Here's an amusing article (or galling, depending how seriously you view such things), about what is included in its list of what are considered as chess variants (unless I missed it, there is no disclaimer that the list is incomplete). The article was put out by a world famous media organization in 2023, i.e. by Cable News Network (CNN), which is based in the USA. To be fair, in at least one regard, I've known one Canadian chess discussion board moderator who long ago opined in posts, on such a message board, that orthodox chess when played at (very) fast time control(s) should be considered as chess variant(s) on their own (at that time, on such message board[s], he seemed to be the only one who commented any way or the other, in that regard, if I recall correctly):
Here's an amusing article (or galling, depending how seriously you view such things), about what is included in its list of what are considered as chess variants (unless I missed it, there is no disclaimer that the list is incomplete). The article was put out by a world famous media organization in 2023, i.e. by Cable News Network (CNN), which is based in the USA. To be fair, in at least one regard, I've known one Canadian chess discussion board moderator who long ago opined in posts, on such a message board, that orthodox chess when played at (very) fast time control(s) should be considered as chess variant(s) on their own (at that time, on such message board[s], he seemed to be the only one who commented any way or the other, in that regard, if I recall correctly):
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/14/sport/chess-variants-explainer-spt-intl/index.html#:~:text=If%20you%20have%20an%20even,and%20an%20offshoot%20of%20blitz.