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Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.

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Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Fergus Duniho.

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12 Sharp Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
3 Man Chess. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board. Author: David Howe.
3 Man Chess - Review. Missing description Author: David Howe.
3D Chess. Play 3D Chess in your browser with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.

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American Chu Shogi Association. Missing description Author: Joseph Peterson.

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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. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.

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Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Michael Asher.
Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Christian Freeling.
Chad. Christian Freeling's simple game of complex strategy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers. By Nicolino Will.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Doug Vogel has placed the standard 32 chess pieces in the center of a 12x12 board. Author: David Paulowich. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a 12 by 12 Board . Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chu Shogi . Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. Author: Adam DeWitt.
American Chu Shogi Association. Missing description Author: Joseph Peterson.
German Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
Chu Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Chu Shogi set. Author: John Lawson.
Chu Shogi Western . Missing description Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Citadelir chess. Grand chess + Tamerlane chess + Omega Chess. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Complete Chess. with a riding and a leaping piece family. By Thomas .
Conveyor Chess. Large variant with conveyor belt on middle of board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Zachary Catlin.

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Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144) By Jared B. McComb.
Desert Oasis Chess. A large variant with 2 types of repeat jumpers, plus Knights, and Camels. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Gary K. Gifford.
Diamond Ring Chess. Courier-style pieces to diamond-shaped camps on a toroidal wraparound board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
DoubleEIGHTEEN-STONEchess. Combines Eight-Stone Chess with Double Chess. (16x9, Cells: 144) By David Short.

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Edge of the World (EOTW) Chess. Pieces have momentum on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Michael Fryer.
Emperor Chess. Large chess variant with a Commander (Queen + Knight), two Queens, and two Emperors (Bishop + Lame Dabbabah-rider) per side. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer and Peter Aronson. Inventor: H. R. Lambert.
Evochess. Evolutionary chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.

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Fidchell. A large Great Chess variant with blended historical elements, invented for an RPG. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
Fidchell. Gary Gygax's Fidchell. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
fortress. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ben M Reiniger.

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Ganymede Chess. Mark Hedden's idea for "a large chess variant with many weird pieces...which wouldn't seem too different from orthodox chess". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Mark Hedden.
Ganymede Chess. A 12x12 variant inspired by Ralph Betza's Chess on a really big board, Centennial Chess and Adrian King's Typhoon (among others). (12x12, Cells: 144) By Mark Hedden.
Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John W. Gast.
Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: John W. Gast.
German Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
Grand hecatomb. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniil Frolov.
Grand Rider Chess. All pieces except the king are riders. By Larry Wheeler.
Grand Rider Chess. If you love riders, you'll love Grand Rider Chess, which combines several different colorbound and non-colorbound riders. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Larry Wheeler. Inventor: Larry Wheeler.
Grande Acedrex . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Grande Acedrex . A large variant from 13th century Europe. Author: Marek14 .
Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Grande Acedrex. Java applet that plays Grande Acedrex. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Grande Acedrex. Missing description Author: Daniil Frolov.
Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Fergus Duniho.
Gross Chess. Play this 144 square variant online with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
Gross Chess . Play this 144 square variant with Zillions of Games. By Fergus Duniho.
Gryphon Aanca Chess. Large variant with Gryphons, Aancas, and a few other not-so-common pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
Gryphon Aanca Chess. Large Variant with Gryphons, Aancas, and a few other not-so-common pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Gary K. Gifford.
Guru Mahachaturanga. 2d India-specific offshoot of AOF series. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.

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Hadean Chess. Expanded chess with short-range linear jumpers, augmented knights and zebras and more dynamic pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
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.
Hadean Chess . Play expanded chess with Ferz/Wazir Sorcerers, Ferz/Wazir Knights, Flying Warmachines. Flying Elephants and Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
Heathen Europe Chess. 2 player cubic-cell Europe-specific offshoot of AOF series. (6x6, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Herculean Chess. 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Herculean Chess. Large board chess with augmented versions of Bishops, Rooks, Zebras, Knights and pawns. By Charles Daniel.
Herculean Chess . Extended version of chess features the Flying Bishops, the Flying Chariots, Ninja Pawns, Augmented Knights and Zebras. By Charles Daniel.
Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Hoo Mitregi. Intermediate between Mitregi itself and Dai Mitregi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.

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I-Chess. Play this 12x12 large board game with two new peices. Author: Greg Strong.
I-Chess. Large board variant that adds two more piece types: the wolf and the eagle. By Aurelian Florea.
Imperial Chess. Play this large variant with new pieces and victory by capture of royal pieces! Author: Tony Quintanilla and James Killian Spratt. Inventor: James Killian Spratt.
Imperial Chess. Large variant with new pieces and victory by capture of royal pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By James Killian Spratt.
Insect Chess. On a 12x12 board. All pieces are insect and arachnid representations, with some unique pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tim Bostick.
Insect Chess . On a 12x12 board. All pieces are insect and arachnid representations, with some unique pieces. By Tim Bostick.

