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1. 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!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant.

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1. Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) (Recognized!)

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1. 3 Man Chess. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board. Author: David Howe.
2. 3 Man Chess - Review. Missing description Author: David Howe.
3. 4 Player Chess. Commercial four player chess variant.
4. 4-way chess by Taurus games. Commercial fourhanded chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen R. Stockman.

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1. Abstract Games Magazine. Missing description
2. Air Attack Chess. Missing description By Stephen R. Stockman.
3. 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!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant.
4. Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
5. Armis. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
6. Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.

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1. Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
2. Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
3. Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
4. Big Battle. Large (10x10), commercial variant. By M. K. Morrison.
5. Big Battle . Large (10x10), commercial variant. Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
6. Bishops. Commercial four-player game. By Edwin J Wilhelm.
7. Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132) By Edwin J Wilhelm.
8. Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb. By Stefan Bogdanski.
9. Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.

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1. 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) Author: David Howe.
2. CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Cardinal Super Chess Home Page. Link to company site.
7. Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
8. Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
9. Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Chance Chess Co.. Web site.
11. Chaos Chess. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
12. chass. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
13. ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
14. Chess - The Speed Game . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
15. Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
16. Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game. Author: David Howe.
17. Chess Cubed on Steam. Chess on a Puzzle Cube with standard pieces and rotations. By Ethan W.
18. Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (4x4x6, Cells: 96) By Robert J. Bell.
19. Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
20. Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
21. Chess for Three. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
22. Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
23. Chess in the Round . A commercial variant on a round board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
24. Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
25. Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Chess Jester. 4-player variant with two new pieces. Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
27. Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
28. CHESSapeak. Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
29. Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
30. Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
31. Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
32. Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
33. Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
34. Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
35. Chesshousers. Review of computer game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
36. ChessMage (tm). A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
37. ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
38. Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
39. Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
40. Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
41. Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. By David L. Smith.
42. cHEXx. Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
43. Chinese Chess by H. T. Lau. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess. Author: H. T. Lau.
44. Chinese Chess for Beginners. Missing description
45. Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
46. Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
47. Circular Chess. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software. By Alan Mattlage and Martin Mattlage.
48. Colour Chess and Lure. Chess Variant where the board is different every time you play, and you can control what pieces your opponent can move next. By Chad W Smith.
49. Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Leonard Kalich.
50. Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller and N. Maddox.
51. Cross Chess . Game played on a cross-shaped board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
52. Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.

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1. Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
2. Delta PI. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme.
3. Deluxe Chess. http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/index.html. By Stephen R. Stockman.
4. Devingt Chess. Decimal chess with 20 pieces per side including Sages (moving as Camels). Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Leopold de Labrousse.
5. Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bart D. Follis and James G. Chapman.
6. Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
7. Djambi. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
8. Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
9. Doubles Chess. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Rick Gillespie and Henry Rolling.
10. Dragon Chess (tm). Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. By Lex Parker.
11. Dragonchess. Commercial large chess variant. (16x10, Cells: 124) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lex Parker.
12. Duchess. For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. and John Kramer.

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1. Echos. Transform your non-attacked, non-royal units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vladimir Pribylinec.
2. Edmarks' Strategy Challenges II Program. On their Website, you can download a demo that allows you to play the Jungle game against a human opponent on a PC.
3. Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants. By Emmanuel Baud.
4. Evo. Game with chess-variant elements. Inventor: Giardino Italiano.
5. Exchequer. Commercial 3d chess variant on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.).
6. Exchequer 3D Chess. Expensive three dimensional chess variant. Inventor: Rick Hewson.
7. Exchess Set. New chess pieces that can be used in combination with Staunton chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
8. Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. By Davey W Drehs.
9. Express Chess. Information on commercial chess variant with cards instead of board and pieces. () Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bill Jemas.

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1. Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
2. Feudal. The Game of Siege and Conquest, 3M Company - 1967. Author: Dennis Matheson.
3. Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company. Author: David Howe.
4. Fidechel. Unique styled chess pieces and 3D chess game in development. By Patrick Degan.
5. First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1. Missing description Author: David Li.
6. FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Masahiro Nakajima.
7. Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
8. For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
9. Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess. By Stephen R. Stockman.

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1. Global Chess . A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks.
2. Global Chess. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (x2, Cells: 64) Author: Robert LeRoy.
3. Gothic Chess. A 10x8 variant using the same rules and equipment as Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ed Trice.
4. Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.

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1. Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
2. HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
3. HEXchess Review. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
4. Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier! Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
5. Hexes Chess . Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&. By Mike Layfield.
6. Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
7. Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
8. Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
9. Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
10. Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive. Author: David Howe.
11. Horseman's Chess. Game where pieces mount and dismount. By Frank MacCrory.
12. House of Kay. Company selling a circular chess board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
13. Hyperchess . Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.).

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1. Icehouse . Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
2. Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
3. Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Fanning.
4. Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Calkoviks and Jeff Knight.
5. Infinite Chess . Link to publishers website.
6. Infinite Chess Photographs. Photos of an Infinite Chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
7. Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rein Keulen.

