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• Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• 3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Joe Joyce.
• 3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess. By Joe Joyce.
• 6 Ranks, remaining variants. Extrapolations from the Diana/Los Alamos/Haynie's Primary family of variants. (6x6) By Charles Gilman.

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• Action Man's Chess. A small (5x6) board and simple pieces ensures lots of easy-to-understand action. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Francois Tremblay.
• Alapo. A small chesslike game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
• Alapo. Simplified game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
• Alapo . Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
• Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
• Atom Smasher Chess. Missing description (3x6x3, Cells: 54) By Daniel Robert MacDuff.

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• Bachelor Chess. Play this game from the 42-square contest with the PBM system! By Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Chess . Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. By Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Doug Chatham.
• Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Charles Gilman.
• Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
• Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.

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• Cannons and Crabs. Small board, cannons (alibaba-guards) and some centralized crabs (sergeant pawns) - promotion only to cardinal or marshall... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
• Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42) By David Short.
• Cannons and Crabs . A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
• Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Thomas Cameron.
• Capture-the-flag Chess . A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Thomas Cameron.
• The Central Squares. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (6x6x3, Cells: 100) By João Pedro Neto.
• The Central Squares . 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. By João Pedro Neto.
• Chess - the Speed Game. Photo's of set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
• Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
• Chess - The Speed Game . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
• Chess Attack. Play this small 5x6 variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Werner Kling.
• Chess with Different Periods . A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
• Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
• Chromopolis. `Almost' colorbound pieces on a cylindrical board of 40 squares. (7x6, Cells: 40) By Alexandre Muñiz.
• Color Chess. Freeware program playing variant on 36 colored squares. By Maarten Bodlaender.
• Color Chess. Chess variant on board with 39 squares with five different colors. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Maarten Bodlaender.
• Compact Chess. Small version popular in South Africa. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Convergent Chess . Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. By A.J. Winkelspecht.
• Convergent Chess. Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
• Courier Leapale. Extrapolating Courier Kamil to 3 dimensions. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Cycle Chess. Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. (6x6, Cells: 39) By Andy Kurnia.
• Cycle Chess . Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andy Kurnia.

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• Dart Chess . Chess on a 6x6 board with a new piece: the Dart. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Dart Chess. Chess on a 6x6 board with a new piece: the Dart. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Darren Izzard.
• Diana. Chess on a 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Diana . Chess on a 6 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Diana Chess . Chess on a 6 by 6 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Diana Chess. Miniature chess game from the late 1800's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
• Dodl schach: photo's. Photo's of a very small chess variant set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• Elena . Chess on 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Elena Chess. Chess on 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Elena Chess . Chess on 5 by 6 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Evolution Chess . 42-square game where each player starts with 20 Knights that evolve and a King.
• Evolution Chess. 42-square game where each player starts with 20 Knights that evolve and a King. (7x6, Cells: 42)

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• Fault Line. Fault Line. (8x6, Cells: 40) By Patrick Riley.
• Feeble Los Alamos Chess. Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. (6x6, Cells: 36) By David Howe.
• Feeble Los Alamos Chess . Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. By David Howe.
• Flip Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John William Brown.
• Flip Chess . Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John William Brown.
• Flip Chess and Flip Shogi. Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares. (7x6, Cells: 38) (Recognized!) By John William Brown.
• Flip Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John William Brown.
• Flipped-return Nichtschach. Pieces return as something else on the same 3d board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Flipworld . Pieces are on both sides of a disc. Author: Dan Troyka.
• Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• G.U.E. 3D Chess. A 3D Chess game paying homage to those really great Zork adventures. By Larry L. Smith.
• Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.

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• Hans 38 Gift Chess . Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
• Hans 38Special Chess. On a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) By Eric V. Greenwood.
• Hans38 Chess. Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) By Eric V. Greenwood.
• Haynie's Primary Chess. On 6 by 6 board without knights. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Heathen Europe Chess. 2 player cubic-cell Europe-specific offshoot of AOF series. (6x6, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Holy War . Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. By Fergus Duniho.
• Holywar. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hourglass Chess . 38-Square board in shape of Hourglass. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
• Hourglass Chess. 38-Square board in shape of Hourglass. (7x6, Cells: 38) By Uri Bruck.

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• Inside-out chess. With two kings per player and squares with a square inside. (6x6, Cells: 44) By Maarten Bodlaender.

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• Judkin's Shogi. Small shogi variant on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? Judkin.
• Judkin's Shogi. Modern small shogi variant preset. Author: Charles Daniel and Armin Liebhart. Inventor: ? Judkin.

