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Set 3 of 10x8 chess mating problems. Missing description By Sam Trenholme.
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10 Minute Melee. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Mason Green.
10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mason Green.
10-contest: Voting for group A. 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.
10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104) By Daniil Frolov.
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 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90) 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.
2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces that automatically flip into wyrd and not so strange counterparts. (10x8, Cells: 68) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
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.
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 Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess. By Joe Joyce.
3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Joe Joyce.
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 (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
3to2. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
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.
47 Contest Results. Missing description By John Smith.
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.
64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
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.
Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
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. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Accessory Chess
. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
Accounting Chess
. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). By Dan Troyka.
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.
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. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf). By M Winther.
Adjutant Chess
. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants). The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf). By M Winther.
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.
Advanced wizard chess. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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 Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess
. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) 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. 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.
Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
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.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Alpaca Chess
. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
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. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri. 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.
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.
AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Namik Zade.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By 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.
Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
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. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins
. Missing description 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; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
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 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.
Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
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. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Dominique Leste.
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.
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.
Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
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.
Arrangement Chess
. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Jagger.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By 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
. Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns! 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 Shatranj on a Hex board. By Graeme C Neatham.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
AtTENdance Chess
. Missing description By Erez Schatz.
Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100) 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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Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72) 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.
Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88) By (zzo38) A. Black.
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.
Barbershop Quartet. Toroidal Variant with Dual Direction Bishops. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
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.
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. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Craig Daniel.
Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) By Craig Daniel.
Battle Line. A military-style variant with 48 pieces per side. By Joe Joyce.
Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270) By Charles Gilman.
Battle of the Six Armies
. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A. By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378) By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
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.
Beginners Chess. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
Belfry Chess
. Introducing the belfry catapult. By M Winther.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. By Tony Quintanilla.
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.
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.
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 Pawn Chess
. Missing description By Ken Franklin.
BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Graeme C Neatham.
BigBangChess
. Chess with an expanding and contracting board. By Graeme C Neatham.
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. 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. Immaculately balanced game features pieces with unique fly-over capture ability and short-range diagonal leapers. 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 (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side. By Albert Lee.
Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
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. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Blarney.
Blizzard Chess
. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? By Blarney.
Blizzard Chess
. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels). Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: 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. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Neal Turner.
Blue Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent . Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Neal Turner.
Blue Chip Chess. Missing description 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.
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. By Larry L. Smith.
Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) 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.
Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. By Charles Daniel.
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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. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons. By Fergus Duniho.
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
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 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. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Tony Paletta.
Canonical Chess Variants
. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. 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. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
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 Relocation Chess
. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
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 or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Carnage
. Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
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.
Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). 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 variant with exciting, strategical play, and many powerful short-range pieces. By Greg Strong.
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.
Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
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.
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
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated) with zrf.file. 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 new generations. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCCHess,Demon Vs Super Symchess. Pieces from Demon Chess face off against those from Super Symchess. By Namik Zade.
CCChess-FF(In-Yan variant). Missing description 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
. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
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.
Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
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.
Chennis. Kyoto-Shogi-inspired variant (with alternating piece sides), with a tennis theme. By Daniel Lee.
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.
Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Johnny Luken.
Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess 69
. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
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 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
. Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
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 Mass Transit System. Missing description By Doug Chatham.
Chess on a Soccer Ball
. Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
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 the Rainbows
. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
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.
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 Variant Score Notation Book
. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants. By Simon Edward Jepps.
Chess Variants Query. More options for searching in these pages. By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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. By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) 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 Different Periods
. A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
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 wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess With Wizards. Chess with Wizards on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess with Wizards. A Decimal Chess Variant with Antoine Fourri. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess without pawns
. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
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.
Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess256. The pawns are randomized on the 2nd and 3rd rank. By M Winther.
Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess480. Fischer Random Chess with orthodox castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
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.
Chesscala. Missing description (6x8, Cells: 48) By Francois Tremblay.
ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64) By Changcai Chen.
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.
Chevron Ranks. Pieces use the "ranks" based on the Glinkshy/McCooey analogues to FIDE Pawn ranks. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight. By Albert Lee.
Chinese Chess.
. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
Chinese court. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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.
Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
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