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Featured Games:
Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) (Recognized!) Author: Bruce Balden and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
Rules of chess. This is how modern chess was originally referred to in the late 15th century. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Race Chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Racing Kings. 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.
Radical Chess
. Commercial chess variant with 16 different pieces. Inventor: Daryl Fazekas.
Raft Chess. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Ramayana Chess. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. (Cells: 84) By Luiz Carlos Campos.
Random Move Number Chess. A die now controls the number of moves a player makes each turn. Luck and skill required to win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gavin King.
Random Pieces. A 20 game match is played, with each player receiving a number of pieces equal in value to the game number. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roger Cooper.
Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (9x9x4, Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.
Random Transposal Chess. Use dice to swap pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Rank and File Chess. Move from Most Crowded Row. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Rank-behind-Rank Chess. 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Raptor Chess. 104 square large board game with complimentary diagonal and orthogonal flying pieces each with dual mode capture abilities. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (7x7x5, Cells: 140) By Charles Gilman.
Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) (Recognized!) Author: Bruce Balden and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
Raven Chess. 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 .
Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (8x8x2, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.
Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Reiner Knizia.
Ready Chess. Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
Real chess. Players start with placing their major pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: E. I. Csaszar.
Reality check. Remember the opposite site of flippable pieces. (Cells: 39) By Andrew Juell.
Realm chess. Board is divided into realms and multiple pieces can move into and out of a realm in one turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
Rebel Chess. King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Rebel Fury. A Variation of V.R. Parton's Royal Fury. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
Rebellion chess. Besides normal moves, you can move a piece of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Recapitulative Chess. Variant where the Queen, Rook and Bishop have their older moves until promoted. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Rectangular Cubic Chess. Experimental variant on 3d shaped board. (x6, Cells: 72) By Robert J. Bell.
Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Huber.
Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool. By Amy Johnson.
Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x6x4, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
Reduced Endgame Chess. Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe.
Reenterent Chess. There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area. (5x8, Cells: 41) By Edward Lovett.
Reflection teammate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: William Geary.
Reformed Chess
. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf). By M Winther.
Refreshing Bubble Fizz Chess. When a piece moves, he can create a bubble. Pieces in bubbles cannot move for three turns, but may make two non-capturing moves. By Ralph Betza.
Refusal Chess. Refuse your opponent to make certain moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44) By Jared B. McComb.
Regimental Chess
. Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
Regulator Chess. Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Samuel H. Bell.
Relative Lumberjack. Pieces move the same as other pieces in its file. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Relative Transposition Chess. Game where pieces move relative to each other rather than by themselves. By Daniel Robert MacDuff.
Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Kevin Whyte.
Relay Chess. Pieces inherit the ability of friendly pieces they are in the attack range of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
Reldoub. Game with river, relays, walls, and fractions. (11x11, Cells: 121) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Relocation Chess
. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf). By M Winther.
The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces. By Ralph Betza.
Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
Renniassance Chess. With 68 pieces on board of 12 by 12. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Rental Chess. You must pay rent for the squares where your pieces are: centre squares are more expensive. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Repeating Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Retiar Chess
. Introducing the Retiar, a bifurcating bounce-slider, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Retreating Chess. Pieces must fall back one square after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Retro Chess. A chess game progresses backwards from an empty board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Smolowitz.
Retrochess. Play chess from the end of the game backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto and Ralph Betza.
Rettah. Different setup and powerfull king. Taking obligatory when in check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Vu Q Vo. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Janecke.
Reversi Chess. Pieces closed in on a line can be converted to the other side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Revised Chess
. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included). By M Winther.
Rex
. Six Direction Chess. By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
REX Hexagonal Chess. Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
Rifle Chess. Pieces are taken by shooting: capturing without moving. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. B. Seabrook.
Ringworld Chess. Themed hex variant differentiating opposite directions along orthogonals. (Cells: 198) By Charles Gilman.
Rithmomachia. Information on Rithmomachia. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rithmomacia
. Medieval game based on arithmetic and number theory.
Robber-Baron. Which of the seven robbers is the robber-baron? (7x7, Cells: 39) By Seth McGinnis.
Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
' Roid Rage Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Rollerball. Chess race fight on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Rolling Kings. Kings must move along a predetermined path. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Roman Chess. Commercial chess variant on a 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
Romanchenko's Chess. A board with a kind of Z-form. (10x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
Romulan Chess. Kriegspiel variant: played with a referee where pieces cloak and uncloak. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Steve Kramer and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rook Mania. Game where all pieces have different sorts of Rook-like moves. (7x7, Cells: 43) By Jared B. McComb.
Rookheavy Chess and Bishopheavy Chess. combining elements of Lilliputian Chess, Isis, Mongolian Chess, and crooked linepieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Rooksquare Chess. Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Rose chess. Hexagonal chess variant, with additional variants, from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rose Chess. Grand Chess, with Roses instead of Knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. (12x12, Cells: 144) By David Paulowich.
Roswell Chess. A game not meant for humans. Uses alien hieroglyphic pieces based on an alleged 1947 Roswell NM incident. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Gary K. Gifford.
Rotary. On a 9 by 9 board with rotating pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Christian Freeling.
Rotating Cylinder Chess. Positions of pieces rotate one square to the right after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Rotation Chess. Every 10th move, the board is turned around. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rotor-blades Chess. Game played on a board that is both circular and trigonal. (Cells: 150) By David Cannon.
Rotorblades Fusion Chess. Played on a circular tiling on triangular cells. A further development of my previous game, Rotorblades Chess. (Cells: 150) By David Cannon.
Round chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Round Honeycomb Chess. A cross between Circular/Cylindrical Chess and Hexagonal Chess. (9x11, Cells: 99) By David Cannon.
Round Table Chess. Chess variant on a board with round and square part. (Cells: 92) By Richard G. VanDeventer.
Round Table Chess 84. Chess on a special round board with 84 squares. (Cells: 84) By Richard G. VanDeventer.
Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
A Royal and His Pet. Missing description By Zhedric Meneses.
Royal Chess. Variant on ten by eight board. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
The Royal Chess. A 12x12 variant with classic occidental and oriental pieces. By Mariano Moran.
Royal Court. On 8 by 10 board with crowned knights: can move like king or knight. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Sidney LeVasseur.
Royal Magician's Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
The Royal Standard. Pieces can only move when near a standard-bearer piece on board with 38 squares. (7x6, Cells: 38) By Alexandre Muñiz.
Royal-Copy Chess. Some pieces can gain power of captured pieces. (9x8, Cells: 72) By (zzo38) A. Black.
RPGchess
. Combines chess with Role Playing Game rules. By Patrick Mulcahy.
Rubble Chess. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
Ruddigore Chess. Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Rules of chess. This is how modern chess was originally referred to in the late 15th century. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 1. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 2. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 3. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 4. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 5. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 6. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Rules of Chess 7. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Russian Chess. Pieces are not removed when captured, but stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
Russian fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Russian progressive chess. Progressive chess variants where one occasionally moves a piece of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Rutherford’s 1-dimensional Shogi. Modern one-dimensional chess variant, based upon Shogi. (1x17, Cells: 17) By Jonathan H Rutherford.
Ryu Shogi. Large modern shogi variant. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Jared B. McComb.
Ryugi. 10x10 variant with Kirins, Marshalls, and Dragons, the latter which can move as a Bishop or as a Nightrider. By Adam DeWitt.
Total items listed: 119