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• King's Dimension . 3D chess variant from prototype Macingtosh program. (Link.). (8x6x3, Cells: 128)

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• Leapers chess. a game with many leapers. (8x6, Cells: 44) By Andy Maxson.
• Los Alamos Chess . Chess on a 6x6 board. Author: David Howe.
• Los Alamos Chess. First known variant played by a computer. (Recognized!) Author: Jason Shields.
• Los Alamos Chess. Used for the first computer chess program. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Los Alamos Extinction Chess with Bunkers . On 6 by 6 board with two additional bunkers, and extension chess rules. By Doug Chatham.
• Los Alamos Extinction Chess With Bunkers. On 6 by 6 board with two additional 2 by 2 bunkers, and extension chess rules. (6x6x2, Cells: 44) By Doug Chatham.
• Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• Mercurial Chess . A variant on 42 squares with a satallite board and the rescure of captured pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Mark Hedden.
• Mercurial Chess. A variant on 42 squares with a satallite board and the rescue of captured pieces. (6x6, Cells: 42) By Mark Hedden.
• Mini Burmese Chess. Small variant of Burmese Chess. (6x6, Cells: 40) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
• Mini Burmese Chess . Small variant of Burmese Chess. By A.J. Winkelspecht.
• Mini Slanted Escalator Chess. Chess on smaller asymmetric board. (8x6, Cells: 44) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Short. Inventor: David Short.
• Mini Slanted Escalator Chess . Chess on smaller asymmetric board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
• Minima. johnnyluken. (6x6, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
• Minixiang. Xiang Qi's short-range pieces come into their own on a small board. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Charles Gilman.
• MiniXiang. Missing description Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Charles Gilman.

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• Neighbors. Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Rob Nierse.
• Neighbors . Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
• Nichtschach. A 3d version of Notchess. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Ninepiece Nichtschach. Combining 4 Linepiece Fusion with Nichtschach. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Noname Chess. Missing description By orian.
• Not a Dodgson System Chess. Four player variant, using Alice chess movement. Win by taking most of the eliminated players pieces. (7x6x2, Cells: 84) By Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• Petite Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Petty Chess . Missing description Author: Marek14 . Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece. Author: Fergus Duniho and Jens Markmann. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. By Antoine Fourrière.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourrière.

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• Quake Chess. Earthquakes over the board. (8x6, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
• Quick Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Richard Sullivan. Inventor: Joe Miccio.

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• Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x6x4, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
• The Royal Standard. Pieces can only move when near a standard-bearer piece on board with 38 squares. (7x6, Cells: 38) By Alexandre Muñiz.
• The Royal Standard. Highly original game that introduced the famous windmill piece! Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.

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• Sideways Hourglass chess. Small variant on 6 by 7 board with two squares punched out. (7x6, Cells: 40)
• Skewer Chess. A 3D variant of Chess with new pieces. By DDetective47 .
• Slide Chess . Variant on 44 squares with moving cages. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Slide Chess. Variant on 44 squares with moving cages. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Spartan Chess 28. Small board game created as simple diversion by brilliant hexagonal chess inventor Graeme C. Neatham. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Graeme C Neatham.
• Step and Circle TrigChess. Trigonal entry for the 45 or 46 cell 2007 design contest. (9x6, Cells: 46) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Step and Circle TrigChess. Presentation of a short example game. By Graeme C Neatham.
• Step and Circle TrigChess . contains rules file with 2 boards and 2 piece sets. By Graeme C Neatham.
• Stockschach. 3d game with "stock" 3d analogues to FIDE pieces. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Symmetron! 44. Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation. (7x6, Cells: 44) By Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.
• Symmetron! 44. Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.
• Symmetron! 44 . Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation. By Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.

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• Tapestry . Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Howe.
• Tapestry Chess. Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. (6x6, Cells: 41) By David Howe.
• Test Minichess. Chess on a 6x6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Darren Izzard.
• Tim's 6x6x6 3d chess . 3d chess variant on 6 by 6 by 6 board. By Tim O'Lena.

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• veSQuj - Chess with 21st century armies . A highly tactical variant with a 21st-century-war theme. By Glenn Overby II.
• veSQuj - Chess with 21st century armies. A highly tactical variant with a 21st-century-war theme. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Glenn Overby II.

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• The Weak Square of the Jumping King . Kings start jumping around, dropping the other pieces on a board with 38 squares. By João Pedro Neto.
• The Weak Square of the Jumping King. Kings start jumping around, dropping the other pieces on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38) By João Pedro Neto.
• Whale Shogi. Small Shogi variant. Author: Douglas Silfen and Karl Scherer. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Whale Shogi. Shogi variant. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.

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• Xiangqi 42. A minature version of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) on 42 squares. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Robert Price.
• Xiangqi 42 . A minature version of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) on 42 square. By Robert Price.

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