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Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Siamese Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Smess. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant.
Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven Streetman.
Suicide Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Sacrifice chess. Instead of a normal move, you may sacrifice a pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Shimmin.
Safe Passage. Move pieces to opposite side without putting pieces in danger of capture. By Karen Robinson.
Sage Chess. Missing description (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Andrew Wong.
Sagittar Chess
. Introducing the Sagittar, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Sai squad. A very experimental army for Chess with different armies, featuring the Sai (Bishop-Quintessence compound). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Saint Pancras Shogi. double-set Sainted Shogi variant with half the pieces starting promoted. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Charles Gilman.
Salmon P. Chess. Huge three-dimensional game celebrating 10 years chess variant pages. (x10, Cells: 7500) By Dale Holmes.
Samarcanda. Variant of Mideast Chess with Crooked Bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Nuno Cruz and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Samnis Chess
. Introducing the Samnis, which combines rook-capture with bifurcated bounce-movement, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
San-kwo-k'i. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Sanguo Qi. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
Sankaku Shogi. Small Shogi variant played on a board of 44 triangles with no drops and a teleporting Emperor. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Larry L. Smith.
Save the Standard. A Tafl inspired game, with equal forces and the addition of a Cavalry piece. (15x7, Cells: 101) By Graeme C Neatham.
SC-Chess. Variant of Hostage Chess which allows self-capture and other minor rule changes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.
Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (8x8x9, Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
Schachdame. Variant between Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Heinrich Richter.
Schachen - Chess me. Commercial chess variant with board and pieces replaced by cards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Heinrich Gumpler and Matthias Schmitt.
Schada - Het Wereld Spel. A crossover between Chess and Draughts from the 1930's. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jan Boogert.
Schatxx. A crossover between chess and the computer board game Ataxx . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Scheherazade. Pieces may combine with other pieces to form combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Robert Shimmin.
Schizochess. Halves of the chessboards get swapped every five moves. By Seth McGinnis.
Schizophrenic Chess. Game on 12x7 board with Left and Right Schizzys, Bobbers, Teleporters and other exotic pieces. (12x7, Cells: 84) By David Short.
School Chess. Before movement of a figure, the player speaks the name of city on the letter, on which the name of a moved piece begins. By Sergey Sirotkin.
Schoolbook. 8x10 chess with the rook + knight and bishop + knight pieces added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Sam Trenholme.
Scion. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
Scirocco (original). On ten by ten board with over thirty different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Adrian King.
Scirocco (revised). On ten by ten board with over thirty different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Adrian King.
Scottish Progressive Chess. White moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. Series ends when check is given. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
Scout Chess
. Introducing the Scout, combining queen-captures with Camelrider moves (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Scrabble Battle Chess. Complicated game that uses a scrabble set, dice, playing cards with magic spells, pieces that move queenlike. By John Garwood.
Seachess. Chess with a marine war theme. (Cells: 128)
Secret Agent Chess. Each player chooses one opposing minor piece to be a secret agent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Secret Bombs Chess. Secret bombs with cards telling you where they are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
The Secret Invisible Pass Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Secret Stallmate. Both players win if stalemated, but information is secret and setup is random. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Secutor Chess
. Introducing the Secutor piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Seenschach. Variant on 10 by 10 board with lake in the middle and new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jörg Knappen.
The Seeping Switchers. An army for Chess with Different Armies based on pieces that change color when they move. By Jörg Knappen.
Seirawan Chess
. invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, a conservative drop chess (zrf available). Author: M Winther. Inventor: Yasser Seirawan and Bruce Harper.
Seirawan Chess
. FIDE chess, put players have N+R and N+B in hand to drop. Inventor: Yasser Seirawan and Bruce Harper.
Self Eliminator. You are allowed to take your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Gallicano.
Self's three-handed chess. 19th century chess variant for three players. (Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henry J. Self.
Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Daniil Frolov.
