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- Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
- CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerhard Josten.
- Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
- Chess 2000. A program that plays Chess 2000. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
- Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
- Chess 66. Board based on the 8x8 arrangement - with the difference that 66 fields are now available. (8x8, Cells: 66) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Chess 68 . 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types.
- Chess 68. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68)
- Chess 69. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
- Chess 960. Play Fischer Random Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Chess Addresses. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
- Chess Cubed on Steam. Chess on a Puzzle Cube with standard pieces and rotations. By Ethan W.
- Chess Detective: Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems. Missing description Author: David Li.
- Chess Draughts. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
- Chess Evolved Online. A comercial chess variant with collectable gaming pieces. By parpi.
- Chess in the Fast Lane. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. (8x8, Cells: 41) By Francois Tremblay.
- Chess in the Fast Lane . The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
- Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
- Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
- Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
- Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
- Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
- Chess on the Dot. Play this adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joshua Chou.
- Chess on the Rainbows. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
- Chess on the Rainbows. Six different colors light up the board. You have to keep a piece on each color throughout... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Chess Players Statue (Photo). Missing description Author: Marijke K. Bodlaender-Groote and Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chess Playing Application. Also plays: Elena Chess, Do-or-Die, Demi Chess, Diana Chess, Half Chess, HP Chess, Haynie's PC, and Courtyard. Author: André Heuner.
- The Chess Plus Deck. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards.
- Chess Plus Plus Deck. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
- Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards. By Gvndly.
- Chess Pool. Sample game of Chess Pool v. 0.50. By Robert Price.
- Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chess Variant Inventors. Find out which inventors have the most games listed here. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- A Chess Variant Making Off.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Chess Variant Pages: Terms of Service. What is expected of members and visitors. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chess Variant Problems on Game Courier. Solve Chess Variants Problems Composed with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
- Chess Variants PBM Instructions. Help page for the Chess Variants Play-by-Mail system. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chess Variants Training. A site that helps you improve at Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chess Variants with Inverse Capture. Several variants around the idea that captures are done in the manner of the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Chess Variants, 50 variants on the game of chess. Information on a book. Author: Adrey Caljé.
- Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
- Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board. By Albert Lee.
- Chess with a Fool. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Chess with checkers added. Add checkers in front of the pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Chess with Different Armies . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (Recognized!) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Armies Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: John Lawson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Different Armies: Cylindrical Cinders. Ralph Betza variant, in which the White Pieces have the advantage of treating the board cylindrically. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Chess with Extra Bishops. FIDE Chess with Extra Pair of Bishops that Start from Same Square. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Chess with magical connections. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aleksandr Kostin.
- Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Chess with Promoters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
- Chess with Promoters. Each player has a piece which may promote the pieces of his opponent. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
- 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.
- Chess with Reserves. Load your units during the game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: E. Slater.
- Chess with wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Chess without pawns . Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
- Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
- Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Nick Bentley and Christian Freeling.
- Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul Keres.
- Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
- Chess256. The pawns are randomized on the 2nd and 3rd rank. By M Winther.
- Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
- Chess3. Three dimensional board with three board parts. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Chess36. Game with invisible piece set up. By Joel .
- Chess3D. A program for building 3D chess boards. Author: Per Trygve Myhrer.
- Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
- Chess480. Fischer Random Chess with orthodox castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
- Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
- Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
- Chess960.com. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
- Chess960x3. Variant of Chess960. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hadi Aireche.
- CHESSAGON. CHESSAGON® is like traditional Chess, but with Triangles, with one new additional piece named the Duke. By Kerry Langford.
- Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. By Robert Price.
- Chessapawn. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
- ChessBreakTimes Chess. Chess with elements of chess-based RPG I slowly elaborate at this time. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- ChessCraft. An Android app for playing Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
- Chessence of Jim Winslow. Movement is dictated by relation to friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
- Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chessgi. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chessling. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
- Chessling . Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
- ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
- ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
- ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
- ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file. By (zzo38) A. Black.
- ChessWar. Strategic game played with chess pieces. By Kalle Marjola.
- Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
- Cheversi. A mix of chess pieces and reversi-like strategy. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
- Cheversi Solitaire. Solitaire version of Cheversi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
- Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
- Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight. By Albert Lee.
- Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
- Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
- Chivalrous Attrition. Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William F. Bultas.
- Chogi. Cross between Shogi and Chess.
- Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
- Choice chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
- Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gianni Cottogni.
- Chu Shogi. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
- Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
- Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
- Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: George P. Spicas.
- Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Michel Caillaud.
- Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
- Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
- Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
- Circular Chess. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Circular Chess Tournament for 2005. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament. Author: Dave Reynolds and Richard Orange.
- Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karen Robinson.
- Citadel. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move. By Thomas .
- Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
- Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
- Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- Cleopatra Chess . No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. By Dan Troyka.
- Cleopatra Chess. Dan Troyka game, similar to Benedict Chess but with only one color-changing piece. Cleopatra "seduces" any piece she sees. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent. By Fergus Duniho.
- Closing Time. During certain turns, you must move pieces out of a central area of the board (`the pub'). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win. By Tank .
- Coalition. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Codrus. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
- Colorbound. Missing description By Ed Friedlander.
- Colorbound Chess. Pieces never change their squares’ color, so army is divided into two halves – attacking and defending. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Colorboundmost and Nearly Colorboundmost Chess. Games with all pieces either completely or almost completely colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Columbia Cannon. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Combat Chess II. A wargame-like chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Garwood.
- Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
- Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Combining Knightmare Chess . When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. By Peter Aronson.
- Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- 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.
- Companion chess. The Queen may have a companion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
- Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
- Complicacious Chess. Variant in which Chess piece change type. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Compromise Chess. Propose two moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Conditional Chess. In addition to a normal move, a player states a move that is executed if a certain condition holds. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Conditional Quantum Chess. You may move to two squares each turn, but only one is a real move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Confusion Chess 1b. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece. By Dan Troyka.
- Conquer II. The goal of the game is to conquer the opponent's army and to add it to your own army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Conquer the opponent's army. Captured pieces change sides immediately, occupying the square the capturer moved from. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Conquest ®. A popular board game, designed and marketed by Donald Benge. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Kristianson.
- The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
- Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings. By John Gallez.
- Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
- Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong.
- Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book! Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
- Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Contramatic Chess. This king can walk right into check! The goal for this king is to get checkmated. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Conversion Chess. A co-chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
- Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Coregal Chess . Both kings and queens are royal. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Corner Chess. Two or four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board with pieces starting in the corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
- Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Corridor Chess. FIDE but subtracting rook pawns and setting pieces up in house in middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Cost Progressive Chess. Pieces cost varing amounts of movement points to move, and each turn you get more movement points to move them with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Evan Koch.
- Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
- Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
- Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
- Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
- Coward Chess . King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places. By Ken Franklin.
- Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
- Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Crazy 38's. Ben Good's Crazy 38's on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Ben Good.
- Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
- Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Normal Crazyhouse except pieces cannot move backwards. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- CrazyKrieg. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
- CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Creating Hexagonal Board Graphics. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
- Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Marve Meirovitz.
- Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David B. Pritchard.
- Cross3D Chess. 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Stephane Burkhart.
- Cross3D Chess . 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. By Stephane Burkhart.
- Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (4x(8x8), Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
- Crowd Chess 1: Safety in Numbers. More pieces can occupy the same square - you can only form or move to a crowd by a non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Crowd Chess 2: All Go Together. More pieces can occupy the same square and share the same fate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Crown. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal. Inventor: L. U. Kisljuk.
- Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.
- Crown Prince Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz.
- Cruise Pawns. Pawns can shoot away like cruise missiles. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
- Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Crushed Chess. After every 10 turns, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
- The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
- csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Cube-Surface Board Chesses. Missing description (6x(8x8), Cells: 384) By Kuyan Judith.
- Culverin Chess. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeremy Dunn.
- Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Dunn.
- The Custom Crushers. A 'build it yourself' Chess with Different Armies army inspired by the Corps from 12 Augmenters Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.
- Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
- Cutty Camels. Army for Chess with Different Armies that features Wizard from Omega Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
- CwDA: the Shatranjian Shooters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Joe Joyce. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Joe Joyce.
- Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
- Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- A Cylinder chess puzzle - 1. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. Piccinini.
- A Cylinder chess puzzle - 2. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. W. Mongredien.
- Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong.
- Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Fergus Duniho.
- Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- D B Extreme ! (Doppelganger BordahBee Extreme). Doppelganger BordahBee Combo with Very High Capturing Potential. By Gary K. Gifford.
- d10 Chess. Roll a ten sided die (d10) every turn to determine which pieces may be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bruce Leban.
- d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Maurice Dekker.
- Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jens Baek Nielsen. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Dark Chess . You can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack. Author: Andreas Kaufmann. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dennis Merritt and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dennis Merritt.
- Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
- Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Dead Square . When pieces take, the square becomes impassible and all surrounding pieces disappear. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jason Shields.
- Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
- Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
- Decisive Chess. Chess, but replacing draw rules with win/loss rules. By Iwer Sonsch.
- Deep Blue versus Kasparov. White and Black each have their own way of winning.
