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• Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) By Ralph Betza.

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• 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Webpage of contest held in 2001/2002. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies.
• 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies - games in ro. Games played in 2001 in championship of Chess with DIfferent Armies. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.

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• ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
• ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
• Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Glenn Overby II.
• Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess) . Large build-your-own-army variant. ZRF includes eight test armies and instructions for inputting your own. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Glenn Overby II.
• Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army. By Ralph Betza.
• Aliens Vs Predators. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Aliens vs Predators. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'. By Ralph Betza.
• Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Ralph Betza. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks. By Ralph Betza.
• Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Greg Strong.
• Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
• 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 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.
• Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Avian Airforce . Experimental Rider/Leaper Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the Usual Four and Other Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.

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• Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers. By Roger Cooper.
• The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.

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• CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. ...two Chess Armies made from (some of) the most popular pieces used in Western and Eastern Chess games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Chameleon Chess Redux. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
• CHESS Eccentricities, By Major George Hope Verney. Images from the book (complete). Author: George Hope Verney.
• Chess with Different Armies . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Chess with Different Armies . Massive version of Chess with Different Armies with index page and many experimental armies. Author: Peter S. Hatch. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) By Ralph Betza.
• Chess with Different Armies . Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Chess with Different Armies . Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Chess with Different Armies Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Lawson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory. By David Howe.
• Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique. Author: John William Brown. Inventor: David Howe.
• Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Clash of Civilization Chess (Shuffle Version). (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The Clash of Civilizations Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The Clash of Civilizations Chess (Updated) . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The Colorbound Clobberers. A team for Chess with Different Armies with many colorbound pieces. By Ralph Betza.
• Construction Chess. The idea for this variant is to give each player the possibility to construct his own chess army. By João Pedro Neto.
• The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
• CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Cylindrical Cinders. Army for Chess with Different Armies where many of the pieces can move as if the board was a cylinder. By Ralph Betza.

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• Danadazo. Game played on the 47 edges of a grid with rounded corners, borrowing elements from Tafl. (Cells: 47) By Jared B. McComb.
• Defensive Chess. White king is not royal, and Red units (except king) cannot go beyond the midline. If White has not won by 50 moves, Red wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dienbienphu Chess. Unequal armies chess variant: FIDE chess against Quang Trung Chess. By Vu Q Vo.
• Different Armies. Various black armies versus the standard white army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roger Cooper.
• Different Armies Chess . Author: João Pedro Neto. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Drop Chess. Players can select from nine chess armies on an 8x8 or 9x9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Key McKinnis.
• Dune Chess. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Dunsany Chess . 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
• Dunsany's chess . 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
• Dunsany's Chess. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.

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• European Chess. A multiplayer, different armies form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alex Nisnevich.

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• Fantasy Grand Chess. Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess . Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme. By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Giant Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Druid Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Dwarven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Evil Horde Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Elven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Human Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
• The Fighting Fizzies . An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies. By Peter Aronson.
• The Fighting Fizzies. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies. By Peter Aronson.
• Five Tigers. A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Five Tigers . A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Robert Price.
• Five Tigers Chess. Variant of Chinese Chess. Red can make two pawn moves per turn but. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Foreign Policy Chess. Peacekeepers are a third army. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
• Foreign Policy Chess. Chess variant on 8 by 8 board with armies of unequal strength. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
• The Forward FIDEs. A team for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can advancer easier than retreat. By Ralph Betza.

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• Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from RPG games. By Guilherme S Töws.

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• Hnefatafl - the Strategic Board Game of the Vikings . Detailed rules and history of a Chess-like game played for 100's of years in Northern Europe. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Sten Helmfrid.

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• Iron Guard Chess. Instead of a queen, white has an Iron Guard who can move only to adjacent diagonal squares and cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Douglas Silfen.

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• The Jovan Army. An army for Chess with Different Armies featuring heavy pieces that move forward slowly. By Ralph Betza.
• Jurassic Chess. Dinosaur based chess variant played with regular chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Arvind Pillai. Inventor: Tarun Gupta and Arvind Pillai.

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• Kamikaze III. If the lone queen checks, she wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Knight Chase. Game played on with two Knights on a Chessboard with differing goals. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: Alex Randolph.
• Knights of the Round Table. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
• 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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• Litróf. Variant on 42 squares played with stacks of Icehouse pyramids, where different color pyramids give stacks different powers. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Glenn Overby II.