Sengoku Shogi. The first ever Massively Multiplayer Chess Variant.* *I think. (9x9, Cells: 64) By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
Sentai Chess. Chess variant inspired by Power Rangers; precursor to Fusion Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
Senterej
. Missing description
Senterej
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Sentinel Chess. Instead of queens, players have sentinels who can transform into 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Separate. Queens start trapped behind enemy lines. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Brian Wong.
Separate Realms Chess. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson and Michael Nelson.
Separate Realms Chess II. A Variant of Separate Realms Chess with standard FIDE King, and more powerful Knights and Queens. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Sequence of Fibonacci and Lucas Chess Design Games. Variants based on Fibonacci numbers.
Sequence Of M X N Chess Games. A chess variant for boards of size M by N, for about all pairs of positive integers M, N.
SerPent Chess 50. Pentagonal cells form hexagonal blocks in two ways. (Cells: 50) By Charles Gilman.
Sesqui-dimensional Chess. 1d circular variant where pieces move clockwise, counterclockwise, and *across the center* of the circle. By Jeff Cornell.
Seventeen Pawns. You can replace opponent's queen by nine pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
sFhIoDgEi. A variant nesting two different smaller variants within it. (17x17, Cells: 289) By Charles Gilman.
Sha'rah. Missing description (13x13, Cells: 169) By Patrik Hedman.
Shadow Warriors. Missing description By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Shako_Balbo. Game with Diamond Shape Board. By wdtr2.
Shakti. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
Shamanic Chess
. Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'. By M Winther.
Shambhala chess. Maybe, it's the misterious first form of chess? Actually, most probably, not. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Shanghai Palace Chess. A blend of Chinese, Japanese, and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Share Squares. AKA "Three's a Crowd". By JT K.
Shatar. Mongolian chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatar (Mongolian Chess)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Shatar, Old 1 Hia. Old Shatar with one Hia. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shatra
. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatranj
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Shatranj al-Sultan. Normal Chess + Alibaba , with a Sultanic flavour . (10x8, Cells: 80) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Shatranj Darwinian. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shatranj Extended Tournament Scoring (S.E.T.S) Rules. An attempt at an improved scoring system for chess tournaments. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Shatranj Kamil (64). Modern Shatranj based variant on 8 by 8 board with new pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
Shatranj Kamil I. Large shatranj variant with new piece: camel. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatranj Kamil II. Large historic shatranj variant with new piece: dabbabah or war machine. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatranj Kamil X. Shatranj Kamil, with new pieces from Jetan, Shogi and Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
Shatranj N W. catsmas. By Mark Simpson.
Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside),. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shatranji. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Shatranjian Dragon Shogi. Shatranjian Shogi with Pawn-to-Dragon promotions- but when captured revert back to pawns. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shatranjian Shogi. Shatranj with extra pieces from days gone by and with Shogi drops. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shifted Square Chess. One square is removed from the normal playing area and one square is added at the edge of the normal playing area. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Shifting Chess. Variant inspired on shifting puzzles; one can move pieces of the board. (8x8, Cells: 56) By David Howe.
Shifting Sands Chess. Special squares -- which can be dropped and moved -- change the types of pieces that land on them. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Tony Quintanilla.
Shikaar. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 79)
Sho Shogi. Historic predecessor of shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Sho Shogi (Little/Small Shogi)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Shock Troops. The usual chess until the War Knight, Elephant Knight and Ninja Pawns enter the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Shogchess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
Shogessi (The Allday Wars)
. An original large, multiplayer Chess/Shogi variant.
Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Shogi 59. Shogi on half of a 9x12 board. (9x13, Cells: 59) By John Smith.
Shogi for Chess Players
. Introduction to Shogi geared for western chess players. Author: Douglas Crockford.
Shogi of the Central Madness. The center square is madness! You need card and dice to decide its effect. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Shogi WDA: Alquerque army. Experimental army, supposed to be played against standart Shogi army. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
Shogi with Cannons. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By John Smith.
