Chess comes in all kinds of forms - here are some additional chess variants to check out!
Pychess is a free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants.
Chess (Western/International Chess) - Chess, unmodified, as it's played by FIDE standards
Chess 960 - Starting positions in the back row are randomized
Crazyhouse - Take captured pieces and drop them back on to the board as your own
Placement Chess - Choose where your pieces start
Crazyhouse 960 - Combines Crazyhouse and Chess 960
Atomic Chess - Pieces explode upon capture!
Atomic 960 - Atomic chess with Chess 960 rules
Makruk (Thai Chess) - A game closely resembling the original Chaturanga
Cambodian Chess / Ok / Ouk Chatrang - Makruk with a few additional opening abilities
Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) - Similar to Makruk, but pieces are placed at the start of the match
Makpong - Makruk variant where kings cannot move to escape out of check
Shogi (Japanese Chess) - Pieces promote and can be dropped
Minishogi - Shogi on a 5x5 board
Kyoto Shogi - 5x5 Shogi where pieces flip to a different piece each move
Dobutsu - Shogi on a 3x4 board, designed to introduce children to Shogi
Gorogoro Shogi Shogi on a 5x6 board
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) - Open fire on your opponent in this highly aggressive ancient game
Manchu - The lone Red rook can also move as a cannon or a knight
Janggi (Korean Chess) - Similar to Xiangqi, but plays very differently. Tournament rules are used.
Minixiangqi - Xiangqi on a 7x7 board
Capablanca Chess - Play with the hybrid pieces, archbishop (B+N) and chancellor (R+N), on a 10x8 board
S-Chess / Seirawan Chess / SHARPER Chess - Hybrid pieces, the hawk (B+N) and elephant (R+N) can enter the board after moving a back rank piece
Grand Chess - Play with the hybrid pieces, archbishop (B+N) and chancellor (R+N), on a grand 10x10 board
Shako - Introduces the cannon and elephant from Xiangqi into a 10x10 chess board
Shogun Chess - Pieces promote and can be dropped, similar to Shogi
Orda Chess - Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like knights but capture differently
Synochess - Asymmetric East vs. West variant which pits the western chess army against a xiangqi and janggi-styled army
Shinobi Chess - Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that can drop and promote, like in Shogi
Capablanca 960 - Capablanca with Chess 960 rules
Capahouse - Capablanca with Crazyhouse drop rules
Capahouse 960 - Capablanca with Crazyhouse and 960 rules
S-House - S-Chess with Crazyhouse drop rules
Grandhouse - Grand Chess with Crazyhouse drop rules
Hoppel-poppel - Knights capture as bishops, bishops capture as knights