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• I'm a Ferz, Get Me Into There!. Inspired by title of Chas. Gilman's game, "I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here!" Object is to get your Ferz to Z5. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here. A variant in which pieces disappear if left too long in the wrong place. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here. Game composed of just wazirs and pawns. Wazirs, prone to special disappearing rule. Object : Get rid of your wazirs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• IAGO Chess System. http://abstractgamers.org/wiki/iago-chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• IAGO Chess ZRF file. ZRF file for IAGO Chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
• Ibu Ibu Chess. Introduces the concept of a King's entourage, making King powerful and protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Ibu Ibu Chess. Ibu Ibu Chess in which the king's entourage protects it from Ubi-Ubis. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• ICBM Chess. I(inter)-C(hess)B(oard) M(issle) Chess, where you can throw a piece to capture as well as make normal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Eric Driscoll.
• Ice Age Chess. Every 20th move, the board freezes and ice cubes appear on almost every empty square. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
• Ice Age Chess. Blocks of ice cover the board at intervals. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Ice Hockey Chess. Chess variant based upon rules of (Ice) Hockey. (8x10, Cells: 68) By Francois Tremblay.
• Icehouse . Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
• Iconographic Chinese Pieces. Icons of Xiangqi pieces in Western style. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Idaidakama Shogi. Like Maka-Dai-Dai with drops and new pieces. (19x19, Cells: 361) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Ideal Chess. Uses compound pieces to mimic the use of cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Ideal Chess. A social game that melds FIDE chess with playing cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 1). A discussion of the values of chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 2). More on the value of Chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 3). More on the value of Chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 4). Additional details on the values of Chess pieces. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 5). A study of the value of Cannon-style jumpers. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 6). A study of the value of the Furlrurlbakking piece. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Identific Chess. Place undifferentiated units, then choose who they are after they. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Idle King Chess. Kings do not appear on the board until the 13th turn, and can. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Illusionary Piece Chess. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Illusionary Piece Chess . A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Imitating Chess. Pieces move as the last moved piece. By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Imitating Chess. Units move according to the FIDE move of the last enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Imitator Chess. A neutral piece must legally imitate your move. It may not capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Immobilizer. Pieces standing near an immobilizer may not move. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Immobilizer Chess. The immobilizer does not capture, but renders adjacent enemy. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George Dekle.
• Immobilizer Shogi. Piece that can immobilize other pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• ImmortalStarMasters. Multiplayer, hexagonal board for chess and checker games. (Cells: 241) Author: Ronald D. Planesi.
• Imperial Cheops. Played on a pyramid field of thirteen 3x3x3 cubes. Inspired by a description in Frank Herbert's novel Dune. (9x9x9, Cells: 351) By Larry L. Smith.
• Imperial Chess. Large variant with new pieces and victory by capture of royal pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By James Killian Spratt.
• Imperial Chess. Play this large variant with new pieces and victory by capture of royal pieces! (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Tony Quintanilla and James Killian Spratt. Inventor: James Killian Spratt.
• Imperial Chess Graphics. Graphics for Imperial Chess. Author: James Killian Spratt.
• Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez. (Cells: 128) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
• Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board. (Cells: 112) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Fanning.
• Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 196) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Calkoviks and Jeff Knight.
• Imperial Dragon . A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Fredrix.
• Imperial Dragon Chess. A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Fredrix.
• Imperial Hex Chess. Smaller hexagonal variant with new pieces. (Cells: 75) By Robert Hancock.
• Imposter Chess. Play this game! Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Laila W. Stefan. Inventor: Laila W. Stefan.
• Imposter Chess . Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Laila W. Stefan and Andrew Newman. Inventor: Laila W. Stefan.
• Improved Chess. An improvement of standard chess: a blocked pawn on the far side gets extra jump moves to empty squares (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• In The Bin. Chess on a 9x9 board. Players select pieces from a bin. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Darren Izzard.
• In-Yan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Inchworm and Longworm Chess. Pieces move their heads to a new square, then move their tail to that square on a later move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Incognito Chess. In addition to the King, one Pawn is secretly royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Index page of The Chess Variant Pages. Our main index page.
• Indian Chess. Some local variant rules from the colonial period. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Indian/Turkish Grand Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Indistinguishable Chess. Player pieces indistinguishable from each other. Board squares are indistinguishable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Indistinguishable Chess. All pawns and pieces appear the same in color and size, for both sides. The board has no 'dark' squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Inertia Chess. Pieces continue to move in the same direction. Author: Joćo Pedro Neto. Inventor: Claude Chaunier.
• Infantry Chess. Small chess variant with short range pieces. (9x9, Cells: 43) By Erez Schatz.
• Infantry Chess . Small chess variant with short range pieces. (9x9, Cells: 42) Author: Uri Bruck. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
• Infinite Board Chess. Imagine the board is an infinite grid. By Keith Douglas.
• Infinite Chess. Chess on on infinite board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tim Converse.
• Infinite Chess. Extends Chess to larger, even infinite, boards. By Tony Thomas.
• Infinite Chess . Link to publishers website. (Cells: 72)
• Infinite Chess Photographs. Photos of an Infinite Chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Infinite Number of Moves to Checkmate. By Alberto Monteiro.
• Infinite Recursion Chess. Another mega-chess type game. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By David Howe.
• Infinite Ring Chess. Experimental variant with board shaped as ring. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
• Influence Chess . Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. (4x7x3, Cells: 84) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Samuel H. Bell.
• Influence Chess. Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. (4x7x3, Cells: 84) By Samuel H. Bell.
