

"Chess with Different Armies" is an asymmetrical chess variant invented by the chess theorist Ralph Betza. In this game,...

Modern Asymmetric Betza Fairy Pieces

8.5 Great

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Cambodian Chess

Cambodian Chess, known as Ouk Chaktrang, is the traditional chess game of Cambodia, closely related to Thai Makruk and d...

Variant Historical Regional Asean

8.1 Great

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Horde Chess

Horde Chess is an asymmetric chess variant in which one player commands a standard chess army while the other controls a...

Online Modern Asymmetric Pawns

7.9 Good

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Italian Progressive Chess

Italian Progressive Chess is a chess variant where players sequentially increase the number of moves they can make per t...

Speed Incremental Variant Western

7.8 Good

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Extinction Chess (piece-type)

Extinction Chess is a chess variant attributed to R. Wayne Schmittberger that replaces checkmate with a piece-extinction...

Modern Variant Fairy Piece Extinction

7.7 Good

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Cylindrical Chess

Cylindrical Chess is a historical variant of standard Western chess that operates on the concept of a cylindrical board....

Variant Western Cylindrical Wrap Around

7.5 Good

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Kinglet

Kinglet is a fairy chess variant invented by the British game designer Vernon Ryland Parton in the mid-20th century. Pla...

Variant Western 8x8 King Elimination

7.1 Good

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Brusky's Hexagonal Chess

Brusky's hexagonal chess is a chess variant created by Yakov Brusky and played on an irregular hexagonal board composed...

Variant Hexagonal Western Expanded

7.1 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

7.0 Good

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Spartan Chess

Spartan Chess is an asymmetrical variant where one player commands traditional chess pieces while the opponent plays wit...

Modern Asymmetric Two Kings Spartan

6.8 Fair

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Tri-Dimensional Chess

Tri-Dimensional Chess is a family of chess variants played across multiple vertically separated boards, allowing pieces...

Star Trek Three Dimensional Variant 3D Chess

6.8 Fair

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Apocalypse Chess

A chess variant played on a compact 5×5 board with reduced armies and simultaneous move selection, designed for quick ta...

Modern Variant Mini Small Board

6.8 Fair

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Dunsany's Chess

Dunsany's Chess is an asymmetric variant invented by Lord Dunsany in 1942, where four standard pieces defend against an...

Modern Asymmetric Imbalanced Handicap

6.7 Fair

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Andernach Chess

A fairy chess condition named after the German city of Andernach, where any piece that makes a capture immediately chang...

Modern Variant Fairy Color Change

6.7 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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Scottish Progressive Chess

Scottish Progressive Chess is a variant in which players make consecutively increasing numbers of moves per turn, differ...

Progressive Modern Variant Scottish

6.4 Fair

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Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess

Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess, published by Siegmund Wellisch in 1912, is one of the earliest known attempts to adapt stand...

Variant Historical Early 20TH Century Hexagonal Board

6.3 Fair

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Double Chess

A chess variant played on an extended 16×8 board where each side commands two full sets of pieces, doubling standard mat...

Modern Variant Large Board Doubled

6.3 Fair

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Three-Player Chess

Three-Player Chess encompasses several variants adapted for three competitors, typically using a modified three-sided bo...

Modern Multiplayer Variant 3 Player

6.2 Fair

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Maximummer

A fairy chess condition in which Black is required to always play the geometrically longest move available, measured by...

Modern Variant Constraint Fairy

6.2 Fair