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• Mad Chess. Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Chess . Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Chess (Steel=White). Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Chess (Stone=White). Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
• The magic mashers. another experimental chess with different armies variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Magna Carta Chess. lack has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Maharadscha . Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Maharaja and Sepoys I. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Maharaja and Sepoys II. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. The maharaja. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Maharajah's Well Chess. 4-player 3d version of Maharajah and Sepoys, with a touch of Courier. (10x8x2, Cells: 88) By Charles Gilman.
• Manchurian Chess. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Meta Chess. Game where players decide how the pieces move and where they go. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• Michael's Chess. An elaboration of Lord Dunsany's Chess with varying Pawn sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roger Cooper.
• Monster Chess . One player has only a king and four pawns, but makes double moves. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Monster Chess. One player has only a king and four pawns, but makes double moves. Author: David Regis.
• Monster Chess. White's normal army faces Red's king and four pawns; Red moves twice per turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Monster Chess Variants. A Discussion of the value of Double-Move pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza.
• Mysore Chess. Large variant by an 18th century Indian king. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• 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.
• Near vs Normal Chess. This version pits pieces of Near Chess vs those of normal chess (FIDE). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• The Nutty Knights. A team for Chess with Different Armies based around the moves of the Knight. By Ralph Betza.

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• Odds Chess . Ways of giving a weaker opponent better odds. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
• Odds Chess. Ways of giving a weaker opponent better odds. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
• The One Ring . White wants to get the Ring to the far side and destroy it. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Robert Price.
• The One Ring. White wants to get the Ring to the far side and destroy it. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Robert Price.
• The One Ring 1. Sample Game #1. Author: Robert Price.
• The One Ring 2. Sample Game #2. Author: Robert Price.
• The One Ring 3. Sample Game #3. Author: Robert Price.

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• Phi Chess with Different Armies. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
• Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• The Pizza Kings . An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
• The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
• Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (10x10x6, Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.

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• The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces. By Ralph Betza.
• A Remarkable Rookies Game. A sample game featuring the Remarkable Rookies vs the Fabulous FIDEs. By Ralph Betza.

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• The Seeping Switchers. An army for Chess with Different Armies based on pieces that change color when they move. By Jörg Knappen.
• The Seeping Switchers . An army for Chess with Different Armies based on pieces that change color when they move. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
• Shogi With Pokémons. Pokemons with special powers are added to an otherwise normal shogi board. (11x11, Cells: 121) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• The short splicers. An experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
• Sixteen Pawns. Trade a queen for 8 extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza. Inventor: M. de Kemur.
• Snark Hunt. Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. (6x8, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
• Snark Hunt . Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. (6x8, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
• Spacious Cannoneers . Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the traditional CDA Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess. The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants. (11x11, Cells: 121) By David Short.
• Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess . The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
• Super Maharadscha. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Namik Zade.
• super splicers. another army for chess with different armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.

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• The Black Ghost . Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Thud. Link to variant invented by Trevor Truran in association with Terry Pratchett. (15x15, Cells: 164) Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Trevor Truran.
• Tiger Hunt. Variant of The Maharaja and the Sepoys. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
• Tokar's Arcana . Chess-variant like game with different armies. Commercial game. Inventor: Anthony Gill.
• Tournament Chess with Different Armies . Chess with Different Armies ZRF for the Chess with Different Armies e-mail tournament. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• TreeLeaders Chess. Preset for Treeleaders Chess (invented by Erez Schatz). (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Uri Bruck. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
• Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Erez Schatz.

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• Unbalanced Games. Article from Variant Chess. Author: John Beasley.
• Unirexal Chess. Which player can win faster, given a queen in place of a king? (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Unirexal Chess. Only white has a king. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Unirexal Chess . Only white has a king. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.

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• Vimes Chess. Variant inspired by a footnote in a Discworld novel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

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• War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• War of the Worlds . Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Weak! . Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Weak!. Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza.
• White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• White Elephant Chess . Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• WWII Chess. Fight between a shogi and an orthodox chess army. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Edward Jackman.

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• Yitong. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Yitong. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.

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