Shogi With Pokémons. Pokemons with special powers are added to an otherwise normal shogi board. (11x11, Cells: 121) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Shogi-of-Chesstonia. 9 x 12 Shogi Variant that includes a Queen and some Modern Shatranj Pieces. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shogi-set Nearlydouble Variants. Variants using two Shogi sets, minus a second King aside, but with moves adjusted for a large board. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
Shogun Chess. Pieces promote and can be dropped, similar to Shogi. By Daniel Lee.
The short splicers. An experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Shosu Shogi. 10x10 Shogi variant with Queens and more powerful promoted pieces. By Adam DeWitt.
Shou Dou Qi: The Battle of Animals - The Jungle Game. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Showdown Chess. No draws permitted. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Devin .
Shoxiang 108. A combination of Shogi and Xiang Qi on a number of ranks divisible by both 2 and 3. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
Shrink Chess. The board is shrinking. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Pepijn van Erp and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Alberto Giusti. Inventor: Alessio Cavatore.
Siamese Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Side view chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Sideways Hourglass chess. Small variant on 6 by 7 board with two squares punched out. (7x6, Cells: 40)
Siege. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
Siege chess. A hexagonal three-player chess variant. (Cells: 192) By Ross Durossette.
Sigma 4 Shogi. Missing description (7x7, Cells: 49) By Daniel Roth.
A Silly 42-Squares Board. A Silly 42-squares board with a little Unirexial variant you can play on it. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
Silver Elephant Chess. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
Simpleton's Chess. This is an even simplier version of Simplified Chess. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Rich Hutnik.
Simplified Chess. Missing description (8x7, Cells: 56) By John Kipling Lewis.
Simplified chess. Simple subset of the chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michiel Tas.
Simultaneous Chess. A variant of chess where players select moves at same time. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Single check chess. Checking the opponent wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Single Combat Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Brett Ward.
Singularity Chess. A fixed and fully notated form of singularity chess. By Aric .
Sino-European Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andy Thomas.
Sinojewish Chess. Hexagonal approximate analogue to Wildeurasian Qi. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
Sir Bombalot
. A variant of chess with pieces offering a myriad of different options at any given time. Inventor: Bruce Harper and Duncan Suttles.
Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: David Sirlin.
Sissa. Variant on 9 by 9 board with Sissa's. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Carlos Cetina.
Sittuyin (Burmese Chess). Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Six Fortresses. Capture Fortress to releases free pieces to drop. Imposter Kings will complicate checkmates. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Six Fortresses Short Range. A short-range-piece version of Six Fortresses. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Sixteen Pawns. Trade a queen for 8 extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza. Inventor: M. de Kemur.
Sjah. Three or four player chess variants. By Eric Wouters.
Skandaran Chess. Large variant with 32 pieces per side. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Francisco Marzoa.
Skidoo Chess. Pieces can "skidoo" into an interior board. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By John Smith.
Skirmish Chess. Tony Paletta Modest proposal as separate link for discussion. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Rich Hutnik. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Skirmish56 Chess. This is Skirmish Chess on an Simplified Chess board. (7x8, Cells: 46) By Rich Hutnik.
Skock. 64 pieces on an 8 x 8 board. Dice determine how far pieces can be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ulf Göransson.
Slanted Escalator Chess. Chess on an asymmetric board with interesting connectivity. (8x8, Cells: 60) By David Short.
Slide-Chess. Variant on 44 squares with moving cages. (7x8, Cells: 44) By João Pedro Neto.
Slide-shuffle. Variation of Shuffle Chess with special castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrick O'Neal.
SliderChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Bishops per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
Small Game Nearlydoubles. Nearlydouble versions of Diana, Los Alamos, et cetera. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Charles Gilman.
Small Spherical Chess. Board of form of sphere, with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) By Andrea Mori.
Small-Deacon Chess. Missing description (7x7, Cells: 49) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Smallest possible 2D and 3D chess. Missing description (2x2x2, Cells: 4) By Daniil Frolov.
