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• Dragonchess. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Gary Gygax.

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• D B Extreme ! (Doppelganger BordahBee Extreme). Doppelganger BordahBee Combo with Very High Capturing Potential. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
• d10 Chess. Roll a ten sided die (d10) every turn to determine which pieces may be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bruce Leban.
• Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jens Baek Nielsen. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Dabbabah. Jumps two orthogonally. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dabbabante Chess. 2,0 runner need not stop for intervening units. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dabbabante Chess. Variant played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dabbabante Chess. Played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Dagger Chess. Hexagonal variant on board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39) By David Moeser.
• Dai Dai Shogi. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Douglas Silfen and Eduard Werner.
• Dai Mitregi. Still larger Mitregi offshoot, replacing the Generals with longer-range pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
• Dai Shogi. Shogi variant on 15 by 15 board. (Link.). (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: Roger Hare.
• Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai Shogi set. (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: John Lawson.
• Dai-Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai-dai Shogi set. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: John Lawson.
• Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144) By Jared B. McComb.
• Danadazo. Game played on the 47 edges of a grid with rounded corners, borrowing elements from Tafl. (Cells: 47) By Jared B. McComb.
• Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Dark Chess . You can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andreas Kaufmann. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dennis Merritt and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dennis Merritt.
• Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Dart Chess . Chess on a 6x6 board with a new piece: the Dart. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Dart Chess. Chess on a 6x6 board with a new piece: the Dart. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Darren Izzard.
• Dartboard Chess. circular all-three-compounds variant, with different orthogonal ranges on different files. (5x20, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Darts chess. Darts are thrown to decide with which piece to move. Author: Tim Thompson. Inventor: Ted Yudacufski.
• Dave's Example Game. This is Dave Howe's example of a user-posted game. (2x2, Cells: 4) By David Howe.
• David Pritchard. Death notice. Author: Mike Adams.
• Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
• DCP.WOZ Chess. Large variant with unorthodox pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Aaron Black.
• Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. (8x8x2, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. (8x8x2, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Dead Square . When pieces take, the square becomes impassible and all surrounding pieces disappear. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jason Shields.
• Dead Square Chess. Captures destroy both units, the square, and all neighbors. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Decay Shogi. Pieces decay if held too long. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Decima. Variant on 10 by 10 board where you win when you have 10 points on the 10th row. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
• 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.
• Decima . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
• Decimal Four-Player Chess I. Checkmate either opposing teammate for the win. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Decimal Four-Player Chess II. Checkmate either oppoenent for the win. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Decimal Four-Player Chess III. Checkmate either opponent for the win. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Decimal Four-Player Chess IV. Checkmate either opponent for the win. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
• Deep Blue versus Kasparov. White and Black each have their own way of winning. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ingo Althofer.
• Defender Pawn Chess. Pawns can move (but not capture) any distance backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• 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.
• Delayed Chess. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
• Delegating Chess . 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. (7x12, Cells: 84) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Delegating Chess. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Delegating Chess. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. (7x12, Cells: 84) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Delirious Bughouse. Miscellaneous rules added to Bughouse. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Alberto Monteiro.
• Delta PI. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme. ()
• Delta88 Chess. Chess on a Trigonal Board. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Delta88 Chess . (11x8, Cells: 88) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Delta88 Chess. trigonal chess using an hexagonal-lattice board. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Deluxe Chess. http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/index.html. (14x8, Cells: 112) By Stephen R. Stockman.
• Demi chess. Chess on a 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
• Demi Chess . Chess on a 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
• Demi Chess. Weak short range pieces with less symmetry than some more familliar pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Demi-Chess . Chess on a 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
• DemiChess. Most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• DemiChess Revisited. Updated information on DemiChess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• DemiRifleChess. Rifle Chess where most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Demon Game. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• The Demon Game. Larry Smith 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
• Demotion Chessgi. a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns. By Fergus Duniho.
• Demotion Chessgi . Chessgi variant limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns. By Fergus Duniho.
• Deneb . Special pieces and winning conditions. (7x9, Cells: 63) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Deneb. Special pieces and winning conditions. (7x9, Cells: 63) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Deneb. Now you can play Deneb on the Play-By-Mail system! (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Deneb Play-By-Mail game. Observe this game being played in the Invent and Play contest! Turn 4. (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Deployment. The initial setup of the pieces is open but hidden from the other player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
• Deployment Chess. Place units on markers which disappear if crossed by a friend. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Derick Peterson's Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) By Derick Peterson.
