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• The Mad Queen's Chess. This is how modern chess was originally referred to in the late 15th century. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Joćo Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
• Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourričre.

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• Maces and Horse-apults. Chess with mace pieces and specialized catapults (horse-apults). (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Maces and Horse-apults. Similar to chess, but on a 10 x 10 board and the addition of Maces and Horse-apults. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Maces, Horse-apults, and Tulpas. Maces and Horse-apults with user-created Tulpa pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Maces, Horse-apults, and Tulpas. The game of Maces and Horse-apults with the likely use of tulpas pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Maces, Shields, and Horse-apults. Like Maces and Horse-apults, but pawns are protected from Mace capture. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Maces, Shields, and Horse-apults. A varaiant of Maces and Horse-apults inwhich Maces cannot capture pawns. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Machiavellian Chess. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Inventor: Jean Anesto.
• Machine Gun Chess. Attacked units are removed. The object is to remove. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. E. H. Creed.
• Macrochess . Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube. (4x4x6, Cells: 96)
• Macrochess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Robert Potter.
• Mad Chess. Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Chess . Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Chess (Steel=White). Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Chess (Stone=White). Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
• Mad Elephant Chess. Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces. By Peter Aronson.
• Mad Elephant Chess . Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces. By Peter Aronson.
• Mad King Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Mad King Chess . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Mad Mate . Wooden set for chessgi: captured pieces change hands and can be used as reinforcement. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Alex Randolph.
• Mad Queen Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Mad Queen Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Mad Queen Shogi. Play this new Chess/Shogi hybrid on Game Courier. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
• The Mad Queen's Chess. This is how modern chess was originally referred to in the late 15th century. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Mad Scientist Chess. Fetch me the Pawn, Igor! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Mad Threeparty Chess. Chess for three. Each opponent has a king which you may check. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Madcap Chess. If a capture is available, the player must capture,. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
• Madhouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Madness of Kings Chess. The Kings are, simply put, insane!! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Madrasi Chess. Units of opposite color and identical kind which attack one another cannot move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Abdul Karwatkar.
• Maelstrom. All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces. By Michael Asher.
• Maelstrom . All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Michael Asher.
• Maelstrom Chess. All 64 squares are initially occupied. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Michael Asher.
• Mafeking Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent, units adjacent by Knights (spies) are visable. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
• Mage. Rooks cannot be captured or capture, and the Queen is replaced by a Mage. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
• Mage Chess. Queen can swap with any friendly unit. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
• Mage Chess II. Queen can swap with any friendly or enemy unit. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
• Magi . Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Neal Meyer.
• Magi. On 10 by 10 board with new pieces and different outcome rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Neal Meyer.
• Magi - A Chess Variant. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Neal Meyer.
• Magic Carpet Chess. Each player has a magic carpet to move a non-King to any empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Denis van Straten and Karl Scherer.
• The magic mashers. another experimental chess with different armies variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
• Magic Ring Chess. Each player has a magic ring which will give the piece wearing it additional powers of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
• Magic River. Xiang Qi pieces crossing the Magic River turn into their Western counterparts, and vice versa! (17x9, Cells: 77) By John Smith.
• Magichess . Chess variant that uses ideas from Magic: the Gathering card game. By Dennis Xay Voong.
• Magician Chess. Variant on 7 by 7 board with nine holes and magician able to move holes. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Jonathon Whittle.
• Magician Chess . Variant on 7 by 7 board with nine holes and magician able to move holes. (7x7, Cells: 40) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Jonathon Whittle.
• Magician Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (7x7, Cells: 40) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jonathon Whittle.