Smegi. Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi. (5x8, Cells: 40) By Fergus Duniho.
Smess. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant.
Snake Chess. A variant played on a 2 by 12 cyclindrical board. (2x12, Cells: 24) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Snark Hunt. Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. (6x8, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
Snowflake Xiang Qi. A better Xiang Hex. (Cells: 140) By John Smith.
Soccer Chess. Chess Variant inspired by soccer. (11x17, Cells: 189) By João Pedro Neto.
Solitaire dice chess. Solitaire dice chess (concept works with variants & board games of skill too). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
Solitary Patience Chess. Variant Chess Magazine vol 7, issue 56. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Sonic the Hedgehog Chess. After capturing, the capturing piece bounces off the enemy piece and continues moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Sonic the Hedgehog Chess Advanced version. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
The Sons of Mithra. Elaborate Fantasy variant with 13 different types of pieces per side. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Michael Chang Gummelt. Inventor: Michael Chang Gummelt and Holly Gummelt.
Sorcerer Chess. Practice the art of sorcery with two pairs of extra long leaping pieces: the Sorcerers and Conjurers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Soul Reaver Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Kalin.
Southern Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like friendly pieces `south' of them. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Katsutoshi Seki.
Sovereign Chess. Ten neutral armies can be activated on this 16 x 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Mark Bates.
Space Chess. Three dimensional commercial chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
SpaceWar. SpaceWar rules. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
SpaceWarp44. 44 square board has warp squares that allow a teleport to another warpsquare. (5x9, Cells: 44) By Jeff Rients.
Spacious Torus Chess. Chess on a toroidal board, using Ralph Betza's spacious pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jianying Ji.
Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven Streetman.
Spartan Chess 28. Missing description (4x7, Cells: 28) By Graeme C Neatham.
Spartan Skaki. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Larry L. Smith.
Spherical chess. Sides of the board are considered to be connected to form a sphere. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Don Miller.
Spherical Chinese Chess. XiangQi with a spherical board. (9x10, Cells: 92) By Graeme C Neatham.
Spherical Guard Chess. Hiashatar (Mongol Grand Chess) on a spherical board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Graeme C Neatham.
Sphinx Chess. Likely the first 4D chess variant. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Spinach Chess. Right to make powerfull move alternates between players in variant with two kings. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Spinal Tap Chess. Variant on an 11x11 board with a once-a-game mass 'Battle Move' of Pawns and Crabs. (11x11, Cells: 121) By David Short.
Spinal Tap Chess Redux. Updated version of Spinal Tap Chess with some pieces from Existentialist Chess. (11x11, Cells: 121) By David Short.
Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess. The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants. (11x11, Cells: 121) By David Short.
spIndecision Beryl. Two players fight with three armies on board formed by 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Alexandre Muñiz.
Spire orth triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (7x14, Cells: 98) By Daniil Frolov.
Split Phase Tri-Chess. Pieces captured on Board "A" split into 2 [someimes not equal] units. These are dropped in Shog-style on the other 2 boards. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By Gary K. Gifford.
Spookyhouse Chess. Strange and tricky dropchess. By Lily V Dawn.
Springboard. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
Squarcle Chess. Orthogonal pieces travel in square loops, diagonal pieces reflect. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christan Hupp.
Square and hex on same board. Missing description (16x8, Cells: 128) By Daniil Frolov.
Square Attrition Chess. Missing description By Thomas .
SquireKnight. Squire Knight combines Knight and Forward/Backward Pawn like moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Vitya Makov.
SSShess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
ST3DRoth
. Charlie Roth's Revision of Star Trek 3D Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Charles Roth and Andrew Bartmess.
Stack Chess. Pieces are stacks of chips. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Doug Chatham.
Stacked-Copying Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Stahlberg Chess
. Regular pieces plus a Swedish Cannon and a Chancellor, which are dropped onto the board (with zrf). By M Winther.
Stalemate chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Stallmate Chess. Both players win or both players loose. (8x8, Cells: 64) By punkus martyrus.
