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Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. Classical variant of Glinski. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are
held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By John Leslie.
Hadean Chess. Large chess with 12 pawns, 10 Ninja Pawns, 4 short-range linear jumpers, and Wazir/Ferz Zebra and Knight compounds. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Hadean Chess. Expanded chess with short-range linear jumpers, augmented knights and zebras and more dynamic pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Hadean Chess 
. Play expanded chess with Ferz/Wazir Sorcerers, Ferz/Wazir Knights, Flying Warmachines. Flying Elephants and Ninja Pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Hafts. A denser Draughts, but with pieces only capturing those bound to the opposite colour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Haigh's Chess. Variant on a 8x12 board with doubled arrays. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: H. Haigh.
Haiku Shogi. 4-player Shogi with 5+7+5 grouping of orthogonals in both dimensions. (17x17, Cells: 289) By Charles Gilman.
Half Bughouse. Another name for Anywhere Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Half Chess. 4x8 board, plays well. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Groeneman.
Half Chess . On a 4 by 8 board without pawns. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: John Groeneman.
Half Chess. On a 4 by 8 board without pawns. (4x8, Cells: 32) By John Groeneman.
Half Chess. Pieces have approximately half their usual movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Half Chess of Ralph Betza. Exactly like halfling chess, only the knights are replaced by crabs, making them more compatible with half moving rider pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Half Chess Pawnless. "If Chess is wine, Half Chess is brandy. ". (8x4, Cells: 32) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Groeneman.
Half Courier. (6x8, Cells: 48) Author: Nicholas Jay Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Half Courier. A Pawnless variant rearranging a slightly simplified Courier back rank onto two ranks. (6x8, Cells: 48) By Charles Gilman.
Half final Europe Championship Hexagonal Chess 1999. Games of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Sergej Korchitsky. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
Half Shogi and Half Xiang Qi. Applying the principles of Half Chess to Oriental games. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
Half Shoxiang. A variant with one each of a mixture of Shogi and Xiang Qi pieces on a FIDE board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Halfgi. A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Halfgi . A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Halfling Chess. Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Halfling Chess . Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Halflings. Pieces that can travel at most half their usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Halloween Knight Court. Halloween-themed variant on a tiny board. (3x3, Cells: 9) By Jason D. Wittman.
Halloween Knight Court . Halloween-themed variant on a tiny board. (3x3, Cells: 9) By Jason D. Wittman.
Hamiltonian Chess. Win by forming a Hamiltonian path between your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
Hammer Chess. FIDE but with gnus instead of knights, cardinals instead of bishops and enhanced pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Hammer Chess. Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jim Aikin.
Hammer Chess . Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Hand Shogi. Modern shogi variant with many pieces to drop. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John William Brown.
Hand-Drawn Chess Variant Pieces. Creative and fanciful chess piece drawings. By Tony Newton.
Handicap Chess. As in golf, stronger units are given relative limits. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Handmade Magnetic Chinese Chess Set. Photo's of Xiangqi set made from magnetic chess and checkers sets. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Hanga Roa. Play Hanga Roa on Game Courier! (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger. Inventor: Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger and Hernán Marcelo Domínguez Placencia.
Hanga Roa . Play Hanga Roa with Zillions of Games! (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger and Hernán Marcelo Domínguez Placencia.
Hanga Roa. A chess variant inspired by the people of Easter Island. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Hernán Marcelo Domínguez Placencia and Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger.
Hans 38 Gift Chess . Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
Hans 38Special Chess. On a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) By Eric Greenwood.
Hans 38Special Game 1. Joao Neto - Rob Nierse, a sample game of Hans 38Special. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
Hans 40 Gift Chess. Pieces are digits or letters and move like their form on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40) By Köksal Karakus.
Hans 40 Gift Chess . Pieces are digits or letters and move like their form on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Hans Bodlaender resigns as editor-in-chief. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hans37 Chess. Chess variant for four players on a board of 37 squares. (Cells: 37) By Ralph Betza.
Hans38 Chess. A form of Chess with a Limited Supply of Squares; entry of the 38-challenge. (8x8, Cells: 38) By Ralph Betza.
Hans38 Chess. Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) By Eric Greenwood.
Hara-Kiri Chess. Capturing pieces also are removed. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: B. G. Laws.
Hasami Shogi. Popular Japanese game, playable with Shogi set. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Katsutoshi Seki.
