swap_horiz Makruk 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

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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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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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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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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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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

8.18 Great

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Banqi

Banqi is a two-player board game variant of Xiangqi (Chinese chess) popular in Taiwan. The game is played on a 4x8 grid,...

Regional Chinese Hidden Info 4x8

8.12 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

8.08 Great

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Hiashatar

Hiashatar is a Mongolian chess variant played on a 10 by 10 board. Its defining feature is a bodyguard piece whose prese...

Historical Regional Mongolian Central Asian

7.56 Good

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Kriegspiel

Kriegspiel is a chess variant in which neither player can see their opponent's pieces, creating a game of incomplete inf...

Classic Traditional Hidden Incomplete Information

7.31 Good

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Dai Dai Shogi

Dai dai shogi is a historical Japanese board game belonging to the shogi family, which also includes standard shogi and...

Japanese Historical Large Regional

7.24 Good

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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

7.13 Good

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Suicide Chess

Suicide Chess is a chess variant that reverses the traditional objective of the standard game. The primary goal is for a...

Online Traditional Misere Reversed Goal

7.08 Good

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Ouk Chatrang

Ouk Chatrang, also called Cambodian chess, is a traditional chess variant played in Cambodia and related to other Southe...

Classical Traditional Regional Cambodian

6.99 Fair

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Sittuyin

Sittuyin is the traditional chess game of Myanmar and belongs to the family of games derived from the ancient Indian gam...

Traditional Regional Southeast Asian Burmese

6.85 Fair

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Shatar

Shatar is a traditional Mongolian chess game related to the shatranj family of historical chess. It uses a board and arm...

Traditional Regional Asian Mongolian

6.70 Fair

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Shakhmaty

Shakhmaty is the Russian plural form of shakhmaty, the Russian word used for chess. It refers to the same two-player boa...

Classical Russian 19TH Century Historical

4.88 Poor