My Favourite Chess Variants: Other Games You Can Play on a Chessboard

What is a Chess Variant?

There are some quite interesting games played with a chessboard and pieces apart from chess. This is a not too serious look at these so-called chess variants.

Some of them can be played on the Internet Chess Servers. Here is an overview of some of them, including my favourites.

Some have very different rules than chess. Others have only a single rule change.

Why learn about Variants?

Playing a variant can be a light hearted form of entertainment after playing competitive...