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• All the King's Men.. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (10x10, Cells: 104) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.

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• 3 Man Chess. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board. (Cells: 144) Author: David Howe.
• 3 Man Chess - Review. Review of commercial three player chess variant on round board. (Cells: 144) Author: David Howe.
• 3d Chessboards, Epic Games. Expensive chessboards with 3d surface. Author: David Howe.
• 4 Player Chess. Commercial four player chess variant. (Cells: 160)
• 4-way chess by Taurus games. Commercial fourhanded chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen R. Stockman.

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• Abstract Games Magazine. Author: Kerry Handscomb.
• Air Attack Chess. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Stephen R. Stockman.
• All the King's Men.. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Armis. 100 square board with 15 piece types. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Armis Game.
• Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Garand.

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• Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
• Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
• Big Battle. Large (10x10), commercial variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By M. K. Morrison.
• Big Battle . Large (10x10), commercial variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
• Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132)
• Bishops. Commercial four-player game. (12x12, Cells: 132) By Ed .
• Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces. (6x6, Cells: 32)

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• CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Cardinal Super Chess Home Page. Link to company site. (10x10, Cells: 100) Inventor: Maureen Jones.
• Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Chance Chess Co.. Web site.
• Chaos Chess. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• chass. www.chass.info. (8x8, Cells: 64) By peter kirk.
• ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. (25x16, Cells: 319) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
• Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
• Chess - The Speed Game . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
• Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game. (13x12, Cells: 156) Author: David Howe.
• Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (4x4x6, Cells: 96) By Robert J. Bell.
• Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
• Chess for Three. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. (Cells: 100) By James Killian Spratt.
• Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. (Cells: 96) Author: Jerzy Luberda. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
• Chess in the Round . A commercial variant on a round board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
• Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Chess Jester. 4-player variant with two new pieces. (Cells: 128) Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
• Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
• CHESSapeak . Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. (Cells: 160) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Cells: 160) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Chesshousers. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• ChessMage (tm). A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
• ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
• Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. By David L. Smith.
• Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
• cHEXx . Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
• Chinese Chess. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: H. T. Lau.
• Chinese Chess for Beginners. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Sam Sloan.
• Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
• Circular Chess. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software. (Cells: 68) By Alan Mattlage and Martin Mattlage.
• Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Leonard Kalich.
• Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
• Cross Chess . Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
• Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.

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• Delta PI. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme. ()
• Deluxe Chess. http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/index.html. (14x8, Cells: 112) By Stephen R. Stockman.
• Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells. (Cells: 98) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bart D. Follis and James G. Chapman.
• Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
• Djambi. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Machiavellian Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) Inventor: Jean Anesto.
• Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant. (4x6, Cells: 24) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Doubles Chess. Four player chess variant on octagonal board. (Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Doubles Chess Partnership Ltd . Website of company selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 128)
• Dragon Chess (tm). Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. (16x10, Cells: 124) By Lex Parker.
• Duchess . For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. Inventor: Alan Blair and John Kramer.

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• Echos. Transform your non-attacked, non-royal units as you like. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vladimir Pribylinec.
• Edmarks' Strategy Challenges II Program. On their Website, you can download a demo that allows you to play the Jungle game against a human opponent on a PC. (7x9, Cells: 63)
• Epic Games 3d Chessboards. Expensive chessboards with 3d surface. Author: David Howe.
• Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants. By Emmanuel Baud.
• Evo. Game with chess-variant elements. Inventor: Giardino Italiano.
• 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.
• Exchess Set. New chess pieces that can be used in combination with Staunton chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
• Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Davey W Drehs.

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• Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike games. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
• Feudal. The Game of Siege and Conquest, 3M Company - 1967. (24x24, Cells: 576) Author: Dennis Matheson.
• Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company. (24x24, Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
• Fidechel. Unique styled chess pieces and 3D chess game in development. By Patrick Degan.
• First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: David Li.
• Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football. (10x6, Cells: 60) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess. (Cells: 160) By Stephen R. Stockman.

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• Global Chess. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (x2, Cells: 64) Author: Robert LeRoy.
• Global Chess . A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (x2, Cells: 64)
• Gothic Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Inventor: Ed Trice.
• Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.