Haunted Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Hawaiian Chess. Pacific Island variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Haynie's Game of Leapers. On 8 by 8 board with several pieces that can jump. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Billy Haynie.
Haynie's Great Chess. A decimal chess variant with Cardinals, Marshals Amazons, Nightriders Commoners, Firzans, Wazirs, Camels, And Zebras. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Billy Haynie.
Haynie's Hexagonal Chess. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Haynie's Hexagonal Chess . Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Haynie's High Power Fairy Chess . With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Haynie's high power fairy chess 64. With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Billy Haynie.
Haynie's Oblong Chess . Variant on double size chess board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Haynie's Oblong Chess 128. Variant on double size chess board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Haynie's Primary Chess. On 6 by 6 board without knights. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
Heathen Europe Chess. 2 player cubic-cell Europe-specific offshoot of AOF series. (6x6, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Heaven . Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece. (Cells: 39) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
Heaven. Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece. (Cells: 39) By Rob Nierse.
Heavy Gravity Chess. Due to heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Rooks, & Bishops can't move more than 4 spaces. Kings move like Ferz. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Heavy Gravity Chess. Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Hecatomb. Each player has 31 queens and one king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Kevin Maroney.
Hecatomb Chess. One king and 31 queens on each side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Kevin Maroney.
Heian Shogi 
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Heian Shogi. or Early Shogi. A predecessor of Shogi. (9x8, Cells: 72) Author: Steve Evans.
Heian-Dai Shogi. Early Great Shogi. (13x13, Cells: 169) Author: Steve Evans.
Helmsman Chess
. Introducing the Helmsman and the bounce-move, whereby the piece deviates orthogonally. A very positional piece (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
Helping us Maintain this Site. Information on how you can help us maintain this site. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe.
Helpmate in Two. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: T. Garai.
Henry VIII Chess. This is a hybrid capture king-losing chess variant. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Rich Hutnik.
Henry VIII Chess Preset. This is the preset for Henry VIII Chess (unique take on Extinction Chess). (7x8, Cells: 56) Author: Rich Hutnik.
Hepta . Hexagonal clan-based game played with Icehouse pieces. (Cells: 174) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
Hepta. Hexagonal clan-based game played with Icehouse pieces. (Cells: 174) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
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 I. Heraldic set plus sixteen cards per hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
Heraldic Chess II. Heraldic set plus ten cards per hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
Heraldic Chess III. Heraldic set plus six cards per hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: 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.
Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by capturing any piece plus its pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by taking a pair of pieces that started on the same line in the opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Herb Garden Chess . Variant on 7 by 12 board with additional combination pieces. (12x7, Cells: 84) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: William Overington.
Herb garden chess. Variant on 7 by 12 board with additional combination pieces. (12x7, Cells: 84) By William Overington.
Herculean Chess . Extended version of chess features the Flying Bishops, the Flying Chariots, Ninja Pawns, Augmented Knights and Zebras. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Herculean Chess. Large board chess with augmented versions of Bishops, Rooks, Zebras, Knights and pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Herculean Chess. 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Herd. Experimental variant with jumping pieces on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Herichess. A variant on a board in the shape of the English Heritage logo. (14x14, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
Hermit Chess. Play vs opponent making increasing numbers of random moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
Hero and Superhero Chess. The King's Pawn is replaced by a Hero (moves like any other piece on your side on the board) or a Superhero (improved Hero). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tomas Forsman.
Hero Chess. The king's pawn is replaced by a unit which mimics the move of any friendly unit on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
Hero Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Hero Chess III. Also called Superhero Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
Hero's Chess. A chess with very different pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess . Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Play this game from the 84-square contest on the Play-By-Mail system! (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess Zillions Saved Game 
. Download this file to see the sample game. (Cells: 84) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Heroic Round Chess. A variant on a round board with 2-, 3-, and 4-component compound pieces. (6x18, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
Hex 39 . Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Torben Mogensen.
Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187) By Charles Gilman.
Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata. (Cells: 90) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata. (Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
Hex Dragonal Chess. Based on an idea by Jeremy Good this CV has horizontal rows of hexes and an unusual set of directions,. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
Hex Dragonal Chess. horizontal hex-rows and 4 defined directions of movement. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Hex Horngi. To hex cells what Mitregi is to square ones and Tunnelshogi to cubic ones. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi . A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
Hex39. Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39) By Torben Mogensen.
