Chess and Variants

Chess and Variants Free Game

Rated 3.78/5 (176) —  Free Android application by Jocly

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About Chess and Variants

♚ Open up your Chess horizon ♚

Jocly's Chess Variants is by far the most complete mobile application for playing Chess variations.

In addition to regular Chess, it offers 45 variants, all of them featuring:

♙ artificial intelligence to play alone / offline
♙ server connectivity to play real people, create or join tables, invite friends
♙ full rules description
♙ live games are saved and can be replayed
♙ ELO based leaderboard
♙ and many more ...

Supported variants:

♘ Classic Chess
♘ XiangQi (Chinese Chess)
♘ Gardner Chess
♘ MiniChess4x4
♘ MiniChess4x5
♘ MicroChess
♘ Baby Chess
♘ Malett Chess
♘ Los Alamos
♘ Chess Attack
♘ Courier (Middle-Age Chess)
♘ Makruk (Thai Chess)
♘ Shako (10x10 board with elephants and cannons)
♘ Shatranj
♘ Raumschach (5x5x5)
♘ Glinski Chess (hexagonal)
♘ Brusky Chess (hexagonal)
♘ DeVasa Chess (hexagonal)
♘ McCooey Chess (hexagonal)
♘ Shafran (hexagonal)
♘ Modern circular Chess (on a round board)
♘ Byzantine Chess (on a round board, as played in the Xth century)
♘ 3D Chess (6x8x3)
♘ Cylinder Chess
♘ RollerBall (Chess on an unusual board)
♘ Chess960 (randomized start position)
♘ Metamachy (big board)
♘ Capablanca Chess
♘ Carrera Chess
♘ Gothic Chess
♘ Janus Chess
♘ Grand Chess
♘ Modern Chess
♘ Chancellor Chess
♘ Wildebeest Chess
♘ Smess (give it a try)
♘ Demi Chess (half a regular board)
♘ Romanchenko Chess
♘ Amazon Chess
♘ Duke of Rutland Chess
♘ Gustav III Chess
♘ Hyderabad Chess
♘ Kaiser Chess
♘ SultanGame Chess
♘ Reformed Courier Chess
♘ Tutti-Frutti Chess

3D view is disabled by default on Android. Check the app settings to try 3D on your device.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Chess and Variants version 3.5.1 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.jocly.android.app6_vc_as, download Chess and Variants.apk

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Game History & Updates

What's Changed
Fixed click issue on some devices
Fixed minor bugs
More downloads  Chess and Variants reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads  Chess and Variants reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Chess and Variants was updated to version 3.5.1
More downloads  Chess and Variants reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about Chess and Variants

T70%
by T####:

I was shoked to find that this app has online multiplayer but no option to play with two people on one phone via handing the device back and forth. Such a simple feature should be an obvious expectation of any chess mobile app. I thought this was going to be a great way to play unusual chess variants with inperson friends or while on a road trip or such. I was soarly disappoint. The devloper's decision to exclude such an obvious feature simply baffles me. I have never had this problem with other chess apps

E70%
by E####:

Good games were included, but the UI is not only difficult to use, it is also very slow. Animations always lay for some reason, so I feel like there is a better way to do that. The app is difficult to use or enjoy currently.

T70%
by T####:

All the chess variants are great , but its just not very popular, although great for playing against friends locally. It would also be better with more Asian chess such as Janggi, or Shogi, perhaps co tu lenh. All in all very fun and easy to learn from instructions of variations .

T70%
by T####:

It is so laggy and glitchy but the idea and games here are amazing

T70%
by T####:

Great selection of variants but it's extremely buggy and laggy. 5 stars if you fix that.

T70%
by T####:

It crashed all the time. Managed to run it once, and then it crashed on launching the game.

T70%
by T####:

I love shahin my wife

M70%
by M####:

Good

S70%
by S####:

the only app offering so many chess variations on android. Good but slow.

S70%
by S####:

The ads are brutal. Is there a way to get a premium version without ads? I've looked, but can't seem to find it.

J70%
by J####:

While certainly not a chess genius by anyone's stretch of the imagination, I really enjoy the game. Over the years I've become a fan of Variant Chess games. This platform delivers an early Christmas present for me. I LOVE it already and haven't even yet explored all of the variants. I'll be sharing it with my Chess Club soon (wow...that statement just exposed my inner-nerd).

S70%
by S####:

When I open it it closes when I get to the main page

N70%
by N####:

Cannot install in default location.

N70%
by N####:

Liked it

N70%
by N####:

Galaxy S4 here. The game is super slow, often freezing for several seconds. The phone is overheating :-(

N70%
by N####:

Crashes after closing adds. Adds glitch out occasionally not sizing up to the size of the screen

N70%
by N####:

I want play hiashatar? If possible plz add this variation. It uses 10x10 board. See it on wikipedia.

N70%
by N####:

A dream come true!

K70%
by K####:

Par Excellent App !! Really really loved it... Thanks for fixing the issue and congratulations to the people or person behind this wonderful idea and its beautiful execution that made this app possible !! However, there's still room for some improvement.. There's no need for highlighting all the possible moves, makes the board and pieces look less clear..and, board size can and should be bigger in landscape mode especially while playing capablanca chess..so, if a feature can be added to auto-adjust the board size to fit the screen, then this app will be even more wonderful .Anyway, be that as it may , this app is already as stupendous as it can be ! Thanks !!

H70%
by H####:

Good

Z70%
by Z####:

ad-ridden pile of js

S70%
by S####:

Buggy on Galaxy Tab 2. Tap to select a piece, but it doesn't stay selected unless you long tap. (Maybe a feature that's annoying?) Also crashed my tablet on first startup. Also, can't quit using back button as opposed to home button. Interesting variants though.

S70%
by S####:

Access to mic and cameras? ? I wonder what in the fk they would need that for? Access to photo gallery? ?? Nope sorry fags but u wont be seeing my pics

X70%
by X####:

ad-ridden pile of js

N70%
by N####:

Let's see what my 5yo. kid thinks about it.

C70%
by C####:

Brilliant, add are up a little too much, but other than that I really enjoyed it!


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