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• Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
• HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• HEXchess Review. Review of HEXchess. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 54) Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier! (Cells: 54) Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&. (Cells: 54) By Mike Layfield.
• House of Kay. Company selling a circular chess board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hyperchess . Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.). (x8, Cells: 64)

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• Icehouse . Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
• Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez. (Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
• Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board. (Cells: 112) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Fanning.
• Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 196) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Calkoviks and Jeff Knight.
• Infinite Chess . Link to publishers website. (Cells: 72)
• Infinite Chess Photographs. Photos of an Infinite Chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors. (Cells: 216) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rein Keulen.

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• Jetan-Sarang . A large variation of Jetan. (12x12, Cells: 144) By James Killian Spratt.

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• Kaissa . Decimal variant developed from descriptions in John Norman's Gor books. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jeff Shaffer.
• Kaos: The Game . Multiplayer game on a 7x7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Robert Peeples.
• Kings and Pawns. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. (7x8, Cells: 56) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Kings and Pawns . Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. (7x8, Cells: 56) Author: Peter Aronson.
• Kings Court . Commercial chess variant on 12 by 8 board based on the historical Courier chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Sidney LeVasseur.
• Knightmare Chess. The American version of Tempete sur l'Echiquier.
• Knightmare Chess. A review. Author: Steffan O'Sullivan.
• Knightmare Chess Page. Steve Jackson Games' page on Knightmare Chess. Author: Steve Jackson.
• Konigsritter. Four-player game on curiously-shaped board with one player having a different army than the others. (Cells: 123) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Albert Buttner.

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• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.

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• Machiavellian Chess. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Inventor: Jean Anesto.
• Macrochess . Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube. (4x4x6, Cells: 96)
• Mad Mate . Wooden set for chessgi: captured pieces change hands and can be used as reinforcement. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Alex Randolph.
• Mark Davis's Chess Designs . With a round chess board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Mark Davis.
• Maze. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
• Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Memory CardChess for Two. Like regular CardChess, but cards are flipped face down when not moving. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Metapontum . Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
• Millennium Chess . Commercial variant on 15 by 8 board with almost twice the normal set of pieces. (15x8, Cells: 120)
• Millennium Chess Preset. This is the preset for Millennium Chess. (15x8, Cells: 120) Author: Rich Hutnik.
• Ministers Chess. Two queens on each side on a 9x9 board, available commercially. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mob Strategy. Mob Strategy, The Takeover Game, presented by The Game Pile. (9x13, Cells: 117) By Jeff Rients.
• Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. (Cells: 35) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.

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• The Narrow . The website of Shamus Shafer, who makes custom chess boards and chess tables at reasonable prices.
• Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Matt Arnold. Inventor: Bandai.
• Navia Dratp Photos. Actual photos of this soon-to-be released game! (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Matt Arnold. Inventor: Bandai.
• New, Used, Rare and Collectible Books and Games .
• News on Superchess. A championship in combination with Corus chess, and a third set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
• Ninny Chess. Classic board game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Ninny chess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• No-Yes! Chess. French commercial variant with an element of chance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luc Queyrel.
• Noble Celts: Game Review. Circular chess variant. (Cells: 64) Author: Ben Good.
• Non-Random CardChess for Four. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Non-Random CardChess for Teams. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Non-Random CardChess for Three. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
• Non-Random CardChess for Two. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.

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• Omega Chess. A review. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (10x10, Cells: 104) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) By Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega chess . Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess game. Moves of a game between chess grandmasters Alex Sherzer and Judith Polgar. (10x10, Cells: 104)
• Omega Chess Review. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Alex Sherzer. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess Review. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess set Photos. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omega Chess Tournament. Play by email tournament on Richard's PBEM server. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: David Short. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Omnigon. Photos and Review. (Cells: 37) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.

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• Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
• Photos of Omega Chess. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Author: Linda Hudson. Inventor: Dan Brown.
• Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Author: Bryan Lambert. Inventor: Dan Brown.
• Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
• Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Jeff Knight.
• Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
• Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it. Author: David Howe.

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• Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Robert Price.
• Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Quick Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Richard Sullivan. Inventor: Joe Miccio.

