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• 10-directionaI Chess . Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army.
• 3to2. Missing description

A

• Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns).
• All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved.
• Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves.
• Amazone Chess . Queen may also move as a knight.
• Anti-Gravity Chess . Pieces that move repel other pieces.
• Anti-Magnetic Chess . Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets.
• Anti-Relay Tutti-Frutti Chess . Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece.
• Anywhere Chess . Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board.
• Augmented Chess . Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set.
• Aviary . New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme.

B

• Balaklava Chess . All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves.
• Bank Chess . Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants.
• Barasi chess . Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards.
• Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry.
• Blizzard Chess . Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels).
• Booster Chess . Pawns push friendly pieces.
• Brett rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition.
• Brett Rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition.

C

• Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement.
• Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves.
• Centaur Chess . All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights.
• Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved.
• Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards.
• Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move.
• Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move.
• Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers.
• Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces.
• Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate.
• Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting.
• Chessling . Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces.
• ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file.
• Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers.
• Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn.
• Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn.
• Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely.
• Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
• Coward Chess . King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places.

D

• Different moving pieces . Missing description
• Double-Pawn Chess . Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn.
• Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy chess variant.

E

• Edgehog Chess . Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog.
• Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side.
• Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers.

F

• Feebback Chess . Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture.
• Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'.
• Fish Chess . Pawns can move backwards without capturing.
• Forward Chess . Download these files to play Forward Chess with Zillions of Games!
• FreePawnChess. Chess with more powerful pawns.

G

• Gladiators . Missing description
• Golem Chess . Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play.
• Gothic Isles Chess . Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions.
• Gravity Chess . Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets.
• Groundskeeper Chess . Missing description

H

• Halfgi . A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess.
• Halfling Chess . Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings.
• Hammer Chess . Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities.
• Haynie's High Power Fairy Chess . With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces.
• Highcastle Chess . All pieces can castle.
• Hoppel-Poppel . Variant in which Knights capture as Bishops and Bishops capture as Knights.
• Hydrant Chess . Special rules govern how pieces move between four quadrants of the board.

I

• Illusionary Piece Chess . A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King.
• Interweave . Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color.

K

• King's Leap Chess. Variants with Chancellors (Knight+Rook) and old Russian Queens (Knight+Queen).
• Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away.
• Knightmate-Relay Chess . Played with a royal-knight and special movement rules for pieces a knight's move away.
• Koksal's Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.

L

• Legan's Chess . Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves.
• LiQi . Very Strong Chss.
• Lumberjack . Pieces move depending on the column they are on.

M

• M-Chess . Pieces change movement capabilities depending on the column they occupy.
• Mad King Chess . Missing description
• Mage. Rooks cannot be captured or capture, and the Queen is replaced by a Mage.
• Magnetic Chess . Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets.
• Mapped Chess . Missing description
• Marseillais Chess . Move twice per turn.
• Millennium Chu Shogi . http://pika.cs.nctu.edu.tw/lit/MillenniumShogi.zip.
• Missile Chess. Missing description
• Mobile Pawn Chess. Pawns have increased movement.

N

• N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights.
• Nearly Colorboundmost Chess . Game where all pieces except the Pawns are entirely colorbound, and interactions between colors are weak.

O

• OK Chess . After the first move, Pawns can advance any distance.
• One Way Chess . Missing description

P

• Paulowich's Chancellor Chess . A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board.
• Pawn Pusher Chess . Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces.
• Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares.
• Pocket Mutation Chess . Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later.
• Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.
• Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece.
• Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.
• The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces.
• Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board.

R

• Ready Chess . Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first.
• Right or Left Chess . Pieces are either right-moving or left-moving and may flip from one to the other.
• Rogue Pawn Chess . Pawns may double-move on any rank except for their starting rank.
• Royal Amazon Chess . Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons.

S

• Separate Realms Chess . Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing.
• Shamanic Chess . Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'.
• Stationary King Chess . Kings can't move.
• Sting . A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move.
• Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places.
• Swapmate Chess . Missing description
• Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece.
• Switching Realms Chess . All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies.

T

• Tauschach . Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king.
• Teamster Chess . Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them.
• This Game is for the Birds . Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking.
• Toe to Toe Chess . A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces.
• Too Many Elephants. All pieces can move leap two squares on the diagonals like Elephants/Alfils in addition to their normal move.
• Train Wreck Chess . Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward.
• Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable.
• Triumvirate Chess . Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King.
• Twiknight . Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move.

U

• Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
• Ultimate Battle Chess . Pawns, kings, queens, and knights move differently.
• Undecided Chess . Pieces begin in an undecided state until they move.

W

• Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between.
• Weakest Chess . Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities.
• White Elephant Chess . Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array.

X

• Xhatranj . An exotic variant of Shatranj with more powerful pieces.
• ximeracak. . A fantasy variant designed for play with a standard set. (8x8, Cells: 64)

Z

• Zip Chess . After the first move, Pawns can advance any distance.
• Zone X . Chess with a special central Zone, a new piece, and new moves.
• Zones of Action . Inspired form Lines of Action.

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