- Defensive Chess. White king is not royal, and Red units (except king) cannot go beyond the midline. If White has not won by 50 moves, Red wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Delayed Chess. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
- Delirious Bughouse. Miscellaneous rules added to Bughouse. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Alberto Monteiro.
- Demi Chess. Weak short range pieces with less symmetry than some more familliar pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- DemiChess. Most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- DemiChess Revisited. Updated information on DemiChess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- DemiRifleChess. Rifle Chess where most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- The Demon Game. Larry Smith 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
- Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Deployment. The initial setup of the pieces is open but hidden from the other player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
- Descent Chess. Kaufmann's drop variant. Begins with only K + P + P. Recommendable! Author: M Winther. Inventor: Andreas Kaufmann.
- Descent Chess. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andreas Kaufmann.
- Descent Chess Zillions file. . Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. By Andreas Kaufmann.
- Desert Benedict Chess. A hybrid of Desert Chess by Uwe Wiedemann and Benedict Chess by W.D Troyka. By Rich Hutnik.
- Desert Pub Chess. A game with Desert Ferz and Desert Wazirs which make muliple captures by jumping. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Desertion Chess . When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. By Uwe Wiedemann.
- Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Diagonal 3D Chess. Missing description (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
- Diagonal Chess . Board turned 45 degrees. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Howe.
- Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
- Diagonal Oblong Chess . The board is an oblong on diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. By Shi Ji.
- Diagonal Oblong Chess. The board is an oblong in diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Shi Ji.
- Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
- Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Pieces start in two of the four by four quadrants of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ian Storz.
- Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Storz.
- Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics. By Fergus Duniho.
- Diagram Editor with scalable graphics. An easy-to-use tool for drawing boards and pieces of any size and color. By H. G. Muller.
- Diamond Chess. Based on orthodox chess but rotated 45 degrees (invented in 1886). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: A.K. Porterfield Rynd.
- Diamondback Chess. Pieces start in corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Schneider.
- Dice Chess. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
- Dice chess (wikipedia rules). Dice chess using 2 dice, wikipedia rules. Author: Kevin Pacey.
- Dice Chess I. Move the unit indicated by the roll of a six-sided die. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Dice Chess V. If you cannot move the unit shown on the six-sided die,. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Movak.
- Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. By George William Duke.
- Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
- Dice-Money Chess. Earn money if you do what is written on the dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Diceless Chessgammon. Move all pieces off the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Different Armies. Various black armies versus the standard white army. By Roger Cooper.
- Different moving pieces . Missing description Author: Andrew Juell.
- Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Dimension X. Unusual transdimensional pieces interact with FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Dimension X, Problem # 7. An endgame problem for Dimension X, after Pawn g5-g6 who wins? By Gary K. Gifford.
- Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) and Derrick Fernandez.
- Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
- Discochess. Distributed Chess. By Marc A. Donis.
- Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Disguised King II. Win by capturing the secret royal pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Displaced Grid Chess. A Grid Chess variant that allows kings to visit corners, etc. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Grant.
- 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.
- Displacement Chess 2 . Chess with minor modifications and no opening theory! By Charles Daniel.
- Displacement Chess 2. Chess with flexible castling, reverse symmetry and no opening theory. By Charles Daniel.
- Divergent Dreamers. Army for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can only move when it has a neighbour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
- Divided Forces Chess. Half of your army starts on the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) and David Howe.
- Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- DoGod Random. Pawns and pieces dispersed on first and second ranks. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
- Don't Cross Midnight. Chess on a rotating planet; units may not cross the International. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Claude Chaunier.
- Doppelganger BordahBee. A combination of BordahBee and Doppelganger Chess. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Doppelganger Chess. Pieces have their "doubles" (Doppelgangers). Capture an opponent's piece to make both disappear... uses a FIDE chess set. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Doppleganger Bordahbee & DB Extreme. A cross between Doppelganger and Bordahbee - Choose the "normal" or "extreme" variant (with twice the capture power). (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Double Alternate Chess. Game played on two boards with object to checkmate either King. Inventor: Ken Franklin.
- Double Chess. Play two Orthochess games at the same time, moving in either each move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Double Hammer Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Double Move Chess #1. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Double Move Chess #2. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate, check or mate ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Double Move Chess #3. Move twice per turn with the same piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Double Moves. Move your opponent's pieces after moving your own. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ronald Drinning.
- Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Soren Kirk.
- Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. By Peter Aronson.
- Double-Pawn Chess . Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn. By Peter Aronson.
