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"Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100) By donald henry.
12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares. By Andrew L Smith.
16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces. By Zhedric Meneses.
3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75) By Bn Em.
3D Arimaa
. 3D Arimaa - Arimaa meets Raumschach. By Tim O'Lena.
3d Magna Carta Chess. Adding Barons and Dukes to Magna Carta Chess to commemorate 8th centenary of Magna Carta. (2x(5x8), Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. By Kevin Pacey.
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess using sixteen 4x4 boards & 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 361) By Kevin Pacey.
4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4. By Kevin Pacey.
4D Quasi-Alice Chess. 8x8x2x2 four dimensional game with 32 pieces. (2x(2x(8x8)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
5*4DChess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 140 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625) By Kevin Pacey.
52Chess. A piece may teleport to the square corresponding to a drawn card. By Kevin Pacey.
8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.
88 Hexagons Chess. Hexagonal chess on chessboard with 88 hexagons. By Davor Vujacic.
Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Max Koval.
Accelerated Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Kevin Pacey.
Accelerated Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with several compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Thomas .
Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board. By Albert Lee.
Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Aquachess. One level underwater, one on the surface, and one in the sky, with many strange pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Bob Greenwade.
ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Cyrus Arturas.
Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Paul E. Newton.
Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions. Author: Ben M Reiniger and Vladimir . Inventor: Vladimir .
Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens. By Albert Lee.
Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Atlantic Graphics. Chess font that supports fairy pieces. By Max Koval.
Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Avatar Riff Riders.
Overcome the reef on an Avatar basis. (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132) By Greg Strong.
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! By Greg Strong.
Ballista Chess
. game in which Ballistae give Pieces the ability to move across the Board. (9x8, Cells: 72) By NeodymiumPhyte.
Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules. By A. M. DeWitt.
Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules. By A. M. DeWitt.
Banzai Chess. Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincenzo Rapisardi.
Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
Battlefront Chess. Game with standard pieces, 12 pawns, 2 Generals, the Archbishop, and the Chancellor. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Davor Vujacic.
Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc. By Jörg Knappen.
Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Bigorra. A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. The SVG files used in Bob's library of pieces. By Bob Greenwade.
Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. A collection of SVG piece images. By Bob Greenwade.
Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb. By Stefan Bogdanski.
Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Gerd P. Degens.
Brawl Chess. Chess on a 12x12 board loaded with powerful pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Kevin Pacey.
Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Bureau-Spiel. Chess on a 24x8 board with an assortment of pieces, many powerful. (24x8, Cells: 192) By Kevin Pacey.
Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Butterfly Chess. Game with Butterflies (not Ns), Advancers (not Qs) & Flying Dragons added. By Kevin Pacey.
Camel Decimal Chess. Game Courier preset for Camel Decimal Chess, a 10x10 chess with Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Camel Decimal Chess. Decimal Chess with Camel. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By A. M. DeWitt.
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By A. M. DeWitt.
Capatomic Random Chess. Variant that combines Capablanca Random and Stratomic Chess. By Gaelyn Autumnsong.
Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
Carbery. game for fantasy thing. By Aidan Murphy.
Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons. By Namik Zade.
Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
Cat's Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces. A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces, with drawings, photographs and printable links. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Cavalry Queen Chess. Queen rides a horse and therefore it passively moves as Knight (but captures as usual). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
CC chess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CC chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CC Top.
Column Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Cellular Chess. Play Cellular Chess at Game Courier. By Carlos Cetina.
Cellular Chess. One step towards Joe Joyce's ideal of playing chess on an 100x100 board. (30x30, Cells: 900) By Carlos Cetina.
Centaur Princess Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Centaurs and Princesses (archbishops) added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces. By QIDb602.
Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.
Champagne Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with ferfils and dragons added. By Kevin Pacey.
Champagne Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with ferfils and dragons added. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
Charismatic Chess. x5 speed up your chess game! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.
Chec Toe
. Chec Toe is a 4x4 Chess variant played with a six sided die, incorporating uniquely designed features, such as Checkering, Cross. By Simon Edward Jepps.
CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
Checkmating Applet. Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Checkmating Applet (3 vs 1). Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Chess 66. Board based on the 8x8 arrangement - with the difference that 66 fields are now available. (8x8, Cells: 66) By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess 99
. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered. By Claude Lapointe.
Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers. By sirius628.
