swap_horiz Shakhmaty Alternatives

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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

9.7 Brilliant

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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

9.5 Brilliant

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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

9.1 Excellent

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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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Makruk

Makruk, or Thai chess, is a traditional variant closely resembling the original Indian Chaturanga, featuring similar pie...

Classical Traditional Regional Thai

8.5 Great

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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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Chaturanga

Originating in India during the sixth century, Chaturanga is the earliest known ancestor of modern chess, featuring simi...

Indian Historical Origin Ancient

7.6 Good

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Ouk Chatrang

Ouk Chatrang is the Cambodian form of chess, distinguished by an opening move called the king's leap and its early evolu...

Classical Traditional Regional Cambodian

7.6 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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Sittuyin

Sittuyin is traditional Burmese chess, uniquely notable for its flexible initial setup phase where players position thei...

Traditional Regional Southeast Asian Burmese

7.5 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