• Dervish Chess. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Benoit Dauphin.
• Dervish Chess. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Benoit Dauphin.
• Dervish Chess . Large variant with a great variety of pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Benoit Dauphin.
• Descent Chess. Kaufmann's drop variant. Begins with only K + P + P. Recommendable! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: M Winther. Inventor: Andreas Kaufmann.
• Descent Chess. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andreas Kaufmann.
• Descent Chess Zillions file. . Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andreas Kaufmann.
• Desert Benedict Chess. A hybrid of Desert Chess by Uwe Wiedemann and Benedict Chess by W.D Troyka. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• Desert Oasis Chess. A large variant with 2 types of repeat jumpers, plus Knights, and Camels. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Desert Pub Chess. A game with Desert Ferz and Desert Wazirs which make muliple captures by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Desertion Chess . When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Uwe Wiedemann.
• Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Destiny Chess. Each turn before you move, flip a coin to see if you switch pieces with your opponent. By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Detente 007. You move three times in sequence, the middle one being an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Diagonal 3D Chess. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
• Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• Diagonal Chess . Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Howe.
• Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Pieces start in two of the four by four quadrants of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ian Storz.
• Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Diagram Maker. Zillions of Games file for creating chess problem diagrams. Author: Ben Good.
• Diagram Maker. Zillions of Games file for creating chess problem diagrams. Author: Ben Good.
• Diagrammatic Shogi Pieces. Icons of shogi pieces in diagram style. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Diamond Chess. Chess on a Diamond board. (Cells: 40) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Diamond Chess. Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Diamond Chess . Chess variant on diamond shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Bruce Mills.
• Diamond Chess. Chess variant on diamond shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) By Bruce Mills.
• Diamond Chess 306. (22x24, Cells: 306) By David Cannon.
• 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.
• Diamond Ring Chess. Courier-style pieces to diamond-shaped camps on a toroidal wraparound board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Diamondback Chess. Pieces start in corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Schneider.
• Diana. Chess on a 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Diana . Chess on a 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Diana Chess. Miniature chess game from the late 1800's. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Diana Chess . Chess on a 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Dice Chess. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
• 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.
• Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
• Diceless Chessgammon. Move all pieces off the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• 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: Joćo Pedro Neto. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Different moving pieces . (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrew Juell.
• Diffusion Chess. Pieces start out in groups and must continually break apart into smaller groups. Played on a GO board. (19x19, Cells: 361) By Alexandre Muńiz.
• Diffusion Chess. Creative attempt by Alexander Munoz to combine Chess and Go. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muńiz.
• Dilaram's Legacy. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Easy shatranj problem with a story about two kings and their kingdoms attached to it. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dilaram's problem. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Famous old shatranj problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dimachaer Chess. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Dimension X. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Dimension X. Unusual transdimensional pieces interact with FIDE Chess. (8x8x2, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Dimension X, Problem # 7. An endgame problem for Dimension X, after Pawn g5-g6 who wins? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Dimensionalized. 3D version of checkers, chess and shogi. (9x9x2, Cells: 162) By Paul Glover.
• Diminuendo Chess. Hexagonal variant: captured pieces are dropped in the center and diminished, not removed. (7x8, Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
• Dino-Czars. Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts. (Cells: 42) By Clark Rodeffer.
• Dino-Czars . Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts. (Cells: 42) By Clark Rodeffer.
• Diplomacy chess. Simultaneously selected moves are only carried out when they do not conflict. By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Diplomat Chess. Round-board variant with a Diplomat to suborn opponents. (Cells: 43) Author: Carlos Martin-Fuertes.
• Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Samuel Carey. Inventor: Samuel Carey and Derrick Fernandez.
• Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
• Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• Discochess. Distributed Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Marc A. Donis.
• Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Disguised King II. Win by capturing the secret royal pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Disintegration Chess. Win by disintegrating 3 Kings and having 1 left. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Disintegration Chess. Pre-set for the game of disintegrating kings, rooks, fye'tins, and pawns. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Displaced Grid Chess. A Grid Chess variant that allows kings to visit corners, etc. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Displacement Chess 2. The most logical step for the evolution of standard Chess: flexible castling and interchange of king and queen for one side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Charles Daniel.
• Displacement Chess 2. Chess with flexible castling, reverse symmetry and no opening theory. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
• Displacement Chess 2 . Chess with minor modifications and no opening theory! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
• Divergent Chess . All pieces capture different than they move without capturing. (10x10, Cells: 100) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
• Divergent Chess. All pieces capture different than they move without capturing. (10x10, Cells: 100) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
• Divided Forces Chess. Half of your army starts on the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Reynold D. Sebok and David Howe. Inventor: Reynold D. Sebok.