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.
Stanley Random Chess
. Missing description By GM Gregory Topov.
Star Chess
. 3d-chess variant on two round levels. (Link.).
Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. An AOF offshoot on two side-10 triangles opposite ways round. (x2, Cells: 110) By Charles Gilman.
Star Pool Chess. Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge. (Cells: 84) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla.
Star Trek 3D Chess for Tournaments
. A variation of Star Trek 3D Chess designed for tournament play. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jens Meder and Andrew Bartmess.
Stations. Missing description (9x5, Cells: 61) By Larry L. Smith.
Stealth Chess. Commercial game with elements from Chess and from Stratego. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Dice Corporation.
Stealth Ninja Chess. Chess with two pairs of linear short-range leapers, and drop zone to add the Stealth Gryphon, Anti-Gryphon and Ninja Pawns. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Steeple Chess
. Crossover between race game and chess.
Steffan O' Sullivan's Three-players Chess. Three player chess variant on a board with 58 squares. By Steffan O'Sullivan.
Stelliform 6 player Chess. Stellisch from Wellisch, Stellicorn from Revergent, and Stellgi and Hexgi. (17x17, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.
Step and Circle TrigChess. Trigonal entry for the 45 or 46 cell 2007 design contest. (9x6, Cells: 46) By Graeme C Neatham.
Stepping-stones of Chess. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
Steps Chess. Board looking like steps of many stairs.
Stereo Chess. 8 by 8 board with four 4 by 4 boards stacked on top of it. (x4, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerhard W. Jensch.
Stevenson's Four-Player Chess. A game for two 2-player teams on a regular Chess board with the object of capturing all opposing pieces. By Jake Stevenson.
Steward Chess. Kings are able to "crown" pieces, giving them extra moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Stheno Chess
. Introducing the repulsive Stheno, which repels pieces as far as possible in the alignment direction (zrf available). By M Winther.
Sting. A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Stock Goes East 25 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (5x9x5, Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
Stock Goes East 49 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (7x9x7, Cells: 441) By Charles Gilman.
Stockschach. 3d game with "stock" 3d analogues to FIDE pieces. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
Stoltz Chess
. Regular pieces plus a Swedish Cannon and an Archbishop, which are dropped onto the board (with zrf). By M Winther.
Stones and Relays. An extended version of Eight-Stone Chess. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Jim Aikin.
Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
Straights. Chess-like Naval Battle game from the end of the 19th Century. (9x11, Cells: 81) Author: John Reece. Inventor: Anne Marriot Watson.
Strand. Three dimensional game with pawns and kings that move along straight lines and must remain adjacent. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Mike Cosgriff.
Strange Chess. A large (12x12) chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Mark Hedden.
StrataChess v1.0. separate Strategic and Tactical gameplay. 2-6 players. Element of Chance. Terrain. Build your own armies. By Prussia General.
Strate-Go Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
StrategiChess
. Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196) Author: Alan Cartwright. Inventor: Alan Cartwright and Alastair Taft.
StrategiChess II
. Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196) Author: Alan Cartwright. Inventor: Alan Cartwright and Alastair Taft.
Strato Chess. Information (no rules) about a quarter-century old three dimensional chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Jonathan Alden and Mark Hummel.
Stratomic. Decimal variant with a nuclear missile piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Robert Montay-Marsais.
String Chess. A one-dimensional variant with a fairy theme. (1x24, Cells: 24) By Aaron Hall.
Strong Pawn Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
Strong Yang. Another way of applying the Nearlydouble principle to a variant with Cannons. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Charles Gilman.
Stupid. A cross variant between Ultima and orthodox chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Paul Monckton.
Stupidhouse. Variant of Double Bughouse or Tandem Chess where partners have the same color. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Stylish victory or stylish fail. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Subatomic Chess. Missing description By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
Subversion / Conversion. Pieces can be bribed to switch sides. By Terry H. Jones.
