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• Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dragonchess. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) (Recognized!) Author: Bruce Balden and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
• Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (x7, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

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• 2 Level Guru Mahachaturaji. Enlarging the Guru Mahachatuaji board to go with the enlarged army. (10x10x2, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
• 2x2x16 Race Chess. Race Chess on a 2-level circular board with Crooked Bishops and Queens. (2x16x2, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• 3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
• 3-D Chess Discussion Group.
• 3-D Chess Federation Website. Supports 3-D Chess play in its various forms. Author: James Trimm.
• 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess . TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Ray Edward Bornert II.
• 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Ray Edward Bornert II.
• 3-player Honeycomb Chess. A variant on a hex-prism board with the hex boards as levels instead of ranks to allow three players. (x5, Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
• 3D Chess. A true 3D version of chess. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
• 3D CHESS w/ NEW PAWN DESIGN. 3D CHESS DOWNLOAD. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
• 3D Chess Webpage, the. An improved version of Raumschach. (Link.). (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Richard Goode.
• 3D Chess, a Different Way of Looking at It. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d. By Chris Witham.
• 3d Minishogi. A variant originally devised for a contest that never materialised. (3x5x3, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
• 3d offset chess. Chess variants, invented by Ralph Betza, on non-cubic three dimensional boards. By Ralph Betza.
• 3D Set Photographs. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Ben Good.
• 3D Shogi. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. (9x9x3, Cells: 243) By Larry L. Smith.
• 3D Xiang Qi. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Larry L. Smith.
• 3D-chess FAQ file. Information on the classic 5x5x5 three dimensional chess game. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: David Moeser.
• 3D-Schach. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512)
• 3D8 Chess: The Official Ruleset. 3D Chess using 8 stacked standard sets. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Ray Edward Bornert II.
• 3D8L Chess . TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Ray Edward Bornert II.
• 4 x 4 x 8 Tri-dimensional Chess. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Alberto Monteiro.
• 4 x 4 x 8 Tridimensional Chess. Clever 3-D variant, closer to Raumschach, but according to Gilman, solves some of Raumschach's design flaws. (16x8x4, Cells: 128) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Alberto Monteiro and Silvio Levy.
• 65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle. (8x8, Cells: 65) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.

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• Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Alice Raumschach. Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Robert Price.
• Alice Raumshach . Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Robert Price.
• Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (11x10x3, Cells: 264) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (10x10x5, Cells: 245) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 350) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (8x8x4, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (10x8x4, Cells: 320) By Charles Gilman.
• Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 370) By Charles Gilman.

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• Bellows Chess . The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels. (8x8x4, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Betza's Flying Circus. Bombers and interceptors fly above the chess board. By Ralph Betza.
• Betza's Three Dimensional Chess Games. Several 3d-chess variants by Ralph Betza. By Ralph Betza.
• Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
• Boolean Rithmomachia. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Boolean Rithmomachia . (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Building a Tridimensional Chess Board. (x7, Cells: 64) Author: David E. Rutan.
• Building an 8 by 8 by 8 board. On how to design a three dimensional chess board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Ralph Betza.

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• Cavewars CSIPGS Chess. Three dimensional chess variant based on Cavewars game. By Ralph Betza.
• The Central Squares. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (6x6x3, Cells: 100) By João Pedro Neto.
• The Central Squares . 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (6x6x3, Cells: 100) By João Pedro Neto.
• CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Cheops. Large 3d chess variant inspired by Dune novels. By B. Gregory Johnson.
• Chess Cubed. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (4x4x6, Cells: 96) By Robert J. Bell.
• Chess in Space . Pamphlet describing 3 dimensional chess ideas. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Chess3. Three dimensional board with three board parts. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By James Melander.
• Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
• Chess3D. A program for building 3D chess boards. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Per Trygve Myhrer.
• Chess: 3d. Three dimensional chess variant of Marius Soska. (Link.). (4x5x3, Cells: 60) Inventor: Marius Soska.
• Chessical Cubism . Pamphlet describing 3 dimensional chess ideas. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (10x10x2, Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourrière.
• Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Corral Chess. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. (5x9x2, Cells: 46) By Doug Chatham.
• Corral Chess.. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. (5x9x2, Cells: 46) By Doug Chatham.
• Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
• Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW. (x7, Cells: 64)
• Courier Leapale. Extrapolating Courier Kamil to 3 dimensions. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Cross3D Chess . 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Stephane Burkhart.
• Cross3D Chess. 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Stephane Burkhart.
• Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (8x8x4, Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
• Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
• Cube+ . Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Cube+. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) By Jim Aikin.
• Cubic Chess . Three dimensional chess variant on 7 by 7 by 7 board. (Link.). (7x7x7, Cells: 343)
• Curved Space. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.

