swap_horiz Odds 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

9.42 Excellent

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Makruk (Thai Chess)

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Historical Regional Thai Slow

9.21 Excellent

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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

8.74 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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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

8.23 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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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

8.10 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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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

7.80 Good

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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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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

7.42 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

7.35 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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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

7.22 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

7.18 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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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

7.04 Good

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Tori Shogi

Tori shogi, also called bird shogi, is a Japanese chess variant played on a 7 by 7 board. Its pieces bear bird names, in...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Bird Pieces

7.04 Good

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Dunsany's Chess

Dunsany's Chess is an asymmetric chess variant created by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, first published in 194...

Modern Asymmetric Imbalanced Handicap

6.12 Fair

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Peasant's Revolt

Peasant's Revolt is an asymmetric chess variant in which a small group of royal pieces faces a much larger force of pawn...

Historical Asymmetric Imbalanced Handicap

5.89 Mediocre