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Set 3 of 10x8 chess mating problems. Missing description By Sam Trenholme.
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10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mason Green.
10 Minute Melee. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Mason Green.
10-contest: Voting for group A. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
10-contest: Voting for group B. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
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10-directionaI Chess
. Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army. By Nick Wolff.
10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets. By Nick Wolff.
10x8 Chess mating problems. 10x Chess mating problems. By Sam Trenholme.
10x8 Variants. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
12 Sharp Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
123456 Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
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.
125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125) By Charles Gilman.
16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
2 Level Guru Mahachaturaji. Enlarging the Guru Mahachatuaji board to go with the enlarged army. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line
. World Chess Variants Championship. By Stephen R. Stockman.
2007-2008 Chess Variants Design Contest. Chess variant inventors gather round! We're doing it again! Exact nature of contest to be determined with YOUR help!! By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
21st Century Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff.
2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2Hit Shogi. Shogi with 2 hits to destroy a piece, and drop pieces at start. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2x2x16 Race Chess. Race Chess on a 2-level circular board with Crooked Bishops and Queens. (2x(2x16), Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
3 Player Chess
. On a large (217 hexagon) board. By Dennis Matthews.
3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
3 to the 5. A 6-player variant on 3 overlapping 9x9 boards. (5x(11x11), Cells: 455) By Charles Gilman.
3-player Honeycomb Chess. A variant on a hex-prism board with the hex boards as levels instead of ranks to allow three players. (5x(), Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
3D Chess
. A true 3D version of chess. By Dan Beyer.
3d Minishogi. A variant originally devised for a contest that never materialised. (3x(3x5), Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
3D Shogi
. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
3D Xiang Qi
. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3to2. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
4 Armies. Four traditional armies with cardinals face off on the corners. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Patrick Riley.
4 Linepiece Fusion. Variants in which straight linepieces get to fuse with Crooked or Bent ones. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
45 or 46 Cell Contest - 2007 Design Contest. Quick contest for 45 or 46 cells. Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2007. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
6 by 10 Pawnless Half variants. Pawnless variants rearranging non-Pawn ranks of variants with 10 ranks by 10 or more files onto just 6 files. (6x10, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
6 Player Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description By Kuyan Judith.
6 Ranks, remaining variants. Extrapolations from the Diana/Los Alamos/Haynie's Primary family of variants. (6x6) By Charles Gilman.
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.
84 Spaces Contest: Prizes. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
8x8 adaptation. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
A9 HexaChess Courier Preset. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
A9 HexaChess Zillions Zip
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess)
. Design-your-own chess armies on a big board. By Glenn Overby II.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Glenn Overby II.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: 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.
Accessory Chess
. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. 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.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Achernar
. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. By Roberto Lavieri.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. By Roberto Lavieri.
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.
Adjutant Chess
. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
Advanced wizard chess. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
Advancement Chess. kevintucker88. By Freederick .
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406) By (zzo38) A. Black.
AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Feng Jun.
AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
Air Attack Chess. Missing description By Stephen R. Stockman.
Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
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.
Alekhine Chess
. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946. By Michael Wortley Nolan.
Alekhine Chess. A 14 x 8 game expands the sides of Capablanca-esque board, adds two pairs of marshalls and cardinals and an amazon in the middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Michael Wortley Nolan.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 4. More Alfaerie graphics! Author: Various.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 6. Missing description By Matthew La Vallee.
Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Aliens Vs Predators. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Aliens Vs Predators Episode II (L.Smith Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
All in 1
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Alseid Chess
. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Altair
. Take a look at this sample game of Altair! Author: Roberto Lavieri and Jorge Guerra. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. By Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Alternative Chess
. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Namik Zade.
Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabrice Liardet.
American Chess
. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
American Chess
. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
Amiral Chess
. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
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.
ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier. By Daniil Frolov.
Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Stefanos Pantazis.
Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Greg Strong.
Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Kieran Child.
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. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By 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-Relay 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.
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.
Arabian Nights Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Arabian Nights Chess
. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
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.
Archabbott Chess. Introduces the Archabbott piece which moves like Bishop + Wazir + Dabbaba. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Archbishop Chess. Replace one of the marshalls from birds chess with a cardinal and you have Dominique Leste's Archbishop Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Dominique Leste.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreño.
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Arimaa
. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (3x(9x9), Cells: 243) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(10x10), Cells: 245) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 350) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(10x8), Cells: 320) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 370) By Charles Gilman.
Armis
. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
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.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Jagger.