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• Diagonal 3D Chess. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
• Dimension X. Unusual transdimensional pieces interact with FIDE Chess. (8x8x2, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Dimensionalized. 3D version of checkers, chess and shogi. (9x9x2, Cells: 162) By Paul Glover.
• Doppelgängerschach. Pieces return as something else on the same 3d board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Double Alternate Chess. Game played on two boards with object to checkmate either King. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Inventor: Ken Franklin.
• Dragonchess. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• DragonChess . A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• A Dragonchess Page. Roberts Stevens' page on Dragonchess. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• dUchess. Chess on two levels. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Eric S. Clayton.

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• An EconoSplurge Dragonchess Set. Dragonchess board with cheap felt squares and fancy wooden pieces. Includes stereoscopic photos. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) Author: Ron Hale-Evans. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Ecumenical Eurasian Ninjachess. 3d variant on 10 by 5 by 5 board with many new pieces. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Charles Gilman.
• Ecutunnel and Ecumillstone. 3d versions of twin-board Ecumenical Chess, with a new front-rank piece. (4x12x4, Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
• Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. (8x8x4, Cells: 192) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ben Good.
• Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. (8x8x4, Cells: 192) By Ben Good.
• Elmore, Jeff. Website of Jeff Elmore: 3D Chess Sets and Instructions. Author: Jeff Elmore.
• Emperor Raumschach. Variant of Dr. Fredinand Maack's Raumschach. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Larry L. Smith.
• Emperor's Nobility 3d Latrunculi (EN3dL). 3d variant in which pieces can get promoted again and again. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Charles Gilman.
• Empty Cube Chess. A variant using the faces of an 8x8x8 board with no triaxial moves. (8x8x8, Cells: 296) By Charles Gilman.
• Excelsior . At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. (8x8x2, Cells: 84) Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Este.
• Exchequer. Commercial 3d chess variant on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.). (4x4x4, Cells: 64)
• Exchequer 3D Chess. Expensive three dimensional chess variant. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) Inventor: Rick Hewson.
• Extreme 3D Chess Game. 8x8x8 3D Chess with linear, planar and cubic moves; and power absorption. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Larry L. Smith.

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• FIDE-like rules for 3D Chess . (Link.). Author: Michael Klein and Jens Meder.
• First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Five Up. An improved version of Raumschach. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Jim Aikin.
• Five Up Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Flipworld . Pieces are on both sides of a disc. (7x6x2, Cells: 84) Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: John Ryan.
• Flipworld. Pieces are on both sides of a disc. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) By John Ryan.
• Flux 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant where pieces, excepting the King, can only exist on the field for a specific number of turns at a time. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Flying Chess. Some pieces can fly. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Eltis.
• Flying Chess . Some pieces can fly. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Eltis.
• Four dimensional chess . Pieces travel in time. (Link.). (8x8x3, Cells: 192)
• Fractal Chess . (8x8x2, Cells: 80) By Stephane Burkhart.
• Free-form 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant based upon several ideas by V. R. Parton for Chess-play on smaller fields. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.

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• G.U.E. 3D Chess. A 3D Chess game paying homage to those really great Zork adventures. (6x6x3, Cells: 96) By Larry L. Smith.
• Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons. (Cells: 272) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geographical Chess Notation. A new notaional system for Chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Gutenschach. 3d variant using only planar pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.

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• Heathen Europe Chess. 2 player cubic-cell Europe-specific offshoot of AOF series. (6x6, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Hexichess . 3D hexagonal Chess. DOS program playing this game, and information and photo of expensive glass set. (x3, Cells: 75)
• Honeycomb Chess. This variant uses a board of hex-prism cells and two sets of FIDE pieces. (Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
• Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (x4, Cells: 256) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
• Hyperchess . Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.). (x8, Cells: 64)
• Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (x4, Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.

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• Imperial Cheops. Played on a pyramid field of thirteen 3x3x3 cubes. Inspired by a description in Frank Herbert's novel Dune. (9x9x9, Cells: 351) By Larry L. Smith.
• Infinite Chess. Extends Chess to larger, even infinite, boards. By Tony Thomas.
• Influence Chess. Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. (4x7x3, Cells: 84) By Samuel H. Bell.
• Influence Chess . Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. (4x7x3, Cells: 84) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Samuel H. Bell.
• Influenced 8-Leveled 3D Alice Chess. A combination of Influence and Alice Chess on a 3D board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Mikael Segercrantz.
• Interactive 3D Chess Program. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.

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• Joe Joyce Hyperchess. Easy to play 3D Chess variant where pieces can act on small board or large board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
• John Savard's Three-Dimensional Chess. By John Savard.