Chess New. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 64) By Hector Quintana.
Chess of Amazons. Chess played on a 10x10 board with all FIDE pieces, but extra pawns, and the Amazon piece from the Game of Amazons. By paculino.
Chess on a Tesseract. Chess played over the 24 two-dimensional sides of a tesseract. (24x(5x5), Cells: 504) By Bob Greenwade.
Chess on an Infinite Plane. Chess game with no boundaries (infinite board), and Guard, Chancellor, and Hawk. () By V. Reinhart.
Chess on the Rope. 1d chess experimental variant with standard rules and variations. (1x21, Cells: 21) By Lev Grigoriev.
Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards. By Gvndly.
Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
Chess Remix. Create your chess variant. () By Alexandr Oleshko.
Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board. By Albert Lee.
Chess with magical connections. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aleksandr Kostin.
ChessArena.io
. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: ChessArena.
ChessBreakTimes Chess. Chess with elements of chess-based RPG I slowly elaborate at this time. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
ChessXp. 10x10 Chess, strictly derived from the 8x8 architecture. By Uli Schwekendiek.
chexx. Another variant of hexagonal chess. (Cells: 63) By Dmitriy Golub.
Chinese Checkers Chess
. Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
Chu Kagamigi. Larger extension of Kagamigi, with pieces biased toward the center. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
Chu Shogi Applet with Assorted Tsumeshogis. An applet for playing Chu Shogi, complete with an AI, a Position Lab, and a collection of Tsumeshogi problems. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. By Kevin Pacey.
Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. (5x16, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Citadelir chess. Grand chess + Tamerlane chess + Omega Chess. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move. By Thomas .
Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win. By Tank .
Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
College Mess. Smess variant played using a Smess board & set. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Kevin Pacey.
Colorbound Chess. Pieces never change their squares’ color, so army is divided into two halves – attacking and defending. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Colorful Osmosis Chess
. All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching and can create compounds. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
Colorful Osmosis Chess. All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
Colour Chess and Lure
. Chess Variant where the board is different every time you play, and you can control what pieces your opponent can move next. By Chad W Smith.
Companion chess. The Queen may have a companion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
Complete Chess. with a riding and a leaping piece family. By Thomas .
Complete Chess
. on big board with riding and leaping piece families. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Thomas .
Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Compound Courier Custom Chess. Game uses the Courier 12x8 board and adds knight compound pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.
Comrade Chess. Comrade instead of Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Conquer II. The goal of the game is to conquer the opponent's army and to add it to your own army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Conquer the opponent's army. Captured pieces change sides immediately, occupying the square the capturer moved from. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Conservative Capablanca Chess. Alternative, more traditional Capablanca chess setup. Author: Davor Vujacic. Inventor: Davor Vujacic and David Paulowich.
Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Kevin Pacey.
Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings. By John Gallez.
Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
Critters: Chesimals III. Chesimals redesigned. By Joe Joyce.
Crossfire. A game with 'darts' and 'double darts' (crossfire). (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Crossroads. Crossing the diagonals generate figures. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
The Custom Crushers. A 'build it yourself' Chess with Different Armies army inspired by the Corps from 12 Augmenters Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.
d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Maurice Dekker.
Dai Kagamigi. Even larger version of Kagamigi, with pieces biased toward the center. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Bob Greenwade.
Dai Seireigi. Variant of Dai Shogi playable with drops. (15x15, Cells: 225) By A. M. DeWitt.
Dai Seireigi. Variant of Dai Shogi playable with drops. (15x15, Cells: 225) By A. M. DeWitt.
Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
Decimaka. Game where pieces promote on making a capture. By H. G. Muller.
Decimaka (revised). Game where pieces promote on making a capture. (10x10) By H. G. Muller.
Decisive Chess. Chess, but replacing draw rules with win/loss rules. By Iwer Sonsch.
Delta-Nabla Chess. Chess translated to a triangular grid as naturally as possible. By Jeff Cornell.
Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament
. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Desert Dust. Large variant with Arabian-themed pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics. By Fergus Duniho.
Dice-Money Chess. Earn money if you do what is written on the dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Divergent Dreamers. Army for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can only move when it has a neighbour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Double Move Double Chess. The game is played on a 8x16 chessboard with each player in control of two complete armies. By Вадря Покштя.