Asylum Chess
. Includes new game that features dual path compound pieces: the Loony Snake Rook and the Insane Snake Bishop. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Chess. Fire-through rooks, mad leaping (camel-move) bishops and double-capture insane ninja knights with lion-like powers. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux. Two new pieces: dual path sliding Zebra + Bishop and a dual path sliding Camel + Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux. Featuring dual path Zebra / Camel crooked sliders compounded with Bishop / Rook. By Charles Daniel.
Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. The most ambitious in a series of new games Joe Joyce is introducing with powerful short range compound double jumpers. By Joe Joyce.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Shatranj on a Hex board. By Graeme C Neatham.
Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Erez Schatz.
AtTENdance Chess
. Missing description By Erez Schatz.
Australian Football Chess
. Game based on Australian Rules Football and Chess. By Robert Winkel.
AvantGarde Chess
. A font-named variant that adds a Centaur and a Man to the standard setup. By Peter Aronson.
Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
AVP Episode 2. Very creative and fun contemporaneous take on Maharaja Chess. By Namik Zade.
Azchess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azchess. Variant of Grand Chess in which one amazon is added to each side. By Namik Zade.
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Azchess (absolute symmery pawn protection). Adds cannons to Az Chess and reverses the positions of some of the pieces to maximize pawn protection. By Namik Zade.
Azchessimp
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
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.
Azsymchess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
AzsymChess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess pawns shuffler
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess1024
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchessdrop(Improved)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymdrop(Updated))
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
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BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Kamil. Play by E-mail! Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Charles Gilman. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Bank Chess
. Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Karl Scherer and Denis van Straten.
Bank Chess. Regular Chess only Drops come from Pocketings. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
Barbershop Quartet. Toroidal Variant with Dual Direction Bishops. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Barion
. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
Barion
. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
Baseball Chess 2. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
Baseball Chess Hits & HomeRuns. Missing description By George William Duke.
Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Bastille Chess
. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. Author: Peter Aronson.
Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Battery Chess. Battery Chess on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) By Craig Daniel.
Battle Chieftain Chess
. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Craig Daniel.
Battle Line. A military-style variant with 48 pieces per side. By Joe Joyce.
Battle of the Six Armies
. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A. By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle Room Chess. Win by getting four of your pieces in or around your enemy's gate. By John Smith.
Beastmaster Chess
. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. By Glenn Overby II.
Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi)
. 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. By Glenn Overby II.
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 By Stephane Burkhart.
Belfry Chess
. Introducing the belfry catapult. By M Winther.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
Bellows Chess
. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. By Tony Quintanilla.
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.
The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128) By Köksal Karakus.
Besiege Chess. Each side has two sets of armies, the black ones are in the middle and whites on top and bottom. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
Bifocal Chess
. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! By Antoine Fourrière.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! By Antoine Fourrière.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) By Antoine Fourrière.
Big Chess. Ordinary chess pieces on an elongated 8 x 14 board with three times as many bishops and two times as many knights. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Big Pawn Chess
. Missing description By Ken Franklin.
Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Bilateral Chess
. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. By Antoine Fourrière.
Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourrière.
Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43) By Timothy R. Newton.
Birds and Ninjas
. Two simple checkmate problems for the game. By Charles Daniel.
Birds and Ninjas. Immaculately balanced game features pieces with unique fly-over capture ability and short-range diagonal leapers. By Charles Daniel.
Birds and Ninjas. Strategically rich chess-like game with powerful dual range orthogonal flying pieces, and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Birds and Ninjas
. Featuring the Flying Bombers that fly over to capture, and the short-range Ninja Guards that capture two enemy pieces at once. By Charles Daniel.
Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
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.
Black Hole Chess. Game with missing center and two extra spaces just behind the kings. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
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.
Bland Chess 46. A 46 square variant of Bland Chess. Allows for War Machine, Knight, and/or Modern War Machine use. Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford and (zzo38) A. Black.
Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black and Gary K. Gifford.
BlindChess
. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). By M Winther.
The Blindly Game
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Blizzard Chess
. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels). Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Blarney.
Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Blarney.
Blizzard Chess
. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? By Blarney.
BlockChess
. Decimal variant with standard pieces starting out in the corners. By Ronald W Brierley.
Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
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. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent . Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: 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 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 Image Utility
. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions. By Graeme C Neatham.
Bodyguard Chess
. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available). By M Winther.
Bombardier Chess
. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Bomberman Chess. Two "bombs" and a "defuser" spice up this 10 x 8 game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Boolean Rithmomachia. Missing description (4x(4x4), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Boolean Rithmomachia
. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
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.
Border Wars
. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
Border Wars II
. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Borg Queen
. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
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.
Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board. By M Winther.
British Chess ZRF
. ZRF for British-themed variant with a royal Queen + Lions, Unicorns & Dragons. By Fergus Duniho.
Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Buccaneer Chess
. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available). By M Winther.
Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. By Charles Daniel.
Bushi Shogi
. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Georg Dunkel.
Bushi shogi
. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai. By Georg Dunkel.
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Cagliostro's Chess. Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee Florida invented this variant in latter quarter of 20th c. Adds extra cardinal and amazon to capa. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons. By Fergus Duniho.
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. By Tony Quintanilla.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tony Quintanilla.
Camelrider Chess. P. Aronson's big-board variant with regular pieces and Camelriders. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Cannons and Crabs. Small board, cannons (alibaba-guards) and some centralized crabs (sergeant pawns) - promotion only to cardinal or marshall... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Cannons of Chesstonia
. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons on the sides of the board can "fire" new pieces into the game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. (12x8, Cells: 80) By Gary K. Gifford.
Canoness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 88) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Canonical Chess Variants
. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. By Tony Paletta.
Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Tony Paletta.
Canonness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently shaped board. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Canopus
. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. By Roberto Lavieri.
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel. By Charles Gilman.
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Shatranj. Where Cardinal and Marshall are replaced by their moderate short range leaper counterparts. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca Shatranj
. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
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.
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
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.
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Castalia Chess
. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Cataclysm. Large board game with short-range pieces designed to be dramatic without being overly complicated or dragging on too long. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Greg Strong.
Cataclysm. Large board variant with exciting, strategical play, and many powerful short-range pieces. By Greg Strong.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy
. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
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.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. ...two Chess Armies made from (some of) the most popular pieces used in Western and Eastern Chess games. By Namik Zade.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCChess - shuffle version. A few different imaginings of CCChess. By Namik Zade.
CCChess Final Fight. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCCHess,Demon Vs Super Symchess. Pieces from Demon Chess face off against those from Super Symchess. By Namik Zade.
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: 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. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess
. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
The Central Squares. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (3x(6x6), Cells: 100) By João Pedro Neto.
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description 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.
Champion. Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho.
The Chance Game
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Changi with diagonal pieces. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Changling Chess
. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
Chaos Chess
. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
Charge Chess
. Pieces must move forwards or sideways until they hit the last row. By Jeremy Pflasterer.
Chariots. Standard pieces start as pairs with shared capabilities, but can separate and recombine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Jagger.
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.
Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice)
. Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Chaturanga 10x10
. Two decimal variants: 'Shatranj Elephants' and 'Chaturanga'. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Chaturanga 4-84
. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
Cheer Chess
. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. By Ken Franklin.
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.
Chesimal Fusion I. Missing description (16x12) By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals I. This game introduces "Chess Animals", independent groups of chess pieces that act as one large multi-square piece. By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals: Autonomous Multi-unit Pieces. self-contained autonomous multi-square pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination
. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess 68. FIDE Chess with setup inspired by Omega Chess, to allow two modest new corner pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess 69
. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess Cubed
. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. By Larry L. Smith.
Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
Chess for Three
. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364) By Jeremy Cooper.
Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Chess Legions
. Decimal variant with extra, exotic pieces. By Morien Wyn Jones.
CHESS MORALITY XIV: Pleiadic Dialectic. 14th poem in Chess Moralities series. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XIX: Shadow-Chess. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XV: Piece Offering. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVI: Body of Chess. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVII: Turning Rhyme. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVIII: The Falcon Heresies. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess Olympic
. Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Doug Vogel has placed the standard 32 chess pieces in the center of a 12x12 board. Author: David Paulowich. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped
. Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. By Antoine Fourrière.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By David Howe.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. Play this 8x10 game with three new pieces. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess on a Mass Transit System. Missing description By Doug Chatham.
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
Chess on the Rainbows
. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
Chess on the Rainbows. Six different colors light up the board. You have to keep a piece on each color throughout... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. By Joe Joyce.
Chess Plus Plus Deck
. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Putting together a set of materials for playing several different Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
A Chess Variant Making Off.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Chess Variant Pages Membership. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Chess Variant Pages Rating System. Missing description By David Howe.
Chess Variants Query. More options for searching in these pages. By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with a Fool. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess with Batteries. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries
. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries
. Sample game of Roberto Lavieri vs. Rhonan Lavieri. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Rhonan Lavieri. and Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries
. Sample game of Rhonan Lavieri vs. Roberto Lavieri. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Rhonan Lavieri. and Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with checkers added. Add checkers in front of the pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Extra Bishops. FIDE Chess with Extra Pair of Bishops that Start from Same Square. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess with Promoters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Promoters. Each player has a piece which may promote the pieces of his opponent. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Quantum Bishops. Bishops move orthogonally along both paths and end up where a normal bishop would end up. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Terrain. Play Greg Strong's Chess with Terrain on Game Courier. By Greg Strong.
