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European Chess. A multiplayer, different armies form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alex Nisnevich.
Dave's Example Game. This is Dave Howe's example of a user-posted game. (2x2, Cells: 4) By David Howe.
Xorix Shogi. Shogi where piece movement are XORed with captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Wreckage!. A highly tactical game featuring the Dragon that captures by approach or retreat, the Detonator and the Flying Guillotine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Wizard's War. Game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Michael Nelson.
Witch's Chess 
. Two or three player hexagonal variant. (Cells: 81) By Ralf Hansmann.
Wild Kingdom Chess. (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nicholas Jay Wolff.
Where Eagles Fly. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Michael Nelson.
Walkers and Jumpers. Walkers and Jumpers is a combination 2D - 4D chancellor chess variant that uses 9 pieces and 9 pawns per side. (9x21, Cells: 189) By Joe Joyce.
Voidrider Chess. A 43 square variant with movable spaces. (7x9, Cells: 43) By Fergus Duniho.
Venomous. New system of chess on 10x10 board with new pieces: the Sorcerer Snake and the even more venomous Sissa. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Unicorn Great Chess. Lions have been added to Unicorn Chess! (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
Trojan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Simon E Jepps.
TriMac HexChess. Hexagonal XiangQi. (Cells: 135) By Graeme C Neatham.
Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Erez Schatz.
Titan Chess. Chess featuring dozenal board and seven diverse new pieces with multiple capture mechanisms and movement modes. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Tipped Chess. (Cells: 113) By Matthew Kyle.
Tiger Hunt. Variant of The Maharaja and the Sepoys. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
Super Knights Grand Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Sun Tzu Chess. Limited information chess inspired by Chinese Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
SpaceWar. SpaceWar rules. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
Simplified Chess. (8x7, Cells: 56) By John Kipling Lewis.
Simpleton's Chess. This is an even simplier version of Simplified Chess. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Rich Hutnik.
Silver Elephant Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside),. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Separate Realms Chess. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson and Peter Aronson.
Save the Standard. A Tafl inspired game, with equal forces and the addition of a Cavalry piece. (15x7, Cells: 101) By Graeme C Neatham.
Raptor Chess. 104 square large board game with complimentary diagonal and orthogonal flying pieces each with dual mode capture abilities. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Querquisite Chess. Features the whimsical, irregular Querquisites,. (8x10, Cells: 72) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Quake Chess. Earthquakes over the board. (8x6, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Prime Ministers Random Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
Pawntrooper chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Prosser.
Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Palace Revolution. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and 4 extra squares to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
Octopus Chess. Features the crooked slider: the Octopus and the dual path Sorcerer Snake. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Ninjutsu (Claustrophobia 2). The fierce double capture leaping pieces: the Ninja Warriors and the Ninja Guards can promote to Insane Ninja Knights! (8x5, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
Near vs Normal Chess. This version pits pieces of Near Chess vs those of normal chess (FIDE). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Near Chess. This is a variant of Skirmish Chess designed to be friendlier to newbies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Mortal Chessgi. A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
MRC64. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Modern Random Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Lions and Unicorns Chess. With the 16 standard pieces and 4 powerful leapers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By David Paulowich.
Lemurian Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
Lao Tzu Chess. www.schemingmind.com. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Korean Random Chess. 
A Korean Chess variation with a random setup and a few new rules. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Roberto Lavieri.
Jail Cell Chess. Large board with walls and jail cell areas. (14x20, Cells: 280) By Nicholas Jay Wolff.
Intervention Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Simon E Jepps.
Interdependent Chess. A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Fergus Duniho.
Insane Ninja Chess. Big board chess with dual range Camel's Leap Ninja Guards, and Insane Ninjas: powerful multidirectional short-range leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Insane Flip Relay Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
Infinite Chess. Extends Chess to larger, even infinite, boards. By Tony Thomas.
Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (x4, Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Huntsman Chess. (9x9, Cells: 80) By Yu Ren Dong.
Holywar. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Fergus Duniho.
Highlander Chess. Instead of taking, pieces can be challenged with dice; winning piece absorbs powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
Herculean Chess. 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Henry VIII Chess. This is a hybrid capture king-losing chess variant. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Rich Hutnik.
Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Joe Joyce.
Grand Shatranj. Grand Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Ganeshan Chess. Introducing a new Elephant piece known as (the) Ganapati. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Simon E Jepps.
Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
Four-Handed Elephant Chess. A 4-Player (2 Team) game based on 3-Elephant Chess and 4-handed chess. (11x11, Cells: 97) By Gary K. Gifford.
Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
Flying Bombers Grand Chess. The usual pieces in Chess are complimented by two Flying Bombers, which eliminate enemy pieces by flying over them! (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Field Chess. On an 8x12 board with 8 extra pieces per side (Archers). (8x12, Cells: 96) By Peter E. Leyva.
Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Falcon into the Hexagonal world. (Cells: 121) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Davey W Drehs.
Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Duel Chess. Captured pieces are sent to a separate Duel board to see who is eliminated and who returns. (5x7x2, Cells: 43) By Erez Schatz.
Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Dimension X. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Delta88 Chess. Chess on a Trigonal Board. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Graeme C Neatham.
Decima. Variant on 10 by 10 board where you win when you have 10 points on the 10th row. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Courier Chess Moderno. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Jose Carrillo.
Corner Chess. Two or four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board with pieces starting in the corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Contemporary Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Claustrophobia. Played utilizing 46 squares of a chessboard, using new unique pieces, all of which can be represented by the standard pieces. (5x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
Chieftain Chess. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
Chess960x3. Variant of Chess960. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hadi Aireche.
Chess8400. Fischer Random Chess ina 9x9 Board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Chess with Different Periods. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
Chesimal Fusion I. (16x12) By Joe Joyce.
Caīssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. (12x8, Cells: 80) By Gary K. Gifford.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaņos Mures.
Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
Birds and Ninjas. Strategically rich chess-like game with powerful dual range orthogonal flying pieces, and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Balanced Game, The. A game that requires a calm equilibrium. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Simon E Jepps.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreņo.
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.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
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