Double Move Double Chess. Play this double move variant that uses two Chess sets with Game Courier. (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Вадря Покштя.
Douglas Modern chess. A chess variant with a more interesting start position, leading to more action. By Ian Douglas.
Dovecote Chess. One small non-rules tweak generally changes the character and pace of gameplay. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece. By kittytac.
Duck Chess. A Duck that must be moved by both players can block your moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Tim Paulden.
E-Chess. The chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
echess. (Micro) Evolutionary CHESS game. By bp .
Elephant_Shogi. A Traditional Shogi game with Elephants added. (11x9, Cells: 64) By wdtr2.
Elven Chess. Chu Shogi Lion, Dragon Horse, Dragon King, Guard on Grand Chess type setup. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Empire Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
Enhanced Courier Chess. Courier Chess with the weaker pieces enhanced. By Daniel Zacharias.
Enhanced Courier Chess. Courier Chess with the weaker pieces enhanced. By Daniel Zacharias.
Enhanced Pawn Chess (EPC). Pawn upgrading by extended capturing possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Entangled chess. Game inspired by the physical phenomenon of quantum entanglement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Theodoros Papadopoulos.
Epic Chess. Massive attack chess on a board 10x10. By Вадря Покштя.
Equalized Shatranj. Basic weak moves of ancient pieces are compensated by their numbers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Exile Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Expanded Chess. An attempt at a logical expansion of Chess to a 10x10 board. By Daniel Zacharias.
Expansion chess. Get points per each your piece on other half of board to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Fairy Eater Chess
. Game on a 9x9 board with fairy chess pieces. By Вадря Покштя.
Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Famicom PPU Chess. Game inspired by limitation of Famicom PPU. (10x10, Cells: 80) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Fantastic XIII. This is the G.C. preset for Fantastic XIII, a bizarre CV,13 types of pieces on 13x13 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Fearsome Chess. Fear is the main rule. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
Flank Chess. Flank Chess with Achilles. (10x9, Cells: 90) By wdtr2.
Flipping Xiangqi. Hybrid of Xiangqi & Kyoto Shogi – flip the pieces after each turn. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Lev Grigoriev.
Fluidity chess. No displacement capture, all non-royal pieces take by cutting through or bypassing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Fluky Chess. Fast-paced mini-chess variant with dice. (5x5, Cells: 25) By Ilya Yudovski.
Freakshow Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
A Friendly Game of Chess. Each side has Friends, and several odd pieces. Insanity ensues. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
Frog Chess with Gryphon and Falcon. Expansion for frog chess. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Aurelian Florea.
Frog Chess with Manticore and Falcon. Expansion for frog chess. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Aurelian Florea.
Froghouse. Like Bughouse except each team has a Black, White, and Green. Green goes "in between", namely after white but before black. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jordan Lampe.
Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
Full house hexagonal chess. Game with 50 pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Kevin Pacey.
Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
Gala Xiang-Qi. Crossover game. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Daniil Frolov.
GAME code generation. A tutorial on using the Play-Test Applet for automating Game Courier presets. By H. G. Muller.
Gamma2 Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Berolina Pawns & special Ship & Archer pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Gamma2 Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Berolina Pawns & special Ship & Archer pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Generals' Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Patrik Hedman.
Ghost King Chess. The king can roam the board as an almost unkillable ghost. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Gi-Qi-Game. Another one crossover of European, Chinese and Japanese chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess (2001). By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess. 24 different types of pieces on a 14 x 14 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Gleeman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Patrik Hedman.
GoshawkChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Goshawks per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. By Jeff Cornell.
Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Grand Apothecary Chess-Classic. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Grand Apothecary Chess-Modern. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Grand Betza. Play Grand Betza on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: John Davis.
Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: John Davis.
Grand Dice Chess. Grand Dice Chess Battle on a 12x12 board with four dice. By Вадря Покштя.
Grand Shatranj
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Grand Tamerlane. John Davis invented this variation of Mideast Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John Davis.
Grand Tamerlane Chess. Variation of Mideast Chess by John Davis. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John Davis.
Grand Triple Chess. Chess on an 16 x 24 board (i.e. six boards) with 3 sets of pieces. (24x16, Cells: 384) By Вадря Покштя.
Granlem Shatranj. This is a mash-up of Grand Shatranj & Lemurian Shatranj with a 3 moves/player turn option. By Joe Joyce.
