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"Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100)
007 Chess. A variant where you also move your opponents pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104)
10x10 Multiple Knot Chess. Board in `mathematical shape'.
12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares.
12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108)
123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125)
16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.
2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90)
2 Pronged Chess. Each player makes "simultaneous" moves with 2 different pieces.
21st Century Chess. An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80)
2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2Hit Shogi. Shogi with 2 hits to destroy a piece, and drop pieces at start. (9x9, Cells: 81)
3 Player Chess
. On a large (217 hexagon) board.
3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75)
3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
4 Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100)
4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45)
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100)
4 Linepiece Fusion. Variants in which straight linepieces get to fuse with Crooked or Bent ones. (9x8, Cells: 72)
4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91)
4 Player Chess
. Commercial four player chess variant.
4-Player Pothole Chess. Bulldozers and cars and other vehicles are pieces in 4-player chess variant. (7x7, Cells: 39)
4-way chess by Taurus games
. Commercial fourhanded chess variant.
4x16 Race Chess Revisited. New version of race chess on circular 4 by 16 board. (16x4, Cells: 64)
52Chess. A piece may teleport to the square corresponding to a drawn card.
6 by 10 Pawnless Half variants. Pawnless variants rearranging non-Pawn ranks of variants with 10 ranks by 10 or more files onto just 6 files. (6x10, Cells: 60)
6 Ranks, remaining variants. Extrapolations from the Diana/Los Alamos/Haynie's Primary family of variants. (6x6)
64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different).
8x8 adaptation. Missing description
8x8 Heart Chess. Chessboard in form of heart.
8x8 Hyperbolic Chess. Mathematician Missoum has a board based on hyperbola.
8x8 Reversible Stairs-Chess. Chessboard looks like stairs.
8x8 Spider Web Spiral Chess. Board in shape of spider web.
9x9 Squares Rotating Chess. Usual set of pieces in different setup and changed movement on 9 by 9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169)
AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64)
ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121)
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
Accessory Chess
. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available.
Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64)
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Ackanomic Party Chess
. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
Action Man's Chess. A small (5x6) board and simple pieces ensures lots of easy-to-understand action. (5x6, Cells: 30)
Adjutant Chess
. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf).
Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42)
Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406)
AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72)
Airplane Chess
. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf).
Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72)
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100)
Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80)
Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army.
Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90)
All the King's Men. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64)
All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alpaca Chess
. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf).
Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Alseid Chess
. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists).
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alternative Chess
. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available.
AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91)
AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91)
AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91)
Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64)
The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks.
Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board.
Amazons
. Amazons and a computer version.
Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
American Chess
. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win.
Amiral Chess
. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
Amoeba. Small variant with 38 movable squares. (7x7, Cells: 38)
Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Amphora. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40)
An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Andromi
. Game with simple rules.
Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces.
Angel Chess
. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf).
Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91)
Annan Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295)
Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Chess
. Lose all your pieces to win.
Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Anti-Magnetic Chain Chess. Pieces that moved must have a chain of `anti-magnetic interaction' with their own king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Relay Chess. Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece.
Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anywhere Chess and Variations. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. With several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Apocalypse. Small variant of knights and pawns; objective is to take all pawns.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games.
Arabian Nights Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84)
Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100)
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves.
Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42)
Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arimaa
. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers.
Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Armis
. 100 square board with 15 piece types.
Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions.
Arnhem Chess. Game on board of 38 squares. (6x7, Cells: 38)
Arrangement Chess
. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf).
Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Assassination Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with teleporters and assassins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Assideum
. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces.
Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43)
Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ataturk Chess. One of your pieces in addition to your King is royal (your vice-president), and it can be changed. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127)
Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent.
Attrition Chess. Played on an 11x10 board, each player starts with 33 pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110)
Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Aviation Chess
. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf).
Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80)
Axis and Allies Chess. Diceless variant of Axis and Allies.
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64)
BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bach Dang Chess. On board with 88 squares, with crafts and other special pieces and rules. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42)
Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72)
Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72)
Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36)
Back-to-Back Chess. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100)
Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88)
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132)
Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Baladãna
. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'.
Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68)
Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63)
Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules.
Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156)
Basilisk Chess
. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists).
Bastardo
. 4-player game.
Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46)
Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84)
Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game.
The Battle of the Animals. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63)
Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378)
Battle of the Six Armies
. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A.
Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135)
Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter.
Beast Chess.
Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84)
Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. (11x10, Cells: 100)
Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99)
Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn.
Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Belfry Chess
. Introducing the belfry catapult.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39)
Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beryl Chess. Variant on board of 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128)
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225)
Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81)
Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces.
Big Battle
. Large (10x10), commercial variant.
Big Board Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with individual opening setup. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Big Chess. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. (14x8, Cells: 112)
Big Outer Chess. Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the centre. (12x12, Cells: 148)
BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121)
Bigorra.
A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players.
Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bingo Chess. A cross between Chess and Bingo. (Cells: 41)
Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43)
Bird Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64)
The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132)
Bishops
. Commercial four-player game.
Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games.
Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64)
The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Black Hole Chess. Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings. (9x11, Cells: 100)
Black Holes. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. (5x8, Cells: 40)
Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46)
Blender Chess.
Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Blindfold Chess
. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available).
Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides.
Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bodyguard Chess
. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available).
Bolyar Chess
. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available).
Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board.
Bombardier Chess
. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists).
BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bomberman Chess. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42)
Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44)
Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Bosworth
. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
Bottleneck Chess. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41)
Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces.
Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards.
The Bridge 41. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41)
Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72)
Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal adaptation of Chess with horizontal ranks. (8x12, Cells: 84)
Buccaneer Chess
. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available).
Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
Bughouse Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bughouse Links
. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources.
Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
Bughouse.net
. Extensive website with information on Bughouse.
Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bushi shogi
. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai.
Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points.
By Rook Or by Crook. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. (Cells: 42)
Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Cai Qi
. Chesslike game on circular board.
Caïssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9)
Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64)
Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cannibal Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42)
Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72)
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44)
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Capablanca Relocation Chess
. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf).
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career.
Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42)
Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Cardinal Super Chess Home Page
. Link to company site.
Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64)
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44)
Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169)
Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Castalia Chess
. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists).
CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cat's Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Cataclysm. Large board game with short-range pieces designed to be dramatic without being overly complicated or dragging on too long. (12x16, Cells: 192)
Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88)
Catastrophic 8x8 Chess. Mathematician Missoum gives a new type of chessboard.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces.
Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like.
Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chamaeleon
. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color.
Chameleon. Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41)
Chameleon Chess. On each turn the rank of the moved piece changes.
Chameleon Chess. Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. (6x7, Cells: 42)
Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chance Chess Co.
. Web site.
Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Changi with diagonal pieces. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90)
Chaos
. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers.
Chaos Chess
. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
Chaos Chess. Pieces are placed randomly everywhere on the board before the game starts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaotenschach. Players start the game by making a secret setup on their own half of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chariots. Standard pieces start as pairs with shared capabilities, but can separate and recombine. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chassyrinth
. A 'color-attribute' based hexagonal chess variant.
Chatter Chess. Variant based on the idea of line chatter where rider pieces can switch to other friendly pieces' lines of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaturanga
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84)
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaughts. A mixture of chess and international draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Checkless Chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chesh
. 3 player, hexagonal chess.
Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chesimal Fusion I. Missing description (16x12)
Chesimals: Autonomous Multi-unit Pieces. self-contained autonomous multi-square pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192)
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination
. A combination of the classic chess and Risk.
Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chesquerque. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Chess 112. Large variant on an 8x12 board. (14x8, Cells: 112)
Chess 121. Large chess variant with Demo Dos-program. (11x11, Cells: 121)
Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64)
CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess 66. Board based on the 8x8 arrangement - with the difference that 66 fields are now available. (8x8, Cells: 66)
Chess 68. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68)
Chess 69
. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares.
Chess 911. 9x9 board plus corner squares, compounds, and special diagonals. (9x9, Cells: 85)
Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess 99
. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered.
Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers.
Chess And Physics. Taken pieces leave energy on the board that can be transformed into `mass': pieces.
Chess and Three Quarters. Extremely powerful leapers dominate a game with multiple royal pieces.
Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group.
Chess Cards. Cardgame with chess flavor.
Chess Chaos. Announcement of pack of cards that affect chess.
Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90)
Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322)
Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols.
Chess for Three
. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board.
Chess for Three
. A 3-player variant on an unusual board.
Chess for Three
. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves.
Chess II. Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Chess in a Klein bottle. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
Chess in a Moebius Strip. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
Chess in a Toroidal Board. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
Chess in the Fast Lane. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. (8x8, Cells: 41)
Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess Jester
. 4-player variant with two new pieces.
Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364)
Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess Legions
. Decimal variant with extra, exotic pieces.
Chess of Amazons. Chess played on a 10x10 board with all FIDE pieces, but extra pawns, and the Amazon piece from the Game of Amazons.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Chess on a board with 37 squares. Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. (Cells: 37)
Chess on a Cylindrical Board. 8 by 14 board in with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped. Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80)
Chess on a Really Big Board. Chess on multiple chess boards. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32)
Chess on an Infinite Plane. Chess game with no boundaries (infinite board), and Guard, Chancellor, and Hawk. ()
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
The Chess Plus Deck
. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards.
Chess Plus Plus Deck
. Chess with special cards. Free!!
Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards.
Chess Pool. Game played on a pool table, inspired by chess.
Chess Variants of Sándor Nagy
. Link to Hungarian web page.
Chess Variants with Inverse Capture. Several variants around the idea that captures are done in the manner of the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board.
Chess with a Fool. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess with Batteries. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Chess with checkers added. Add checkers in front of the pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess with Cyclical Armies. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value.
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)
Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36)
Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess with Promoters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess with Quantum Bishops. Bishops move orthogonally along both paths and end up where a normal bishop would end up. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces. A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Chess with wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66)
Chess with Wizards. A Decimal Chess Variant with Antoine Fourri. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess'3. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns.
Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess-Battle. War variant from the Soviet-Union, 1933. (12x12, Cells: 128)