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In Three-Check chess, giving check 3 times wins the game. Here is how it changes everything.

Bughouse is 2v2 team chess. Captured pieces pass to your partner to drop on their board.

In Atomic Chess, every capture triggers an explosion. Adjacent pieces are destroyed. Here is the complete guide.

In Crazyhouse, captured pieces switch sides and can be dropped back onto the board. Here are the rules.

"Light on right" is the golden rule of chessboard setup. Here is why it matters.

When neither player has enough pieces to checkmate, the game is drawn. Here are all the combinations.

Touch a piece, move it. Touch an opponent's piece, capture it. Here is the full rule and its online equivalent.

Chess has six different ways to draw. Here is each one explained clearly.

When your king is attacked, you are in check. You have exactly three options to escape. Here is the complete guide.

J'adoube (French for "I adjust") is what you say before touching a piece you don't intend to move. Here is the full etiquette.

Running out of time means you lose, unless your opponent has insufficient material to checkmate. Here are the complete rules.

No, you cannot castle out of check. But the full rules are more nuanced than that. Here is the complete explanation.