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• 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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• Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.

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• 100 Squares for Chess and Damante . Small book describing some decimal variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.

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• 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.
• All-In Chess. You may move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.

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• Balbo's Chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• Balbo's Chess 2. Balbos Chess 2. Author: wdtr2. Inventor: M G Balbo.
• Big Board Chess. Play Big Board Chess online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Alfred Schönfelder.
• Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.

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• Capricorn Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Centaur Royal and Double Centaur Royal . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
• Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
• Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Cheshire Cat Chess, 10 x 10. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
• Chess Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern. Book that describes a variety of chess variants. Author: John Gollon.
• Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys . A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys, Part 2 . 2nd part of a pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
• ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
• Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
• Circean Chess. Large variant in which pawns evolve into kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.

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• Dabbabante Chess. Played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dabbabante Chess. 2,0 runner need not stop for intervening units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Displaced Grid Chess. A Grid Chess variant that allows kings to visit corners, etc. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Grant.
• Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Soren Kirk.

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• Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. Varghese.

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• Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John W. Gast.
• Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: John W. Gast.
• Gorgona Chess. V. R. Parton's Gorgonia Chess (also Gorgon Chess), featuring the paralyzing Gorgonia (with zrf). By M Winther.
• Gorgona Chess. V. R. Parton's Gorgona paralyzes enemy pieces so they can't move (with zrf). By M Winther.

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• Hexachess. Hexagonal Chess with lots of Pawns on a peanut-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• Identific Chess. Place undifferentiated units, then choose who they are after they. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.

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• Knight Relay Chess. Knights confer their movement ability on units they defend. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
• Knight-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
• Knight-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. By Carlos Cetina.
• Knightmate. Play Knightmate, where you win by mating the Knight. Author: Greg Strong.

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• Losing Sphinx Chess. Losing chess in four dimensions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Lubny Chess. 100 cell chess variant invented in 1972.
• Ludus Chessunculus. Game played on Hexagonal board with non-standard pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Cleaveland.

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• Mad Threeparty Chess. Chess for three. Each opponent has a king which you may check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Medusa Chess. Non-capturing medusas petrify enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Medusa Chess II. Non-capturing medusas petrify enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Medusa Chess III. Medusas petrify enemy units they attack and capture as Queens. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Mideast Chess. Cavalier (as Aanca-Gryphon) with Courtier (as zebras), castles (squirrels) and chevaliers (camels) with FIDE pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Mantle Green.
• Mimotaur Chess. Mimotaurs move as queens, may only capture a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Mimotaur Chess. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Minishogi. A Minishogi association has existed, and may still exist, in Osaka. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Armin Liebhart. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.
• Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.
• MiniXiangqi. S. Kusumoto's MiniXiangqi - Chinese Chess on a 7x7 board (with zrf). By M Winther.
• Modern Chess. Missing description Author: Jose Carrillo. Inventor: Gabriel Maura.

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• N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
• N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. Author: Pierre Tourigny. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
• Nemesis Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
• Nemesis Chess. Some pawns are replaced by the Nemesis, which moves only toward the enemy king and cannot be captured by pawns or kings. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
• New-Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen G. Sava.

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• Official Football Chess. Variant from the 1960's with pieces replaced by football players. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• Secret Agent Chess. Each player chooses one opposing minor piece to be a secret agent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• 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.
• Smess. Play this old Parker Brothers game in which arrows direct movement. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Sphinx Chess. Likely the first 4D chess variant. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Sphinx Chess. Four dimensions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.

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• 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.
• Three Player Chess. Commercial Chess variant for three players. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Zubrin.

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• Xadrez Galego. Queen, Rook and Bishop may also jump as a knight. Author: Florencio Gonzalez. Inventor: C. G. Lewin.

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