The game we know as Chess today has its origins in the Muslim game of Shatranj, which derives from the Indian game of Chaturanga. It is also related to Xiangqi in China, to Janggi in Korea, and to Shogi in Japan. Besides these and various other historical and regional relatives, many other games have been inspired by or based on Chess and its relatives. All of these games are similar to Chess yet also different from it in various ways. Thanks to computers and the internet, it is now possible to play countless Chess variants without physical boards and pieces. This website, called The Chess Variant Pages, is here for cataloging, discussing, and playing the many games that are based on, related to, or similar enough to Chess.

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Week ending Jun 24, 2017

Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Anemic Chess. Author: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Play Ralph Betza's Huge Chess Variant with Game Courier.
Fairy Pieces Part 1 . By Christine Bagley-Jones.

Week ending Jun 10, 2017

Pole Chess . F.I.D.E. chess with Pole piece added: from the SF/fantasy novel "Robot Adept". Author: Malcolm Webb. Inventor: Piers Anthony and Malcolm Webb.

Week ending Jun 03, 2017

Ninja Chess. 12x8 board with Ninjas that can capture multiple pieces and new defenders. By sxg.
10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets. By Nick Wolff.
Programming Piece Movement in Game Courier. A tutorial on two different ways to program piece movement in Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.

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2 'Zillions of Games file' entries listed	4 'Play by mail item' entries listed
2 'Large board' entries listed	1 'Oriental' entry listed
1 'From ancient times' entry listed	1 'Shogi, or Shogi-based' entry listed

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