• Magician's Chess. Pieces switch board sides with each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
• Magicpawns Chess. Any piece can move to friendly pawn and change place with it. Pawns thus become more dynamic and pieces less constrained. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Magna Carta Chess. lack has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Magnetic Chess . Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Joćo Pedro Neto and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
• Magnetic Chess. Moved unit attracts and repels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Joćo Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
• Magnetic Chess: 4 sample games. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jim Aikin. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
• Magnetic Xiangqi set. Photo's of a magnetic Chinese chess set. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Magneticpawns Chess. Introducing the magnetic pawn, which can dislocate an enemy piece by magnetic force. Regular board and pieces (zrf available). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Maharadscha . Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Maharaja. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Maharaja and Sepoys I. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Maharaja and Sepoys II. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. The maharaja. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Maharajah's Well Chess. 4-player 3d version of Maharajah and Sepoys, with a touch of Courier. (10x8x2, Cells: 88) By Charles Gilman.
• Mainzer Schach. 11 x 8 variant with two Januses and one Marshall, and different setup. (11x8, Cells: 88) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
• Mainzer Schach. Large variant with Janus, Marshall, and different setup. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Jörg Knappen.
• Major FUN's Daily Briefings. Article on the Chess Variant Pages. Author: Bernie 'Major Fun' DeKoven.
• Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi. Historical ultra large Shogi variant. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Maka-dai-dai Shogi set. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: John Lawson.
• Makarenko's Chess . Pieces can split and combine in many ways. Four variants included. Author: Marek14 .
• Make own Army and Handicap Azsymchess . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Make-A-Rule Chess. Play chess and modify its rules concurrently. Chess with Nomic. Author: Randy King. Inventor: Nyegosh Dube.
• Make-A-Rule Chess. Sample game. Author: Randy King.
• Makruk. Thai Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Malcolm Maynard.
• Makruk (Siamese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Makruk (Thai chess). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Makruk (Thai chess). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
• Makruk experiences. Tim Krabbe's WWW page on his experiences with Makruk. Author: Tim Krabbé.
• Makruk Library. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jose Carrillo.
• Makruk match. Moves of a match of Thai chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dr. René Gralla.
• Makruk match 2. Moves of Thai Chess game Gralla - Mendel. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dr. René Gralla.
• Makruk Set Photos. Photos of handmade Makruk set by Gary Gifford. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gary K. Gifford.
• Mammoth Chess. Large Variant. (10x10, Cells: 96) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Kevin Begley.
• Mamra Chess . Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 66) By George Tsavdaris.
• Mamra Chess. Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 66) Author: Tony Quintanilla and George Tsavdaris. Inventor: George Tsavdaris.
• Mamra Chess. Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 66) By George Tsavdaris.
• Mamra Chess with Wuss. Variant combining very strong Mamra piece with weakening Wuss piece. () By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Man. Moves like a Ferz or Wazir -- a nonroyal King.
• Man and Beast 01: Constitutional Characters. Systematic naming of symmetric and forward-only coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 02: Shield Bearers. Systematic naming of divergent coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 03: From Ungulates Outward. Systematic naming of the simplest Oblique Pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 04: Generalised Generals. Systematic naming of part-symmetric coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 05: Punning by Numbers. Systematic naming of coprime triaxial oblique pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 06: The Heavy Brigade. Systematic naming of symmetric and forward-only non-coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 07: When Beasts Collide. Systematic naming of more complex oblique pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 08: Diverse Directions. Systematic naming of symmetric pieces mixing radial and oblique components. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 09: Mighty Like a Rose. Systematic naming of pieces following Curved, Crooked, or Bent paths. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 10: The Hybrid Diagonal. Systematic naming of straight coprime hex-prism-specific radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 11: Long-nosed Generals. Systematic naming of part-symmetric pieces with non-coprime components. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 12: Alternative Fronts. Systematic naming of pieces using complex mixes of forward, backward, and same-rank moves. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 13: Straight and Crooked Moving. Systematic naming of part-straight and more complex non-straight pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 14: Oddly Oblique. Systematic naming of hex-specific coprime oblique pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 15: Strengthened Across the Board. Systematic naming of pieces reinterpreting the concept of directions. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 16: Diverging Further. Systematic naming of more complex divergent pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 17: Hex Heavies. Systematic naming of non-coprime hex-specific pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 18: Complex Pieces with Simple Ratios. Systematic naming of compounds of oblique pieces with SOLLs in ratios of 1, 1½, 2, 3, and 6. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 19: The Vice Squad. Systematic naming of more complex pieces mixing radial and oblique moves. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 20: Far From Square. Systematic naming of more complex hex-specific pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast 21: Lords High Everything-Else. Systematic naming of pieces that do not fit in any of the other articles. By Charles Gilman.
