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Variant interest (ultra-subjective cotation!) - * For some fun from time to time - ** Interesting - *** Excellent variant - **** Wonderful
Variant "heterodoxy" - # Almost standard chess - ## Reasonably close to chess - ### Really heterodox - #### Wild

Ambiguous Chess **** ### One selects the destination square, but the opponent selects which piece moves there. My invention !
Bughouse **** ## Team game on two boards ; captured pieces are passed to the partner.
Standard Chess **** Chess like everyone knows it !
Losing Chess **** ### The goal is to lose all of one's pieces ; taking is compulsory.
007 Chess ** ### One plays one normal move, one move for the opponent, then another normal move.
Alice Chess **** ### Two boards ; pieces move from a board to the other after their move.
Atomic Chess **** ### Every capture explodes all pieces on a 3x3 square.
Avalanche Chess *** ## With each move one moves an opponent pawn forward.
Chessgi *** ## After capturing a piece, one can drop the corresponding piece of one's colour.
Refusal Chess *** ### One can force the opponent to play a different move.
Double-move Chess *** ### One plays two moves instead of one, with king captures.
Dynamo Chess **** ### Pieces can push or pull one another.
Fuddled Chess ** ## The same piece cannot play twice in a row.
Extinction Chess **** ## During the whole game one has to keep one piece of each type.
Lazy kings Chess * # Kings can move only when in check. My invention !
Frankfurt Schach ** ## The capturing piece turns into the captured piece.
Imitator Chess * ## One pseudo-piece mimics all moves played.
Imperatore ** #### White has only 4 pawns and no piece, but he plays two moves in a row.
Marseillais Chess ** ## One plays two moves instead of one, without king captures.
Omni-Chess * ## One can move all of one's pieces at the same time.
All-mate Chess ** #### Mating a piece allows to remove it from the board.
Minichess * # Chess on 25 squares.
Unambiguous Chess ** #### One must move to a square which cannot be reached by any other of one's pieces. My invention !
Darkness Chess ** ## One sees only the squares onto which one can move.
Pattschach * ## One plays from a very congested startposition.
Hostage Chess *** ## Captures pieces are prisoners and can be traded against the opponent's prisoners.
Recycle Chess **** ### One can capture own pieces, and later drop them again.
Knight Relay Chess * ## Pieces defended by knights can move like knights.
Twinkle Chess ** ## With each move one can add or substract a pawn to the board.
FTM Chess ** ### After a move, one can bring a piece to the vacated square.
Synchronized Chess *** #### The two players play their move simultaneously.
Rifle Chess * # One can take a piece without moving one's own piece.
Triplets * ### With each turn one must move one pawn, one piece and the king.
Three-check Chess ** # Giving check three times wins the game.