swap_horiz Turkish Great Chess Alternatives

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Co Tuong

Cờ tướng is the Vietnamese form of xiangqi, the two-player board game commonly called Chinese chess in English. It is pl...

Historical East Asian Regional Vietnamese

9.4 Excellent

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Makruk (Thai Chess)

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Historical Regional Thai Slow

9.2 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 traditional Japanese chess-variant developed during the 14th century. Played on a larger 12x12 board, it...

Japanese Historical 12x12 Shogi Family

8.8 Great

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Chaturanga (2-player)

Chaturanga is an ancient Indian board game generally regarded by historians as an early predecessor of modern chess. The...

Classic Indian Historical Ancient

8.7 Great

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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 (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

8.4 Great

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Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)

Sittuyin, also called Burmese chess, is a traditional chess variant from Myanmar. It is played on an eight-by-eight boar...

Historical Regional Southeast Asian Burmese

8.2 Great

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Shatranj

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

Classical Medieval Historical Arabic

7.8 Good

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Tenjiku Shogi

Tenjiku Shogi is a historical Japanese chess variant played on a large 16×16 board. Developed during the 16th century, i...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.8 Good

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Courier Chess

Courier chess is a historical European chess variant played on a board of 12 files by 8 ranks. Documented in medieval Ge...

European Medieval Historical Extended

7.7 Good

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Courier-Spiel

Courier-Spiel is a historical German chess variant played on a 12×8 board, part of the Courier chess family that was pla...

German Historical Large Board Courier Family

7.4 Good

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Rithmomachy

Rithmomachy, also known as the Philosophers' Game, is a highly complex early European board game that dates back to the...

Math Medieval Historical 8x16

7.4 Good

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Dai Shogi

Dai shogi, or large shogi, is a historical Japanese chess variant played by two people on a 15 by 15 board. Each side be...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.3 Good

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Shako

Shako is a chess variant invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux in 1990, played on a 10×10 board with an expanded set of pieces....

Modern Fairy Pieces Large Board 10x10

7.3 Good

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Grande Acedrex

Grande Acedrex, also called Grant Acedrex, is a historical chess variant described in the 13th-century Spanish Libro de...

Spanish Historical 13TH Century Large Board

7.2 Good

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Tamerlane Chess

Tamerlane Chess is a historical chess variant associated with the court of Timur in medieval Persia. It uses an 11 by 10...

Medieval Historical Persian Extended

6.9 Fair

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Byzantine Chess

Byzantine Chess was a circular variant popular in the Byzantine Empire around the 10th century, played on a board divide...

European Medieval Historical Round

5.9 Mediocre

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Grant Acedrex

Grant Acedrex is a large medieval chess variant described in the Libro de los Juegos, a Spanish manuscript completed in...

Spanish Medieval Historical Extended

5.8 Mediocre

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Wolf Chess

Wolf Chess is a chess variant that supplements the standard piece set with a wolf—combining rook and knight movement—alo...

Modern Variant Fairy Pieces Large Board

5.6 Mediocre