• Man and Beast Overview and Glossary. Table summarising what piece characteristics Man and Beast articles cover, with glossary of terms used to describe pieces. By Charles Gilman.
• Manchala Chess. On 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Dhruv Manchala.
• Manchurian Chess. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mangonel Chess. Introducing the remarkable Mangonel piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Maniac . Chess and Chess Variants Program. By Subrah Nagappan.
• Many Rules in One Game. List chess and variants. By Ralph Betza.
• Many Worlds Chess. Large variant, inspired by the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. By Adrian King.
• Mao. Moves as knight but cannot jump. Author: Fergus Duniho and Ben Good.
• Mao-hopper. Moves as knight must must jump over occupied orthogonal square at first movement.
• Maorider Chess. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Vitya Makov.
• Maorider Chess. Maorider and king with unusual recruiting abilities. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Vitya Makov.
• Mapped Chess. (8x8x2, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
• Mapped Chess . (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Stephane Burkhart.
• March Hare Chess. Each side moves first a black unit, then a white unit. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• The Marine Game. Small wargame, simulating a sea battle. Author: Eugen Laukamp.
• Marinelli's three-handed chess, or Triple Chess. Historic chess variant for three players. (Cells: 136) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Philip Marinelli.
• Mark Davis's Chess Designs . With a round chess board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Mark Davis.
• Marmara. A Byzantine Chess variant featuring Trojan Horses. (4x16, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Marseillais Chess . Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
• Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourričre.
• Marshall. Moves like rook or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• Martian Chess. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Martian Chess, Jetan. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• Masking Chess. Mask and move pieces so they are invisible to the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Lummel.
• Mastering Chechmates, by Neil McDonald. A review of a book. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Mastery . A Game of Skill for Two Players. Inventor: S John Ross.
• Mastodon Chess. Standard pieces plus two Mastodons per side. A strategical big-board variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By M Winther.
• Mastodon Chess (8x10). Standard pieces plus two Mastodons per side. A strategical big-board variant. (10x8, Cells: 80) By M Winther.
• Mat-al-magnun. The fool's mate in Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dr. René Gralla.
• Mate in two moves. Old mate in two problem from 1859. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Samuel Loyd.
• Mathewson's Hexagonal Chess. Glinski Hexagonal chess, but with different layout. (Cells: 91) By Richmond Mathewson.
• Matron Chess. Introducing the peculiar Matron queen, which makes regular chess more aggressive (zrf available). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Maxima . Download this file to see a sample game of Maxima! (Cells: 76) Author: Rhonan Lavieri and Roberto Lavieri. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima . Maxima is an interesting and exiting variant of Ultima, with new elements that make Maxima more clear and dynamic. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima . This ZRF enforces the checkmate condition in Maxima. (Cells: 76) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Joost aan de Brugh. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima. Play Maxima, an interesting and exiting variant of Ultima, with new elements that make Maxima more clear and dynamic. (8x11, Cells: 76) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima. Maxima is an interesting and exiting variant of Ultima, with new elements that make Maxima more clear and dynamic. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima Set. Author: Roberto Lavieri.
• Maya Chess. Indian variant in which a defended unit (not king or pawn) moves according to the defender(s). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mayhem Chess. Different pieces and setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Christina Ziolkowski.
• Mayhem Chess. Different pieces and setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Christina Ziolkowski and Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Christina Ziolkowski.
• Maze. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
• Mazes for the Mind. Author: C. Pickover.

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