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1. 12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares. By Andrew L Smith.
2. 16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces. By Zhedric Meneses.
3. 3D Arimaa . 3D Arimaa - Arimaa meets Raumschach. By Tim O'Lena.

A

1. Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board. By Albert Lee.
2. Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
3. Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
4. Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions. Author: Ben M Reiniger and Vladimir . Inventor: Vladimir .
5. Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens. By Albert Lee.
6. Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
7. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.

B

1. Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules. By Adam DeWitt.
2. Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules. By Adam DeWitt.
3. Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
4. Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc. By Jörg Knappen.

C

1. Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By Adam DeWitt.
2. Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By Adam DeWitt.
3. Capatomic Random Chess. Variant that combines Capablanca Random and Stratomic Chess. By Gaelyn Autumnsong.
4. Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
5. Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
6. Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.
7. 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.
8. Checkmating Applet (3 vs 1). Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
9. Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards. By Gvndly.
10. Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board. By Albert Lee.
11. ChessArena.io. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: ChessArena.
12. Citadelir chess. Grand chess + Tamerlane chess + Omega Chess. By Daphne Snowmoon.
13. Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move. By Thomas .
14. Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win. By Tank .
15. Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
16. Complete Chess. with a riding and a leaping piece family. By Thomas .
17. Conservative Capablanca Chess. Alternative, more traditional Capablanca chess setup. Author: Davor Vujacic. Inventor: Davor Vujacic and David Paulowich.
18. The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.

D

1. Decimaka (revised). Game where pieces promote on making a capture. (10x10) By H. G. Muller.
2. Decisive Chess. Chess, but replacing draw rules with win/loss rules. By Iwer Sonsch.
3. Delta-Nabla Chess. Chess translated to a triangular grid as naturally as possible. By Jeff Cornell.
4. Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.

E

1. E-Chess. The chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
2. Empire Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
3. Epic Chess. Massive attack chess on a board 10x10. By Вадря Покштя.

F

1. Fairy Eater Chess. Game on a 9x9 board with fairy chess pieces. By Вадря Покштя.
2. Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. 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.

G

1. GAME code generation. A tutorial on using the Play-Test Applet for automating Game Courier presets. By H. G. Muller.
2. Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess. 24 different types of pieces on a 14 x 14 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess (2001). By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. By Jeff Cornell.
5. Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
6. Grand Apothecary Chess-Classic. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
7. Grand Apothecary Chess-Modern. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
8. Grand Shatranj . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
9. Great Shatranj . Shatranj style game on 10x8 board. By Christine Bagley-Jones.

H

1. Hajiku Shogi. Inspired by Shogi and Chu Shogi. Pieces can both promote and demote in promotion zone. By Edward Webb.
2. Heavy Chess. Play Heavy Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Heavy Chess. A high-density chess-variant-variant. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Adam DeWitt. Inventor: Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.
5. Hexagonal Arimaa. Hexagonal Arimaa - Based on McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. By Tim O'Lena.
6. High Chess. Drawn games are instead won by the player whose King is closest to the centre. By Grant Sinclair.
7. Horseman's Chess. Game where pieces mount and dismount. By Frank MacCrory.

I

1. I-Chess. Large board variant that adds two more piece types: the wolf and the eagle. Author: Aurelian Florea. Inventor: Paul Zamă.
2. I-Chess. Play this 12x12 large board game with two new peices. Author: Greg Strong.

K

1. King's speech. 360 random positions with the King always exposed and vulnerable. By Davor Vujacic.
2. Kingsmen. 9x9 board with two extra Bishops. Pieces gain the King's moveset upon reaching the last three ranks. By Albert Lee.
3. KMF's 12x12 Dozenal Chess. Adds rifle-capturing archers and royalty-inheriting princes. By Theresa Dubé.
4. Knockoff Chess. Chess with pieces that push each other around and off the board. By Daniel Zacharias.
5. Koval's Hexagonal Chess. Game Courier Preset to play Koval's Hexagonal Chess. By Max Koval.
6. Koval's Hexagonal Chess. A new way to play chess on hexagonal cells. By Max Koval.

L

1. Lemurian Shatranj . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.

M

1. Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Maasai Chess. Play Maasai Chess with Game Courier. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Mosaic Chess. Large variant combining pieces from various other games. By Daniel Zacharias.

N

1. Nine elders. Sittuyin + Shogi. By Daphne Snowmoon.

P

1. Palace. 7x7 board with a 3x3 Palace at the centre, where King promotes to Queen. By Albert Lee.
2. Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse. By Daphne Snowmoon.
3. Paradigm Chess30. Chess with Dragon Bishop and 30 positions. By Craig Willenberg and Lourenzo Van Niekerk.
4. 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.
5. Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
6. Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
7. Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece. By Simon Edward Jepps.
8. Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces. By H. G. Muller.
9. Platonic Chess. Platonic solids in a complete 10x10 chessboard. By Albert Lee.
10. Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against. By H. G. Muller.
11. Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose. Author: calebmcc111. Inventor: Samay Raina.

R

1. Reservists' doublechess. Each side has 16 non-pawn pieces, split among 10 types. By Andrew L Smith.
2. A Royal and His Pet. Missing description By Zhedric Meneses.

S

1. SASR chess symbols. Minimalistic graphics for chess and variants. By Ola Sassersson.
2. Simplified Makpong. Makruk variant. By Henk Drost.
3. Skica. 10x10 with Ski Pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daniel Zacharias.
4. Solar Chess. 2 to 6 players on a hexagonal board with quadrilateral tiles and Shogi-inspired drop rules. By Jeff Cornell.
5. Sorchess. A somewhat unorthodox Wizard enters the 64sq arena, yet with good charm. By Simon Edward Jepps.
6. Spherical Corner Chess. Game on a truly topologically spherical board with corner‐camp arrays. By Bn Em.
7. Spiral Chess. The royal pieces slide along a spiral trajectory. By H. G. Muller.
8. Square Attrition Chess. Missing description By Thomas .
9. The Starbound Sliders. A Chess With Different Armies team featuring rook-inspired sliders. By Andrew L Smith.
10. Synochess. Asymmetric west vs east variant where the western chess army plays against a Chinese and Korean-inspired army. By Daniel Lee.

T

1. 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.
2. Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Teramachy. Teramachy is the child of Metamachy with 12 rows and Terachess with 16 columns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Threehex. Hexagonal variant for three players. By Max Koval.
5. Tiger Chess. A large game with fast-moving pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
6. Tjatoer!. A chess variant written in Python, designed to stress test engines. By Halfen Ludith.
7. Total Symmetry Chess. 24 random balanced symmetrical starting positions. By Davor Vujacic.
8. Turtle Shell Chess. Chess on a 33344-33434 tiling. (5x7, Cells: 64) By Samuel Trenholme.
9. Two Move Chess. Designed to alleviate the first move advantage for White using double moves, while retaining the tactics of international chess. By Ted Larson Freeman.

V

1. Very Heavy Chess. A lot of firepower with all compounds of classical chess pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Very Heavy Chess. Play Very Heavy Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. VIZAVI. Missing description By Сергей Маэстро.

Z

1. Zanzibar-S. A large CV with 72 pieces of 17 different types. Bigger than Metamachy. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Zanzibar-S. A game in between Metamachy and Zanzibar-XL with 36 pieces per side. Preferred by some to the -XL version. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Zanzibar-XL. Further step after Metamachy. 80 pieces of 19 different pieces, with historical lineage. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Zanzibar-XL. Beyond Metamachy. 80 pieces of 19 different types, with historical lineage. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

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