Best Chess Variants

Chess960 aka Fischer Random Chess is a chess variant invented by former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. The variant has the same rules and movements for each piece with the only change that the starting position of each piece is randomized in the beginning of a game. The name chess960 comes from the 960 unique possibilities the randomizing can result in after applying some of the restrictions, such as keeping the bishops on opposite colored squares.

Losing chess (also known as anti-chess or suicide chess) is a chess variant where the objective is to lose all your pieces or be stalemated. What makes the game interesting is that the whenever a capture is possible, a player must do it.

Bughouse is a popular chess variant played over 2 or more chessboards as teams. After capturing a piece, a player can hand the piece over to his team mates, who in turn can use a move to drop a piece on the board. The game is usually played with fast time control and is often played between matches in live tournaments.