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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.

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61 'Java Program' entries listed	1 'Three dimensional' entry listed
15 'Large board' entries listed	3 'Small board' entries listed
5 'Three or more players' entries listed	3 'Oriental' entries listed
2 'From ancient times' entries listed	4 'Uses cards' entries listed
1 'War game' entry listed	2 'Board with hexagonal shaped cells' entries listed
5 'Hidden information' entries listed	6 'In a category all its own' entries listed
6 'Each player has a different army' entries listed	6 'Sold commercially' entries listed
1 'Xiangqi, or Xiangqi-based' entry listed	1 'Shogi, or Shogi-based' entry listed

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