Fairy Stockfish

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acgusta2

I think Fairy Stockfish should be added as an engine we can play against in variants, and possibly to evaluate games in variants.  I think having an engine that's actually strong would be nice for variants.

JkCheeseChess

more cheating to deal with

BISHOP_e3

The L site has the following kinds of chess available in a daily format:

Standard

Crazyhouse

Chess960

King of the Hill

Three-check

Antichess

Atomic

Horde

Racing KIngs

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All of that is FREE.

Would any chess.com STAFF MEMBER  care to explain why a Premium membership at chess.com would not merit ALL these options for the daily chess format?

JkCheeseChess

because they don't exist??? We don't have everything they have, and they don't have everything we have. Plus, do you really think a game like Atomic, Crazyhouse, or Racing Kings, which are meant to be dynamic and exciting, would work in daily format? Also, this topic about daily doesn't even relate to this post lol

If it makes you feel better, we do have all of these variants (albeit no daily tcs) on chess.com/variants, and more, such as 4pc, and we even have user created variants. Daily just doesn't seem like a good idea for certain chess variants

JkCheeseChess

"the L site" such a good name we should use it more often

StopTakingMyRooks
BISHOP_e3 wrote:

The L site has the following kinds of chess available in a daily format:

Standard

Crazyhouse

Chess960

King of the Hill

Three-check

Antichess

Atomic

Horde

Racing KIngs

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

All of that is FREE.

Would any chess.com STAFF MEMBER  care to explain why a Premium membership at chess.com would not merit ALL these options for the daily chess format?

They also have unlimited puzzles for free!

AsgharH

Also, you know how people practice basic checkmates (queen, rook, 2 bishops, bishop+knight) against regular Stockfish? They should be allowed to practice basic fairy checkmates (amazon, chancellor, archbishop, 2 knightriders, knightrider+knight) against Fairy Stockfish.

Regular Stockfish has been a net positive for chess because it's great for endgame practice (although some people will use it to cheat), why wouldn't Fairy Stockfish also be a net positive?