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1. 2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.

A

1. Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
2. Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
3. Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabrice Liardet.
4. Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
5. Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.

B

1. Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
2. Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
4. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.

C

1. Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
2. Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
3. Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
4. CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Éric Angelini.
5. Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
6. Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
7. Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
8. Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
9. Chess with Quantum Bishops. Bishops move orthogonally along both paths and end up where a normal bishop would end up. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
10. Chess960.com. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
11. Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move. By Thomas .
12. Colorbound Chess. Pieces never change their squares’ color, so army is divided into two halves – attacking and defending. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
13. Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
14. Communist Chess. When you capture an opponent's piece, you must destroy one of your own pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
15. Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
16. Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Evan Koch.
17. Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.
18. Crushed Chess. After every 10 turns, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
19. Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.

D

1. Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
2. Decisive Chess. Chess, but replacing draw rules with win/loss rules. By Iwer Sonsch.
3. Deployment. The initial setup of the pieces is open but hidden from the other player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
4. Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
5. The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
6. Displacement Chess 2. The most logical step for the evolution of standard Chess: flexible castling and interchange of king and queen for one side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Charles Daniel.
7. Douglas Modern chess. A chess variant with a more interesting start position, leading to more action. By Ian Douglas.
8. Drawless Chess. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Ward.
9. Duck Chess. A Duck that must be moved by both players can block your moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Tim Paulden.
10. Duluth Chess. 5 minor changes to Western chess that can affect all stages of the game. Author: Jeff Johnson.
11. Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.

E

1. echess. (Micro) Evolutionary CHESS game. By bp .
2. Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
3. Enhanced Pawn Chess (EPC). Pawn upgrading by extended capturing possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
4. Exhausted King. Win by giving permanent check. . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.

F

1. Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
2. Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
3. File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
4. Five-stars chess. One can also win by having five pieces in a row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
5. Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
6. Fluid Chess. A modest variation allowing movement through friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
7. Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
8. Folding Magnetic Chess. fold between D&E files, play on both sides. Author: Deep Thought.
9. Forwards Chess. A variation of FIDE Chess where pieces only move forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.

G

1. Ghast knights. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
2. Ghost King Chess. The king can roam the board as an almost unkillable ghost. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
3. Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
4. Gilman's Modest Variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
5. Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. By Jeff Cornell.

H

1. Hecatomb promotion. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
2. High Chess. Drawn games are instead won by the player whose King is closest to the centre. By Grant Sinclair.
3. Hoppel-Poppel. Modest divergent variant where Knights capture like Bishops and Bishops capture like Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.

I

1. 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.

K

1. King of the Hill. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
2. Knight-Riding Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.

L

1. Latrumcolorum Chess. Piece caught between two opponent pieces is moved by him. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Legler's Chess. Modest 1926 variant using an Archbishop and a Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Hugo Legler.
3. Levitating Kings. Kings can levitate orthagonally or diagonally over a line of friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.

M

1. Madness of Kings Chess. The Kings are, simply put, insane!! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
2. Magician's Chess. Pieces switch board sides with each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
3. Majority Chess. You can move a piece only if it is on a file where you have a majority of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Emiliano "Wentu" Venturini.
4. Moderate Progressive Chess. A player may make one more move than his opponent just made. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
5. Modest Proposals - Various Authors. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Paletta.
6. Modest Variant.. Black may castle out of check. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven A Brown.
7. Multiple Formations. A proposal to add a set of formations to Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
8. Multiple of 10 Checkmate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.

N

1. Near Chess. This is a variant of Skirmish Chess designed to be friendlier to newbies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
2. Near vs Normal Chess. This version pits pieces of Near Chess vs those of normal chess (FIDE). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
3. Neoteric Chess. Pieces are swapped before play begins. An external piece is introduced (with zrf). By M Winther.
4. No Limit Bet Chess. A gambling multi-move chess variant played with dice that allows players to place bets on each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
5. Null chess. Capture squares are destroyed when vacated. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.

O

1. Option-Suicide Chess. You can optionally destroy your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.

P

1. Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
2. Paletta's Modest ARRAY variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
3. Paletta's Modest CAPTURE RULE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
4. Paletta's Modest GOAL variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
5. Paletta's Modest MOVEMENT RULE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
6. Paletta's Modest PAWN variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
7. Paletta's Modest PIECE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
8. Paletta's Modest TURN variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
9. Pawn Chess. Pawns promote to first piece captured by opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black.
10. Pawntrooper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Prosser.
11. Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: George Whelan. Inventor: R. L. Frey.
12. Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
13. Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
14. Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
15. Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
16. Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces. By H. G. Muller.
17. Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
18. Pioneers Chess. An elegant solution to draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
19. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). By M Winther.
20. Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
21. 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.

R

1. Random Transposal Chess. Use dice to swap pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
2. Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf). By M Winther.
3. Retreating Chess. Pieces must fall back one square after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
4. Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Janecke.
5. Revised Chess. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included). By M Winther.
6. Rooksquare Chess. Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
7. Rotating Cylinder Chess. Positions of pieces rotate one square to the right after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
8. Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
9. Royal Magician's Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.

S

1. Sai squad. A very experimental army for Chess with different armies, featuring the Sai (Bishop-Quintessence compound). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
2. Self Eliminator. You are allowed to take your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Gallicano.
3. Sharp Chess. Drawless Chess with minor victory conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Zacharias.
4. Short Leaper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Petar Djurickovic.
5. Showdown Chess. No draws permitted. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Devin .
6. Simplified chess. Simple subset of the chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michiel Tas.
7. Skirmish Chess. Tony Paletta Modest proposal as separate link for discussion. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Rich Hutnik. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
8. Spiral Chess. The royal pieces slide along a spiral trajectory. By H. G. Muller.
9. SquireKnight. Squire Knight combines Knight and Forward/Backward Pawn like moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
10. Stalemate chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
11. Standoff Chess. A threat to capture the opponent's King does not give check if it opens one's own King to immediate recapture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Shimmin.
12. Steward Chess. Kings are able to "crown" pieces, giving them extra moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
13. Sudden Death Chess. A piece must be sacrificed after each non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
14. Suicide Chess, Davis Variation. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
15. Swapmate Chess. Pieces have "mates" which they can swap places with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.

T

1. Tao's Chess. Chess variant where as you move across a line, the pieces reverse roles. By Travis Geyer.
2. Tax Chess. King mobility affected by the placement of pawns of the same color. By Tomasz Sobczyk.
3. Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing King to K8 wins too, by Thronemate. By Kevin Pacey.
4. Trade Chess. Captured pieces can be dropped, with restrictions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Brady .
5. Trade-up Chess. Chess where you trade-up your pieces with pieces in your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Oliver Clarke.
6. Trampoline Chess. Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Thompson.

U

1. Undecided Chess. Undecided Pawns can change into pieces by moving like them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.

V

1. Variable Chess. A light piece is first moved outside the board. From there it can be introduced at any time via an empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
2. Variants with Queens. Some variants, mostly dealing with queens, and mostly modest. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Vavulin Creative Chess. Before the start of the game, every player, creates up with one rule for both players, which operates the whole game. By Dmitrii Vavulin.
4. VERO Chess. Standard chess with a twist. By RICHARD BIELE.

W

1. Werewolf Chess. An nearly invincible, but bribable Werewolf replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
2. Windows Chess. Windows Chess is played with usual chess equipment on a board inspired by an arch-window. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
3. Withdrawing Chess. Any piece can withdraw from other pieces to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.

Z

1. Zabel-Schach. A modest chess variant with an alternative pawn, the Zabel pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.

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