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Jetan Sarang. Play this large variation of Jetan! Author: James Killian Spratt and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: James Killian Spratt.
Jetan-Sarang . A large variation of Jetan. By James Killian Spratt.
Joshua's Chess . Missing description Author: Michael Nelson. Inventor: Joshua Nelson.
Joshua's Chess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Michael Nelson. Inventor: Joshua Nelson.

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KMF's 12x12 Dozenal Chess. Adds rifle-capturing archers and royalty-inheriting princes. By Theresa H..

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Larger Wildeurasian variants. increasing the 2+2+1 piece groups from three to five or six. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Locusts . Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. By Yu Ren Dong.
Locusts. Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Yu Ren Dong.
Losing Sphinx Chess. Losing chess in four dimensions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.

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Maasai Chess. Play Maasai Chess with Game Courier. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Macrochess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Robert Potter.
Macrochess. Missing description Author: Daniil Frolov. Inventor: Robert Potter.
Metamachy. Play this large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Millennial Chess. Variant on 12 by 12 board with new pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By John William Brown.
Millennium Chu Shogi . http://pika.cs.nctu.edu.tw/lit/MillenniumShogi.zip. By Yu Ren Dong.
Mysore Chess. Large variant by an 18th century Indian king. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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Open Chess. Large variant with few pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Moses Snell-Feikema.
Open Chess . Large variant with few pawns. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Moses Snell-Feikema.
Operational Chess. Wargame inspired variant played on a wide board. By Andy Thomas.

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The Pattern Game . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
The Pattern Game. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
Perfect 12 . 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10? Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.

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Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jörg Knappen.
Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.

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Rebel Fury . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
Rebel Fury. A Variation of V.R. Parton's Royal Fury. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. (12x12, Cells: 144) By David Paulowich.
Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. By David Paulowich.
Royal Chess. A 12x12 variant with classic occidental and oriental pieces. By Mariano Moran.

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Self's three-handed chess. 19th century chess variant for three players. (Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henry J. Self.
Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Alberto Giusti. Inventor: Alessio Cavatore.
Skandaran Chess. Large variant with 32 pieces per side. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Francisco Marzoa.
Skandaran Chess. Download Skandaran Chess at Zillions Website. By Francisco Marzoa.
Sphinx Chess. Likely the first 4D chess variant. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Sphinx Chess. Four dimensions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Strange Chess. A large (12x12) chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Mark Hedden.
Super-Chess. On a 12x12 board with slightly more powerful pawns and knights. Armies start back-to-back. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Prashant Hindurao Sawant.

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Tardis Taijitu. Xiang Qi board but with movable, bigger-inside-than-outside Fortresses. (9x10x3, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Temple Island Chess. Solo game with shadow pieces. By Karen Robinson.
Tiger Chess. A large game with fast-moving pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
Titan Chess. In which, a new class of pieces such as Quad Bomber, Flying Bomber, and Raptor possess a unique fly-over capturing mechanism. By Charles Daniel.
Titan Chess. Chess featuring dozenal board and seven diverse new pieces with multiple capture mechanisms and movement modes. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Toulousain Chess. A chess variant on a red and black 12 x 12 board with 12 types of different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Toulousain Chess. Jean-Louis Cazaux's 12 x 12 chess variant dedicated to his town of Toulouse. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Triangle Chess. Chess for three players. (Cells: 144) By David Zitzelsberger.
Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third out of six variations on Great Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third of six variations on Great Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer and John Gollon.
Typhoon. Variant on 12 by 12 board with many different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Adrian King.
Typhoon . Variant on 12 by 12 board with many different pieces. By Adrian King.
Typhoon (Revised). Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Adrian King.
Typhoon (Revised) . Missing description By Adrian King.

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U12 Shogi. A new kind of large shogi game. (12x12, Cells: 144) By (zzo38) A. Black.

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War of the Roses. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
The War of the Stars . Missing description By Namik Zade.
Warlord: Civil War. Missing description By Joe Joyce.

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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.
Zanzibar-S. A large CV with 72 pieces of 17 different types. Bigger than Metamachy. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Zanzibar-XL. Beyond Metamachy. 80 pieces of 19 different types, with historical lineage. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Zanzibar-XL. Further step after Metamachy. 80 pieces of 19 different pieces, with historical lineage. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
zephyr chess. quinquereme chess with squirrels, airplanes, and renn cavaliers! By Andy Maxson.

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