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• Piececlopedia Guidelines. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
• Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Alessandro Castelli.

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• P.O.C.: Progressive 007 Chess. Which pieces one moves are determined by throwing dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Bill Taylor.
• Pachessi . Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Pachessi. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Pacific Chess . Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Marek14 .
• Pacific Chess. Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pacifist Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
• Pagan Chess. Game with two linked board, one for living pieces and one for dead pieces, and a special piece that can move between them. (11x7, Cells: 67) By Mikey Kousre.
• Paired Piece Tunnelchess. A new approach to the Tunnelchess first rank. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and 4 extra squares to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
• Palace Ninja Guards . Diagonal leaping pieces, and a new objective suppliment the original game. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
• Palace Ninja Guards. The ninja guards are diagonal leapers occupying the two squares behind the king and queen that constitute the palace. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
• Palace Revolution. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Peter E. Leyva. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
• Palace Revolution Game Courier Preset. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
• Paladin. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• Palindromic Chess. Play until the position on the board is the reversed of the starting postion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
• Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Paul DeWitte and Becca Rabong. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
• Panal: a hexagonal chess . A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Panal: a hexagonal chess. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Pancake. A piece that moves and captures like a non-royal King or a Nightrider-style cannon. By Ralph Betza.
• Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Paper Shogi Board and Tokens Craft Project. Free Shogi game PDFs of several styles of boards and Shogi pieces that you can print out and use to make your own Shogi board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Terrance Davis.
• Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Parachess . Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72) By Tony Paletta.
• Parachess. Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72) By Tony Paletta.
• Parachute Chess. Start with empty board and begin with dropping pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
• Parachute Chess. Landing units may not attack any opposing unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Parallel Worlds Chess. Three Boards. Two have the regular setup, while the third. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Parsi Chess. 19th century southern Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
• Particle Collision Chess. Taken pieces leave energy on the board that can be transformed into `mass': pieces. Author: Joćo Pedro Neto. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
• Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
• Partnership Chaturanga. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
• Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Parton, V.R.. A page with information on V.R. Parton. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68) By Ralph Betza.
• PASGL 312 Notation. A way to represent PASGL 312 Chess board positions. (Cells: 68) By John Lawson.
• Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c. Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Passed Pawns Chess. A Decimal Falcon Chess Variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
• Passed Pawns Chess. Passed Pawns Chess on 8 x 8 and 10 x 10 Boards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke.
• Passed Pawns, Scorpions and Dragon. More Falcon Chess Variants. By George William Duke.
• Patricia. On a 5 by 5 board, with drops and changing pieces. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Rob Nierse. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
• Patricia. Construct a stalemate puzzle. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
• Patrol Chess. A unit may not capture or give check unless it is supported. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
• Patrol chess. More problems from CCM. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Lörinc.
• Patrol chess. In order to capture or give check, a piece [including kings] must be `observed' by another piece of the same player. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
• Patt-Schach. Start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Patt-schach (Stalemate chess). Players start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• The Pattern Game. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
• The Pattern Game . (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
• Patzer Chess. If you can check, you must do so. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Paul Schooling's Chess. Units transform when they capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Paul Schoolong's chess . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
• Paulovits's Game. Paulovits's chess variant, c. 1890, featuring leaping pieces Pasha and General (with zrf). (10x10, Cells: 100) By M Winther.
• Paulovits's Game. Istvįn Paulovits's Game on the Game Courier. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Paulowich's Chancellor Chess. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
• Paulowich's Chancellor Chess . A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Paulowich.
• Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
• Pawn (Xiangqi). Moves and captures one square straight forward.
• Pawn Collector Chess. Pick up counters on the empty squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing 8 pawns. Uses Shamanic Rooks, Pawn Eaters, Old Y Mover Elephants, and traditional Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing all your opponent's pawns. Game includes ancient Y-movers, Shaman Rooks, and Pawn-Eaters. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Pawn Less Chess . Different pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Uri Bruck.
• Pawn Less Chess. New pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Uri Bruck.
• Pawn Massacre Chess. Non-pawn pieces swap initial ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
• Pawn Odds Chess. White starts without the king's bishop's pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pawn Progression Chess. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pawn Pusher Chess . Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Pawn Shogi. Experimental shogi variant with different types of pawns. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Eric Greenwood.
• Pawn Shooter Chess. Defeat your opponent by shooting pawns at them! (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Pawn the Brain. Highlights "restricted royalty" character of Take the Brain pieces by making them divergent. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Charles Gilman.
• Pawn-Only Chess. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Pavel Tikhomirov.
• Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 .
