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D B Extreme ! (Doppelganger BordahBee Extreme). Doppelganger BordahBee Combo with Very High Capturing Potential. By Gary K. Gifford.
d10 Chess. Roll a ten sided die (d10) every turn to determine which pieces may be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bruce Leban.
d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Maurice Dekker.
Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jens Baek Nielsen. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dabbabah. Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dabbabante Chess. 2,0 runner need not stop for intervening units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Dabbabante Chess. Variant played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Dabbabante Chess. Played on a 10x10 board with Super Dabbabah pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Dada. The colorbound chess variant. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Dagger Chess. Hexagonal variant on board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39)
Dai Dai Shogi.
Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: H. G. Muller.
Dai Dai Shogi
. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century. Author: Douglas Silfen and Eduard Werner.
Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Eduard Werner.
Dai Kagamigi. Even larger version of Kagamigi, with pieces biased toward the center. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Bob Greenwade.
Dai Mitregi. Still larger Mitregi offshoot, replacing the Generals with longer-range pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Dai Shogi. Large armies including a multi-capturing Lion battle each other on a big board. (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: H. G. Muller.
Dai Shogi
. Shogi variant on 15 by 15 board. (Link.).
Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai Shogi set. Author: John Lawson.
Dai-Dai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Dai-dai Shogi set. Author: John Lawson.
Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144) By Jared B. McComb.
Danadazo. Game played on the 47 edges of a grid with rounded corners, borrowing elements from Tafl. (Cells: 47) By Jared B. McComb.
Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess
. You can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack. Author: Andreas Kaufmann. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dennis Merritt and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dennis Merritt.
Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Baek Nielsen.
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.
Dartboard Chess. circular all-three-compounds variant, with different orthogonal ranges on different files. (5x20, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Darts chess. Darts are thrown to decide with which piece to move. Author: Tim Thompson. Inventor: Ted Yudacufski.
Dave's Example Game. This is Dave Howe's example of a user-posted game. (2x2, Cells: 4) By David Howe.
David Pritchard. Death notice. Author: Mike Adams.
Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
DCP.WOZ Chess. Large variant with unorthodox pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90)
De Vasa Chess. Play this hexagonal variant on a rhombus board with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Helga E de Vasa.
Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Dead Square
. When pieces take, the square becomes impassible and all surrounding pieces disappear. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jason Shields.
Dead Square Chess. Captures destroy both units, the square, and all neighbors. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Decay Shogi. Pieces decay if held too long. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
Decima
. Missing description By Michael Nelson.
Decima. Variant on 10 by 10 board where you win when you have 10 points on the 10th row. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
Decima. Variant on 10 by 10 board where you win when you have 10 points on the 10th row. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
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.
Decimal Four-Player Chess I. Checkmate either opposing teammate for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Decimal Four-Player Chess II. Checkmate either oppoenent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Decimal Four-Player Chess III. Checkmate either opponent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Decimal Four-Player Chess IV. Checkmate either opponent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
Decisive Chess. Chess, but replacing draw rules with win/loss rules. By Iwer Sonsch.
Deep Blue versus Kasparov
. White and Black each have their own way of winning.
Defender Pawn Chess. Pawns can move (but not capture) any distance backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Defensive Chess. White king is not royal, and Red units (except king) cannot go beyond the midline. If White has not won by 50 moves, Red wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Delayed Chess
. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
Delegating Chess. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. (7x12, Cells: 84) By João Pedro Neto.
Delegating Chess
. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Delegating Chess. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Delirious Bughouse. Miscellaneous rules added to Bughouse. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Alberto Monteiro.
Delta PI
. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme.
Delta-Nabla Chess. Chess translated to a triangular grid as naturally as possible. By Jeff Cornell.
Delta88 Chess. Chess on a Trigonal Board. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Graeme C Neatham.
Delta88 Chess. trigonal chess using an hexagonal-lattice board. By Graeme C Neatham.
Delta88 Chess
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Deluxe Chess. http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/index.html. By Stephen R. Stockman.
Demi Chess. Play this half-sized Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
Demi Chess
. Chess on a 4 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
Demi chess. Chess on a 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
Demi Chess. Weak short range pieces with less symmetry than some more familliar pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Demi-Chess
. Chess on a 4 by 8 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
DemiChess. Most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
DemiChess Revisited. Updated information on DemiChess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
DemiRifleChess. Rifle Chess where most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
The Demon Game. Larry Smith 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
The Demon Game. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
The Demon Game. 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
Demotion Chessgi
. Chessgi variant limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns. By Fergus Duniho.
