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Featured Games:
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 JT K.
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.
Leapers, Benders, Riders, and Crooks. Missing description By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
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.
Ley Chess Alpha. A Game with many Pieces. By tilera Ley.
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.
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. 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.
Liquid Chess. Missing description By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
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 Equitum. Game designed in style of Society of Creative Anachronism. By (zzo38) A. Black.
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.
Total items listed: 78