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W.A.R.P.S. 
. Chess variant on round board with new pieces. Author: Burns O. Starkes II. Inventor: Joshua Madovoy and Charles G. Simms III.
- Wa Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on an 11 by 11 board. (Link.).
Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: H. G. Muller.
Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier. Author: Douglas Silfen.
Wa Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Wa Shogi set. Author: John Lawson.
WAD Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with WADs (Champions) added. By Kevin Pacey.
Waffle. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil. Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added. By Kevin Pacey.
- Waider's three-handed chess. Missing description (Cells: 126) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Waider.
Walkers and Jumers Board 
. For printing a landscape board. By Joe Joyce.
- Walkers and Jumers Board . For printing a portrait board. By Joe Joyce.
- Walkers and Jumpers. Joe Joyce's multidimensional game on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
- Walkers and Jumpers. Walkers and Jumpers is a combination 2D - 4D chancellor chess variant that uses 9 pieces and 9 pawns per side. (7x(3x(3x3)), Cells: 189) By Joe Joyce.
- Wall Chess. Orthochess with additional untakable wall pieces. Inventor: Jarrod Antinoro.
- Wand Chess. Pieces have a magic wand, that gives random outcomes. By Ralph Betza.
- War Chest . Customizable fantasy board game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- War of the Roses. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- The War of the Stars
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
- War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- War of the Worlds . Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- The War of World`s Warriors Chess. Logical continuation of Clash of Civilizations Chess, optimizes piece density within limits of 50% +/- 2. By Namik Zade.
- The War of World`s Warriors Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
- Warlock Chess. Introducing the Warlock piece, which can transform between Korean Cannon and Rook (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Warlord. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
Warlord Chess. Knights move as gryphons; queens move as gryphons or. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Warlord Chess Review. 4-player chess with modified board and special moves. Author: Kevin Peterson.
- The Warlord Games. Structured multi-move abstract strategy games of battle. By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Battle Line. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Civil War. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Clash of Arms. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Lakes. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warm Spit Chess. One of your pieces in addition to your King is royal (your vice-president), and it can be changed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Warp Chess. Ranks 3 and 6 mirror each other, as do 4 and 5. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
- Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Warp Point Chess. Play this game! Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. By Jason Shields.
- Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jason Shields.
- Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
- Warrior Chess. Game where pieces earn money so that you can buy Warriors and weapons to arm them with. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Water Buffalo Game. Everybody's got a water buffalo! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jared B. McComb.
The Water wheel. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. A shatranj problem with an ingenious construction. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Waterfall Xinag-Qi. An elegant 3D xinag-qi variant. (9x(9x10), Cells: 810) By Daniil Frolov.
- Wau Chess. Chess with special movable board sections. (5x(), Cells: 52) By Ethan Hunt.
- Way of the Knight. Pieces with experience levels: a `role playing variant'. By Ralph Betza.
Way of the Knight: Sample Game. Missing description Author: Sam Trenholme. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Wazir. Moves one square orthogonally. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Alberto Monteiro.
- 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.
- 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.
- Weak!. Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza.
- Weak! . Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Weakest Chess. Some Chess variants with weaker pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Weakest Chess . Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- The Weakest Endgame. The King vs King endgame from Weakest Chess. By Ralph Betza.
- Weave and Dungeon. Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Dan Troyka.
- Weave and Dungeon . Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part. By Dan Troyka.
- Webball. Board that can be visualized as globe shaped spider web, based on dodecahedron. By J. R. Schmidt.
Website of Larry Lynn Smith. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
- Welbeck Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
- Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess for three players. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sigmund Wellisch.
- Weltschach. 3d Wildeurasian variant including Unicorn and Sling moves and covering all 2nd-perimeter destinations. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
- Werewolf Chess.
An nearly invincible, but bribable Werewolf replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
- Western Shogi Pieces. Icons of shogi pieces in western style. Author: Fergus Duniho.
A Western Xiangqi Board. Proposal to play Xiangqi on a `westernized' board. Author: Köksal Karakus.
- Westfield Chess. Unidirectional hemed variant introducing enhanced Nimrod pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
- Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
WGRCV. WGR Index of Chess Variants.
- 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.
What is a Chess variant?. An essay on what distinguishes a Chess variant from other games. Author: Fergus Duniho.
What is wrong with Shou Dou Qi?. Comments on the rules of Shou Dou Qi - the Animal Game. Author: Ralf `Panther` Gering.
- Where Can I Play Chess Variants?. Collected resources on where to play Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Where Eagles Fly. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Michael Nelson.
- Where Eagles Fly . Missing description By Michael Nelson.
- Which & Whose. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bulat Khabibullin.
- Which and whose?. Missing description By Superuser .
- Which Chess Variants are Best?. Our collected resources for helping you find the best Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- White and Black Chess. Move each turn a piece from a white and a piece from a black square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
White and Black from Brown - A Selection of 168 Diagrams. A review of the book. Author: Ben Good.
- White Elephant Chess . Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. By Peter Aronson.
- White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Who crosses the river first?. A variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
- Who is Responsible for the Chess Variant Pages?. The editors, past editors, contributors, and inventors behind this site. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Who is Who on Eight by Eight. A compilation of Zillions-estimated piece values on an 8x8 board. Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
- Why Play Chess Variants?. Some reasons for playing Chess variants.