Demotion Chessgi. a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns. By Fergus Duniho.
Deneb. Now you can play Deneb on the Play-By-Mail system! Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Deneb
. Special pieces and winning conditions. By Roberto Lavieri.
Deneb. Special pieces and winning conditions. (7x9, Cells: 63) By Roberto Lavieri.
Deneb Play-By-Mail game. Observe this game being played in the Invent and Play contest! Turn 4. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament
. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Deployment. The initial setup of the pieces is open but hidden from the other player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
Deployment Chess. Place units on markers which disappear if crossed by a friend. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dervish Chess. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Benoit Dauphin.
Dervish Chess
. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. By Benoit Dauphin.
Dervish Chess. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Benoit Dauphin.
Descent Chess. Kaufmann's drop variant. Begins with only K + P + P. Recommendable! Author: M Winther. Inventor: Andreas Kaufmann.
Descent Chess. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andreas Kaufmann.
Descent Chess Zillions file.
. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. By Andreas Kaufmann.
Desert Benedict Chess
. A hybrid of Desert Chess by Uwe Wiedemann and Benedict Chess by W.D Troyka. By Rich Hutnik.
Desert Dust. Large variant with Arabian-themed pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
Desert Oasis Chess. A large variant with 2 types of repeat jumpers, plus Knights, and Camels. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Gary K. Gifford.
Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Desert Pub Chess. A game with Desert Ferz and Desert Wazirs which make muliple captures by jumping. By Gary K. Gifford.
Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
Desertion Chess
. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. By Uwe Wiedemann.
Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
Destiny Chess. Each turn before you move, flip a coin to see if you switch pieces with your opponent. By Sergey Sirotkin.
Detente 007. You move three times in sequence, the middle one being an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Devingt Chess. Game Courier to play Devingt Chess, on a 10x10 board with Sages (=Camels). Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Leopold de Labrousse.
Devingt Chess. Decimal chess with 20 pieces per side including Sages (moving as Camels). Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Leopold de Labrousse.
Diagonal 3D Chess. Missing description (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Diagonal Chess
. Board turned 45 degrees. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Howe.
Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
Diagonal Oblong Chess. The board is an oblong in diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Shi Ji.
Diagonal Oblong Chess
. The board is an oblong on diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. By Shi Ji.
Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Storz.
Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Pieces start in two of the four by four quadrants of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ian Storz.
Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics. By Fergus Duniho.
Diagram Editor with scalable graphics. An easy-to-use tool for drawing boards and pieces of any size and color. By H. G. Muller.
Diagram Maker. Zillions of Games file for creating chess problem diagrams. Author: Ben Good.
Diagram Maker. Zillions of Games file for creating chess problem diagrams. Author: Ben Good.
Diagrammatic Shogi Pieces. Icons of shogi pieces in diagram style. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Diamond Chess. Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Diamond Chess
. Chess variant on diamond shaped board with 40 squares. Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Bruce Mills.
Diamond Chess. Based on orthodox chess but rotated 45 degrees (invented in 1886). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: A.K. Porterfield Rynd.
Diamond Chess. Chess on a Diamond board. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Diamond Chess. Chess variant on diamond shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) By Bruce Mills.
Diamond Chess 306. A large variant inspired by Tony Paletta's PARACHESS and Fergus Duniho's ASSIMILATION FUSION CHESS. By David Cannon.
Diamond Chess 306. Missing description (22x24, Cells: 306) By David Cannon.
Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bart D. Follis and James G. Chapman.
Diamond Ring Chess. Courier-style pieces to diamond-shaped camps on a toroidal wraparound board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Diamondback Chess. Pieces start in corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Schneider.
Diana
. Chess on a 6 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? Hopwood.
Diana. Chess on a 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
Diana Chess. Miniature chess game from the late 1800's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
Diana Chess
. Chess on a 6 by 6 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
Dice Chess
. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
Dice chess (wikipedia rules)
. Dice chess using 2 dice, wikipedia rules. Author: Kevin Pacey.
Dice Chess I. Move the unit indicated by the roll of a six-sided die. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dice Chess V. If you cannot move the unit shown on the six-sided die,. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Movak.
Dice Landing Chess.
Few pieces in play at the opening. Roll a dice to get other pieces joining the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jishan Zhang.
Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. By George William Duke.
Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Dice-Money Chess. Earn money if you do what is written on the dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Diceless Chessgammon. Move all pieces off the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Dienbienphu Chess. Unequal armies chess variant: FIDE chess against Quang Trung Chess. By Vu Q Vo.
Different Armies
. Various black armies versus the standard white army. By Roger Cooper.
Different Armies Chess
. Missing description Author: João Pedro Neto. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Different moving pieces
. Missing description Author: Andrew Juell.
Different Pawns Random Chess.
Missing description By Vitya Makov.
Diffusion Chess. Pieces start out in groups and must continually break apart into smaller groups. Played on a GO board. (19x19, Cells: 361) By Alexandre Muñiz.
Diffusion Chess. Creative attempt by Alexander Munoz to combine Chess and Go. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
Dilaram's Legacy. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Easy shatranj problem with a story about two kings and their kingdoms attached to it. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dilaram's problem. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Famous old shatranj problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dimachaer Chess. The Dimachaer is a gladiator bifurcation piece that must collide to move (+zrf). By M Winther.
Dimachaer Chess
. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available). By M Winther.
Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Dimension X. Unusual transdimensional pieces interact with FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Dimension X, Problem # 7. An endgame problem for Dimension X, after Pawn g5-g6 who wins? By Gary K. Gifford.
Dimensionalized
. 3D version of checkers, chess and shogi. By Paul Glover.
Diminuendo Chess. Hexagonal variant: captured pieces are dropped in the center and diminished, not removed. (7x8, Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
Dino-Czars
. Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts. By Clark Rodeffer.
Dino-Czars. Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts. (Cells: 42) By Clark Rodeffer.
Diplomacy chess. Simultaneously selected moves are only carried out when they do not conflict. By João Pedro Neto.
Diplomat Chess
. Round-board variant with a Diplomat to suborn opponents. By Carlos Martin-Fuertes.
Diplomat Chess. Round-board variant with a Diplomat to suborn opponents. (Cells: 43) By Carlos Martin-Fuertes.
Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) and Derrick Fernandez.
Diplomatic Mission
. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Directed Alice Chess III. 3-board Alice. By Joe Joyce.
Directed Alice III
. a 3-board Alice Chess variant. By Joe Joyce.
Discochess
. Distributed Chess. By Marc A. Donis.
Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Disguised King II. Win by capturing the secret royal pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Disintegration Chess. Pre-set for the game of disintegrating kings, rooks, fye'tins, and pawns. By Gary K. Gifford.
Disintegration Chess. Win by disintegrating 3 Kings and having 1 left. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Gary K. Gifford.
Displaced Grid Chess. A Grid Chess variant that allows kings to visit corners, etc. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Grant.
Displacement Chess 2
. Chess with minor modifications and no opening theory! By Charles Daniel.
Displacement Chess 2. Chess with flexible castling, reverse symmetry and no opening theory. By Charles Daniel.
Displacement Chess 2. The most logical step for the evolution of standard Chess: flexible castling and interchange of king and queen for one side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Charles Daniel.
Divergent Chess. All pieces capture different than they move without capturing. (10x10, Cells: 100) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
Divergent Chess
. All pieces capture different than they move without capturing. By A.J. Winkelspecht.
Divergent Dreamers. Army for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can only move when it has a neighbour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Divided Forces Chess. Half of your army starts on the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) and David Howe.
Djambi. Four player variant with different taking rules and special central square. (9x9, Cells: 1) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
Djambi
. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Machiavellian Chess. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
Dlyouk Janggi
. Program that plays this Korean Chess Variant. (Link.).
Do Sho Chess. Chess with Shogi pieces added. (14x8, Cells: 112) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Do-or-die Chazz
. Pawns that can move backward and kings only on 5 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 .
Do-or-die Chazz. Pawns that can move backward and kings only on 5 by 8 board. (8x5, Cells: 40)
Do-or-die Chess
. Chess on 5 by 8 board: three rows removed. Author: Marek14 .
Do-or-die Chess. Chess on an 8-by-5 board. Three ranks have been removed. (8x5, Cells: 40)
Dobutsu Shogi. The smallest Shogi variant made for kids to learn Shogi. (3x4, Cells: 12) Author: Lev Grigoriev and Tamás Bajusz. Inventor: Madoka Kitao.
Dodl schach: photo's. Photo's of a very small chess variant set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dodl-schach
. A truly small variant. Author: Marek14 .
