Chess Variants

What are variants?

Variants are fun versions of chess, either you are blowing up pieces in Atomic or pushing your 36 pawns against the opponent in Horde; variants are fun to play!

And here you will learn about all of them!

The variants

List:

(Only including the ones on Lichess)

• Crazyhouse
• Chess960
• King of the Hill
• 3-check
• Antichess
• Atomic
• Horde
• Racing Kings

The rules

Each variant has their own set of rules, to know more about them go to:
Crazyhouse • Captured pieces can be dropped back on the board instead of moving a piece. • lichess.org
Chess960 • Starting position of the home rank pieces is randomized. • lichess.org
King of the Hill • Bring your King to the center to win the game. • lichess.org
Three-check • Check your opponent 3 times to win the game. • lichess.org
Antichess • Lose all your pieces (or get stalemated) to win the game. • lichess.org
Atomic • Nuke your opponent's king to win. • lichess.org
Horde • Destroy the horde to win! • lichess.org
Racing Kings • Race your King to the eighth rank to win. • lichess.org