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1. Jester Chess. The Jester is an 'anon' piece but similar to the 'Fool' - beautiful commercial wooden sets - a must have! Author: Simon Edward Jepps.
2. Jetan-Sarang . A large variation of Jetan. By James Killian Spratt.

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1. Kaissa . Decimal variant developed from descriptions in John Norman's Gor books. By Jeff Shaffer.
2. Kaos: The Game . Multiplayer game on a 7x7 board. By Robert Peeples.
3. Kings and Pawns. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. (7x8, Cells: 56) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
4. Kings and Pawns . Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. Author: Peter Aronson.
5. Kings Court . Commercial chess variant on 12 by 8 board based on the historical Courier chess. By Sidney LeVasseur.
6. Knightmare Chess. The American version of Tempete sur l'Echiquier.
7. Knightmare Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant using cards that change things. Author: Steffan O'Sullivan.
8. Knightmare Chess Page. Steve Jackson Games' page on Knightmare Chess. Author: Steve Jackson.
9. Konigsritter. Four-player game on curiously-shaped board with one player having a different army than the others. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Albert Buttner.
10. KonoSuba Chess variant. Missing description By kinme.

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1. Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
2. Link to: Rainbowchess . Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.

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1. Machiavellian Chess. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
2. Macrochess . Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
3. Mad Mate . Wooden set for chessgi: captured pieces change hands and can be used as reinforcement. Inventor: Alex Randolph.
4. Mark Davis's Chess Designs. With a round chess board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Mark Davis.
5. Martian Chess. Two or four player strategic game with chess elements played with Looney piramids. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
6. Maze. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
7. Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
8. Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was.
9. Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Memory CardChess for Two. Like regular CardChess, but cards are flipped face down when not moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Metapontum . Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
12. Metapontum Peace Chess. Metapontum Peace Chess cooperative chess game. By Francois Tremblay.
13. Military Chess. 19th century commercial chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: E. Joseph Cossman.
14. Millennium Chess . Commercial variant on 15 by 8 board with almost twice the normal set of pieces.
15. Millennium Chess Preset. This is the preset for Millennium Chess. Author: Rich Hutnik.
16. Ministers Chess. Commercial variant on a 9x9 board with an extra Queen (called a Minister). Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Michael Corinthios.
17. Ministers Chess. Two queens on each side on a 9x9 board, available commercially. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. Mob Strategy. Mob Strategy, The Takeover Game, presented by The Game Pile. By Jeff Rients.
19. Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.
20. Musketeer Chess. A game that adds extra pieces to Chess, playable online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Zied Haddad.

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1. The Narrow . The website of Shamus Shafer, who makes custom chess boards and chess tables at reasonable prices.
2. Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Matt Arnold. Inventor: Bandai.
3. Navia Dratp Photos. Actual photos of this soon-to-be released game! Author: Matt Arnold. Inventor: Bandai.
4. New, Used, Rare and Collectible Books and Games . Missing description
5. News on Superchess. A championship in combination with Corus chess, and a third set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
6. Ninny chess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. Author: Fergus Duniho.
7. Ninny Chess. Classic board game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
8. No-Yes! Chess. French commercial variant with an element of chance. By Luc Queyrel.
9. Noble Celts: Game Review. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: Ben Good.
10. Non-Random CardChess for Four. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Non-Random CardChess for Teams. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Non-Random CardChess for Three. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Non-Random CardChess for Two. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. ObstructionChess. A new chess variant designed to challenge old strategies and improve your chess play with logical and organic obstructions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By martin rinab.
2. Official Football Chess. Variant from the 1960's with pieces replaced by football players. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
3. Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Omega chess . Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: David Howe.
5. Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
6. Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) (Recognized!)
7. Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: Ben Good.
8. Omega Chess game. Moves of a game between chess grandmasters Alex Sherzer and Judith Polgar.
9. Omega Chess Review. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: David Howe.
10. Omega Chess Review. Review of commercial Chess variant. Author: Alex Sherzer.
11. Omega Chess set Photos. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
12. Omnigon. Photos and Review of commercial variant. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
13. Onitama. Cards decide how pieces move, perfect information with no chance beyond setup. Author: Mikk . Inventor: Shimpei Sato.

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1. Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
2. Photos of Omega Chess. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
3. Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Inventor: Dan Brown.
4. PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Inventor: Dan Brown.
5. Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
6. Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
7. PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
8. Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
9. PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker. By Susannah Thorarinsson.
10. Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it. Author: David Howe.

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1. Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. Author: Robert Price.
2. Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100)
3. Quick Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Richard Sullivan. Inventor: Joe Miccio.

