CSA: Duel is a variant of my CSA and is intended primarily for those who seek the thrill rather than the revelation.

Unlike CSA, this variant adds a layer of bluff and psychological warfare. You must anticipate your opponent's intended moves and arrange your six cards accordingly to block them at the right moments.

This game is great for family game nights or hanging out with friends. Healthy thrills and plenty of fun are guaranteed.

This is ordinary standard chess, but ...

CSA: Duel

1. Objective

Checkmate the opponent's king. All standard FIDE rules apply.

2. Series

Each player makes a series of 6 consecutive moves from the very beginning. After completing the series, the turn passes to the opponent, who also makes 6 moves. And so on, until check interrupts the series.

3. 6 Cards

Each player has 6 cards: 3 red (Yes) and 3 black (No). Suit and rank do not matter.

Before a player's series begins, the opponent arranges a stack of 6 cards in any order and places it face down in front of themselves. After each move by the player, the opponent reveals the top card of their stack:

Red — the move is accepted.

Black — the move is rejected, and the piece returns to its original square.

Important:

If a move is rejected (black card), repeating that same move within the current series is forbidden. The player must choose a different legal move.

4. Series Discipline

The player must use all 6 moves of their series, unless it is interrupted by check.

The same piece may be moved several times in a row.

5. Check

If check is declared as a result of an accepted move (red card):

The remaining moves of the current series are burned.

The turn passes to the opponent.

The opponent defends with one move without using cards (as in classical chess).

After defending against check, the turn returns to the attacking player.

The player who got out of check arranges a new stack of 6 cards in any order they choose.

The attacking player begins a new series of 6 moves.

6. End of Game

The game ends in one of the following cases: checkmate, stalemate, or agreement on a draw.

7. Forbidden

Voluntarily interrupting a series.

Ignoring the card reveal after each move.

Repeating a rejected move within the current series.

If you want to crank up the excitement even further, arrange your 6-card stacks blindly, without seeing what you are putting where. Every reveal becomes a surprise, every move a gamble. What more could you ask for in a game?

Fools' Advance

A chess variant by Vadrya Pokshtya

Fools' Advance is a radical reimagining of V. R. Parton's Dunce's Chess for the 21st century, an era of chaos and inconstancy, where every certainty crumbles and every alliance is provisional.

Board & Setup

Standard 8×8 chessboard.

Standard starting position.

Movement & Capture

(Note that movement and capture differ for all pieces except the king.)

• All pieces except pawns move exactly 1 square forward — either straight or diagonally.

• Pawns move 1 square straight forward (or 2 from their starting position).

• No sideways or backward movement is permitted for any piece.

• Captures follow the same rule: only straight or diagonally forward — exactly as in standard chess, but locked to forward direction.

Promotion

Upon reaching the last rank, a pawn promotes to a classical piece of its own colour (knight, bishop, rook, or queen), at the discretion of the player who advanced it to that square. A promoted piece moves and captures in any direction, as in standard chess.

Crucially: a promoted piece is controlled only by its owner — the opponent may never move or capture with it.

Control of Pieces

Any player may move ANY piece on the board — their own or the opponent's — with two exceptions:

• The opponent's king (each player controls only their own king).

• Promoted pieces (controlled exclusively by their owner).

Capturing Rules

• A piece may capture only pieces of the opposite colour.

• Capturing your own pieces is forbidden.

• You may capture your own king only using an opponent's piece — doing so results in immediate defeat.

Not Used

No check, no checkmate, no castling, no en passant.

Win Conditions

You win by either:

• Capturing the opponent's king, or

• Leaving the opponent with no legal moves (complete zugzwang — they cannot move any piece except the opponent's king, which they are forbidden to touch).

Optional Elegance

A player may formally surrender by voluntarily capturing their own king with an enemy piece.

Key 111 — Rules

Board: 6x6.

Starting position:

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Win Condition: A player who cannot make a legal move loses.

The King:

• The king is an ordinary piece.

• It can be captured like any other piece.

• No check. No checkmate.

Movement:

• Pawns move forward one square (no double step). They capture diagonally.

• All other pieces (King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight) move as in classical chess, but only to capture.

• A piece that cannot capture any piece — cannot move. It is frozen.

Promotion:

• A pawn reaching the last rank promotes to the opponent's king.

Capture:

• All pieces may capture their own pieces.

Absent:

• No check.

• No checkmate.

• No stalemate (stalemate = loss).

• No castling.

• No en passant.

• No draws.

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LET IT DICE — A DICE GAME FOR 2+ PLAYERS

What you need: 3 six-sided dice, a scorepad.

Goal: Be the first player to reach 9 points or more and win the game.

SETUP

Players draw lots to determine the first Leader. After the Leader's turn ends, the right to roll passes clockwise.

A PLAYER'S TURN

The Leader rolls 3 dice. The result determines what happens next:

TRIPLE (all three dice match) = +3 points.

You may stop and bank your score, or roll 3 dice again.

PAIR (two dice match) = +1 point.

You may stop and bank your score, or roll 3 dice again.

JUNK (all three dice different) = no points.

You must enter a Chance.

CHANCE

1. Set one of the three dice aside. Remember its number. This is your Point.

2. Roll the remaining two dice.

Resolve the result:

• Both dice match your Point = +3 points.

You may stop and bank your score, or return to rolling 3 dice.

• One die matches your Point = +1 point.

You may stop and bank your score, or return to rolling 3 dice.

• A pair, but NOT your Point = +1 point.

You may stop and bank your score, or roll 2 dice again with the same Point. Each re-roll follows the same rules: a non-Point pair gives +1 and another choice to stop or continue.

• No Point and no pair (both dice are different and neither matches your Point) = BUST.

All points accumulated this turn are lost. Your turn ends with 0 points scored this turn. (Previously banked points from earlier turns are safe.)

KEY RULE

After any roll that adds points, you may say "Stop" and bank your score. Nobody forces you to keep risking.

WINNING THE GAME

The first player to reach 9 points or more on their turn wins immediately. You do not need to hit 9 exactly — any score of 9 or above is a victory.