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• Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.

• L Shaped Chess. 2 player variant with some elements of 4-player ones. (7x7, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
• Ladder Chess. Chess variant on a `skewed' board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Ladder Shogi. Shogi variant on 10 by 10 board where pieces climb the social ladder by multiple promotions. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Mason Green.
• Ladies and Generals. Missing description (6x9x6, Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.
• Ladon Chess. Introducing the Ladon, a short-range piece that can repel any other piece, and also capture this way (zrf available). By M Winther.
• Ladorean Chess - Shaco Ladorean. Variation on Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Bernhard U. Hermes. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Lag Chess. The last move made by your opponent is not known to you. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Lancelot. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stan Druben.
• LancerChess. a basic Western chess game, featuring Lancers in place of knights. By Glenn Nicholls.
• Lancers Chess. chess with lancer piece, lancers instead of knights. By Jeffrey T. Kubach.
• Landing force shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
• Lao Tzu Chess. www.schemingmind.com. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
• Laquear Chess. Introducing the Laquear, that captures like a bishop, but moves by the collision method (zrf available). By M Winther.
• Large Nahbi Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 120) By Uri Bruck.
• Large Variants in the Historic North European Style. Missing description () By Charles Gilman.
• Larger Wildeurasian variants. increasing the 2+2+1 piece groups from three to five or six. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
• The Last Mourning. On board with 38 squares and Jesters. (Cells: 38) By Lester Jones.
• Latrumcolorum Chess. Piece caught between two opponent pieces is moved by him. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
• Latte Chess. Alternative starting position, with each player having 4 rooks/bishops/knights, 1 king and queen, and 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael .
• Leandro's Chess. You may make a non-capturing move with each of your pieces in one turn, or make a normal capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Leap Chess. Game with mandatory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares. (6x8, Cells: 44) By Ken Franklin.
• LeaperChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Knights per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
• Leapers chess. a game with many leapers. (8x6, Cells: 44) By Andy Maxson.
• Leapfrog Chess. The pawn can leap over any man in its initial two-step move (with zrf). By M Winther.
• Leaping/Missing Bat Chess. Large variant on a 16x12 board with many fairy pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192) By John Savard.
• Legler's Chess. Modest 1926 variant using an Archbishop and a Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Hugo Legler.
• Lemniscate Chess. Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). (18x4, Cells: 72) By David Cannon.
• Lemurian Shatranj. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
• Lene Hau Chess. Pieces take several turns for doing one move, going only one square per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Lengthleaper Hex Chess. The hex-prism geometry has surprisingly many equal-length compound leapers. (6x9x4, Cells: 136) By Charles Gilman.
• Leto Chess. Introducing the Leto, a doubly telekinetic piece, very versatile (with zrf). By M Winther.
• Letter Chess. Pieces are a diagram that shows a letter and their movement capabilities. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Ed Pegg Jr..
• Levitating Kings. Kings can levitate orthagonally or diagonally over a line of friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Liars Chess. You may lie about the move you have made. Author: Fabio Forzoni. Inventor: Alessandro Castelli.
• Lichen Chess. Pieces are modular, and each piece may contain fragments belonging to both players. By Alexandre Muñiz.
• Life, the Universe and Everything. 42-square double-move variant with unusual pieces, inspired by Douglas Adams' fiction. (6x7, Cells: 42) By João Pedro Neto.
• Lifeform Chess. Instead of individual units, pieces are parts of the body of a giant animal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
• Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
• Limited Doublemove Chess. Several variants on Doublemove Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Limited Ranged Guards Chess. A game with some limited queens/guards and tanks to shoot opponent. (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Limited Square Chess. A form of Chess with a Limited Supply of Squares; entry of the 38-challenge. (8x8, Cells: 38) By Ralph Betza.
• Limiting Chess. On a 4x8 board, with the objective of capturing all the opponent's pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Lines of Relay (LoR). Chess variant featuring a new type of morphing piece, the Lore apprentice, on a standard board together with the standard pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
• Link to: Rainbowchess . Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.
• Lion Chess. Replaces the riders in Chess with hoppers. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
• Lions and Dragons Chess. Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Lions and Unicorns Chess. With the 16 standard pieces and 4 powerful leapers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By David Paulowich.
• LiQi. Very Strong Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Litrof. Variant on 42 squares played with stacks of Icehouse pyramids, where different color pyramids give stacks different powers. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Glenn Overby II.
• Little Cheops. Large variant with extra rules governing game play. (9x9, Cells: 81) By B. Gregory Johnson.
• Little Dragon Chess. Modern small variant of Xiangqi on board of 41 squares. (5x7, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
• Little Great Chess. Chess on an 8 by 8 board with lots of new pieces, and rules like prisoner exchanges, throne ascensions, reinforcements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
• Little River Chess. A 46 square variant based loosely on Chinese Chess. (6x9, Cells: 46) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Little Trio. Small variant combining Chess, Shogi, and Xiang-Qi. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Jared B. McComb.
• Liu Yang. Hexagonal analogue to Yang Qi. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Locusts. Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Yu Ren Dong.
• Logis 3D. 3d-chess variant by R. Planesi. (Link.). Inventor: Ronald D. Planesi.
• Long Yang. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to a variant with Cannons. (11x16, Cells: 176) By Charles Gilman.
• Long-King Shogi. Long-king moves very far but don't let it get captured. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Longshanks Chess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 84) By Jonathan H Rutherford.
• Loonybird. Pieces on a seven by seven board move differently when they take. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
• Los Alamos Extinction Chess With Bunkers. On 6 by 6 board with two additional 2 by 2 bunkers, and extension chess rules. (6x6x2, Cells: 44) By Doug Chatham.
• Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Los Alamos Vierschach. Four player variant of small variant Los Alamos Chess. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jörg Knappen.
• Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
• Lotus-39. Chess variant on special shaped board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39)
• Lotus-39 Chess: An Introduction. Missing description
• Lubny Chess. 100 cell chess variant invented in 1972.
• Lucky Xiangqi. All the pieces, except the kings, are turned over so you can't see what they are. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Ludus Equitum. Dice chess variant, using standard set and two dice, designed in a 13th-century style for the SCA. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Glenn Overby II.
• Ludus Magus. Missing description (8x8x2, Cells: 145) By Larry L. Smith.
• Lumberjack. Pieces move depending on the column they are on. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.

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