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• King's Dimension . 3D chess variant from prototype Macingtosh program. (Link.). (8x6x3, Cells: 128)
• Klin Zha 3D . A three dimensional form of Klin Zha. (x7, Cells: 140) By Larry L. Smith.
• Kobayashi Maru. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Kobayashi Maru Variant of ST3D Chess . A variant set of rules for playing chess using the 3 dimensionsal set featured on the TV series Star Trek. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Kobayashi Maru Variant of Star Trek 3-D Chess. A variant set of rules for playing chess using the 3 dimensionsal set featured on the TV series Star Trek. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Kobayashi Maru Variant of Star Trek 3-D Chess. A variant set of rules for playing chess using the 3 dimentional set featured on the TV series Star Trek. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Larry L. Smith and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
• Kogbetliantz Game. One of the earliest 3D Chess games for the 8x8x8 playing field. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz.
• Kogbetliantz game. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Bruce Grant. Inventor: Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz.

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• Leapale. 3d variant played on a 6x6x6 board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Lengthleaper Hex Chess. The hex-prism geometry has surprisingly many equal-length compound leapers. (6x9x4, Cells: 136) By Charles Gilman.
• Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess . All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
• Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
• Logis 3D. 3d-chess variant by R. Planesi. (Link.). Inventor: Ronald D. Planesi.
• Ludus Magus . (8x8x2, Cells: 145) By Larry L. Smith.
• Ludus Magus. (8x8x2, Cells: 145) By Larry L. Smith.

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• Macrochess . Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube. (4x4x6, Cells: 96)
• Maharajah's Well Chess. 4-player 3d version of Maharajah and Sepoys, with a touch of Courier. (10x8x2, Cells: 88) By Charles Gilman.
• Mapped Chess . (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Stephane Burkhart.
• Mapped Chess. (8x8x2, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
• Megastar of David. Enlarged version of Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. (x2, Cells: 182) By Charles Gilman.
• Melbourne Chess and Christchurch Chess. 3-D variant on an 8x8x8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
• Millennium 3D Chess (tm) . (Link.). (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Inventor: William L. D’Agostino.
• Mountain King . Game for 2 to 4 players on 11 by 11 board. (11x11, Cells: 121) Inventor: Emmor Ray Sperry.

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• Nardeshir - Chess on multiple boards . (Link.). (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Inventor: Yeshiah Zalman.
• Nearlytriple Raumschach. The logical extension of the Nearlydouble principle to Raumschach. (7x7x7, Cells: 343) By Charles Gilman.
• Neutral Zone. StarTrek 3D Chess Variant. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• New 3D Leapers. Leapers restricted to the diagonal and triagonal patterns of the 3D field. Author: Larry L. Smith.
• Nichtschach. A 3d version of Notchess. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Ninepiece Nichtschach. Combining 4 Linepiece Fusion with Nichtschach. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.

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• Octa-Ashtapada. 8x8x8 variant with powerful armies and the potential for multiple royal pieces per side. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Larry L. Smith.
• Octahedral Chess. 3d-board in octahedral form. (x9, Cells: 340) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Michael D. Ward. Inventor: Michael D. Ward.
• OctHex 146. Arranging the geometry of Tetrahedral Chess into an octahedron. (Cells: 146) By Charles Gilman.
• Odalisque Chess. Magnetic rotating three dimensional chess variant. (1x4x16, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.

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• Paired Piece Tunnelchess. A new approach to the Tunnelchess first rank. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game. (8x8x5, Cells: 320) By Larry L. Smith.
• Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By George Marino.
• Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By Derick Peterson.
• Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
• Planar 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Polyhedron Chess . Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (x5, Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
• Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (x5, Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. By George William Duke.
• Prince . 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
• Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Gavin Smith and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
• Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (10x10x6, Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.
• Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (x4, Cells: 120) By Florian Klachl.

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• Qiube. Xiang Qi variant with Fortresses expanded from square to cube. (9x10x3, Cells: 126) By Charles Gilman.
• Quadlevel 3D Chess. Four level 3d chess. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) Author: Robert Koernke Jr. Inventor: Robert Koernke Sr.
• Quadruple Besiege Chess. Toroidal Variant with piece movements defined by stretches. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Gilman.

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• Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (9x9x4, Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.
• Raumschach . The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
• Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) (Recognized!) Author: Bruce Balden and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
• Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present". (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
• Raumschach - picture from the book. Pictures from book on Raumschach from beginning 20th century. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
• Raumschach Photograph. Photo of a hand-built set by James Trimm. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: James Trimm.
• Raumschach: the Thoroddsen board. Build your own 3d chessboard. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: Arni Thoroddsen.
• Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (8x8x2, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.
• Ravioli Chess . Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (8x8x2, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.
• Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (8x8x2, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.