• Pawnless vs. Pawnful FIDE. Which side do you think will win? The one with the queen or the one with the pawns? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• Pawntrooper chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Prosser.
• PBM Game Logs. View the logs of games played by email. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• PBM Preset for Makruk. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• PBM Waiting Room. Lists outstanding open invitations to play games on the CV PBM. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho.
• Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Philip John Brady.
• Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) By Philip John Brady.
• Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: George Whelan.
• Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George Whelan.
• Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
• Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts . Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess. Author: Peter Aronson.
• Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32) Author: Bo Xian.
• Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game. (8x8x5, Cells: 320) By Larry L. Smith.
• Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
• Penta War . Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
• Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By George Marino.
• Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Penturanga . contains rule file and 2 piece sets. (8x5, Cells: 46) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Perfect 12 . 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10? (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. By Köksal Karakus.
• Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect"). Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Peruvian Army Chess. A second board has aircraft that can bomb the orthochess board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet . Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess. (18x18, Cells: 324) Author: Peter Chatterton. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
• Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By Derick Peterson.
• Petty Chess . (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Petty Chess . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Pgn2fig . Word macros for converting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files to figurine algebraic notation using chess fonts for the figurines. Author: Alastair Scott.
• Phalanx Chess. Introducing the Phalanx pawn that can swap place with piece in front (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Phi Chess. Large variant variant inspired by the golden ratio, Phi. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
• Phi Chess with Different Armies. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
• Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosopher's Chess Example Game. By Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Fergus Duniho and Jens Markmann. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Ann E. Moyer.
• Photos of a Gala Set.. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Photos of Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Photos of Omega Chess. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants . Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants. Author: Lex Kraaijeveld.
• PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Author: Linda Hudson. Inventor: Dan Brown.
• Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Author: Bryan Lambert. Inventor: Dan Brown.
• Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways. By Ralph Betza.
• Pick the Piece Big Chess . Massive collection of games featuring dual path Sorcerer Snake; crooked slider: Octopus and much more. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
• Pick the Piece Big Chess. In this customizable game, players decide on the pieces to fill two empty slots and those to be dropped during play. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
• Pick the Piece Big Chess. Players can choose to play with Gryphon, anti-Gryphon, SuperCannon, Flying Bomber, Ninja Pawns and many other diverse pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
• Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Piece Promotion Games. Two decimal variants: 'Shatranj Elephants' and 'Chaturanga'. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Piece Promotion Games 2 . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Piececlopedia Guidelines. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Piececlopedia: Buffalo. Triple compound leaper. (Cells: 64) Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Frank Maus.
• Piececlopedia: Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Mark Hedden and Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel. By Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba. Author: Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: General (Xiang Qi). Moves like Wazir, but with royal restrictions. Author: Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: Kangaroo (Newton). compound of Knight and Alfil. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Timothy R. Newton.
• PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• PieceEater Chess . Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Sergey Sirotkin. Inventor: Sam Sloan.
• Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Pillars of Medusa . Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games! (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Jason Jakupca. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Pillars of Medusa Preset for Game Courier. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa! (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
• Pincer Pawn. Moves as rook, and takes by enclosing. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Pink Panther Chess. Possess the Pink Panther diamond give your piece extra moves. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Charles Gilman.
• Pinwheel Chess . Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board. (11x11, Cells: 89) By C. George Boeree.
• Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Pioneers Chess. An elegant solution to draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolańos Mures.
• Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Guillermo Alcįntara.
• PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
• PiRaTeKnIcS Game Courier Preset. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Jagger.
• Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38) By R Stephen Chafe.
• The Pit . 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Daniel Roth.
• The Pit. A pit over which only one of the pieces may jump. (10x10, Cells: 84) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Daniel Roth.
• The Pit. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Daniel Roth.
• Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Pixelpusher variant: Almost chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Pixelpusher variant: Amazon chess. Play Amazon Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pixelpusher variant: Centerless chess. Play Centerless chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
• Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Java applet for chess variant on a 37-square board. (Cells: 37) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
• Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
• Pixelpusher variant: Dunsany Chess. Play Dunsany Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
• Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
• Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess. (6x6, Cells: 36)
• Pixelpusher: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gabriel Maura.
• The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
• The Pizza Kings . An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
• Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Walter Weiss.
• Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Plaid Chess. Progressive Grid chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Planar 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Platform Chess . Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Playchess . Correspondence chess server. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
• PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Jeff Knight.
• Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pocket Knight Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pocket Knight Chess II. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pocket Knight Chess III. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pocket Mutation Chess . Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
• Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Lörinc.