Hexa Decimal . Larger hexagonal chess variant (Zillions of Rules file). (11x11, Cells: 90) By Joost aan de Brugh.
Hexa Decimal. Larger hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 90) By Joost aan de Brugh.
Hexabeast. Hexagonal chess variant with six animal pieces, by Ivan A. Derzhanski. (Cells: 70) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Hexachess. Hexagonal Chess with lots of Pawns on a peanut-shaped board. (Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David Moeser.
Hexagonal Boards . Java Utility. By Graeme C Neatham.
Hexagonal Chess . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union. (Cells: 70) Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
Hexagonal Chess (Glinski). Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
Hexagonal Chess (McCooey). Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
Hexagonal chess - names of squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hexagonal chess - problem 1. Author: Joseph Boyer.
Hexagonal chess - problem 2.
Hexagonal chess - problem 3. Mate in two moves hexagonal chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bertholomeau.
Hexagonal chess - problem 4. Mate in two moves hexagonal chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: K Berthomeau.
Hexagonal chess - problem solving contest 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hexagonal Chess by Shafran . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union. (Cells: 70) Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
Hexagonal Chess Notation. Article discussing Hexagonal Chess notation. Author: Arnaldo Rodrigues DAlmeida.
Hexagonal Chess Set. Home made set of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Matthew R. Dickinson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
Hexagonal Chess with Hexagonalers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. Classical variant of Glinski. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
Hexagonal Chess, Haynie's. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
Hexagonal Chess, McCooey's . Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
Hexagonal chess: Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagonal Board. Files and directions for making a hexagonal chess board. (Cells: 91) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Hexagonal Hole Chess. Hexagonal variant using new pieces, holes, and barriers. (Cells: 91) By Gary K. Gifford.
Hexagonal Hole Chess. A hexagonal variant of Hole Chess. Engineers can move holes and barriers. Teleporters can relocate enemy pieces. (11x11, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
Hexagonal Iss Jetan. (7x13, Cells: 127) By Larry L. Smith.
Hexagonal Iss Jetan . (7x13, Cells: 127) By Larry L. Smith.
Hexagonal Round Chess. Combined Byzantine Chess with Rex Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Arnaldo Rodrigues DAlmeida.
Hexapawn . Martin Gardner's miniature game of three pawns vs the pawns. (3x3, Cells: 9) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
Hexapawn. Martin Gardner's miniature game of three pawns vs the pawns. (3x3, Cells: 9) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
HexCaďssa. Each player has four pieces on hexagonal board with disappearing squares. (Cells: 61) By Christian Freeling.
HexChess . Various hexagonal chess games, including Glinski's and McCooey's. Author: Jens Markmann.
HexChess. Hexagonal Chess where Bishops move 1 hex in any direction and Rooks may not move to adjacent cell. (Cells: 641) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Hexchess. Another hexagonal chess variant with closer resemblance to orthodox chess. (Cells: 69) By Bill LaVanway.
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 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.
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 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. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 54) Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Compressed Chess . Link: This version of Hexagonal Chess has rotated cells so that the angles point up and down. (0x8, Cells: 50) By Mike Layfield.
Hexes Compressed Chess. Hexes Chess on a squared off, reduced size board. (5x10, Cells: 50) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexetera . Download Hexetera for ZOG! Also includes the game in squares: Etcetera! (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
Hexetera. Small hexagonal variant with some elements of Chinese Chess. (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
Hexetera. Play Hexetera on the Game Courier! (Cells: 44) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Hexgi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Shogi, with "officers" using selected orthogonals. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Hexichess . 3D hexagonal Chess. DOS program playing this game, and information and photo of expensive glass set. (x3, Cells: 75)
Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael A. Rouse.
Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) By Michael A. Rouse.
Hexmate . A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael A. Rouse.
Hexodus. Program that plays hexagonal chess (Glinski variant). Author: Grzegorz Sidorowicz.
Hiashatar . Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: L. U. Kisljuk.
Hiashatar. A Mongolian historical variant, featuring the very special Bodyguard piece (zrf available). (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: M Winther.
Hibryd I. Game played on 4x4 board with a King and four Pawns each, neutral pieces, multiple forms of capture and many ways of winning. (4x4, Cells: 16) By Jared B. McComb.