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• Sachsenschach. 3d variant played on a 6x6x6 board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Salmon P. Chess. Huge three-dimensional game celebrating 10 years chess variant pages. (x10, Cells: 7500) By Dale Holmes.
• Shogi 3D. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. (9x9x3, Cells: 243) By Larry L. Smith.
• Skidoo Chess. Pieces can "skidoo" into an interior board. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By John Smith.
• Smaller Alice Chess. (4x8x2, Cells: 64) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Soul Reaver Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Kalin.
• Space . Three dimensional chess variant on pyramidal shaped board. (Link.). (11x11, Cells: 121) Inventor: Emmor Ray Sperry.
• Space Chess. Three dimensional commercial chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Space Chess Photos. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Star Chess. 3d-chess variant on two round levels. (Link.). (x2, Cells: 240)
• Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. An AOF offshoot on two side-10 triangles opposite ways round. (x2, Cells: 110) By Charles Gilman.
• Stereo Chess. 8 by 8 board with four 4 by 4 boards stacked on top of it. (x4, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerhard W. Jensch.
• Stockschach. 3d game with "stock" 3d analogues to FIDE pieces. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Strand. Three dimensional game with pawns and kings that move along straight lines and must remain adjacent. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Mike Cosgriff.
• Strato Chess. Information (no rules) about a quarter-century old three dimensional chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Jonathan Alden and Mark Hummel.
• Strato Chess. Now being sold on AreYouGame.com. (8x8x3, Cells: 192)
• Stuck in the Middle with You. 3 Different Boards and 3 Different Armies! (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x10x3, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

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• Tandem-84. Jim Aikin's Tandem-84 on the Game Courier. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Tandem-84. Variant on two boards of 7 by 6 rows with pieces moving between boards. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) By Jim Aikin.
• Tetrahedral Chess. Three dimensional variant with board in form of tetrahedron. (x7, Cells: 84) By Mark Thompson.
• Tetrahedral Chess . 3d chess variant with board in form of tetrahedron. (x7, Cells: 84) By Mark Thompson.
• Tetrahedral Shogi and Tetrahedral Hexgi. Shogi-based 3d variants on an enlargement of the Tetrahedral Chess board. (9x9x9, Cells: 165) By Charles Gilman.
• Three Dimensional 8x8xN Chess Game. Three dimensional chess variant. Inventor: A Missoum.
• Three dimensional Chess: Kogbetliantz game. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Bruce Grant. Inventor: Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz.
• Three-dimensional Chess. A 20 years old commercial variant on a 3 x 8 x 8 board. (8x8x3, Cells: 192)
• Tim's 3d Chess . On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per playe. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 3d Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 3D Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 4x8x4 3D Chess . A practical and playable 3D chess game. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 6x6x6 3d chess . 3d chess variant on 6 by 6 by 6 board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Tim O'Lena.
• Timeline. Pieces travel through time on four 4 x 4 x 4 boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George Marino.
• Timeline. Pieces travel through time on four 4 x 4 x 4 boards. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By George Marino.
• Total Chess . (8x8x4, Cells: 256) Author: Stephane Burkhart. Inventor: Charles Beaty.
• Total Chess. A type of three-dimensional chess from the 1940's which is played on four superimposed boards. (8x8x4, Cells: 256) Author: James Trimm. Inventor: Charles Beaty.
• The Tower Game. A simple three dimensional chess variant. (5x5x8, Cells: 200) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Trans-Dimensional Chess . Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels. (x3, Cells: 540) By Larry L. Smith.
• Trans-Dimensional Chess. Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels. (x3, Cells: 540) By Larry L. Smith.
• Transporter Pad. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Transporter Pad. Star Trek 3D Chess Variant. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Tri-Cubic Chess. Experimental chess variant on shape of three cubes. (x3, Cells: 72) By Robert J. Bell.
• Triaxial Qi. A 3d variant based on Xiang Qi but with triaxial steppers. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Charles Gilman.
• Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (x7, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Tunnelchess. 3D variant played on a stack of four Half Chess boards. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Tunnelshogi. 3-D Shogi variant. (4x4x8, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.

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• Unionchach, Sachsenschach, and Leapale. Three 3d variants all played on a 6x6x6 board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.

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• Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Weltschach. 3d Wildeurasian variant including Unicorn and Sling moves and covering all 2nd-perimeter destinations. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
• Witham\'s Three Dimensional Chess. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d. By Chris Witham.

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• Xiangqi 3D. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Larry L. Smith.

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• Year of the Pig Variants. Subvariants extending the forward moves in assorted previous variants old and new. By Charles Gilman.

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