Play Chess Variants with Jocly

Jocly is a platform that uses JavaScript, HTML5, and WebGL to play (or enable the play of)* board games online. It may be adapted to support new games, and it may be used to embed games on webpages. This makes it useful for playing Chess variants on this site. You may use Jocly here to play various Chess variants against your computer in your web browser.

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Week ending Apr 01, 2023

1. Shako. Play this Xiangqi-inspired decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Modern Chess. Play this 9x9 variant with one extra piece on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
3. McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Play this hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dave McCooey and Richard Honeycutt.
4. Mallett Chess. Play this small variant known in Zillions as Knights vs Bishops 5x4 on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jeff Mallett.
5. Circular Chess. Play this modern form of Circular Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
6. Mini Chess 4x4. Play this miniature Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: David Silverman.
7. Micro 4x5 Chess. Play this miniature Chess variant on Jocly. Inventor: Dan Edje Gustav Glimne.

Week ending Mar 25, 2023

1. Metamachy. Play this large variant with a variety of fairy pieces on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Makruk. Play the Thai version of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
3. Losing Chess. Play this variant with the object of being stalemated on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
4. Los Alamos Chess. Play the first variant ever programmed for computer play on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Paul Stein and Mark Wells.
5. Kaiserspiel. Play the this 19th century variant, a.k.a. The Emperor's Game, on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Peguilhen.
6. Janus Chess. Play this variant with two extra pieces that move as a Bishop or Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
7. Hyderabad Decimal Chess. Play this historic decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Shir Muhammad.
8. Gustav III Chess. Play this historical variant with Amazons in extra corner spaces. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: King Gustav III of Sweden.
9. Gothic Chess. Play this variation of Capablanca's Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Ed Trice.
10. Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Play this popular hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
11. Gigachess. Play this large 14x14 variant on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
12. Mini Chess. Play Martin Gardner's 5x5 Mini Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
13. Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
14. The Duke of Rutland Chess. Play this large historic variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
15. Demi Chess. Play this half-sized Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
16. De Vasa Chess. Play this hexagonal variant on a rhombus board with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Helga E de Vasa.
17. Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
18. Chess 960. Play Fischer Random Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
19. Chu Shogi. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
20. Chancellor Chess. Play this 9x9 19th century variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
21. Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.

Week ending Feb 18, 2023

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Week ending Apr 24, 2021

1. Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.

Week ending Mar 13, 2021

1. Byzantine Chess. Play this historical circular variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
2. Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Play this wide hexagonal variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.
3. Baby Chess. Play this small 5x5 variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
4. Chess Attack. Play this small 5x6 variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Werner Kling.
5. Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
6. 3D Chess. Play 3D Chess in your browser with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
7. Xiangqi. Play Chinese Chess (known as Xiangqi) with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.

Week ending Apr 23, 2016

1. Grand Chess. Play Grand Chess with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
2. Grand Cavalier Chess. Play Grand Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.

Week ending Apr 16, 2016

1. Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
2. Embassy Chess. Play Embassy Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Kevin Hill.
3. Univers Chess. Play Univers Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.

Week ending Apr 09, 2016

1. Grotesque Chess. Play Grotesque Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
2. Modern Carrera's Chess. Play Modern Carrera's Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Sam Trenholme.
3. Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess with Jocly. Author: The Jocly Team. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
4. Chess. Play Chess with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.

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*Although Jocly also supports playing games against other people online, that works only on their website. If you're looking to play Chess variants against other people on this site, we have Game Courier for that.

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Written by Fergus Duniho

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WWW Page Created: 16 April 2016.