Hibryd III. An exotic three-player variant played on a board of 42 hexes with multiple victory conditions. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
Hidden Target Chess I. Know which enemy species to eliminate to win, but not which one of yours is vulnerable. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Hidden Target Chess II. Don't know which enemy species to eliminate to win, but do know which one of yours is vulnerable. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Hidden Target Chess III. Double Blind. Author: Ed Friedlander.
HiddenLynx. A beautiful, user-friendly, Windows program for Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Mikko Oksalahti.
Hierarchical Chess. Article from Variant Chess, August 2004. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Beasley.
High Chess. An attempt to solve all the traditional flaws of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolańos Mures.
Highcastle Chess . All pieces can castle. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ed Pegg Jr..
Highcastle Chess. All pieces can castle. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ed Pegg Jr..
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.
Hikaru Nakamura. 
Current U.S. Champion is also accomplished at some variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Hippodrome. Solitaire game using a small board. (4x4, Cells: 16) Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
Hippodrome. Solitaire game using a small board. (4x4, Cells: 16) By Andy Lewicki.
Hippogriff. Limited version of the Griffon that must slide at least three squares. Author: Ben Good.
Hishigata Shogi. Variation of Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi (ultra large Shogi). (19x19, Cells: 361) By Sean Humby.
Historic chess variants 
. by Sam Trenholme.
Historical Chess Variants . A document describing several historical chess variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Historical Variants. Case Western Reserve University Medieval Society Games Page. Author: Jess Rudolph.
A History of Chess. In depth reference book on the history of chess. Author: H.J.R. Murray.
Hit-point Chess. Pieces start with 30 hit points and attack by stepping next to the target. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Hitchhiker Chess . Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books. (Cells: 42) By Dan Troyka.
Hitchhiker Chess. Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books. (Cells: 42) By Dan Troyka.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess. Several chess variants in the context of a Socratic dialog. By Claude Chaunier and Joăo Pedro Neto.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess - Part II. Several chess variants in the context of a Socratic dialog. Author: Joăo Pedro Neto.
Hitpoint Chess 1. Pieces have hitpoints, like in a wargame. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Hits to The Chess Variant Pages. Some access statistics of this website. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
HiveQueen. (Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
HiveQueen. (Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
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.
Hobbit Chess . Two variants, 8x8 and 9x9, using hobbits as superpawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By C. George Boeree.
Hobgoblin Chess. Inchworm crowd-forming magnetic mutating lunar-hallway exploding-Pawn Chess; an extreme game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jack Masters. Inventor: Simon Vertigo.
Hockey Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Chuck S Smith.
Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. (7x10, Cells: 644) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. (7x10, Cells: 44) By Gary K. Gifford.
Holochess . Holographic chess-like game played in Star Wars movie. (Cells: 25) By Mike Kelley.
Holy Grail. Extended chess game with ability to drop a mutating piece and a crown price that changes the winning conditions. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Holy Grail. To win, checkmate both the King and the Crown Prince but avoid the evil Mutating Serpent! (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Holy Grail . With the extraordinary but deadly Serpent that mutates into the Flying Bomber, Raptor, Cannon, Vao, Stealth Gryphon and more! (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Holy War . Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Fergus Duniho.
Holywar. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Fergus Duniho.
Holywar Photographs. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. By Fergus Duniho.
Home Base Chess. Captured units return to original squares if unoccupied. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Home Columns Chess. A piece cannot be captured when in its 'home' column. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ted Clancy.
Home page of The Chess Variant Pages. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe.
Homemade Tori Shogi Set. Author: Robert J. Mate Jr..
Honeycomb Chess. This variant uses a board of hex-prism cells and two sets of FIDE pieces. (Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Honorable Horse. Moves forward as a Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Hoo Mitregi. Intermediate between Mitregi itself and Dai Mitregi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Hop Chess. The same as FIDE chess plus a special piece called the hopper. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joăo Pedro Neto.
Hopgi . Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. (7x7, Cells: 43) By Peter Aronson.
Hopgi. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. (7x7, Cells: 43) By Peter Aronson.
