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• 123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• 4-handed Chaturanga with dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: M Winther.

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• AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
• Atomic Pawn Chess. One time in ten, a pawn explodes just after moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn. By Donald Seagraves.
• The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

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• Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
• Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
• Chessky. Dice rolls determine how the units move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Cranko Scrabble Battle Chess . Combination of Scrabble and chess played with dice and cards. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Tony Newton.

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• d10 Chess. Roll a ten sided die (d10) every turn to determine which pieces may be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bruce Leban.
• Destiny Chess. Each turn before you move, flip a coin to see if you switch pieces with your opponent. By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Dice Chess I. Move the unit indicated by the roll of a six-sided die. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dice Chess V. If you cannot move the unit shown on the six-sided die,. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Movak.
• Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.

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• Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Davey W Drehs.

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• Heraldic chess. Chess with cards and dice. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Modest Solans.
• Heraldic chess dice. Photo's of dice with chess symbols from Heraldic chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Modest Solans.
• Heraldic Chess Games with Cards and Dice. Text of rule booklet of heraldic chess. By Modest Solans.
• Heraldic Chess IV. Heraldic set plus two twelve-sided dice. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
• Heraldic Chess Review. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Modest Solans.
• Highlander Chess. Instead of taking, pieces can be challenged with dice; winning piece absorbs powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter E. Leyva and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.

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• Juggernaut Chess. Unstoppable destructive unit moves at random. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Erik Wilson.
• Juggernaut Chess. Roll a die each turn to determine the move of the all-capturing Juggernaut. Author: Seth McGinnis. Inventor: Erik Wilson.

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• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Game with dice. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
• Ludus Equitum. Dice chess variant, using standard set and two dice, designed in a 13th-century style for the SCA. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Glenn Overby II.

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• Monte Carlo Chess. Random movement variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.

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• No Limit Bet Chess. A gambling multi-move chess variant played with dice that allows players to place bets on each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
• Nuclear Pawns Chess. Every time you move a pawn, there is a 1/10 chance of it exploding and destroying itself and all adjacent pieces. Author: Seth McGinnis. Inventor: Erik Wilson.

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• Oblong Shatranj with Die. (4x16, Cells: 64) Author: M Winther.
• Orwell Chess . Three player variant themed on George Orwell's 1984. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
• Orwell Chess. Three player variant themed on George Orwell's 1984. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.

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• Pachessi . Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Pachessi. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways. By Ralph Betza.
• PieceEater Chess . Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• 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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• Random Move Number Chess. A die now controls the number of moves a player makes each turn. Luck and skill required to win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
• Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (9x9x4, Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.
• Review: Heraldic Chess. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Modest Solans.
• RPGchess . Combines chess with Role Playing Game rules. By Patrick Mulcahy.

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• Single Combat Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Brett Ward.
• Skock. 64 pieces on an 8 x 8 board. Dice determine how far pieces can be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ulf Göransson.
• Sveschky. 16 identical pieces per player whose moves are determined by a die. By Sergey Sirotkin.

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• Turncoat Chess. After every move, dice are rolled to determine a square, which if occupied, the piece on changes side. Author: Frank Truelove. Inventor: Jon Leistiko.

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• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
• Vegas Fun Chess. Play Chess with a pair of Chess dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Game with dice. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George Koltanowski.

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