Great Rider Reef. Cross the border. (11x13, Cells: 132) By Gerd P. Degens.
Great Shatranj
. Shatranj style game on 10x8 board. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Gyokugi. Extends chevron ranks to analogues of Shogi generals, named after individual jewels. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Hajiku Shogi. Inspired by Shogi and Chu Shogi. Pieces can both promote and demote in promotion zone. By Edward Webb.
Half-Random Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
Hannibal Chess with Gryphon and Falcon. Expansion for hannibal chess. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Aurelian Florea.
Hannibal Chess with Manticore and Falcon. Expansion for hannibal chess. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Aurelian Florea.
Heavenly Queen Chess. Queen’s motion is changed slightly but enough to make it unique. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Heavy Chess. A high-density chess-variant-variant. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Heavy Chess. Play Heavy Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman. (10x10, Cells: 100) By A. M. DeWitt.
Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. By A. M. DeWitt.
Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. By A. M. DeWitt.
Heroes Hex Chess version 2. Hexagonal Chess with new movement rules on a "standard" 91 hex board. By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess version 2. Updated version of Heroes Hexagonal Chess in 91 hexes. (Cells: 91) By Tony Quintanilla.
Hexagonal Arimaa. Hexagonal Arimaa - Based on McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. By Tim O'Lena.
Hexagonal Raumschach. 3D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Raumschach. By Kevin Pacey.
Hexagonal Raumschach. Three dimensional analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess, based on Raumschach. (5x(7x7), Cells: 185) By Kevin Pacey.
Hexcetran Chess. Play Hexcetran Chess at Game Courier. By Carlos Cetina.
Hexcetran Chess. Hexagonal variant starting from random setups. (Cells: 91) By Carlos Cetina.
Hexiang Qi. Hexagonal Variant of Xiang Qi. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Robert Hancock.
High Chess. Drawn games are instead won by the player whose King is closest to the centre. By Grant Sinclair.
Historia Ŝako. Historia Ŝako is a Chess variant incorporated between western and eastern variants, by track movement of Elephant and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
Homo Scacco. Several games with pieces of same type and a royal amongst them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Hook Shogi. 16x16 variant with the hook movers from the largest Shogi variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
Horizons. Game with 5 new pieces on 12x12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Lev Grigoriev.
Horseman's Chess. Game where pieces mount and dismount. By Frank MacCrory.
Hourglass Honeycomb Chess. 2 overlapping triangular prisms form a hex-prism board maximising the King's choice of Castling. (7x(7x7), Cells: 280) By Charles Gilman.
https://www.omnichess.club/variant/bc6b6876-dbdc-419c-bba4-3e462. Missing description
Hundred Acre Chess. Chess based on Winnie-the-Pooh. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Bob Greenwade.
Hybrid Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with some unusual compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Hybrid Decimal Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with unusual compound pieces included. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
I-Chess. Large board variant that adds two more piece types: the wolf and the eagle. Author: Aurelian Florea. Inventor: Paul Zamă.
I-Chess. Play this 12x12 large board game with two new peices. Author: Greg Strong.
iChess
. Missing description By Pangus Ho.
iChess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Pangus Ho.
Icon Clearinghouse 6. Part 6 focuses on my own original pieces and icons. By Bob Greenwade.
Infima. Missing description By Johnny Luken.
Insurrection. Capturing causes promotion, demotion, or a coup in the opponent's ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fogus.
Interactive diagrams. Diagrams that interactively show piece moves. By H. G. Muller.
Irrational Chess. Chess game on an exotic board. (9x10, Cells: 66) By Max Koval.
Joust Chess. Rotating pieces, long range movement, adjacent capture, both in one turn using different directions. By Jeff Cornell.
Kagamigi. Shogi variant featuring pieces biased toward the center. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Bob Greenwade.
King Support Chess. Revised Chess intended to be clearer and less drawish. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
King's speech. 360 random positions with the King always exposed and vulnerable. By Davor Vujacic.
Kings castle. Crack the castle - Lancer to the front. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Kingsmen. 9x9 board with two extra Bishops. Pieces gain the King's moveset upon reaching the last three ranks. By Albert Lee.
KingSwap!. A solitaire swap puzzle to escort your lazy King. (5x5, Cells: 25) By Vincent Bugica.
