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1. 10-directionaI Chess . Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army.
2. 3to2. Missing description

A

1. Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns).
2. All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved.
3. Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves.
4. Amazone Chess . Queen may also move as a knight.
5. Anti-Gravity Chess . Pieces that move repel other pieces.
6. Anti-Magnetic Chess . Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets.
7. 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.
8. Anywhere Chess . Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board.
9. Augmented Chess . Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set.
10. Aviary . New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme.

B

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

C

1. Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement.
2. Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves.
3. Centaur Chess . All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights.
4. Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved.
5. Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards.
6. Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move.
7. Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move.
8. Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers.
9. Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces.
10. Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate.
11. Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting.
12. 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.
13. ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file.
14. Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers.
15. Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn.
16. Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn.
17. Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely.
18. Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
19. Coward Chess . King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places.

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

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

I

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

K

1. King's Leap Chess. Variants with Chancellors (Knight+Rook) and old Russian Queens (Knight+Queen).
2. Knavish Shatranj . Shatranj style game on 8x8 board.
3. Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away.
4. Knightmate-Relay Chess . Played with a royal-knight and special movement rules for pieces a knight's move away.
5. Koksal's Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.

L

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

M

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

N

1. N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights.
2. Nearly Colorboundmost Chess . Game where all pieces except the Pawns are entirely colorbound, and interactions between colors are weak.
3. Net Chess . This game allows pieces to move to the grid intersections and between intersections.

O

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

P

1. Paulowich's Chancellor Chess . A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board.
2. Pawn Pusher Chess . Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces.
3. Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares.
4. 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.
5. Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.
6. Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece.
7. Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.
8. The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces.
9. Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board.

R

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

S

1. 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.
2. Shamanic Chess . Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'.
3. Stationary King Chess . Kings can't move.
4. Sting . A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move.
5. Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places.
6. Swapmate Chess . Missing description
7. Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece.
8. Switching Realms Chess . All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies.

T

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

U

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

W

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

X

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

Z

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

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