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Chess Variations on Windows Pc

Developed By: J. Schultz

License: Free

Rating: 3,5/5 - 12 votes

Last Updated: December 27, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 2.0.6
Size 1 MB
Release Date September 10, 17
Category Board Games

What's New:
optimization for one player game: modifications of the piece values [see more]

Description from Developer:
With Chess Variations, you can play many different variations of traditional chess. Let yourself be surprised by a randomly generated variation with slightly altered chess rules or... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Chess Variations and play on Windows PC. Chess Variations is free Board game, developed by J. Schultz. Latest version of Chess Variations is 2.0.6, was released on 2017-09-10 (updated on 2023-12-27). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of Chess Variations is 3,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 12 users, 2 users had rated it 5*, 5 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Chess Variations on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Chess Variations on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Chess Variations on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install & Play using BlueStacks
  2. Install & Play using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Play Chess Variations using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Chess Variations" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Chess Variations on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Chess Variations" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.0.6.

Download Chess Variations 2.0.6 on Windows PC – 1 MB

With Chess Variations, you can play many different variations of traditional chess. Let yourself be surprised by a randomly generated variation with slightly altered chess rules or build your own complex variation. Save variations that you want to play again. Chess Variations also offers a number of predefined variations such as Princess Chess, Capablanca Chess and more.

With just a slight variation of the chess rules, your opening strategy and chess data bases are of little help. Show that you know how to play chess well for more reasons than knowing certain opening strategies better than your opponent, but because you can adjust quickly to a change in the traditional game of chess.

One variation can be an alteration of a rule, a change of the board dimensions, or a piece with new move options. Some of the used variations have been invented or prompted by grandmasters. The number of move options throughout the entire match can be greater or smaller in a variation when compared to traditional chess. Respectively, the time of a match can be longer or shorter.

You can play a mix of the individual variations: For instance, you can play losing chess (you can capture your own pieces) on a larger board with two additional princesses (a hybrid figure that has the movement of the bishop and the knight combined) or you can play a game of nuclear chess (when capturing an opponent chess piece, not only that piece, but all pieces (no matter what colour!) on adjacent fields are removed.) with a maharaja (a hybrid figure that has the movement of the queen and the knight combined) or… the list goes on and on. In total, Chess Variations supports more than 600 billion variations of traditional chess. Chess 960 variants are included.

Play with two people on your phone, practice alone with AI, or play on your phone against your opponent through the internet. During network play you can chat with your opponent.

App in English with help system.

Get to know a similar variant of chess game with Chess Variations and return to traditional chess as a new person.
optimization for one player game: modifications of the piece values