Kinzoku. Small variant for little ones, is based on Dobutsu but is very different from it. (3x5, Cells: 15) By Lev Grigoriev.
KMF's 12x12 Dozenal Chess. Adds rifle-capturing archers and royalty-inheriting princes. By dead dead.
Knockoff Chess. Chess with pieces that push each other around and off the board. By Daniel Zacharias.
Koval's Hexagonal Chess. A new way to play chess on hexagonal cells. By Max Koval.
Koval's Hexagonal Chess. Game Courier Preset to play Koval's Hexagonal Chess. By Max Koval.
Kuuzen Dai Shogi. Dai Shogi with different promotions, invented by Eric Silverman. (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: Eric Silverman.
Kyou Shogi. Modified Chu Shogi with pieces from and inspired by Tenjiku Shogi, featuring jumping pieces and Fire Demons. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Edward Webb.
Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
Latte Chess. Alternative starting position, with each player having 4 rooks/bishops/knights, 1 king and queen, and 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael .
LeaperChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Knights per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
Lecce's Chess. semi-chess with a big army. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Andrea Perrone.
Left-Right Chess. A large variant with some pieces that move as a Rook only left or right. By J Paleja.
Lemurian Shatranj
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Little Rider Reef. Overcome the reef. (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.
LOCKING CHESS. Play chess in a new way with pieces superimposing and moving over each other, special moves, strategies, tactics and checkmates! (8x8, Cells: 64) By LUCIANO IMOTO.
Loop Chess. Chess played on a loop. (28x1, Cells: 28) By Rose Thorpe.
M!C Chess. All pieces but the king move and capture differently in a 10x10 board. By danielxdg.
Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Maasai Chess. Play Maasai Chess with Game Courier. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Macadamia Shogi. Pieces promote on capture to multi-capturing monsters. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
Majority Chess. You can move a piece only if it is on a file where you have a majority of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Emiliano "Wentu" Venturini.
Makromachy. Huge variant with 2x56 pieces, some jumping over many others. (14x14, Cells: 196) By H. G. Muller.
Mansindam. A variant that combines 'drop' rule and strong pieces, and there is no draw. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
The Marvellous Megafauna. A diverse Chess with Different Armies faction with riders and leapers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.
Mathematichess. A chess variant specially designed for mathematicians. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Maxim chess. Variant, invented by my little brother. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Mega House Hexagonal Chess (MHH Chess). An enlarged version of Full house hexagonal chess by Kevin Pacey. Game with 72 pieces. (13x13, Cells: 127) By W ishere.
Megalomachy. A huge game with 2x80 pieces, some able to jump over many others. (16x16, Cells: 256) By H. G. Muller.
Meirav. Pieces are buried before they are captured, buried pieces may capture other buried pieces. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By כהן דותן.
Metamachy. Play this large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Mighty Lion Chess. Orthodox Western Chess but with one knight replaced by Chu Shogi Lion. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
MightyChess. Capablanca Chess, but stronger pieces. By James Zuercher.
Millinn3um (M3) Chess. varied opening positions for each player, two sets standard pieces per player, symmetrical piece drops, two kings each. By Michael Williams.
Mimic Chess. Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
Mimic Chess
. Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
Mimic Chess. Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
Minishogi Gold and Silver / 5五将棋 金銀. Super-aggressive version of Minishogi on a 5x5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) By Вадря Покштя.
Mischia. A small 6x6 chess variant that plays like normal chess. (6x6, Cells: 36) By William Wragg.
Mitsugumi Shogi. Smaller variant of Suzumu Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
Mitsugumi Shogi. Smaller variant of Suzumu Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
Modern Chess960. chess960 with piece placement by players and orthodox castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
Monster Mash. Armies consist of classic monsters and scary creatures. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Bob Greenwade.
Morphing Chess. Upgrading and downgrading take place in the morph zone. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphing Chess II. A game with upgrades and downgrades. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphing Chess III. A game with upgrades and downgrades. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphing Chess IV. Pieces are based on the color of the squares reached. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphomania.
Morphing wherever you look. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Mosaic Chess. Large variant combining pieces from various other games. By Daniel Zacharias.
Move as square says. Game with identical piece, movement depends on location. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Musketeer Chess. A game that adds extra pieces to Chess, playable online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Zied Haddad.
Musketeer Chess. Adding 2 newly designed extra pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Zied Haddad.
