Creating a Chess Variant

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cutjames

How do I create a Chess Variant with unique rules that are not part of the presets?

Are there instructions somewhere on the site? My idea for a variant doesn't seem to complex but it has a few unique rules.

Chess_Player_lol

1. make friends

2. tell them about your variant

3. play the variant

cutjames
Hi CP_lol! Yeah I have got an idea, but I not a coder. I can figure some stuff out, but probably going to need some help because there are a few special or unique rules and I don’t know how to implement them within the code.

Or are there easier ways of doing this?

Thanks.
sands017

I have a new chess piece design which will make the game more difficult. With whom should I discuss.?

OverlordChess44
I made a variant about time travel and a phantasmal prion disease.
Gorgon_Slayer

If you're serious, get a website up and running that explains your variant. Use this website as a great model for explaining:

https://triceschess.com

Next, design some good pieces. The design should make it obvious how the piece moves. Like this:

That piece moves like a Knight and a Rook.

Next have a way for others to draw the board.

Maybe create a page with great example games. And make animated GIFs of great games.

cutjames
Thanks for the input. I am serious. And I think I may have something here that’s an interesting variation. And I would be shocked if anyone has done it before, maybe a certain aspect of it, but not exactly what I have in mind.

The first step for me though is to figure out the coding to make it work online. It doesn’t need a unique board or anything like that. I would like to test it first with the computer. I am very interested to see how the computer would play it.