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1. Regimental Chess . Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
2. Renezan's Chess . Proprietary game, Bi Triad, 1993. Inspired by Wildebeest Chess. Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: BiTriad.
3. Renezans Chess. 9x9 game with gnus and central powerup square. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Bi-Triad.
4. Renezans Chess. Proprietary game, 9x9, in which the occupant of the center. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: BiTriad.
5. Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description Author: David Howe.
6. Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
7. Review: Chesshousers. Review of computer game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
8. Review: HEXchess. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
9. Review: Knightmare Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant using cards that change things. Author: Steffan O'Sullivan.
10. Review: Noble Celts. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: Ben Good.
11. Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: Ben Good.
12. Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant. Author: Alex Sherzer.
13. Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: David Howe.
14. Review: Omnigon. Photos and Review of commercial variant. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
15. Review: Roundtable Chess. A review. Author: Fergus Duniho.
16. Review: Zillions-of-Games. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
17. Review: Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games. Author: David Howe.
18. Roman Chess. Commercial chess variant on a 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
19. Roman Chess . Commercial chess variant on 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
20. Roman Chess. 10x10 variant available commercially. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
21. Roundtable Chess. A review. Author: Fergus Duniho.

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1. Sceptre 1027. Photo's of a set of this commercial multiplayer chess variant of the 1980's. Author: Simon Westenra.
2. Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (8x8x9, Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
3. Schachen - Chess me. Commercial chess variant with board and pieces replaced by cards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Heinrich Gumpler and Matthias Schmitt.
4. Schada - Het Wereld Spel. A crossover between Chess and Draughts from the 1930's. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jan Boogert.
5. Shogi : Japan's Game of Strategy. Missing description Author: Trevor Leggett.
6. Shogi for Beginners. Missing description
7. Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Alberto Giusti. Inventor: Alessio Cavatore.
8. Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: David Sirlin.
9. Smess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. Author: Fergus Duniho.
10. Smess. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant.
11. Sovereign Chess. Ten neutral armies can be activated on this 16 x 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Mark Bates.
12. Space Chess. Three dimensional commercial chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
13. Space Chess Photos. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
14. Stealth Chess. Commercial game with elements from Chess and from Stratego. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Dice Corporation.
15. Steeple Chess . Crossover between race game and chess.
16. StrategiChess . Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Alan Cartwright.
17. StrategiChess II . Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Alan Cartwright.
18. Strato Chess. Information (no rules) about a quarter-century old three dimensional chess variant. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Jonathan Alden and Mark Hummel.
19. Stratomic. Decimal variant with a nuclear missile piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Robert Montay-Marsais.
20. Super Chess II. Proprietary game from the 1970's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Lauterbach.
21. Super Chess III. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
22. Super Chess III . Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
23. Super Chess III . Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ed Ginsberg.
24. Superchess. Four-handed chess game playable by two or four players. (Cells: 148) Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
25. Superchess and Monarch. Booklet in English and Dutch and book in Dutch about large chess variants with fantasy pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
26. SuperChess I. Big proprietary game for four. Pawns meet their opponents as in orthochess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
27. Superchess in Corus Chess tournament. Missing description Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
28. Superschaak. Book and sets for playing variants with many new types of chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.

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1. Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant.
2. Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Clequin.
3. Tetra. Old commercial four player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
4. Tic-Tac-check. Get four chesspieces in a row on a 4 by 4 board. (4x4, Cells: 16) Author: Daniel Thibault and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Don Green.
5. Tile Chess . Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
6. Tishai. Played on a 7x7 board with 2 sideboards. (7x7, Cells: 49) By James Ernest.
7. Tommy's Towers. Description (no rules) of very large chess variant from DOS-program.
8. Touchdown chess . Win by scoring touchdowns: move your pieces across the goal line in this commercial chess variant.
9. Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
10. TriChezz. Chess for three on a circular board. Classic proprietary game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
11. Trigon Chess . Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards.
12. Triochess. Commercial three player chess variant from around 1975. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
13. Troja. Commercially sold game where pieces can be stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Onno Garms.

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1. Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
2. Vendetta. Commercial four-player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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1. War Chest . Customizable fantasy board game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
2. Warlord Chess Review. 4-player chess with modified board and special moves. Author: Kevin Peterson.
3. Wikingerschach. Old commercial chess variant from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
4. World War Chess . Commercial variant with pieces more suited to a war game.

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1. Xiangqi Syllabus on Cannon: Chinese Chess 2. Missing description Author: David Li.
2. XieXie . Xiangqi Computer Program XieXieMaster 1.0.10 released! and Eugenio Castillo.

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1. Yutopian Chinese Chess . Missing description Author: Sidney Yuan.

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1. Zebulon. German commercial game with bluffing with chess pieces and connection forming. (7x7) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Herbert Schuetzdeller.
2. Zillions of Games. Game package for Windows that allows you to play nearly any abstract board game or puzzle in the world.
3. Zillions-of-Games. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
4. Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games. Author: David Howe.
5. Zonal Chess. Board has special `zones' at both sides. Commercial game of 1970's. (Cells: 104) Author: Lawrence C. Smith.

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