Muster Chess. Each player can muster different armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Grant Sinclair.
Mutatis Mutandis. Astonishing variant featuring 22 different changelings at random setups. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ross Gillies.
Nasty Neighbours (conquer style). The goal of the game is to conquer the opponent's army and to add it to your own army. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Gerd P. Degens.
Neoclassical Chess
. The opening moves are selected through a random ballot. By Gabriel F. Bobadilla.
Neohex. Chess variant on irregular hexagons. (Cells: 60) By Max Koval.
Neoteric Different Pawns Random Chess. Really different pawns are shuffled in asynchronous way on pawn rows. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Never-Ending Infinite Sandbox Chess Game
. Online forum-based chess game with 12 players, infinite board, and many pieces. By dead dead.
NIHISCI. No Idea How I Should Call It. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Gerd P. Degens.
Nine elders. Sittuyin + Shogi. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Noli Me Tangere Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrik Hedman.
Noname Chess. Missing description By orian.
Nostromo. As Ripley, save astronauts from the Alien. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ilya Yudovski.
Not-so colorbound cylindrical chess. Game only with pieces, that would be colorbound on normal board. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Daniil Frolov.
Numeral Chess
. Numeral Chess requires sharp eyes and promotes deep strategical calculation similar to Go (WeiQi). (17x17, Cells: 289) By Eric Truong.
Nutty Shogi. Smaller version of Tenjiku Shogi on a 13x13 board. Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Nutty Shogi.
Pieces jump over many others, and a Fire Demon burns neighbors. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
Obento Chess. 12x12 Chess variant with Shogi-style promotions and bent sliding pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.
ObstructionChess. A new chess variant designed to challenge old strategies and improve your chess play with logical and organic obstructions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By martin rinab.
OctaChess Tournament. Chess with eight different armies with four classic and four modern chess variants. By Albert Lee.
Octal XiangQi. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Officer Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with many powerful compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Officer-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board loaded with powerful pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Kevin Pacey.
Ohm's Chess. A fun combination of Chess and Dota. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rushil Baweja.
Okapi Chess. Regular chess, except that Knights are replaced by Okapis. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
One King Shogi. Checkmate the neutral king. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
Onitama. Cards decide how pieces move, perfect information with no chance beyond setup. Author: Mikk . Inventor: Shimpei Sato.
Onslaught. Several pieces can capture only on the enemy half, favoring attack. (12x12, Cells: 144) By H. G. Muller.
Open King 4*4DChess. Four dimensional game with 48 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Open King 5*4DChess. Four dimensional game with 74 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625) By Kevin Pacey.
Option Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: Paul Bonham.
Orthodia. Break your orthogonal and diagonal patterns! (Two versions). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Paco Shako. Pieces coexist peacefully on target square after capture. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Felix Albers.
Palace. 7x7 board with a 3x3 Palace at the centre, where King promotes to Queen. By Albert Lee.
Palace Shogi. A complicated hybrid of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and Chess. By Silvia Hollinshead.
Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Panoply. A large hexagonal game with unusual pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
PantherChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Panthers per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
Paradigm Chess30. Chess with Dragon Bishop and 30 positions. By Craig Willenberg and Lourenzo Van Niekerk.
Paragi. Shogi without drop rule + Strong pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. By Kevin Pacey.
Patchanka. This is the Game Courier preset for Patchanka, a variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Patchanka. Decimal variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Pattern Chess. Use and overcome the pattern. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Pawn Blackhole Chess. Each side is split into two and grouped into corners. Pawns play towards the center. Author: Nemo Thorx. Inventor: Nemo Thorx and Adam Corbally.
Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons. By Graeme C Neatham.
Penthouse. Game like Chess and Makruk but on the half of chessboard with drops and full chess set used. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Lev Grigoriev.
Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece. By Simon Edward Jepps.
Piece Graphics Library by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Collection of piece graphics, specially made for use in Zillions-of-Games, by J.-L.Cazaux. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Platonic Chess. Platonic solids in a complete 10x10 chessboard. By Albert Lee.
Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against. By H. G. Muller.
PlayStrategy
. Free site with open source code which lets you play several famous abstract board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket. By wdtr2.
Pocket Shogi Plus. Shogi Like game with a pocket to store and move pieces. By wdtr2.
Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose. Author: calebmcc111. Inventor: Samay Raina.
PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker. By Susannah Thorarinsson.
Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Quarterboard. Small variant with no pawns and piece drops, inspired by Chess and Shogi. By Milan Zeiske.
Queenmania. A game with 11 queens and enhanced pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Gerd P. Degens.
Queens. A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Queens (conquer style). A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Queens II. Game with 11 queens and no pawns. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Gerd P. Degens.
R-Chess. Chess as Rhombus. (21x17, Cells: 213) By Gerd P. Degens.
Radioactive Queen Chess. White has a little diff in setup, but great diff in the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Re-Ghost Chess. The last captured piece turns into leaping transparent ghost and isn’t able to capture but still can check. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Reroute66. A simpler game using the same board as Gerd Degens' Chess66. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
Reservists' doublechess. Each side has 16 non-pawn pieces, split among 10 types. By Andrew L Smith.
Rhomboidal Chess. Chess variant on rhombic cells. (8x16, Cells: 84) By Max Koval.
Riftwalker Chess. A 4 dimensional game on a 3x3x3x3 board. (3x(3x(3x3)), Cells: 81) By Nick Fletcher.
Rocket Chess. Space-themed fairy chess variant on neoteric board: piece’s movement depends on type of cell where it stands. (Cells: 248) By Lev Grigoriev.
Rolling Chess. A game played with dice, where movement causes rolling and rolling changes piece identity. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Herb Gilliland.
Rotary Chess. Featuring rotary counterparts of existing (and generally familiar) pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
A Royal and His Pet. Missing description By Zhedric Meneses.
Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By QIDb602.
Royal Lion Chess. Chess with a Royal Lion and many strong pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
Ryugi. 10x10 variant with Kirins, Marshalls, and Dragons, the latter which can move as a Bishop or as a Nightrider. By A. M. DeWitt.
Ryugi. 10x10 variant with Kirins, Marshalls, and Dragons, the latter which can move as a Bishop or as a Nightrider. By A. M. DeWitt.
Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Sac Chess. Play classical chess along with classical compound pieces: amazons, chancellors, archbishops... Author: Carlos Cetina. Inventor: Kevin Pacey.
Safe Passage. Move pieces to opposite side without putting pieces in danger of capture. By Karen Robinson.
Saisho shogi. Game with one dice-shaped shared piece. By Francesco Fonseca.
SASR chess symbols
. Minimalistic graphics for chess and variants. By Ola Sassersson.
Secret Intelligence Chess.
A game of secrecy, disinformation, and detection. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Secret King. A chess variant with 10 Knights, and a Secret King. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Florin Lupusoru.
Seikaku Ni Wanai Shogi. Shogi with no strong pieces, but very strong promotions. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Lev Grigoriev.
Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions. (9x9, Cells: 81) By A. M. DeWitt.
Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions. (9x9, Cells: 81) By A. M. DeWitt.
Sesqui-dimensional Chess. 1d circular variant where pieces move clockwise, counterclockwise, and *across the center* of the circle. By Jeff Cornell.
Sha'rah. Missing description (13x13, Cells: 169) By Patrik Hedman.
Shako_Balbo. Game with Diamond Shape Board. By wdtr2.
Sharp Chess. Drawless Chess with minor victory conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Zacharias.
Shatar, Old 1 Hia. Old Shatar with one Hia. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shatranj With Different Armies. Like Chess with Different Armies, but for Shatranj. By Andrew L Smith.
Shogi with Impassable Kings. A modest fix to Shogi that makes impasses impossible. By Fergus Duniho.
Shogun Chess. Pieces promote and can be dropped, similar to Shogi. By Daniel Lee.
Shoko Shogi. Smaller variant of Hook Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
Short Leaper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Petar Djurickovic.
Short Sliders. Pieces are initially limited to 4 spaces (if that), and promote to longer moves. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Bob Greenwade.
Shosu Shogi. 10x10 Shogi variant with Queens and more powerful promoted pieces. By A. M. DeWitt.
Shosu Shogi. 10x10 Shogi variant with Queens and more powerful promoted pieces. By A. M. DeWitt.
Simplified chess. Simple subset of the chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michiel Tas.
Simplified Makpong. Makruk variant. By Henk Drost.