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• Regimental Chess . Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
• Review: 3 Man Chess. (Cells: 144) Author: David Howe.
• Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
• Review: Chesshousers. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Review: HEXchess. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Review: Knightmare Chess. Author: Steffan O'Sullivan.
• Review: Noble Celts. (Cells: 64) Author: Ben Good.
• Review: Omega Chess. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Review: Omega Chess. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Review: Omega Chess. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Alex Sherzer. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Review: Omnigon. Photos and Review. (Cells: 37) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
• Review: Roundtable Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Review: Zillions-of-Games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Review: Zillions-of-Games. Author: David Howe.
• Roman Chess. 10x10 variant available commercially. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
• Roman Chess . Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces moving like non-royal kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
• Roman Chess. Photo's of commercial large chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Roman Chess . Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces moving like non-royal kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) Inventor: Mark Woodall.
• Rook's Revenge. Astraware Brings Rook's Revenge to Palm OS and Pocket PC Handhelds. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Roundtable Chess. A review. Author: Fergus Duniho.

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• Sceptre 1027. Photo's of a set of this commercial multiplayer chess variant of the 1980's. (8x8x9, Cells: 576) Author: Simon Westenra.
• Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (8x8x9, Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
• Shogi : Japan's Game of Strategy. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Trevor Leggett.
• Shogi for Beginners. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: John Fairbairn.
• Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Alberto Giusti. Inventor: Alessio Cavatore.
• Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Smess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Space Chess. Three dimensional commercial chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Space Chess Photos. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Stealth Chess. Commercial game with elements from Chess and from Stratego. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Dice Corporation.
• Steeple Chess . Crossover between race game and chess.
• StrategiChess . Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196) Author: Alan Cartwright. Inventor: Alan Cartwright and Alastair Taft.
• StrategiChess II . Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196) Author: Alan Cartwright. Inventor: Alan Cartwright and Alastair Taft.
• Strato Chess. Now being sold on AreYouGame.com. (8x8x3, Cells: 192)
• Stratomic. Decimal variant with a nuclear missile piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Robert Montay-Marsais.
• Super Chess II. Proprietary game from the 1970's. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Lauterbach.
• Super Chess III. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
• Super Chess III . Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
• Super Chess III . Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ed Ginsberg.
• Superchess. Four-handed chess game playable by two or four players. (Cells: 148) Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
• Superchess and Monarch. Booklet in English and Dutch and book in Dutch about large chess variants with fantasy pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
• SuperChess I. Big proprietary game for four. Pawns meet their opponents as in orthochess. (Cells: 148) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
• Superchess in Corus Chess tournament. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
• Superschaak. Book and sets for playing variants with many new types of chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.

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• Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Clequin.
• Tetra. Old commercial four player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tic-Tac-check. Get four chesspieces in a row on a 4 by 4 board. (4x4, Cells: 16) Author: Daniel Thibault and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Don Green.
• Tile Chess . Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tishai. Played on a 7x7 board with 2 sideboards. (7x7, Cells: 49) By James Ernest.
• Tishai . Small commercial game. (Link.). (7x7, Cells: 49) Inventor: James Ernest.
• Tommy's Towers. Description (no rules) of very large chess variant from DOS-program. (50x20, Cells: 1000)
• Touchdown chess . Win by scoring touchdowns: move your pieces across the goal line in this commercial chess variant. (16x20, Cells: 320)
• Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
• TriChezz. Chess for three on a circular board. Classic proprietary game. (24x4, Cells: 96) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
• Trigon Chess . Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards. By Charles Burns.
• Triochess. Commercial three player chess variant from around 1975. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Troja. Commercially sold game where pieces can be stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Onno Garms.

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• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
• Vendetta. Commercial four-player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• War Chest . Customizable fantasy board game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Wikingerschach. Old commercial chess variant from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• World War Chess . Commercial variant with pieces more suited to a war game.

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• Xiangqi Syllabus on Cannon: Chinese Chess 2. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: David Li.
• XieXie . Xiangqi Computer Program XieXieMaster 1.0.10 released! (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Pascal Tang. Inventor: Pascal Tang and Eugenio Castillo.

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• Yutopian Chinese Chess . Author: Sidney Yuan.

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• Zebulon. German commercial game with bluffing with chess pieces and connection forming. (7x7) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Herbert Schuetzdeller.
• Zillions of Games. Game package for Windows that allows you to play nearly any abstract board game or puzzle in the world.
• Zillions-of-Games. Review. Author: David Howe.
• Zillions-of-Games. Review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Zonal Chess. Board has special `zones' at both sides. Commercial game of 1970's. (Cells: 104) Author: Lawrence C. Smith.

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