Dodl-schach. A truly small variant. (6x4, Cells: 24) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Dodo Chess. Win by getting your king to the opposite side. Author: Ed Friedlander.
DoGod Random. Pawns and pieces dispersed on first and second ranks. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Dollar Chess
. Almost 1-Dimensional Variant on a Dollar sign-shaped board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Domination Chess. Win by occupying the center. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Don't Cross Midnight. Chess on a rotating planet; units may not cross the International. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Claude Chaunier.
Donkey Chess. Grand Chess with Donkeys instead of Knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Doppelganger BordahBee. A combination of BordahBee and Doppelganger Chess. By Gary K. Gifford.
Doppelganger Chess. Pieces have their "doubles" (Doppelgangers). Capture an opponent's piece to make both disappear... uses a FIDE chess set. By Gary K. Gifford.
Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Doppleganger Bordahbee & DB Extreme. A cross between Doppelganger and Bordahbee - Choose the "normal" or "extreme" variant (with twice the capture power). (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Double Alternate Chess
. Game played on two boards with object to checkmate either King. Inventor: Ken Franklin.
Double Chess. FIDE Chess x 2(with extra queen replacing what would be an extra king). Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: David Short.
Double chess. Two sets of pieces on 16 by 12 board. (16x12, Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Julian S. Grant Hayward.
Double Chess. Play two Orthochess games at the same time, moving in either each move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double Chess
. On 16 by 8 board. Author: Sean Christopher Duggan. Inventor: David Short.
Double Chess. On 16 by 8 board. (16x8, Cells: 128) By David Short.
Double Chess. Sample game with analysis. By David Short.
Double Chess. More Sample Games. By David Short.
Double Chess. Sample Games. By David Short.
Double Cross Besiege. A spinoff from Besiege Chess using FIDE-size armies. (8x16, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
Double Diamond. Pieces start diagonally across from one another and pawns move diagonally. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Double Diamond. Irregular board with diagonal orientation. (9x9, Cells: 73) By Jim Aikin.
Double Diamond
. Irregular board with diagonal orientation. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Double Eight-directional Knight Shogi. Shogi with Western knights. Promoted knight = gold + Western knight. Author: Andrew Wong.
Double EIGHTEEN-STONE chess. David Short combines his Double Chess with Jim Aikin's Eight-Stone Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Double Hammer Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Double King Chess. With two kings on a 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Double King Chess
. With two kings on a 10 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 .
Double Knight Chess I. A second pair of knights replaces the bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double Knight Chess II. A knight not capturing may move again at once. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double Move Chess #1. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Double Move Chess #2. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate, check or mate ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double Move Chess #3. Move twice per turn with the same piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
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.
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 Moves. Move your opponent's pieces after moving your own. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ronald Drinning.
Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Soren Kirk.
Double Trouble Chess. White has only king and bishop but moves twice per turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. By Peter Aronson.
Double-Pawn Chess
. Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn. By Peter Aronson.
Doublebarrel Chess
. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Doublecannon Chess
. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists). By M Winther.
Doublecannon-Chess (8x10)
. A big-board variant featuring the amazing new piece, the Doublecannon (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
DoubleEIGHTEEN-STONEchess. Combines Eight-Stone Chess with Double Chess. (16x9, Cells: 144) By David Short.
Doublemove chess. Move twice per turn, with by King capture, not checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Doubles Chess
. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Rick Gillespie and Henry Rolling.
Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess
. All pieces may move twice when moving. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
DoubleWide Chess. Variant where two complete chess sets (including two Kings per side) are set up on a doublewide board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Doublewide Chess. A discussion of the variant where two complete chess sets (including two Kings per side) are set up on a doublewide board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Ralph Betza.
Doubly Nested Chess. A variant hiding FIDE Chess on a Dabbaba binding. (17x17, Cells: 285) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Dragon. (DragonChess) Combines King and bishop movements, and capturing from afar (between boards). Author: Peter Spicer. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
Dragon. Missing description (9x15, Cells: 135) By Glenn Nicholls.
Dragon. Combines pawn and knight movement, mainly as a problem piece, not found in variants. Author: Ben Good.
Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece. By kittytac.
Dragon Chess (tm)
. Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. By Lex Parker.
Dragon Horse. Moves as Bishop or Wazir. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Dragon King. Moves as Rook or Ferz. AKA Crowned Rook. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Dragon Wars. Multiple types of Dragon duke it out. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
DragonChess
. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
Dragonchess. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (3x(12x8), Cells: 288) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
Dragonchess. Commercial large chess variant. (16x10, Cells: 124) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lex Parker.