Sinyeonsanggi (新演象棋). I dramatized Sin-yeon-sang-hui (新演象戱), one of the variations of the Joseon Dynasty, in Xiangqi style. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Sissa Squad. Army for Chess with Different Armies that features Knight from Coherent Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Skica. 10x10 with Ski pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daniel Zacharias.
Skica. 10x10 with Ski Pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daniel Zacharias.
SliderChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Bishops per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
Sloppy Slippers. An army consisting of slip-pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Snake vs. Mongoose. White is supplemented by Mongooses, while Black has Snakes. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Bob Greenwade.
SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. By Kevin Pacey.
Solar Chess. 2 to 6 players on a hexagonal board with quadrilateral tiles and Shogi-inspired drop rules. By Jeff Cornell.
Solitaire dice chess. Solitaire dice chess (concept works with variants & board games of skill too). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
Sorchess. A somewhat unorthodox Wizard enters the 64sq arena, yet with good charm. By Simon Edward Jepps.
Spell Chess. A limited supply of freeze and jump spells allow you to hinder the opponent or get extra moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller.
Spherical Corner Chess. Game on a truly topologically spherical board with corner‐camp arrays. By Bn Em.
Spider-Chess.
Beware of spiders. (25x19, Cells: 369) By Gerd P. Degens.
Spiral Chess. The royal pieces slide along a spiral trajectory. By H. G. Muller.
Spot the Intruder Mini-game. A mini-game by H. G. Muller. Spot the intruder as quickly as possible! (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: A. M. DeWitt and H. G. Muller. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Square Attrition Chess. Squares can be visited a limited number of times. By Thomas .
SquireKnight. Squire Knight combines Knight and Forward/Backward Pawn like moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Stairchess. Chess on a ladder-alike tilted board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Max Koval.
The Starbound Sliders. A Chess With Different Armies team featuring rook-inspired sliders. By Andrew L Smith.
Stone Garden Chess. The animal statues in the stone garden came to life and attacked the two rival kings! With the help of a policeman each, they…. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Stone's Chess. Chess variant with the addition of two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By rhett applestone.
StrataChess v1.0. separate Strategic and Tactical gameplay. 2-6 players. Element of Chance. Terrain. Build your own armies. By Prussia General.
Super4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
Synochess. Asymmetric west vs east variant where the western chess army plays against a Chinese and Korean-inspired army. By Daniel Lee.
Tank Chess. Upgrade your tank to defeat others. By Alexander Mach.
Tao's Chess. Chess variant where as you move across a line, the pieces reverse roles. By Travis Geyer.
TCB. Traffic Calmed Boders. (9x9, Cells: 65) By Gerd P. Degens.
Team-Mate Chess. Play this variant in which it takes a team to checkmate the King on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Team-Mate Chess. Variant with 8 different pieces, none of which is able to checkmate a bare king on its own. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Temple Island Chess. Solo game with shadow pieces. By Karen Robinson.
Terachess II. A summit with 26 different pieces on a 16 x 16 board. There are 64 pieces per side of 26 different types. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Terachess II. An unrealistic summit on a very large board of 16x16 squares and 128 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Teramachy. Teramachy is the child of Metamachy with 12 rows and Terachess with 16 columns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Three Realms Chess. A three layer variant with familiar and fantastical pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Andrew L Smith.
Threehex. Hexagonal variant for three players. By Max Koval.
Through the Looking-Glass. Alice chess, but you see only a board. (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Paolo .
Thunderstruck Server Chess. {This game seems broken…}. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Lev Grigoriev.
Thuria Jetan. Jetan variant played on standard chessboard. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fredrik Ekman.
Tiger Chess. A large game with fast-moving pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
Timurid. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid (std), one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Timurid. Evolution of timur chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By François Houdebert.
Timurid Babur. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Babur, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Timurid Mirza. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Mirza, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Timurid Samarkand. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Samarkand, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Tiraspol chess. Variant in which pieces capture as the piece whose starting file they're in. By Max K..
Tjatoer!. A chess variant written in Python, designed to stress test engines. By Halfen Ludith.
Total Symmetry Chess. 24 random balanced symmetrical starting positions. By Davor Vujacic.
Trade Chess. Captured pieces can be dropped, with restrictions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Brady .
Trade-up Chess. Chess where you trade-up your pieces with pieces in your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Oliver Clarke.
Transformer. They change the army and the game - according to the player's ideas. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.