- Doublebarrel Chess. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
- Doublemove chess. Move twice per turn, with by King capture, not checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess . All pieces may move twice when moving. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Douglas Modern chess. A chess variant with a more interesting start position, leading to more action. By Ian Douglas.
- Dovecote Chess. One small non-rules tweak generally changes the character and pace of gameplay. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
- Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece. By kittytac.
- Dragon Wars. Multiple types of Dragon duke it out. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
- Dragonet Chess. The Dragonet flies to any square queenwise, captures piece behind landing square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Dragoon Chess. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. By NotCricket .
- Drawless Chess. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Ward.
- Drawless Chess . Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael D. Ward.
- Dream Chess 46. 46-squasre variant played from opposite corners of a FIDE board with the other corners removed. (8x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Gilman.
- Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). By M Winther.
- Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
- DUAL RING Tournament Format. Tournament format for handling uneven number of players. By Rich Hutnik.
- dUchess. Chess on two levels. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Eric S. Clayton.
- 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.
- Duck Soup Chess. Pawns on turnwise randomly determined colored squares cannot be taken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Duggan's Fantasy Chess. Game where usual pieces become mercenaries, horsemen, golems, assassins and adapts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
- Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy chess variant. By Sean Christopher Duggan.
- Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
- Duluth chess. 5 minor changes to Western Chess that can affect all stages of the game. By Jeff Johnson.
- Duluth Chess. 5 minor changes to Western chess that can affect all stages of the game. Author: Jeff Johnson.
- Dune Chess. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. By Larry L. Smith.
- Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Dutch Chess . Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Dutch Chess. Pawns start on the back ranks and move as queens. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Dutch Chess. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gerben Dirksen.
- Dynamic Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant with free setup. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
- Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess. Author: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
- Dynasty Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
- E-Chess. The chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
- Each Piece Once Chess. Each turn, move as many as all your pieces, but only once! By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Earthquake Chess. An earthquake caused a kind of Z-form in the board. (8x8, Cells: 8) By Ralph Betza.
- echess. (Micro) Evolutionary CHESS game. By bp .
- Echo Chess I. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Echo Chess II. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Eclipse Chess. Units in the eclipse zone cannot move or give check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Ed's Chess Applet. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Edge Chess . Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Mitch Martin.
- Edge Chess. Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. Inventor: Mitch Martin.
- Edgehog Chess. Queens may move only to or from edges of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Driver.
- Edgehog Chess . Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
- Edgehog Chess. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
- Eight Kings. Each player has eight kings and wins by mate or stalemate one of the kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Elephant Chess. Featuring the time-honoured Burmese Elephant. By M Winther.
- Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ben Good.
- Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. (4x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Ben Good.
- Elk Chess. The double-barrelled Elk moves differently depending on square colour. By M Winther.
- Elk Chess (with Scorpions). Poisonous Scorpion pawns combined with the restive Elk, that changes with the colour of the square. By M Winther.
- Elkrider Chess. Elkrider plus regular pieces. The Elkrider moves like a Nightrider if standing on white squares, otherwise it moves like a Rook. By M Winther.
- Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
- Emperor of China. A Chess and Halma mixed game. By Vincent Everaert.
- Emperor of China. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vincent Everaert.
- Empire Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
- Empty Cube Chess. A variant using the faces of an 8x8x8 board with no triaxial moves. (8x(8x8), Cells: 296) By Charles Gilman.
- Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
- Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Jason Shields.
- En Passant Chess. All pieces can be taken en passant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Kurnia.
- En Passant Chess. All pieces have the en passant option. Koksal Karakus version. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Endgame. Players start out with 16 pawns and gain pieces via promotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jorge Nuno Silva.
- Enemy Progressive chess. Make one normal move and an increasing number of moves with enemy pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
- Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
- Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- English Progressive Chess. White moves once, black twice, white three times, etc. Series ends when a check is given. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
- English Progressive Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Enhanced Pawn Chess (EPC). Pawn upgrading by extended capturing possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Enochian Chess. Four-player team variant of the Golden Dawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Rients.
- Entangled chess. Game inspired by the physical phenomenon of quantum entanglement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Theodoros Papadopoulos.
- Entropy Chess. Every move, you may move an enemy piece to an unattacked square. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Equalized Shatranj. Basic weak moves of ancient pieces are compensated by their numbers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Equinox chess. A game with well crafted openings. By Joel .
- Euqorab. Anti-Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- European Chess. A multiplayer, different armies form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. By Peter Aronson.
- Evolution Chess. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Harvey Patterson.
- Evolution Chess . Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. By Harvey Patterson.
- Excelsior . At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Este.
