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1. 10 Minute Melee. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Mason Green.
2. 123456 Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.

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1. Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
2. Andy's Chess. Missing description By andrewthepawn.
3. Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
4. Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check. Author: Fergus Duniho and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
5. Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces. By Fergus Duniho.

B

1. Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
2. Blackjack Chess. Reduce the point value of your pieces to exactly 21 points and win the game. Or do it the old-fashioned way. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
3. Blue Chess or Deep Blue Vs. Kasparov Chess. Tribute to a famous game with three shades of blue and different options for each player to achieve a win. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.

C

1. Chess on the Rainbows. Six different colors light up the board. You have to keep a piece on each color throughout... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
2. Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece. By Dan Troyka.

D

1. Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. By George William Duke.

E

1. Extinction Chess. Win by capturing every piece of the same type. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.

F

1. Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.

H

1. Henry VIII Chess Preset. This is the preset for Henry VIII Chess (unique take on Extinction Chess). Author: Rich Hutnik.
2. Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.

K

1. King's Guard Chess. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
2. Kinglet. Play Kinglet, where you win by capturing all pawns. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
3. Knightmate. Play Knightmate, where you win by mating the Knight. Author: Greg Strong.

L

1. Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. Author: Antoine Fourrière.

M

1. Mesmer Chess. Introduces a new piece, the mesmerist, which can control how opposing pieces move. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
2. Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ross Gillies.

N

1. Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
2. Ninjutsu (Claustrophobia 2). Win by invading palace or checkmate; new leaping pieces promote to gain more power. By Charles Daniel.

P

1. Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. By Charles Daniel.
2. Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
3. Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king! By Charles Daniel.

R

1. Racing Kings. Missing description By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
2. Royal Pawn Chess. Same as FIDE Chess, except the pawns in front of the kings are royal, meaning the object is to checkmate them and not the king. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.

S

1. Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. Author: Tony Quintanilla
2. Shatranj Darwinian. A game that shows the evolution of today's classic pieces. Wazirs and Ferz evolve into modern pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.

T

1. Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing K to K8 wins by Thronemate, too. By Kevin Pacey.
2. Thunder Chess. Play this hybrid of Fusion, Assimilation, and Metamorph Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
3. Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
4. Towers Chess. Play Towers Chess on Game Courier. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Alex Wood.
5. Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. and Tony Quintanilla.

U

1. U-Chess. Play Unambiguous Three-Symbol Chess online. Author: Fergus Duniho.

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