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Chessgi
Chessgi is a chess variant invented by Ralph Betza in 1964 that adds a shogi-style re-entry rule to orthodox chess. When a player captures a piece, the captured unit changes sides and is kept in a reserve; on a later turn, the player may drop it onto a vacant square instead of moving a piece already...
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The top alternative to Chessgi in 2026 is Shogi with a score of 9.7/10, followed by Crazyhouse (8.9) and Bughouse (8.7).
Shogi
Shogi is a traditional Japanese strategy game resembling chess. It’s notable for its ‘drop’ rule: captured pieces can be...
Crazyhouse
Crazyhouse is a dynamic chess variation introducing strategic complexity through piece capture. Captured pieces are imme...
Bughouse
Bughouse is a four-player team chess variant played across two separate chessboards. When a player captures an opponent'...
Crazyhouse960
Crazyhouse960 is a hybrid chess variant that combines the mechanics of two distinct chess variations. It merges the drop...
Tandem Chess
Tandem chess, commonly called bughouse chess, is a four-player team variant played simultaneously on two chessboards. Wh...
Gliński's Hexagonal Chess
Gliński's Hexagonal Chess is a chess variant invented by Polish journalist Władysław Gliński and first publicly presente...
Circe Chess
Circe chess is a fairy chess variant in which a captured piece is normally reborn on the square where that type of piece...
Alice Chess
Alice Chess is a chess variant invented by V. R. Parton in 1953 and named after Lewis Carroll's *Through the Looking-Gla...
Take and Make Chess
Take and Make Chess is a chess variant that changes the usual consequence of a capture. When a piece captures an opposin...
Extinction Chess (piece-type)
Extinction Chess is a chess variant attributed to R. Wayne Schmittberger that replaces checkmate with a piece-extinction...
Extinction Chess
Extinction chess is a chess variant associated with chess writer R. Wayne Schmittberger. Instead of winning by checkmate...
Pocket Knight Chess
Pocket Knight Chess is a chess variant in which each player begins with an additional knight held in reserve outside the...
Chancellor Chess
Chancellor Chess is a chess variant introduced by Ben Foster in 1887. It is played on a 9×9 board with an additional fil...
Baroque Chess
Baroque Chess, also known as Ultima, is an abstract strategy board game invented by Robert Abbott in 1962 and played on...
Knightmare Chess (tabletop)
Knightmare Chess is a chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games that adds a hand of cards to the standard board, pi...
Anti-Circe Chess
Anti-Circe is a fairy-chess condition that changes the result of a capture. Instead of the captured unit being reborn, t...
Hostage Chess
Hostage Chess is a chess variant created by John Leslie in 1997. When a piece is captured, it does not simply leave the...
Ultima (Baroque Chess)
Ultima, also called Baroque Chess, is a chess variant created by Robert Abbott in 1962. It is played on a conventional c...
Loop Chess
Loop Chess is a chess variant built around a board whose edges connect to the opposite edges. A piece that moves beyond...
Parachute Chess
Parachute Chess is a chess variant in which a player may return captured pieces to the board by placing them on vacant s...
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