Chess Variants
Explore chess played on different boards and with different rules. Based on the Wikipedia list of chess variants.
Hexagonal Chess
Chess played on a hexagonal board — a family of variants including Starchess, Gliński's Hexagonal Chess, and more.
Möbius Chess
Chess on a Möbius strip — 4 columns, 40 squares per circuit, with column-flipping seam crossings. No Bishop or Knight.
Minesweeper Chess
Chess on an 8×10 board with a hidden minefield in the middle. Clear the fog, defuse the mines, survive.
Random Chess
Negotiate the pieces, deploy randomly. Both players agree on a piece set, then every piece lands on a random square. Standard chess rules apply.