Hoplit Chess. Introducing the Hoplit, a very mobile modern relative of the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available). (8x10, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
Hoplomach Chess. Introducing the Hoplomach, a dynamic bifurcation cannon, related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available). (8x10, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
Hoppel-Poppel . Variant in which Knights capture as Bishops and Bishops capture as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Hoppel-Poppel. Modest divergent variant where Knights capture like Bishops and Bishops capture like Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Hoppel-Poppel Chess. Bshops capture as Knights and Knights as Bishops. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Hopper Chess (with Scorpions). Pieces standing before friendly pieces can jump over enemy Scorpion pawn and land directly behind it. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
Hopper-Chess. Pieces in front of friendly pieces can land immediately behind enemy pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
Hopper-Elk Chess. Pieces can hop over an enemy pawn and land directly behind it. The Elk moves differently depending on square colour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
Hordes of Change . A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joost aan de Brugh.
Hordes of Change. A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joost aan de Brugh.
Hordes of Change - Sample Game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joost aan de Brugh.
Horse. See Knight. Makes a (1,2)-jump. Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Horse Chess-Nut. Horse statue with two chess problems painted on it. Author: David Howe.
Horus. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. (7x7, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
Horus . Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. (7x7, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
Hostage Chess. Play this Chessgi-like game in which no pieces change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: John Leslie.
Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Leslie.
Hostage Chess . Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: John Leslie.
Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are
held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By John Leslie.
Hostage Chess: Sample games. By John Leslie.
Hostage Chess: Tactical Hints. By John Leslie.
Hour Glass Chess. Small variant with simple pieces and hour glass shape. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Hourglass Chess . 38-Square board in shape of Hourglass. (7x6, Cells: 38) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
Hourglass Chess. 38-Square board in shape of Hourglass. (7x6, Cells: 38) By Uri Bruck.
House of 10 Mirrors - H o M Variant. Reflective pieces from up to 10 mirrors add to offense and defense. (9x13, Cells: 105) By Gary K. Gifford.
House of Kay
. Company selling a circular chess board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. (8x8, Cells: 87) By Gary K. Gifford.
House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. By Gary K. Gifford.
How to Make Some Fairy Chess Pieces. How to alter standard plastic Chess pieces into various Fairy pieces. By Bernard Hempseed.
How to play chess on the internet?. Information on online playing of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Pavel Tikhomirov.
How to Play Shogi. A book on Japanese chess, Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: John Fairbairn.
Howell's Chess. The usual array and moves on a 10x10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: C. S. Howell.
Howitzer Chess. Introducing another piece named Howitzer, a fearful form of cannon, on the H-board. For the advanced tactician. With zrf. (8x10, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
HP Minichess . Small chess variant that could be played against a pocket calculator. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Marek14 .
HP-minichess. Small chess variant that could be played against a pocket calculator. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hubbub. A variant of Bruhaha with more short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
Hubbub. Preset for Hubbub, a short-range version of Brouhaha. (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
Hullabaloo. Fusion, fission game with drops, giant conglomerations and two types of activation. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Humpmitregi. Larger Shogi variant with more powerful diagonal pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
Humpty Dumpty Chess. Cannon-using variant inspired by history of the character Humpty Dumpty. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
Hunt Chess. Huntsman Chess and Groundskeeper Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Smith. Inventor: Yu Ren Dong and John Smith.
Hunt, Ethan. 65th Square: Website of Ethan Hunt. Author: Ethan Hunt.
Hunter-Falcon Chess. Two new kinds of runner are added only during the course of the game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Hunterbeest. Large variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of similar set of oblique pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) By Charles Gilman.
Huntsman Chess . (9x9, Cells: 80) By Yu Ren Dong.
Huntsman Chess. (9x9, Cells: 80) By Yu Ren Dong.
Hurricane Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Hybrids. Standard pieces combine and split. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Artem Shvorin.
Hydra Chess . Captured pieces return. Regrown pieces will be of lesser value. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Scherer.
Hydrant Chess . Special rules govern how pieces move between four quadrants of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 .
Hyperchess . Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.). (x8, Cells: 64)
Hyperchess. Photo's of hexagonal chess variant from 1971. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. D. Groman.
Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (x4, Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Hyperchess . At the beginning of the game, you specify pieces that disappear from the board and reappear at a later turn. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (x4, Cells: 256) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
HyperModern Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
HyperModern Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
Hyperspace Chess. Units travelling more than 1 square go through hyperspace. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Joăo Pedro Neto.
Hyperspace Chess. When moving more than one square, pieces travel some turns in hyperspace before arriving at their destination. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joăo Pedro Neto.
Hypnotic Chess. You may move opposing pieces your pieces attack. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Hypnotic Chess . You may move opposing pieces your pieces attack. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
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