Chess variants with modified rules

Different king

Knightmate

Checkmate the knight – the kings are regular, capturable pieces

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Coregal Chess

Queens are also subject to check and checkmate

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Dual Chess

Two kings, winning by checkmating any of them

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Weak Dual Chess

Two kings, winning by defeating both

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Royalty Transfer Chess

Two kings, only one is active at any time

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Different objective

Suicide Chess

Capturing is compulsory, the player who loses all pieces wins

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Capture all!

No check or checkmate – players win by capturing all opposing pieces

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Extinction Chess

Players win by capturing all opposing pieces of a particular type.

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Dunsany's Chess

White has lots of pawns against Black's usual set

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Pawns-Only Chess

Pawns only, and the first promotion wins

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Modified movement-rules

Cylinder Chess

The left and right sides of the board are joined, as if the game was played on a cylinder

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Bouncing Chess

The bishop and the queen bounce off from the left and the right sides of the board.

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Bouncing Chess II.

The bishop and the queen bounce off from the four edges of the board

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Berolina Chess

Pawns move diagonally and capture orthogonally forwards

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Berolina Chess II.

Pawns move diagonally and capture orthogonally forwards or sideways.

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Multimove variants

Double-move Chess

Players move twice per turn

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Double-move Pawn Chess

Double-move Chess with only pawns and kings.

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Monster Chess

White has only king and some pawns, but moves twice per turn

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