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1. 1PC
   Play Chess Without Moving Pieces▲36

   2017 · ba.net

2. 2SC
   Scannable Chess Scoresheets▲117

   2019 · reinechess.com

3. 3KF
   Kung Fu Chess▲140

   2019 · github.com

4. 4
   Half chess▲76

   A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes

   2020

5. 5CH
   Chess Hold'em▲7

   Oct 2025 · chessholdem.net

6. 6AM
   A mathematical proof that more dirty features can beat fewer clean ones▲9

   Mar 2026 · github.com

7. 7
   DualChess▲25

   Chess — but a mini-game decides every capture

   Jun 2026 · dualchess.com

8. 8
   Chess Scanner▲123

   Scan score sheets and generate chess games in seconds.

   2024

9. 9MA
   Monsiv – A lightweight alternative to Chess▲17

   2018 · monsiv.com

10. 10AA
    Aim and Shoot – A game where your opponents are neural networks▲118

    2019 · github.com

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    Knight Maneuver▲82

    A mini chess game

    2020

12. 12PA
    Play against well-known chess players' openings▲5

    Hi, this is my first HN submission so please forgive the rough edges. For this project gathered chess positions from some well-known chess players with a lot of games. (Usually ~25k games and 1M+ positions. The most for any player was GM Aman Hambleton with 1.8M positions indexed.) With each board position I create a probability distribution of moves the player has made from that position. Then, I simply draw from that distribution (with sampling temperature) to choose a move. As long as there's at least one game with a given position, you can keep playing. You'll see that it's pretty easy…

    2022 · d2frm2q2a7fq8v.cloudfront.net

13. 13AC
    A chess middlegame trainer so I can stop blundering▲5

    Oct 2025 · dontblunder.com

14. 14CD
    Code draws better than you▲19

    2009 · blog.kpicturebooth.com

15. 15MO
    Minesweeper on a chess board with chess pieces as mines▲43

    rearrange the chess pieces so that the number of pieces threatening each square matches the large number in that square? pieces move freely https://chedoku.com/#dailypuzzle

    2023

16. 16ET
    Evolving Top-Down Shooter▲41

    2020 · github.com

17. 17CT
    Chess Twist▲29

    I continue my experiment of transposing classic games onto an irregular grid. I've previously released variants of minesweeper and checkers. And now I'd like to share my variant of Chess. Chess can be a pretty punishing game, but I thought this was nevertheless a way to make it even more challenging by making it trickier to anticipate your opponent, even though both players still have the same information. From the playtests I've done, that challenge is pretty compelling. It also seems to be more fun at 2 people, where both players keep surprising one another.

    2024 · polyreplay.com

18. 18CB
    Chess bot predicts your blunders to beat you faster▲8

    Chessmate is a transformer-based model that predicts your next chess move, tailored to players around 1500 ELO on lichess. Soon it will also offer personalized models and a broader range of ELO-based models. Hopefully this can offer a new and innovative way to learn chess and enjoy playing against a uniquely challenging bot!

    2024 · chessmate.ai

19. 19BT
    Beating the Optimal Stopping Rule with Game Specific Knowledge▲18

    2019 · ctsrc.github.io

20. 20CI
    Chess in Elm▲6

    2016 · github.com

21. 21CG
    Code Golf – Solve problems in the least number of characters▲21

    2020 · code.golf

22. 22CB
    ChessMe board game 2nd Edition – chess without board▲21

    2015 · mancereus.github.io

23. 23
    Chess Opening Trainer — Chessmate▲8

    Practice chess openings until they stick

    Jul 2026 · trychessmate.com

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    Outking▲1

    Own a chess position.

    9d ago · outking.lol

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