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Note that GC (Game Courier, on chessvariants dot com) currently allows for even blitz-rate speed of making moves, if players wish to move that fast. Also, a player can issue an invitation to play...

Not sure if everyone can see it [all] but here is a link to LinkedIn's relatively new public Group 'Croatian chess', a chess variant-oriented Group that currently has 7 members:
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Nine chess 'variants' suggested by Kramnik:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/alphazero-kramnik-exploring-new-chess-variants

On The Chess Variant Pages site, editor Dr. H.G. Muller argues that this is not a legit chess variant - H.G. writes: "...the No-Castling initial position could be reached from the FIDE setup... by...

I'd add that former world chess champion Kramnik has tried "no castling" chess (whatever this CV is officially called) against an engine, maybe to see what it plays like when out of it's book (if not...

Unless e.g. you are talking about Chess960 and Fischer castling. Then castling can be the only legal move in some cases - a no castling rule implemented for in the case of Chess960 could in the case...

Hi Hugh
In answer to your first question:

https://playstrategy.org/variant/noCastling

Regarding your second question, Even if a player is on the edge of being mated in some random position...

Play[back] buttons have been added to game scores on CVP website's Game Courier, to make things more user-friendly; for example, here's a recently finished chess variant game I won (a bit like...

A couple of notable Canadians who have been on CVP website (first from PEI, has been chess player; second from Ajax Ontario, also has been chess player):

chessvariants.com/who/David Paulowich:
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Here's a chess game I'm playing on CVP website's Game Courier, against a US player whom I'd guess is about 2000 FIDE strength; it's featuring a 4...Nd7 Classical Caro-Kann where I'm playing Black -...

Here's a chess game I'm playing on CVP website's Game Courier, against a US player whom I'd guess is about 2000 FIDE strength; it's featuring a French Winawer Poisoned Pawn sideline where I'm playing...

Okay, thanks Aris. That's good for people to know.

Here's a (orthodox) chess game I'm currently playing on chessvariants.com, versus an opponent possibly 1800 FIDE strength [edit: this game has ended]:
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Here's a link to a 10x10 game (setup position has 60 pieces) called Sac Chess I'm currently playing (the rules can be found by scrolling down after clicking the link, for example) - this game is a...

Here's a link to a thread that shows the (final) cross-table for the above tournament (everyone lost at least once; I finished clear third):
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Here's a game of chess I'm currently playing:

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Chess&log=panther-cvgameroom-2020-1-293

Here's another one, vs. the same opponent:
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Here's another game of mine currently in progress, this one from the 2019 Game Courier tournament (which has resumed play after an unexpectedly long break before the final round); it is a game of the...

Here's a game I'm currently playing, of Chess With Different Armies, a chess variant where the two sides can play with armies thought roughly balanced, in their initial setup; again the rules can be...

Here's a game of Fischer Random that I'm currently playing [edit: this game has since ended]:
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Here's a game I'm currently playing of Courier Chess, a 12x8 version of chess played for at least 600 years in the middle ages in Germany; most of the rules are known, but we are using a few rules...

Here's another game currently being played between myself and the opponent I had in the previous post, this time of a much more complex (10x10) chess variant (Opulent Chess) - once again the rules...

Here's a link to a game currently being played of another (somewhat rather chess-like) chess variant, in which I'm one of the players (my opponent is a Mexican whose chess rating, if he was to have...

The chess game featured in the link found in the first post of this thread has finished, after only 9 moves.

Just for fun, here's another game currently in progress on the same website, again...

Here's a link to a game of chess currently being played by email by two people (apparently two lower-rated anonymous Europeans) on chessvariants.com (free membership, anti-bot measures taken for an...