- Excelsior. At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. (2x(8x8), Cells: 84) By Este.
- Exclusive Chess. Mate is only allowed if there is a unique way to do so. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Theodor Steubel.
- Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. By Davey W Drehs.
- Exhausted King. Win by giving permanent check. . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
- Exile Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
- Exinox Chess. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
- Exinox Chess. Normal chess set, new type of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Expansion chess. Get points per each your piece on other half of board to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Miguel Villa.
- Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. Varghese.
- Extended squares Chess. Some areas of adjacent squares of the board can be seen as one cell. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
- Extinction Chess. Win by capturing every piece of the same type. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Extinction Chess . Download this file to see this game played in the 2003 Multivariant Tournament! Author: Michael Nelson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Extra Move Chess. Move twice per turn with Extra Move Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
- Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Extra Move Chess ZRF . Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. By Fergus Duniho.
- Extrapawn Chess. Standard chess with one extra pawn per player in the reserve (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Extreme 3D Chess Game. 8x8x8 3D Chess with linear, planar and cubic moves; and power absorption. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Larry L. Smith.
- Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidal board using three warp lines with 8 corners tied together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidally interwoven board using same number of squares and pieces as FIDE Chess. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Fair-Chess. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Janevert Kaan.
- Fair-Chess . A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. By Janevert Kaan.
- Fairy Pieces part 1 . zillions file with many shogi pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Fairy-Max. Free open source chess variant software. By H. G. Muller.
- Fairy-Max. A chess engine configurable for playing a wide variety of chess variants. By H. G. Muller.
- FairyGen. Generator for end-game tables with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
- Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Falcon King Chess. A shortrange variant on an 8x8 board featuring a pair of royal Falcons. By Joe Joyce.
- Fall 2004 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2004.
- Falling Off. `Captured' pieces do not disappear, but get momentum, and can fall off the edge of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Favorite Games. Chess variants favorited by our members. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Favorite Games of their Inventors. What the Chess variant inventors here consider their best work. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
- Fearsome Chess. Fear is the main rule. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
- Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Feebback Chess . Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture. By Peter Aronson.
- Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Feeble Chess. Pieces are weak as they must use a turn to change direction or flip between taking and non-taking mode; includes Weakest Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Feint Chess. Every second piece is unable to capture - it just threatens. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Niemann.
- The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
- The Fellowship of the Ring . White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. By Robert Price.
- Fellowship of the Ring Puzzles. Several problems based on the Fellowship of the Ring variant. By Robert Price.
- Fetch Chess. Double-move game where the Cat (who may be a 3rd player) may or may not fetch your pawns back. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Fianchetto Chess. Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
- Fianchetto Chess. Bishops and Rooks exchange starting squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
- Fianchetto Chess . Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jack Middleman.
- Fibonacci Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steve Costa.
- Fibonacci Chess. Players can make multiple moves per turn, the number determined by the fast growing Fibonacci sequence. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Bradley.
- FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- FIDE Chess Kamil. FIDE Chess but with extra pawns, extra bishops and a store of superpowerful pieces waiting to replace the regular ones. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- FIDE Chess with Extra Pieces. FIDE Chess but with substitute pieces. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- FIDE Frolic. FIDE chess, but with each piece able to leap. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Fifo Chess. Each square acts as a First-In-First-Out queue. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Fifo Chess. Multiple Occupier game where rule is that first one there is first one to be captured and to leave. "First In, First Out". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Fighting Chess. A reform to Chess that eliminates stalemate and strengthens some of the pieces. Author: Jeff Gibson. Inventor: Tony Berard.
- Fighting Kings. The King has switched places with the King Pawn - The King is now a fighting piece. And the pawn must be protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Fighting Kings. Fighting Kings cannot be checked or checkmated; but a Royal Pawn can. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Fighting Kings and Throne Kings. Chess with a normal Fide King and a Fighting King immune from check and checkmate. A sister game to Fighting Kings. By Gary K. Gifford.
- File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
- FireFighter Chess. A game where one piece is a secret fire fighter with special powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- First GC Tournament Approval Poll Results. The latest results of the approval poll for selecting the games to be played in the first Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess . David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess. Author: David A Wheeler. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Terumi Kaneyasu and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess. Random symmetric starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess . Play from a random setup. Author: Pierre Tourigny. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess. Manual Procedure for Generating Piece Placements. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fischer Random Chess email Club . Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Fischer Random Chess News. News on Fischer Random Chess. Author: Modest Solans. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
- Fish Chess . Pawns can move backwards without capturing. Author: Marek14 .
- Fish Chess. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fish Chess I. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
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