• Djambi. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Machiavellian Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) Inventor: Jean Anesto.
• Dlyouk Janggi. Program that plays this Korean Chess Variant. (Link.). (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Do Sho Chess. Chess with Shogi pieces added. (14x8, Cells: 112) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Do-or-die Chazz. Pawns that can move backward and kings only on 5 by 8 board. (8x5, Cells: 40) By David Moeser.
• Do-or-die Chazz . Pawns that can move backward and kings only on 5 by 8 board. (8x5, Cells: 40) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Moeser.
• Do-or-die Chess. Chess on 5 by 8 board: three rows removed. (8x5, Cells: 40) By David Moeser.
• Do-or-die Chess . Chess on 5 by 8 board: three rows removed. (8x5, Cells: 40) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Moeser.
• Dodl schach: photo's. Photo's of a very small chess variant set. (4x6, Cells: 24) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dodl-schach . A truly small variant. (6x4, Cells: 24) Author: Marek14 .
• Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant. (4x6, Cells: 24) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dodl-schach. A truly small variant. (6x4, Cells: 24) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dodo Chess. Win by getting your king to the opposite side. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• DoGod Random. Pawns and pieces dispersed on first and second ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
• Dollar Chess . Almost 1-Dimensional Variant on a Dollar sign-shaped board. (Cells: 19) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Domination Chess. Win by occupying the center. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Don't Cross Midnight. Chess on a rotating planet; units may not cross the International. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Donkey Chess. Grand Chess with Donkeys instead of Knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Doppelganger BordahBee. A combination of BordahBee and Doppelganger Chess. (8x8, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Doppelganger Chess. Pieces have their "doubles" (Doppelgangers). Capture an opponent's piece to make both disappear... uses a FIDE chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Doppelgängerschach. Pieces return as something else on the same 3d board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Doppleganger Bordahbee & DB Extreme. A cross between Doppelganger and Bordahbee - Choose the "normal" or "extreme" variant (with twice the capture power). (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Double Alternate Chess. Game played on two boards with object to checkmate either King. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Inventor: Ken Franklin.
• Double chess. Two sets of pieces on 16 by 12 board. (16x12, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Julian S. Grant Hayward.
• Double Chess . On 16 by 8 board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Sean Christopher Duggan. Inventor: David Short.
• Double Chess. Play two Orthochess games at the same time, moving in either each move. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Double Chess. Sample Games. By David Short.
• Double Chess. Sample game with analysis. By David Short.
• Double Chess. On 16 by 8 board. (16x8, Cells: 128) By David Short.
• Double Chess. FIDE Chess x 2(with extra queen replacing what would be an extra king). (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: David Short.
• Double Chess. More Sample Games. By David Short.
• Double Cross Besiege. A spinoff from Besiege Chess using FIDE-size armies. (8x16, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
• Double Diamond. Pieces start diagonally across from one another and pawns move diagonally. (9x9, Cells: 73) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Double Diamond . Irregular board with diagonal orientation. (9x9, Cells: 73) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Double Diamond. Irregular board with diagonal orientation. (9x9, Cells: 73) By Jim Aikin.
• Double EIGHTEEN-STONE chess. David Short combines his Double Chess with Jim Aikin's Eight-Stone Chess. (16x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
• Double Hammer Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Double King Chess. With two kings on a 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) By David Moeser.
• Double King Chess . With two kings on a 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Moeser.
• Double Knight Chess I. A second pair of knights replaces the bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Double Knight Chess II. A knight not capturing may move again at once. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Double Move Chess #1. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
• Double Move Chess #2. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate, check or mate ends turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Double Move Chess #3. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Soren Kirk.
• Double Trouble Chess. White has only king and bishop but moves twice per turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Double-Pawn Chess . Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Doublebarrel Chess. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Doublecannon Chess. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Doublecannon-Chess (8x10). A big-board variant featuring the amazing new piece, the Doublecannon (Zillions file downloadable). (10x8, Cells: 80) By M Winther.
• DoubleEIGHTEEN-STONEchess. Combines Eight-Stone Chess with Double Chess. (16x9, Cells: 144) By David Short.