Chess with Wizards. A Decimal Chess Variant with Antoine Fourri. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess With Wizards. Chess with Wizards on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul Keres.
Chess/Aces. A large Chess variant based on modern FIDE chess pieces as well as on traditional ancient pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Andreas Bunkahle.
Chess256. The pawns are randomized on the 2nd and 3rd rank. By M Winther.
Chess480. Fischer Random Chess with orthodox castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess8400. Fischer Random Chess ina 9x9 Board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Chess960.com
. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Chess960x3. Variant of Chess960. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hadi Aireche.
Chessence of Jim Winslow. Movement is dictated by relation to friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessicons
. Set of chess piece and related chess icons. Author: Peter Wong.
Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (2x(10x10), Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourrière.
Chessquarters. Variants obtained by rearranging the quarters of the chessboard. (Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
ChessV
. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC. Author: Greg Strong.
Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (3x(5x5), Cells: 43) By Jared B. McComb.
Cheversi. A mix of chess pieces and reversi-like strategy. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Cheversi Solitaire. Solitaire version of Cheversi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chezzle
. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces. By Jarrod Aden.
Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
Chieftain Chess. Large variant using 4 royal pieces with command control, multi-piece moves and pieces that may shift direction as they move. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
Chieftain Chess. Missing description (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chinese Chess.
. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Chogo-44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: David Jagger.
Chogo44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. (7x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Circular Chess, Improved. Circular Chess where Bishops and Queens are crooked, and all Pawns go in the same direction. (2x16, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
The Clash of Civilization Chess (Shuffle Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Civilizations Chess (Updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Clash of the Civilizations Chess - new setup. Clash of theCivilizations -new setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Classic Average. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Kuyan Judith.
Classic sum - light version. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
. Second edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, now arranged by category. Author: David B. Pritchard and John Beasley.
Claustrophobia. Played utilizing 46 squares of a chessboard, using new unique pieces, all of which can be represented by the standard pieces. (5x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
Cleopatra Chess. Dan Troyka game, similar to Benedict Chess but with only one color-changing piece. Cleopatra "seduces" any piece she sees. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess
. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent. By Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cobra Chess. Link featuring piece that occupies four squares at once, the cobra, moves like a rook but can leap over friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
Coherent Chess. Coherent Chess on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Color Chess. Freeware program playing variant on 36 colored squares. By Maarten Bodlaender.
Color Square Shogi. Shogi with color squares you place at beginning of game. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Columbiad Chess.
. Introducing the Columbiad, combining a cannon and a Cannonrider, on an H-board (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
Combining Knightmare Chess
. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. By Peter Aronson.
Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Commedia dell'Arte Chess. A Pawnless variant with themed pieces on a 10x10 board with 5 square groups of 4 cells removed. (10x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Commodore Chess. Featuring the Commodore piece (also called Leo) on a Gustavian board. By M Winther.
Communist Chess. When you capture an opponent's piece, you must destroy one of your own pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Complete Permutation Chess. Game with all possible combinations of Falcon, Rook, Bishop and Knight on the back row. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Peter Aronson and George William Duke.
Complete Permutation Chess. Carrera pieces given additional falcon movement ability are added to wide 8 row board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke and Peter Aronson.
Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 96) By Kuyan Judith.
Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). Missing description By Kuyan Judith.
Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces. By Travis Compton.
Conclave Ecumenical Chess. Large variant with wide variety of Rook and Bishop compounds. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
Conditional Quantum Chess. You may move to two squares each turn, but only one is a real move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Connect Shoot Kill
. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece. By Dan Troyka.
Constable Chess
. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf. By M Winther.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book! Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Copper, Silver, Gold: An Indestructible Metallic Alloy. Game with indestructible metallic alloys. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
A Cornucopia of 9x9 Corner variants. The title speaks for itself. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Corral Chess. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. (2x(5x9), Cells: 46) By Doug Chatham.
Corral Chess.. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. By Doug Chatham.
Correlator Chess
. Introducing the Correlator which captures by correlating with the king (with zrf). By M Winther.
Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Evan Koch.
Countdown. Ten player game with sf-theme. (10x(), Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
Countdown Queens
. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Courier 'de la Dama'
. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. By Nuno Cruz.
Courier Chess (modified). Missing description (8x12, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess - Modified. Fourth and Fifth Courier Chess variant modifications.... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Jose Carrillo.
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