• Influenced 8-Leveled 3D Alice Chess. A combination of Influence and Alice Chess on a 3D board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Mikael Segercrantz.
• Information on Chinese Chess playing cards. Author: Stephen Leary.
• Information on historic chess variants.
• Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors. (Cells: 216) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rein Keulen.
• Insane. Units mutate randomly. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jari Huikari.
• Insane . Pieces change to random type when they move. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jari Huikari.
• Insane. Pieces change to random type when they move. With program playing this variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jari Huikari.
• Insane Flip Relay Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
• Insane II. Units mutate randomly. This time, you know what the unit will become. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jari Huikari.
• Insane Ninja Chess. Play this exciting chess variant featuring two pairs of unique multi-mode pieces: Insane Ninjas and Mad Leaping Ninja Guards. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• 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 Ninja Chess . Featuring 2 pairs of powerful multi-directional leaping pieces capable of double capture. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• Insect Chess. On a 12x12 board. All pieces are insect and arachnid representations, with some unique pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tim Bostick.
• Insect Chess . On a 12x12 board. All pieces are insect and arachnid representations, with some unique pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tim Bostick.
• Inside-out chess. With two kings per player and squares with a square inside. (6x6, Cells: 44) By Maarten Bodlaender.
• Inside-outside Chess. Program to play this variant. (6x6, Cells: 44) By Maarten Bodlaender.
• Inside-outside Chess. Source code of Java program playing this variant. (6x6, Cells: 44) By Maarten Bodlaender.
• Interactive 3D Chess Program. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
• Interchange Chess. Get as many of your own pieces to their destination squares on the other side of the board as possible. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Alexandre Muńiz and David Howe.
• Interdependent Chess. A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Fergus Duniho.
• Interdependent Chess. A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Fergus Duniho.
• Interdependent Chess . A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Fergus Duniho.
• InterGrid Chess . Pieces on corners and on centers of squares of 8 by 8 board. By David Howe.
• InterGrid Chess. Pieces on corners and on centers of squares of 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 145) By David Howe.
• Interloper Chess. Introducing the Interloper, a highly invulnerable attacking piece (with zrf). (10x10, Cells: 100) By M Winther.
• International Contemporary Random Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
• International Email Chess Club .
• International Fischer Random Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
• Interregnum Chess. No king or queen; win by promoting a pawn; captured units replaced. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Intervention Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Simon E Jepps.
• Interview with Ben Good. Interview with the winner of the 38-challenge. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Ben Good.
• Interview with Darren Izzard. An interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with David Li. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with David Pritchard. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with Hans Bodlaender. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Various.
• Interview with James Ernest. Creator of Tishai. Author: Peter Gelman. Inventor: James Ernest.
• Interview with Jean-Louis Cazaux. An interview. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with Joao Pedro Neto. Winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 42 squares. Author: Joćo Pedro Neto and Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with Michael Adams. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Interview with Peter Leko. An interview about a Fischer Random Chess match. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Interview with Ralph Betza. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Ralph Betza.
• Interview with Robert Abbott. An interview with the inventor of Ultima. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with Seth McGinnis. Interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 39 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interview with Timothy Newton. An interview with the winner of the 84 Spaces Contest! Author: Timothy R. Newton.
• Interview with Tony Quintanilla. Interview with the winner of the 41-square Chess Variant Competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Interweave. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Interweave . Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Intrigue. Capturing a particular pawn places the enemy king on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Nigel Chapman.
• Intrigue. Players each select a pawn which holds the king's secret position. By Nigel Chapman.
• Intrusive Squares. The board is split into 4 4x4 supersquares and reunited by 20 extra squares. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Charles Gilman.
• Invader Zim Chess. Chess based on the show, Invader Zim. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Zim .
• Invasion . A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-squares board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Invasion. A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-squares board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Invasion. A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Invent-and-Play. A design contest and a small PBEM tournament, combined! Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Inventor of Stratomic to appear at International Games Fest. Runing from February 27 to March 3, 2002. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Inverse Capture Chess . Pieces are captured the way they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Invisible King Chess. Opponent can't see where you moved your king to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• The Invisible Man . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• IO Chess. Variant on 16 by 16 board with many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Mark Hedden.
• Iron Guard. Non-capturable guard replaces White queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• 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.
• The Iron Knight. A number of variants with uncapturable pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Iron Knight. Non-capturable knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Irregular Quadrangle Chess. Chessboard of 96 quadrangles. (Cells: 96) By A Missoum.
• Irwell. Gain an advantage by crowning your enemy. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
• Isis and Cam. Two variants based on ancient English universities and the rivers near them. (6x8, Cells: 48) By Charles Gilman.
• Island Chess. Some connections between squares are missing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Scherer.
• Isle of Lewis Chess Men. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
• Iss Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• Iss Jetan . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• Italian Association of Chess Variants. Associazione Italiana Scacchi Eterodossi: the world leading Italian chess variant organization. Author: Alessandro Castelli.
• Italian Miniature Chess. 5x5 game as played in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Italian Miniature Losing Chess. 5x5 game as played in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Italian Miniature Progressive Chess. 5x5 progressive game as played in Italy. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Italian Progressive Chess. White moves once, black two times, white three times, etc. Check is only allowed at last move of series. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Italian Progressive Chess. Problem based on an actual game position. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Italian Progressive Chess. White moves once, black two times, white three times, etc. Check is only allowed at last move of series. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
• Ito Shogi . (1x21, Cells: 21) Author: Malcolm Webb. Inventor: Jonathan H Rutherford.
• Ito Shogi. (1x21, Cells: 21) By Jonathan H Rutherford.
• Izzard, Darren. An interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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