Subway Chess. In a turn, player moves first middle subway part of board and then a piece. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Francois Tremblay.
SUCCHESS. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Djafer Medjahed.
Suction Chess. Pieces swap places instead of being removed from the board, resulting in very different strategy. By Nathaniel Virgo.
Sudden Death Chess. A piece must be sacrificed after each non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
Sudoku War. A fight that takes place in a Sudoku. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
Suffocation Chess. FIDE setup with new capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tarun Moni.
Suicide Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
Suicide Chess
. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/suicide-chess-free/b89dc1a3-2d23-410d-b580-aaaff54d81f5. By Freederick .
Suicide Chess, Davis Variation. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
Suicide Void Chess. Variant of Suicide Chess. A piece creating a void in the board is moved after each capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Atkinson.
The Sultan's Game. Variant on 11 by 11 board from 19th century Germany. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Peguilhen.
Summoner's Chess. Pieces are created and improved through the use of cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Schmahl.
Sun Tzu Chess. Limited information chess inspired by Chinese Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Sunflower HexChess. Hexagonal Chess in-the-round. (Cells: 120) By Graeme C Neatham.
Super Chess 1993. Missing description (14x14, Cells: 196) Author: Sam Trenholme. Inventor: Michael N Goldshteyn.
Super Chess III
. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ed Ginsberg.
Super Knights Grand Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Super Maharadscha. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Namik Zade.
super splicers. another army for chess with different armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Super Tamerlane. A more modern version of the original Tamerlane Chess. By Nicolino Will.
Super-Chess. On a 12x12 board with slightly more powerful pawns and knights. Armies start back-to-back. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Prashant Hindurao Sawant.
Super-Chess
. www.oteroideas.com. By Superuser .
Super-Drop-Xiang-Qi. Xiang-Qi with drops and more thing different when cross river, one new piece. (10x9, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Super4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 96 pieces. (4x4x16, Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Superchess. Pieces can be put on top of rooks and moved with them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Montagna.
Superchess. Four-handed chess game playable by two or four players. (Cells: 148) Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
Superchess and Monarch. Booklet in English and Dutch and book in Dutch about large chess variants with fantasy pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
Superhero Chess. Major pieces are superheroes, pawns their (interchangeable) sidekicks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
SuperKing. Kings move like queens and leap over friendly pieces, but cannot move through check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen. Inventor: John Love-Jensen and Richard .
Supremo Superchess. Decimal variant with extra powerful pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Lim Ther Peng.
Surprise Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 Shogi variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. By Adam DeWitt.
Sveschky. 16 identical pieces per player whose moves are determined by a die. By Sergey Sirotkin.
Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Swapmate Chess. Pieces have "mates" which they can swap places with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Swash. Different shaped boards. (Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Swedish Cannon Chess
. Introducing the Swedish Cannon, a cannon similar to the Korean, but well suitable for a Western piece context (zrf available). By M Winther.
Switch-Side Chain-Chess. Optionally swap sides with your opponent upon completing a "chain". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Azlan Iqbal.
Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x10x3, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
Switching Realms Chess. All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Symchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Symgi. A Shogi variant with back ranks filled with symmetric pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Symmetric Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Carlos Cetina.
Symmetric Monster Chess. Some pieces are single and some are double. (8x8, Cells: 72) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Symmetric Sissa. Variant on 9 by 9 board with symmetric setup and two Sissa's (generalized Knight-like sliders). (9x9, Cells: 81) By Carlos Cetina.
Symmetric Snark Hunting. Snark hunting game with symmetric positions. (6x11, Cells: 59) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Symmetric Unirexal Chess. Each player has a half of a king. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Symmetrical Chess Collection
. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces. By Derek Nalls.
Symmetron! 112. Large version of Symmetron!, with a third modifier. (11x10, Cells: 112) By Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.
Symmetron! 44. Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation. (7x6, Cells: 44) By Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.
Synchronous Chess
. Chess played with written simultaneous moves. By Ralf Hansmann.
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