The analyses of a chess game; specifically a line of play or annotation.

A line of play usually referred to about opening lines; but the term also is used in the other phases of the game. Any alternative to the line actually played is termed a variation.

something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

A term used to describe a sequence of moves, or line of play. There are many variations (possible moves) in a game of chess. Category: Glossary 1 visitor(s) thought this was helpful. Do you

Different ways of playing chess.

an alternative line of play: see analysis

In game design, variation is the process whereby the community of players, rather than any officiating authority, adapts the rules for informal play. If a variant becomes popular, it will often be published in a rules document like Hoyle's Rules of Games. It may supplant the original game.