No Castling Chess to be offered on Lichess and eventually Shogi and Chinese Chess, also Capablanca C

Hi, No Castling Chess has breathed life into chess alongside 960 Fischer & Standard Chess. Since it is such an easy software update I propose that The Truly Free Site lichess offer us this ASAP please.

Due to the historical and cultural significance of Shogi and Chinese Chess I feel it an omission that they are not here. I believe that the drop is too strong in Crazyhouse in that the greater the power of the forces initially in relation to the board size, the greater the first player advantage... if it is not winning it still puts more pressure on the second player to know computer analysis.

Hence I would like to try Capablanca Chess but on a 10x10 board as it is exactly the "early hand to hand fighting" which Edward Lasker found appealing that we want to avoid in the computer analysis age. 10x8 randomised would also be exciting. Of course, 10x10 could be randomised as well.

lichess is very unlikely to implement any new variants anytime soon. even less likely variants that require anything but a 8x8 board.

@themiddleway said in #1:

> Hence I would like to try Capablanca Chess but on a 10x10 board as it is exactly the "early hand to hand fighting" which Edward Lasker found appealing that we want to avoid in the computer analysis age. 10x8 randomised would also be exciting. Of course, 10x10 could be randomised as well.

Did you check out the excellent www.pychess.org/variants site ?
There is Capablanca960

@glbert said in #2:
> lichess is very unlikely to implement any new variants anytime soon. even less likely variants that require anything but a 8x8 board.
In other words for now only No Castling Chess... seems not to be on pychess which I've just read about. Incidentally, I would go back the extra mile and not allow the initial two square pawn move... as a variant, currently very much into 960

@achja said in #3:
> Did you check out the excellent www.pychess.org/variants site ?
> There is Capablanca960

thanks plenty! (although it seems strangely not No Castling)

@themiddleway said in #5:
> thanks plenty! (although it seems strangely not No Castling)

Castling in Capa960 should work. Put king on rook.

@themiddleway said in #4:
> In other words for now only No Castling Chess... seems not to be on pychess which I've just read about. Incidentally, I would go back the extra mile and not allow the initial two square pawn move... as a variant, currently very much into 960

I love this. Along with stalemate being a win.

@achja said in #6:
> Castling in Capa960 should work. Put king on rook.

No I mean they have many variants but apparently not No Castling Chess

For shogi, Lishogi.org is derived from Lichess.

You can play No Castling Chess here on lichess rn. Go to TOOLS -> Board Editor and untick all the castling rights checkboxes.