• Doublemove chess. Move twice per turn, with by King capture, not checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
• 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)
• Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess . All pieces may move twice when moving. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Doublewide Chess. A discussion of the variant where two complete chess sets (including two Kings per side) are set up on a doublewide board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Ralph Betza.
• DoubleWide Chess. Variant where two complete chess sets (including two Kings per side) are set up on a doublewide board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Doubly Nested Chess. A variant hiding FIDE Chess on a Dabbaba binding. (17x17, Cells: 285) By Charles Gilman.
• Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
• Dragon. (DragonChess) Combines King and bishop movements, and capturing from afar (between boards). Author: Peter Spicer. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Dragon. Combines pawn and knight movement, mainly as a problem piece, not found in variants. Author: Ben Good.
• Dragon. Combines pawn and knight movement. (Mainly as a problem piece, not found in variants). Author: Peter Spicer. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Dragon. (9x15, Cells: 135) By Glenn Nicholls.
• Dragon Chess (tm). Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. (16x10, Cells: 124) By Lex Parker.
• Dragon Horse. Moves as Bishop or Wazir. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Dragon King. Moves as Rook or Ferz. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• DragonChess . A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Dragonchess. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Dragonchess Games. Sample games of Dragonchess. Author: David Lichtenstein.
• A Dragonchess Page. Roberts Stevens' page on Dragonchess. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Dragonfly. Drop pieces you have taken on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
• Dragonfly. Christian Freeling's 7x7 Chessgi type variant. No Queens. Pawns don't drop. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Dragonfly Chess. Small version with pieces in hand. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dragons, Archers, and Oxen. Chess variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jim Aikin.
• Dragoon Chess. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. (8x8, Cells: 64) By NotCricket .
• Drawless Chess . Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael D. Ward.
• Drawless Chess. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Ward.
• Dream Chess 46. 46-squasre variant played from opposite corners of a FIDE board with the other corners removed. (8x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Gilman.
• Dream Chess 47. 47-square variant played from opposite corners of a 7 by 7 board with the other corners removed. (7x7, Cells: 47) By Charles Gilman.
• Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Drop Chess. Players can select from nine chess armies on an 8x8 or 9x9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Key McKinnis.
• DropSSShess . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. (16x8, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Dual Chess . A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. (16x8, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. (16x8, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Dual Direction Variants. Adding extra moves to pieces in historic forms of Chess. By Charles Gilman.
• DUAL RING Tournament Format. Tournament format for handling uneven number of players. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• dUchess. Chess on two levels. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Eric S. Clayton.
• Duchess . For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. Inventor: Alan Blair and John Kramer.
• Duck Soup Chess. Pawns on turnwise randomly determined colored squares cannot be taken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Duel . Two hoppers eliminate squares as they go and compete against one another. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Duel Chess. PBM Preset for 43-space variant played on two boards. (5x7x2, Cells: 43) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
• 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.
• The Duel II . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Dueling Archbishops. Chess game with only six cells but with a piece that morphs into four different forms. (2x3, Cells: 6) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
• Dueling Archbishops. Chess variant on 2 by 3 board. (2x3, Cells: 6) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Dueling Archbishops . Small chess variant on 2 by 3 board. (2x3, Cells: 6) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Duggan's Fantasy Chess. Game where usual pieces become mercenaries, horsemen, golems, assassins and adapts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
• Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
• Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
• Duggan's Fantasy Chess Variant. A variant which makes the game more `playable`. By Robert J. Mate Jr..
• Duke. Piece from RennChess that steps one orthogonally then slides diagonally, or slides diagonally then steps one orthogonally. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
• Duke of Rutland's Chess. (10x14, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
• Duke of Rutland's Chess . Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140) Author: Robert Price.
• Dune Chess. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Duniho, Fergus. Website of Fergus Duniho. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• 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. One side has 32 pawns instead of the usual pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dunsany's Chess. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
• Duo Chess. Two boards, units moving freely to the corresponding squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dutch Billiards Chess. Billiards chess with pocketed pieces returned to. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dutch Chess. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gerben Dirksen.
• Dutch Chess . Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Dutch Chess. Pawns start on the back ranks and move as queens. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dutch translations on the Chess Variant Pages. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dynamic Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant with free setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dynamic Chess. Pieces move like closest piece left on the same rank. Author: Edward Jackman.
• Dynamic Chess . Pieces move like closest piece left on the same rank. Author: Marek14 .
• Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
• Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
• Dynamo Chess. Units push and pull one another. Some bugs may remain in the program. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dynasty Chess. Capture both king and queen, whose moves vary. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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