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• Wikipedia Chess Variants. Collaborative encyclodepia.
• Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.

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• W.A.R.P.S. . Chess variant on round board with new pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Burns O. Starkes II. Inventor: Joshua Madovoy and Charles G. Simms III.
• Wa Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on an 11 by 11 board. (Link.). (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Roger Hare.
• Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Douglas Silfen.
• Wa Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Wa Shogi set. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: John Lawson.
• Waffle. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Waider's three-handed chess. (Cells: 126) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Waider.
• Walkers and Jumers Board . For printing a landscape board. (9x21, Cells: 189) By Joe Joyce.
• Walkers and Jumers Board . For printing a portrait board. (9x21, Cells: 189) By Joe Joyce.
• Walkers and Jumpers. Walkers and Jumpers is a combination 2D - 4D chancellor chess variant that uses 9 pieces and 9 pawns per side. (9x21, Cells: 189) By Joe Joyce.
• Walkers and Jumpers. Joe Joyce's multidimensional game on the Game Courier. (9x21, Cells: 189) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
• Wall Chess. Orthochess with additional untakable wall pieces. Inventor: Jarrod Antinoro.
• Wand Chess. Pieces have a magic wand, that gives random outcomes. By Ralph Betza.
• War Chest . Customizable fantasy board game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• War of the Roses. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• The War of the Stars . (12x12, Cells: 144) By Namik Zade.
• War of the Worlds . Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• The War of World`s Warriors Chess. Logical continuation of Clash of Civilizations Chess, optimizes piece density within limits of 50% +/- 2. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The War of World`s Warriors Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• Warchess 1. Extra pair of bishops and knights added to FIDE Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Warchess 2. FIDE Chess with extra pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
• WarChess1. Chess with 2 extra Knights and Bishops! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Sean Christopher Duggan. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
• WarChess2. Chess with extra pairs of various pieces! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Sean Christopher Duggan and Christine Bagley-Jones. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Warlock Chess. Introducing the Warlock piece, which can transform between Korean Cannon and Rook (zrf available). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Warlord Chess. Knights move as gryphons; queens move as gryphons or. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Warm Spit Chess. One of your pieces in addition to your King is royal (your vice-president), and it can be changed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Warp Chess. Ranks 3 and 6 mirror each other, as do 4 and 5. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
• Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jason Shields.
• Warp Point Chess. Play this game! Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
• Warrior Chess. Game where pieces earn money so that you can buy Warriors and weapons to arm them with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Justin Bridges.
• The Water Buffalo Game. Everybody's got a water buffalo! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jared B. McComb.
• The Water wheel. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. A shatranj problem with an ingenious construction. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Wau Chess. Chess with special movable board sections. (x5, Cells: 52) By Ethan Hunt.
• Way of the Knight . Pieces with experience levels: a `role playing variant'. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Glenn Overby II and Sam Trenholme. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Way of the Knight. Pieces with experience levels: a `role playing variant'. By Ralph Betza.
• Way of the Knight: Sample Game. Author: Sam Trenholme. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Wazir. Moves one square orthogonally. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Alberto Monteiro.
• The Weak Square of the Jumping King. Kings start jumping around, dropping the other pieces on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• The Weak Square of the Jumping King . Kings start jumping around, dropping the other pieces on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 39) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Weak!. Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza.
• Weak! . Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Weakest Chess . Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Weakest Chess. Pieces are weakenend as they must use a turn to change direction or flip between taking and non-taking mode. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Weakest Endgame. The King vs King endgame from Weakest Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Weave and Dungeon . Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Dan Troyka.
• Weave and Dungeon. Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Dan Troyka.
• Webball. Board that can be visualized as globe shaped spider web, based on dodecahedron. By J. R. Schmidt.
• Website of Larry Lynn Smith. By Larry L. Smith.
• Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
• Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
• Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess for three players. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sigmund Wellisch.
• Weltschach. 3d Wildeurasian variant including Unicorn and Sling moves and covering all 2nd-perimeter destinations. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
• Western Shogi Pieces. Icons of shogi pieces in western style. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• A Western Xiangqi Board. Proposal to play Xiangqi on a `westernized' board. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Köksal Karakus.
• Westfield Chess. Unidirectional hemed variant introducing enhanced Nimrod pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
• Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Whale Shogi. Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Whale Shogi. Small Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Douglas Silfen and Karl Scherer. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• What is wrong with Shou Dou Qi?. Comments on the rules of Shou Dou Qi - the Animal Game. (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Ralf `Panther` Gering.
• Where Eagles Fly. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Michael Nelson.
• Where Eagles Fly . (9x9, Cells: 81) By Michael Nelson.
• White and Black Chess. Move each turn a piece from a white and a piece from a black square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• White and Black from Brown - A Selection of 168 Diagrams. A review of the book. Author: Ben Good.