Dragonchess Games. Sample games of Dragonchess. Author: David Lichtenstein.
A Dragonchess Page
. Roberts Stevens' page on Dragonchess. Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
Dragonet Chess. The Dragonet flies to any square queenwise, captures piece behind landing square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Dragonfly. Christian Freeling's 7x7 Chessgi type variant. No Queens. Pawns don't drop. Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Dragonfly. Drop pieces you have taken on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
Dragonfly Chess. Small version with pieces in hand. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dragons, Archers, and Oxen. Chess variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jim Aikin.
Dragoon Chess
. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. By NotCricket .
Drawless Chess
. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael D. Ward.
Drawless Chess. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Ward.
Dream Chess 46. 46-squasre variant played from opposite corners of a FIDE board with the other corners removed. (8x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Gilman.
Dream Chess 47. 47-square variant played from opposite corners of a 7 by 7 board with the other corners removed. (7x7, Cells: 47) By Charles Gilman.
Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). By M Winther.
Drop Chess. Players can select from nine chess armies on an 8x8 or 9x9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Key McKinnis.
Drop Super Symchess (Updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Droppable Xiangqi. Another variant of Xiangqi with droppable pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
DropSSShess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Dual Chess
. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. By Antoine Fourrière.
Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. By Antoine Fourrière.
Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. (16x8, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.
Dual Direction Variants. Adding extra moves to pieces in historic forms of Chess. By Charles Gilman.
DUAL RING Tournament Format. Tournament format for handling uneven number of players. By Rich Hutnik.
dUchess. Chess on two levels. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Eric S. Clayton.
Duchess
. For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. and John Kramer.
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.
Duck Soup Chess. Pawns on turnwise randomly determined colored squares cannot be taken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
The Duel
. Two hoppers eliminate squares as they go and compete against one another. By Namik Zade.
Duel Chess. Captured pieces are sent to a separate Duel board to see who is eliminated and who returns. (2x(5x7), Cells: 43) By Erez Schatz.
Duel Chess. PBM Preset for 43-space variant played on two boards. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
The Duel II
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Dueling Archbishops. Chess game with only six cells but with a piece that morphs into four different forms. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
Dueling Archbishops. Chess variant on 2 by 3 board. (2x3, Cells: 6) By Jason D. Wittman.
Dueling Archbishops
. Small chess variant on 2 by 3 board. By Jason D. Wittman.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess. Game where usual pieces become mercenaries, horsemen, golems, assassins and adapts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy chess variant. By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess Variant. A variant which makes the game more `playable`. By Robert J. Mate Jr..
Duke. Piece from RennChess that steps one orthogonally then slides diagonally, or slides diagonally then steps one orthogonally. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
The Duke of Rutland Chess. Play this large historic variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess
. Large variant from 18th century England. Author: Robert Price.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess. 14x10 version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
Duluth chess. 5 minor changes to Western Chess that can affect all stages of the game. By Jeff Johnson.
Duluth Chess. 5 minor changes to Western chess that can affect all stages of the game. Author: Jeff Johnson.
Dune Chess
. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. By Larry L. Smith.
Dunkeys
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Dunsany Chess
. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
Dunsany's Chess. One side has 32 pawns instead of the usual pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dunsany's Chess. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
Dunsany's chess
. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
Duo Chess. Two boards, units moving freely to the corresponding squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Dürer's Chess. Dürer's Chess, played on a board of 151 tessellating pentagons and diamonds. (Cells: 151) By David Cannon.
Durerschess
. Dürer's Chess is played on a tiling of tessellating pentagons and diamonds, first described by Albrecht Dürer in 1525. By David Cannon.
Dutch Billiards Chess. Billiards chess with pocketed pieces returned to. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dutch Chess. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gerben Dirksen.
Dutch Chess. Pawns start on the back ranks and move as queens. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dutch Chess
. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Dutch translations on the Chess Variant Pages. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dynamic Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant with free setup. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dynamic Chess. Pieces move like closest piece left on the same rank. Author: Edward Jackman.
Dynamic Chess
. Pieces move like closest piece left on the same rank. Author: Marek14 .
Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess. Author: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
Dynamo Chess. Units push and pull one another. Some bugs may remain in the program. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dynasty Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
Dynasty Chess. Capture both king and queen, whose moves vary. Author: Ed Friedlander.
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