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1. 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.
2. 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
3. 3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess. By Joe Joyce.
4. 47 Contest Results. Missing description By John Smith.

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1. Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
2. Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf). By M Winther.
3. 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.
4. Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
5. Ajax Chess . Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
6. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
7. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
8. Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
9. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
10. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
11. Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
12. Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
13. Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
14. Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
15. Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
16. Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
17. Asylum Redux . Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns! By Charles Daniel.

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1. Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
2. Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.

C

1. Capablanca Relocation Chess. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
2. Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
3. Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
4. 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.
5. Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
6. Carnage . Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
7. Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
8. 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.
9. Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
10. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
11. Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
12. Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
13. Chess on a Soccer Ball . Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
14. Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
15. Chess with Different Periods . A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
16. Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
17. Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
18. Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
19. Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
20. Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
21. Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
22. ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64) By Changcai Chen.
23. Compact Hex Chess. 2 normal hex armies on a board reduced to sides of length 5. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
24. Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
25. Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
26. Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
27. Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
28. Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
29. Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
30. Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.

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1. Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
2. Diamond Chess 306. A large variant inspired by Tony Paletta's PARACHESS and Fergus Duniho's ASSIMILATION FUSION CHESS. By David Cannon.

E

1. Ender's Chess. Inspired by by the novel, "Ender's Game". (9x11, Cells: 83) By John Smith.

F

1. FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Masahiro Nakajima.
2. For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
3. Four Double-Acts Chess. Specifically long- and shart-range versions of the Friend, Joker, and Orphan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
4. Four-Fold Chess. Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) By Larry L. Smith.
5. Fragnurasian Qi. A two-River variant with the whole of two identical Wildeurasian Qi sets minus the second King. (13x15, Cells: 195) By Charles Gilman.
6. Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Generating Random Positions. How to generate random positions? By Jose Carrillo.
2. Goodchess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
3. Grand Ducal Chess. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By John Ayer.
4. Great Stour. Diagonal-heavy mixed-camp variant on Courier board with River. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
5. Gross Chess. Play this 144 square variant online with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
6. Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Fergus Duniho.
7. Gross Chess . Play this 144 square variant with Zillions of Games. By Fergus Duniho.
8. Groundskeeper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
9. Groundskeeper Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
10. Guanaco Chess. Introducing the Guanaco that hops two squares orthogonally continuously (with zrf). By M Winther.
11. Gustavian-Cannon Chess. The Swedish Cannon moves like a Korean Cannon, but can move like a rook if it cannot jump (+zrf). By M Winther.

H

1. Hadean Chess. Large chess with 12 pawns, 10 Ninja Pawns, 4 short-range linear jumpers, and Wazir/Ferz Zebra and Knight compounds. By Charles Daniel.
2. Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
3. Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187) By Charles Gilman.
4. Hex Dragonal Chess. Based on an idea by Jeremy Good this CV has horizontal rows of hexes and an unusual set of directions,. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
5. Hex Dragonal Chess. horizontal hex-rows and 4 defined directions of movement. By Graeme C Neatham.
6. Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
7. Hexagonal Chess with Hexagonalers. Missing description By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
8. Hikaru Nakamura. Current U.S. Champion is also accomplished at some variants. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
9. Humpty Dumpty Chess. Cannon-using variant inspired by history of the character Humpty Dumpty. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
10. Hunt Chess. Huntsman Chess and Groundskeeper Chess. Author: John Smith. Inventor: Yu Ren Dong and John Smith.
11. Huntsman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 80) By Yu Ren Dong.
12. Huntsman Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.

K

1. King to Bunker Leap. Play this exciting version of Pre-Chess using new king safety rules. By Charles Daniel.
2. King to Bunker Leap. King can jump over own pieces to reach 1 of 2 bunker positions in Shuffle Chess or Pre-Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
3. King to Bunker Leap . Includes Shuffle Chess and pre-Chess with new “bunker leap” king safety rules. By Charles Daniel.
4. Knights of the Round Table. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
5. Korean Random Chess. A Korean Chess variation with a random setup and a few new rules. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.

L

1. Lemniscate Chess. Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). (18x4, Cells: 72) By David Cannon.
2. Lemniscate Chess . Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). By David Cannon.
3. Link to: Rainbowchess . Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.
4. Locusts. Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Yu Ren Dong.
5. Locusts . Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. By Yu Ren Dong.
6. Ludus Magus . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
7. Ludus Magus. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 145) By Larry L. Smith.