• White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• White Elephant Chess . Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Who crosses the river first?. A variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Who is Who on Eight by Eight. A compilation of Zillions-estimated piece values on an 8x8 board. Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
• Wikingerschach. Old commercial chess variant from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Wikipedia Chess Variants. Collaborative encyclodepia.
• Wild Chess 7. King and three pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Wild Chess 8. Leads to an open position. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Wild Chess 9. Royalty passes between the king and his guard. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Wild Jokers . 7 by 7 board with 8 pits and various pieces, including jokers that can make successive jumps across pit. (7x7, Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
• Wild Jokers. 7 by 7 board with 8 pits and various pieces, including jokers that can make successive jumps across pits. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
• Wild Kingdom Chess. (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nicholas Jay Wolff.
• Wild Kingdom Chess. (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nicholas Jay Wolff.
• Wild Tamerlane Chess. This variant replaces a couple weaker pieces from Tamerlane II with stronger queen and griffin pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Wildebeest Chess . Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Wildebeest Chess. Stars the Wildebeest which moves as knight or camel. (11x10, Cells: 110) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Wildebeest Chess. Now a Recognized Chess Variant! (11x10, Cells: 110) Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Wildebeest Chess. Game with several kinds of jumpers; one of the more-often played large-board variants. (11x10, Cells: 110) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Wildeurasian Qi. Variant on 10 by 10 board combining ideas of several existing variants. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Wildeurasian Qi. Variant on 10 by 10 board combining ideas of several existing variants. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• WinBoard_F. a GUI that supports Chess Variants. Author: H. G. Muller.
• Windmill. Moves around piece. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muńiz.
• Winning Chess - Tactics and Strategies. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Winning Chess Piece by Piece - A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Winter 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Winter 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Winter 2006 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Winter 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Winther's Chess. Introducing the Bombard cannon, with standard peices (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
• Wise Board Editor . Interactive online chessboard. Author: Michal Ryszard Wojcik and Michal Stanislaw Wojcik.
• Witch's Chess . Two or three player hexagonal variant. (Cells: 81) By Ralf Hansmann.
• Witham\'s Three Dimensional Chess. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d. By Chris Witham.
• Withdrawer. Takes by moving away. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Wives and Guards. FIDE setup with additional pieces to offset white's first move advantage - two ferzes + two wazirs against two guards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Wiz-42. Game on 42-squares with Wizards that can make multiple moves when connected. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
• Wizard. Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump.
• Wizard Chess . Variant on 12 by 7 board with fantasy pieces (includes Advanced Wizard Chess). (7x12, Cells: 84) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
• Wizard Chess. Variant on 12 by 7 board with fantasy pieces. (7x12, Cells: 84) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
• Wizard's War. Play this game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections! (10x10, Cells: 84) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
• Wizard's War. Game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Michael Nelson.
• Wizard's War . Game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Michael Nelson.
• Wolf. A doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca. By Tim Stiles.
• Wolf Chess. Half-century old variant on board of size 8 by 10. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Arno von Wilpert.
• Wolf Chess. Older European game with unusual pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dr. Arno von Wilpert.
• Wolf Chess. Half-century old variant on 8 x 10 board with many unusual pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: Dr. Arno von Wilpert.
• World Chess Network .
• The World of Fairy Chess. Short introduction to the world of fairy chess problems. Author: Theodor Tauber and Hans L. Bodlaender.
• World War Chess . Commercial variant with pieces more suited to a war game.
• World Xiangqi Federation . (9x10, Cells: 90)
• Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Wormhole Chess . When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. By Fergus Duniho.
• Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with two special spaces. (7x7, Cells: 47) By John Smith.
• Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with 2 special spaces. (7x7, Cells: 47) By John Smith.
• Worse than Worthless. A discussion of pieces with negative value, and the Nattering Nabobs of Negativity! Author: Ralph Betza.
• Wreckage! . Features 3 new pieces: the Detonator, Dragon and the Flying Guillotine plus 5 Ninja Pawns. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
• Wreckage!. Introducing the dual mode Flying Guillotine, the Detonator that destroys adjacent pieces, and the advancer / withdrawer Dragon. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
• Wreckage!. A highly tactical game featuring the Dragon that captures by approach or retreat, the Detonator and the Flying Guillotine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
• Wuji Chinese Chess. Invented by Zheng Lei(鄭磊,河南光山縣人) in 1993. (13x12, Cells: 156) Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: Zheng Lei.
• Wuss. Introducing the weakening Wuss piece, which must move when attacked but can not capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
• WWII Chess. Fight between a shogi and an orthodox chess army. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Edward Jackman.
• WWW link: Dream Green Catalog . (8x8, Cells: 64)

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