• Pocket pieces thematic tourney - Awards. Winning problems in a chess problem design competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess Game Courier Preset. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier. (7x6, Cells: 43) Author: Antoine Fourričre and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Antoine Fourričre.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality II: Revelation. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality III: Caissa's Comet. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality IV: Dialogue. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality IX: Sacrifice. By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality V: The System. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VI: Promotion. By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VII: Moving Pieces. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality VIII: The Pleiades. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality X: Seven Wonders. By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XI: Pleiadic Dialogue. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XIII: Numerology. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Genesis, and The System. Author: George William Duke.
• Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board. By Bryan Lambert.
• Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Pole Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Piers Anthony.
• Politically Correct Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• Politically Correct Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• Poll for April 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for April, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for February 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for February, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for January 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for January 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for June 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for June, 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for November 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for November, 2004. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for October 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for October, 2004. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1! Author: David Howe.
• Polyhedron Chess . Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (x5, Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
• Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (x5, Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
• Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Greg Strong.
• Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
• Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
• Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Pompeii Chess . Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25) By Dan Troyka.
• Pompeii Chess. Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25) By Dan Troyka.
• Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces. (9x9, Cells: 25) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
• Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
• Pool Chess . Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
• Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
• Popular Chess Variants. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail. Author: David B. Pritchard.
• Popular Chess Variants. Author: David B. Pritchard.
• Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• Portugese Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where you move each piece at most once. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Portuguese Progressive Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: George William Duke.
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. By George William Duke.
• Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Spicer and Michael Chamberlain. Inventor: Peter Spicer.
• Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,. By David Howe.
• Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Power Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. (5x7, Cells: 39) By Ronald Hoekstra.
• Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.
• PowerChess . Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows. (8x8, Cells: 66) Inventor: Gerd Degens.
• Powerchess . Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gamaliel Perez Jr..
• Powerchess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with additional queen and combination piece per player. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer.
• Pre-Chess. Place your first rank as you choose before the game begins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Eric Greenwood.
• Preference Poll for 1st GC Tournament. Rank your preferences for which games you would like to play in the first Game Courier tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Preference Poll for Third Game Courier Tournament. Sign up for the 3rd Game Courier tournament by voting in this poll. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tucker Kao.
• Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tucker Kao.
• Presto Chess. First check by a unit which cannot be captured wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lawrence Crane.
• Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• The Prime Minister. Author: Jose Carrillo.
• Prime Ministers Random Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
• Prime Ministers Random Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
• Prime-Ministers Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
• Prime-Ministers Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
• Prime.Ministers Contemporary Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
• Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
• Prince . 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
• Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Gavin Smith and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
• The prince's game. based off of quang trung chess. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Andy Maxson.
• Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui . (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Jan Horinek.
• Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king! (6x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
• Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
• Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84) By Steve Costa.
• Prisoner's Escape. Object is to un-check your opponent; winner of first prize in 44 squares design contest. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
• Prisoner's Escape . Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
• Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
• Prisoners. Captured pieces move to second chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
• Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Problemesis . Webmagazine on chess problems.
• ProCycle Chess. Individual pieces promote one by level after each played move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ken Franklin.
• Progression. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen.
• Progressive 007 Chess. Players play increasing numbers of moves each turn, but which color you move simply alternates. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Absorption Chess. Very popular in Italy. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
• Progressive Chess . An online guide to Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Hyatt.
• Progressive Chess . A collection of variants with increasing numbers of moves each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
• Progressive Chess, Italian. Problem based on an actual game position. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Progressive chess with random setups. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Fischer Random Chess Contest 1998. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrea Mori.
• Progressive Losing Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Mutation Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Take-All Chess. Very popular in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Writing Chess. You have to write more and more each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• PromoChess. Everything but the king can power up. Mix of Japanese/Western/fairy pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Glenn Overby II.
• PromoChess . Everything but the king can power up. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Glenn Overby II.
• Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabio Forzoni.
• Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tibor Orban.
• Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation. Author: Glenn Overby II.
• Proselyte Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it. Author: David Howe.
• Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (10x10x6, Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.
• Proto-Chaturanga. A seminal so-called "indo-persian" game with only King and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Chaturanga . A seminal so-called "Indo-Persian" game with only King and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Xiang-Qi . A seminal so-called "Chinese" game with the minimal configuration. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Xiang-Qi. A seminal so-called "chinese" game with the minimal configuration. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Protomorphic-Chess. Start with only kings (and pawns), pieces change to different type after move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Provocation Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). (10x8, Cells: 68) By M Winther.
• Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
• Proximity Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pseudo-Modern Random Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
• Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Fred Galvin.
• Push Chess. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
• Pushme-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60) By John Smith.
• Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (x4, Cells: 120) By Florian Klachl.
• Pyrrhus Chess. Introducing the terrible Pyrrhus that can paralyse enemy pieces with its gaze (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.

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