Query Results

Type=Java
Starts with the letter 'M'
Language 'English'

Bottom of page

0-9 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

• Machine Gun Chess. Attacked units are removed. The object is to remove. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. E. H. Creed.
• Mad Threeparty Chess. Chess for three. Each opponent has a king which you may check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Madcap Chess. If a capture is available, the player must capture,. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
• Madrasi Chess. Units of opposite color and identical kind which attack one another cannot move. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Abdul Karwatkar.
• Maelstrom Chess. All 64 squares are initially occupied. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Michael Asher.
• Mafeking Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent, units adjacent by Knights (spies) are visable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
• Mage Chess. Queen can swap with any friendly unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
• Mage Chess II. Queen can swap with any friendly or enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
• Magic Carpet Chess. Each player has a magic carpet to move a non-King to any empty square on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Denis van Straten and Karl Scherer.
• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Magnetic Chess. Moved unit attracts and repels. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Maharaja and Sepoys I. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Maharaja and Sepoys II. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. The maharaja. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Manchurian Chess. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• March Hare Chess. Each side moves first a black unit, then a white unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Martian Chess. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Maya Chess. Indian variant in which a defended unit (not king or pawn) moves according to the defender(s). Author: Ed Friedlander.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Popular hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Meares's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture one square orthogonally. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. W. Meares.
• Mecklenbeck Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mecklenbeck Chess. Pawns promote on 6th rank. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bernd Eickenscheidt.
• Medusa Chess. Non-capturing medusas petrify enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Medusa Chess II. Non-capturing medusas petrify enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Medusa Chess III. Medusas petrify enemy units they attack and capture as Queens. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Melee Chess. Large variant, win by entering enemy castle. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: C. George Boeree.
• Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was.
• Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Memory CardChess for Two. Like regular CardChess, but cards are flipped face down when not moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mercenary Pawn Chess. Use either side's pawns to capture units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Mesmer Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
• Metamorphing Chess. Pieces upgrade when escaping, downgrade when capturing. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Metamorpin'-Fusion A. Pieces are likely to proliferate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Metamorpin'-Fusion B. Pieces are likely to proliferate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Mexican Chess. Large variant from Mexico with 3,1 jumpers. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: PrinceJoli Kansil.
• Mexican King Chess. Win the usual way or by making it safely to Mexico. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Michell's Proposal. Pawns may underpromote on next-to-last rank. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. P. Michell.
• Michelson's Chess. Each side moves first a red unit, then a white unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mideastern Chess. Actually a California variant resembling "Tamurlane" chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Mantle Green.
• Mimotaur Chess. Mimotaurs move as queens, may only capture a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Minefield Chess. Two of your squares have hidden mines that can destroy an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mini-Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Miniature Chess. From an old Martin Gardner column in "Scientific American". Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
• Ministers Chess. Two queens on each side on a 9x9 board, available commercially. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Missile Chess. Each unit can rifle-capture once. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Mock Chess. No royal piece, mandatory captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Modern Chess. Latin American 9x9 version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gabriel Maura.
• Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.
• Mongolian Chess. The major form of chess played in Mongolia for centuries. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mongredian Chess. Both bishops on queenside, both knights on kingside. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Monkey Do Chess. If possible, make a second move with any unit. By Ed Friedlander.
• Monochrome Chess. All units are of the same color. Win by accumulating captures. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
• Monster Chess. White's normal army faces Red's king and four pawns; Red moves twice per turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Morley's Chess. Large board with the usual pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Moroccan Chess. If you have one or more captures, you must make a capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Moscow King Chess. Board starts empty. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mountain King Chess. First king to reach the center square of an 11 x 11 board wins. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Emmor Ray Sperry.
• Mrs. Graycheck's Chess. Pawns promote only to a unit already captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Ms. Alice Chess. Alice Chess played on one board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Mutation Chess. Units other than kings transform into whatever they capture. Queens do not move to give check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John E. Bosley.
• Mysore Chess. Large variant by an 18th century Indian king. Author: Ed Friedlander.

Top of page

Total items listed: 61