M

1. Man and Beast Overview and Glossary. Table summarising what piece characteristics Man and Beast articles cover, with glossary of terms used to describe pieces. By Charles Gilman.
2. Maorider Chess. Missing description By Vitya Makov.
3. Maorider Chess. Maorider and king with unusual recruiting abilities. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Vitya Makov.
4. Megastar of David. Enlarged version of Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. (2x(), Cells: 182) By Charles Gilman.
5. Mini Courier Chess Moderno. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
6. Missing Ox Chess. 4 distinguishable FIDE sets represent pieces starting with 24 different letters. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
7. Mitred Framing 1: 8x8 to 10x10. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a FIDE-size board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
8. Mitred Framing 2: 9 files to 10x10. Puts most pieces of 9-file variants on FIDE board and adds extra rim including middle-file piece and Shogi-style extras. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
9. Mixed Radial Hex Chess. Hexagonal analogue to Nimrod Chess. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
10. Modern Minister's Courier Chess. Missing description (11x8, Cells: 88) By Jose Carrillo.
11. Monte Carlo Chess. Random movement variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
12. Multiple Formations. A proposal to add a set of formations to Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
13. Mustang Chess problem. Missing description By Namik Zade.

N

1. Narnia Chess . Chess, played on both the outside and inside of a social ball, with the Pentagons as "gateways" between the two. By David Cannon.
2. Narnia Chess. Chess played on both the outside and inside of a soccer ball. (Cells: 52) By David Cannon.
3. Naydorian Chess. an hexagonal variant from the fictional realm of Shadowgard. By Graeme C Neatham.
4. Nonary Chess. King or queen are optionally swapped with a bishop before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
5. Nuthouse. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Yu Ren Dong.
6. Nuthouse . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.

O

1. Octopus Chess . Featuring the Octopus, the Sorcerer Snake, the Ferz Knight, the Wazir Knight and the Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
2. Omega Chess Extended . Missing description By Mykola Dolgalov.
3. Once More, with Deans. Subvariants of River-with-university-and-cathedral series with extra piece type. By Charles Gilman.
4. Overkill Chess. Paired pieces are compounds of 2 FIDE elements, King's partner of all three. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

P

1. Partnership Chaturanga. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
2. Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
3. Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66) By Martin Janecke.
4. Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
5. Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
6. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). By M Winther.
7. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf). By M Winther.
8. Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. By M Winther.
9. Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool. By Amy Johnson.
2. Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available). By M Winther.
3. Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf). By M Winther.
4. Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
5. Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules. By M Winther.
6. Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf). By M Winther.
7. Revised Chess. A revision of Fide-chess: a pawn on the seventh rank can also capture forwards. Makes chess much less drawish (with zrf). By M Winther.
8. Revised Chess. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included). By M Winther.
9. Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
10. Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.

S

1. Saint Pancras Shogi. double-set Sainted Shogi variant with half the pieces starting promoted. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Charles Gilman.
2. Scion . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
3. Secutor Chess. The Secutor is a bifurcation piece that must collide and deviate in order to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
4. Shock Troops. The usual chess until the War Knight, Elephant Knight and Ninja Pawns enter the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
5. Shock Troops . Make a regular move or drop one of two pieces into a vacant space in the back rank. By Charles Daniel.
6. Shock Troops. System of chess with standard board and pieces, but with new leaping pieces entering during play. By Charles Daniel.
7. Silver Elephant Chess. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
8. Sinojewish Chess. Hexagonal approximate analogue to Wildeurasian Qi. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
9. Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess and reintroducing a unique old piece with zone of influence. By Vitya Makov.
10. Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Vitya Makov.
11. Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x(3x10), Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

T

1. Tables Chess. Missing description (12x2, Cells: 24) By Adam Goss.
2. Tetrahedral Shogi and Tetrahedral Hexgi. Shogi-based 3d variants on an enlargement of the Tetrahedral Chess board. (9x(9x9), Cells: 165) By Charles Gilman.
3. Teutonic Knight"s Chess. Played on an oblong board with rarely used pieces: The teutonic knight, the archchancellor and the crown princess. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Jörg Knappen.
4. Tiger Lily Chess. hexagonal chess on a board inspired by a flower. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Graeme C Neatham.
5. Trampoline Chess . Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. By Mark Thompson.
6. Trampoline Chess. Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Thompson.
7. Turret Chess. The Turret catapult can sling any piece above its head, and let it land on an enemy piece (+ zrf). By M Winther.

U

1. Universal Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSuniversalchess. By Carlos Cetina.
2. Universal Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.

V

1. Venomous. Play this new large board system of chess with the Sissa, Sorcerer Snake and Ninja pawns. By Charles Daniel.
2. Venomous. New system of chess on 10x10 board with new pieces: the Sorcerer Snake and the even more venomous Sissa. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
3. Venomous . The Sissa and Sorcerer Snake on a large board chess system with Ninja Pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.

W

1. Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nick Wolff.
2. Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description By Nick Wolff.

Y

1. Yoto. Variant with heavy Xiang Qi influences marks Year of the Ox. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.

Z

1. Zeppelin Chess. The Zeppelin flies directly to any empty square orthogonally, captures piece before landing square (+zrf). By M Winther.

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