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- 007 Chess. A variant where you also move your opponents pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
- 007 Chess. 007 Chess involves three move per turn, including one of your opponent's pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
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- 10 Minute Melee. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Mason Green.
- 10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mason Green.
- 10-directionaI Chess . Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army. By Nick Wolff.
- 10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets. By Nick Wolff.
- 10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
- 100 Other Games to Play on a Chessboard. Missing description Author: Stephen Addison.
- 12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares. By Andrew L Smith.
- 123'. 123'. Author: 123 and .
- 123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- 123456 Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
- 1st WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
- 2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line. World Chess Variants Championship. By Stephen R. Stockman.
- 2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- 2nd WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
- 3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
- 3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess . TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- 3D Chess. A true 3D version of chess. By Dan Beyer.
- 3D Set Photographs. Missing description Author: Ben Good.
- 3D-Schach. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board.
- 3D8 Chess: The Official Ruleset. 3D Chess using 8 stacked standard sets.
- 3D8L Chess . TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- 3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- 3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
- 3to2. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
- 4-handed Chaturanga with dice. Missing description Author: M Winther.
- 4-handed Shatranj. Shatranj for Four. Author: M Winther.
- 4D Quasi-Alice Chess. 8x8x2x2 four dimensional game with 32 pieces. (2x(2x(8x8)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
- 4D Quasi-Alice Chess. Four dimensional 8x8x2x2 game that's rather like Alice Chess. By Kevin Pacey.
- 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- 65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- 6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.
- 84 Spaces Contest - Jury members. Please consider becoming a judge for the 84 squares contest! Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- 8x8 adaptation. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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- A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bas de Haas.
- 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) By Adam Norberg.
- Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
- ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
- Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Absorption Chess. Capturer gains movement abilities. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
- Absorption Chess II. Capturer gains movement abilities. This applet extends this to kings and pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
- Abstract Chess . Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Accelerated Chess. White makes one move at first and then each player makes either a capturing move or two non-capturing moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Accelerated Chess. Two non-capturing moves, or one capturing move, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Accessory Chess. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
- Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
- Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
- Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). By Dan Troyka.
- Active King Chess. Each turn, one must move one's king in addition to moving other pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Actualized Potential Chess. Pieces exist where they are but also all along their routes or points of attack. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: A. E. Farebrother and W. H. Rawlings.
- Adams, Michael. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
- Adjutant Chess. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Advance Chess. Pawns begin on third and sixth ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
- Advancement Chess. kevintucker88. By Freederick .
- Ai Ai. Ai Ai is a Java general game playing programme, with many chess variants. By Stephen Tavener.
- AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
- AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Feng Jun.
- Air Attack Chess. Missing description By Stephen R. Stockman.
- Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
- Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
- Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
- Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
- Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Akenhead.
- Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
- Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
- Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format. Author: Greg Strong.
- Alice Chess. Looking-glass boards. Extremely popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Alice Chess . New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Alice Chess II. Alice Chess with armies starting on opposite boards. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- All Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. By Doug Chatham.
- All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
- All-In Chess. You may move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
- All-Mate Chess. Capture a piece only by rendering it unable to avoid FIDE capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
- All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
- 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) By Daniil Frolov.
- Alliance Chess. Two boards, four players, team wins by checkmating the primary player. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Liptak and Rick Babcock.
- Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Alphabetical Index. Search links to the Chess Variant Pages broken down alphabetically.
- Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
- Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Alternating Chess III. Each side alternates between moving pawn and piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Alternative Chess. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
- AlterWay. Shareware program. Find a sequence of moves taking all black pieces. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
- Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
- Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
- Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
- Amazon Chess. Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Amazone Chess . Queen may also move as a knight. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabrice Liardet.
- American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Amphibian Chess . Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Anatomy of a Preset: Chess. Detailed explanation of the code used to enforce the rules of Chess in Game Courier. Author: Superuser .
- ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
- Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier. By Daniil Frolov.
- Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Stefanos Pantazis.
- Andernach Chess. Pieces change side when taking. Author: Stefanos Pantazis.
- Andy's Chess. Missing description By andrewthepawn.
- Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces. Author: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Kieran Child.
- Anti-Chess. Lose all your pieces to win. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Gravity Chess . Pieces that move repel other pieces. By João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Anti-King Chess . Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. By Peter Aronson.
- 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!) By Peter Aronson.
- Anti-King Chess I. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Anti-King Chess II. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check. Author: Fergus Duniho and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Anti-Magnetic Chain Chess. Pieces that moved must have a chain of `anti-magnetic interaction' with their own king. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess . Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets. Author: João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Four anti-magnetic chessproblems. By Ben Good.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Some AntiMagnetic Chess Games. By João Pedro Neto.
- Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- 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. By Michael Nelson.
- Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Raymond Pink.
- Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
- Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Antipodean Chess. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Antipodean Chess II. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. This can queen a pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Anywhere Chess . Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Anywhere Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Anywhere Chess and Variations. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. With several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
- Approval Poll for 1st Game Courier Tournament. Vote for the games you would like to play in a multivariant Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Aquachess. One level underwater, one on the surface, and one in the sky, with many strange pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Bob Greenwade.
- Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. Author: Dominique Leste and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
- Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dominique Leste.
- Archimedes Chess. Capture by attacking an enemy unit with two of yours. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
- Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreño.
- Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
- Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
- Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Riessen.
- Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Riessen.
- Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
- Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions. Author: Ben M Reiniger and Vladimir . Inventor: Vladimir .
- Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Persson.
- Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
- Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
- Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
- Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
- Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster? Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
- Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.
- Assimilation Chess . Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
- Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
- Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Assimilation Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
- Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
- Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
- Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Atlantis Chess. You may sink an edge square instead of moving a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
- Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
- Atlantis Chess . Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
- Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Nassah Bey Taher.
- Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Augmented Chess . Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Avalanche Chess . A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Avalanche Chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (Recognized!) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Avalanche Chess 2. As before, except that the red king and queen are switched. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Average Game Ratings. An ordered list of the ratings for the games on this site. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Aviary . New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Daniel Hollombe.
- Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Hollombe.
- Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Aviation Chess. Knight pawns move and capture as bishops and can leap any number of units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. Legan.
- Awards. Awards given to the Chess Variant Pages.
- Azerbaijan Chess . http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/79138?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
- Azerbaijan Chess. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/73747?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
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- Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
- Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
- Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132) By Greg Strong.
- Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! By Greg Strong.
- Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
- Baladãna. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'. By Martin Miller.
- Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Balaklava Chess . All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Bank Chess . Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Karl Scherer and Denis van Straten.
- Bank of Scotland -- Main Branch. Progressive Variant where each check earns the player an extra move, and check ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
- Bank of Scotland -- Modern Branch. Progressive Variant where each check gives a player another move, and move is ended by check or move to defended square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
- Banzai Chess. Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincenzo Rapisardi.
- Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
- Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
- Barasi chess . Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Paul Barasi.
- Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alex . Inventor: Panos Louridas.
- Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
- Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
- Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
- Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
- Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game. Author: Jesse Plymale. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- 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) By Ken Regan.
- Basic Chess. Variable baseline chess without drawing lots. Restrict Rooks to a and h files, and King to d or e files. By Charles Daniel.
- Basilisk Chess. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Bastardo. 4-player game.
- Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Bastille Chess . Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. Author: Peter Aronson.
- Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Battle Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
- Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Modest Solans.
- Bear Chess. Play Bear Chess, a popular Russian game, on Game Courier.
- Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
- Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc. By Jörg Knappen.
- Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
- Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
- Beginners Chess. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
- Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
- Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
- Benedict Chess . Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. By Dan Troyka.
- Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
- Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edmund Hebermann.
- Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
- Betza notation (extended). The powerful XBetza extension to Betza's funny notation. By H. G. Muller.
- Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
- Bicapture Chess. You may capture, and be checked by, your own units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Billiards Chess. Bishops and queens bounce off the edges. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fabio Forzoni.
- The Birth of Fischer Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Eric van Reem. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Bishop Chess. Bishops do not capture and cannot be captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Black and White Chess. Two moves per turn, the first from a white square, the second. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- The Black Ghost. Betzan attempt to remedy White's first move advantage in FIDE by giving Black a noncapturing but capturable teleporting piece. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
- Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
- Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: S. S. Blackburn.
- 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.
- Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight). Author: Gary K. Gifford.
- Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
- BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). By M Winther.
- Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
- Blizzard Chess . Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels). Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Blarney.
- Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? By Blarney.
- Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Blarney.
- Blockade Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
- Blood Brothers Chess. Pieces defend others of their kind regardless of location. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen and R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- 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.
- Blue Chip Chess. Missing description By Neal Turner.
- Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Neal Turner.
- Blue Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent . Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Neal Turner.
- Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides. By George William Duke.
- Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.
- Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Board Space. Website and app for playing abstract strategy board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. A collection of SVG piece images. By Bob Greenwade.
- Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
- Bomber Chess I. Pawns can be made to explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
- Bomber Chess II. Pawns can be made to explode, and always explode when. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
- Bomber Chess III. Pawns and pieces can be made to explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
- BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Adam Norberg.
