Supported Chess variants

Deployed variants

Those games are officially released and appear in Jocly game lists. If you see any particular problem while playing or in the rules, credits or description, please report.

Orthodox Chess	XiangQi Chinese Chess	Courier Chess Middle-age German variant	Makruk Thai Chess
Shako 10x10 Chess	Glinski Chess	Rollerball Unusual grid board	Gardner Chess 5x5 Chess
Brusky Chess	Circular Chess (modern Rules)	Mini Chess 4x4 (4x4 chess)	Mini Chess 4x5 (4x4 chess)
Micro Chess (4x5 chess)	Los Alamos Chess	Malett Chess	Baby Chess
Chess Attack	Byzantine Chess as played in 10th century in Byzance	Shatranj an ancestor of orthodox Chess	Chess 960 Chess with randomized intial setup
Cylinder Chess	Smess an interesting variant where squares determine the occupant piece possible direction(s).	Demi-Chess good to teach main principles.	Romanchenko's chess to break the habits.
Raumschach 5x5x5 Chess	Chess 3D 6x8x3 Chess	McCooey Chess same board as Glinski different start and move	de Vasa Chess
Shafran Chess	Capablanca's Chess	Carrera's Chess	Chancellor Chess
Gothic Chess	Grand Chess	Janus Chess	Modern Chess
Wildebeest Chess	Amazon Chess	Duke of Rutland's chess	Gustav III Chess
Hyderabad Chess	Kaiserspiel Chess	Sultanspiel Chess	Reformed Courier Chess
Tutti Frutti Chess

Beta variants

Those games have not been released officially to Jocly as they are not complete. This might missing rules, credits or description, or some details need to be tuned like lighthing or transparency, or we want to release the game with a dedicated set of pieces that we haven't created yet. They are however perfectly playable.

Grid boards

The board is defined with rows and columns (ranks and files).

(all grid boards games deployed)

Multiplan boards

Several grids on top of each other.

(all multiplan boards games deployed)

Hexagonal boards

Boards with various shapes made of hexagons.

(all hexagonal boards games deployed)

Circular boards

(all circular chess are deployed)

Cylinder board

(all cylinder chess deployed)

Alpha variants

Those games are missing major features like a 2D skin or view switch option, or the rules are not coded.

Cubic Chess : on the 6 faces of a dice. More on 360 Chess Authoring.

Desired variants

Those games will be running on Jocly at some point.

• Shogi: the popular Japanese chess. This requires that the Jocly chess module supports piece drop.

• Cyvasse: the game mentioned in George R.R. Martin Song Of Ice And Fire novels. The right rules are yet to be found.
  • Summary at Westeros.org
  • Another rendition.
  • rules version video
  • http://gameofcyvasse.com/
  • http://cyvasse-online.com/

• various grid geometries: 4x4 to 12x12, with some squares possibly removed from the board.