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Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Schachdame Chess. Pawns, a bishop, and a royal ferz. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Heinrich Richter.
Scorpion King Chess. King can also move as grasshopper. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Scotch Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Scotch Modern Chess. A check or move to a guarded square ends the series. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Self Eliminator. You may capture your own units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Seven Knights Chess. Unusual army for Red. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. A classic hexagonal variant from Russia. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
Shakti. Christian Freeling's simple, elegant game with disappearing squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Shatar. The major form of chess played in Mongolia for centuries. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shatranj. Persian chess, ancestral to the Western forms. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shoot Chess. Rifle chess with mandatory captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shrapnel Chess. Nearest units at 45 degree angles from line of capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shrink Chess. Emptied rows and columns vanish permanently. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shrink Chess II. Emptied edge rows and edge columns vanish permanently. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shuffle Chess 1. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shuffle Chess 2. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shuffle Chess 3. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shuffle Chess 4. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Siberian Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Skirmish Chess. Pawns start on the 3rd and 6th ranks with no double-move, pieces on the 2nd and 7th ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Slippery Center Chess. Units slide over the center squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Sniper Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Snowplow Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Soccer Chess I. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Spanish Rules 1283. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Spanish Rules 1500. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Sphinx Chess. Four dimensions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Split Board Chess. Swap halves of the board every 5 moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Sputnik Chess. Rooks, bishops, and knights on the enemy half of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Start-Again Chess I. Each unit may return to its original square if. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Start-Again Chess II. Each unit may return to its original square if. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Static Chess. Take turns placing a unit so that none attacks another. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Stealth Chess. You must guess which opponent unit is which. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Stratomic Chess. Tactical nuclear missiles may be deployed after a piece is captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Strong Pawns Chess. Pawns move and promote as minor versions of the pieces they represent. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Sudden Death Chess. If you do not capture, you must remove one of your own units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
Super Chess II. Proprietary game from the 1970's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Lauterbach.
Super Chess III. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
Super King. King moves as queen but cannot move across a square under attack. Author: Ed Friedlander.
SuperChess I. Big proprietary game for four. Pawns meet their opponents as in orthochess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
Swap Chess I. Friendly units may swap places. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Swarm Chess. Each of your units must move each turn if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Symmetry Breaking Chess. Units become defined as they are selected and moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Claude Chaunier.
Synchronous Chess. The two sides truly move simultaneously. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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