- BomberChess . A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
- Bookie Chess. An online game generator which combines chess and gambling. By Tyler Wong.
- Booster Chess . Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- BordahBee. A two-move, two-board game with restrictions for the second move according to the first move. By Gary K. Gifford.
- BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces. By sam tenka.
- Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup. By Fergus Duniho.
- Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
- Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Brett rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
- Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Pivovarov.
- Brett Rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
- Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
- Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
- Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Brotherhood Chess . A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
- Brouhaha. Preset for Brouhaha, a game that brings the ruckus! By Greg Strong.
- Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Play this wide hexagonal variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.
- Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Bughouse Chess. Two boards. Units captured move to opposite board. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Bughouse Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. Author: Karl Scherer.
- Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Bughouse Links. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources.
- Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
- Bughouse.net. Extensive website with information on Bughouse.
- Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
- Building an 8 by 8 by 8 board. On how to design a three dimensional chess board. Author: Ralph Betza.
- Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Burden of royality. Missing description By Freederick .
- Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Burmese Chess. Most popular form in Burma. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. By Charles Daniel.
- Burmese Chess. Missing description Author: M Winther.
- Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Butters Chess. Capture by moving adjacent rather than by displacement. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: N. N. Grushevsky.
- Byelorussian Chesskers. Pieces promote to "Damkas" in this Chess Checkers Hybrid. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann and N. N. Grushevsky.
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- Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Zeitlin.
- Cannibal Chess . Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. Author: Marek14 .
- Cannibal Chess. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
- Cannon Chess . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
- Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon. By M Winther.
- Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
- Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
- Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
- Capricorn Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Captive Kings. Created to obtain more wins and less draws with an anti-chess chess rule. By Joel .
- Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
- Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
- Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
- Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
- 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) By Charles Gilman.
- Carrousel Chess. Circular chess using reflecting bishops & squirrels, not Bs & Ns. By Kevin Pacey.
- Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Castle Chess . White must prevent black from castling. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Éric Angelini.
- Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
- Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
- Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces. A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces, with drawings, photographs and printable links. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
- Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Chess Photographs. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalier Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Michael Nelson. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
- Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Cavalry Chess. All pieces have additional knight move except knights which get camel + zebra moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Cavalry Queen Chess. Queen rides a horse and therefore it passively moves as Knight (but captures as usual). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- CDA Variant: Fighting Fizzies. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- CDA: Demi-Rifle Army. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- CDA: Meticulous Mashers. ...every piece very nearly matches the corresponding piece from FIDE-chess, both in value and in general characteristics. - RB. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- CDA: Pizza Kings. Experimental CDA army, submitted half in jest, with pieces whose movement imitates their shape. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Lawson.
- CDA: Spacious Cannoneers. Spacious pieces combine with Vao and Pao pieces for Betzan Chess with Different Armies Variant. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Centaur Chess . All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
- Center of Attention. FIDE Chess but with an additional winning condition: Move your king unchecked into a center square. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Johan Richter.
- Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
- Centerless Chess. No center pawns or squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Central Chess. Move twice per turn, once in center and once on edge. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- 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) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cetran Chess 2. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
- Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
- CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
- Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
- Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
- Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christian Freeling.
- Chamaeleon. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. Inventor: Wolfgang Großkopf.
- Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
- Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
- Chaos. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers. Inventor: Ron Kensek.
- 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) By Allen Jett.
- Chaos Chess. Random starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Allen Jett.
- Chaotenschach. Players start the game by making a secret setup on their own half of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
- Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
- Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
- Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
- Charismatic Chess. x5 speed up your chess game! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.
- Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Danielle Allen.
- Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen Inventor: Danielle Allen.
- chass. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
- 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) By Ralph Betza.
- Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
- Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice) . Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
- Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chaturanga . Oldest known form of chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
- Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
- Chaturanga. Computer game that plays Chaturanga and many other variations.
- Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
- Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Chaughts. A mixture of chess and international draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Hedden.
- Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
- Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
- Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
- Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. By Robert Price.
- Cheapo. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
- CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
- Check Force Chess. The player giving check decides how the opponent escapes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce R Trone.
- Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Richard D.B.M. and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard D.B.M..
- Checkers. The most popular game besides Chess played on the same board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
- Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
- Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
- Checkless Chess. Giving check without mate is not allowed. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Checkless Chess. You may not check unless it is mate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Checkmating Applet. Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
- Checkmating Applet (3 vs 1). Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
- CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
- Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
- Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
- Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Cheshire Cat Chess . When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Chesica . Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
- Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
- Cheskers. The most popular cross between checkers and chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
- Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
- Cheskers. Fun and simple crossover between chess and checkers invented by professor Solomon W. Golomb. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
- Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
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