- Wide Chess. Chess with 2 types of non-colourbound elephants added on a 12x8 board using fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wide Chess. Chess with 2 types of non-colourbound elephants added on a 12x8 board using fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wide Nightrider Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Nightriders, Champions and fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wide Nightrider Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Nightriders, Champions and fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wide SOHO Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Archbishops, Marshalls, Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wikingerschach. Old commercial chess variant from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Wikipedia Chess Variants. Collaborative encyclodepia.
- Wild Chess 7. King and three pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Wild Chess 8. Leads to an open position. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Wild Chess 9. Royalty passes between the king and his guard. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Wild Jokers . 7 by 7 board with 8 pits and various pieces, including jokers that can make successive jumps across pit. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
- Wild Jokers. 7 by 7 board with 8 pits and various pieces, including jokers that can make successive jumps across pits. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
- Wild Kingdom. Battle for jungle dominance with your own army of animals, each with special abilities. By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Kingdom. Animal armies battle for control of the Wild Kingdom! (10x10, Cells: 100) By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Kingdom Test. Rules and play testing for Wild Kingdom. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Tamerlane Chess. Game Courier Preset to play Wild Tamerlane Chess, a fury on 11x11 board. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wild Tamerlane Chess. A clash on a 11x11 board with pairs Queens and Eagles/Gryphons. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wildebeast9. A Variant of Wildebeast Chess. By wdtr2.
- Wildebeest Chess . Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wildebeest Chess. Game with several kinds of jumpers; one of the more-often played large-board variants. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wildebeest Chess. Stars the Wildebeest which moves as knight or camel. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wildebeest Chess - Recognized. Now a Recognized Chess Variant! Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wildebeest Decimal Chess. A Wildebeest Chess adaptation to the decimal board. By Erik Lerouge.
- Wildeurasian Qi. Variant on 10 by 10 board combining ideas of several existing variants. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
- Wildeurasian Qi. Variant on 10 by 10 board combining ideas of several existing variants. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
WinBoard_F. a GUI that supports Chess Variants. Author: H. G. Muller.
- Windmill. Moves around piece. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
- Windows Chess . Windows Chess is played on a board inspired by an arch window in my neighbourhood. By David Cannon.
- Windows Chess. Windows Chess is played with usual chess equipment on a board inspired by an arch-window. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
- Wing and RiverQi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Glenn Nicholls.
- Winning Chess - Tactics and Strategies. Review of a Chess book. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Winning Chess Piece by Piece - A review. Review of a Chess book for children. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Winter 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Winter 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Winter 2006 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Winter 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Winther's Chess. Introducing the Bombard cannon, with standard peices (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Wise Board Editor . Interactive online chessboard. Author: Michal Ryszard Wojcik and Michal Stanislaw Wojcik.
- Witch's Chess . Two or three player hexagonal variant. By Ralf Hansmann.
- Witham\'s Three Dimensional Chess. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d.
- Withdrawer. Takes by moving away. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Withdrawing Chess. Any piece can withdraw from other pieces to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Wives and Guards. FIDE setup with additional pieces to offset white's first move advantage - two ferzes + two wazirs against two guards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Wiz-42. Game on 42-squares with Wizards that can make multiple moves when connected. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
- Wizard. Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump.
- Wizard Chess. Missing description Author: Daniil Frolov. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
- Wizard Chess . Variant on 12 by 7 board with fantasy pieces (includes Advanced Wizard Chess). Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
- Wizard Chess. Variant on 12 by 7 board with fantasy pieces. (7x12, Cells: 84) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
- Wizard of Oz Decimal Chess. Based on 1900 book 'Wizard of Oz' and 1939 film. (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
- Wizard of Oz Nonal Chess. Road of five squares on Shogi board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
- Wizard of Oz Octal Chess. Based on Baum book and 1939 film. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
- Wizard of Oz Septimal Chess. 7x7 square board with 3-space Road. (7x7, Cells: 49) By George William Duke.
- Wizard's War . Game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections. By Michael Nelson.
- Wizard's War. Game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Michael Nelson.
- Wizard's War. Play this game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections! Author: Tony Quintanilla and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
- Wolf. A doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca. By Tim Stiles.
- Wolf Chess. Older European game with unusual pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dr. Arno von Wilpert.
- Wolf Chess. Half-century old variant on board of size 8 by 10. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Arno von Wilpert.
- Wolf Chess. Half-century old variant on 8 x 10 board with many unusual pieces. Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: Dr. Arno von Wilpert.
A World of Chess. Book on Chess variants and the history of Chess. By Jean-Louis Cazaux and Rick Knowlton.
- The World of Fairy Chess. Short introduction to the world of fairy chess problems. Author: Theodor Tauber and Hans L. Bodlaender.
- World War Chess . Commercial variant with pieces more suited to a war game.
- World Xiangqi Federation. Missing description
- Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. By Fergus Duniho.
- Wormhole Chess . When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. By Fergus Duniho.
- Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with 2 special spaces. (7x7, Cells: 47) By John Smith.
- Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with two special spaces. By John Smith.
- Worse than Worthless. A discussion of pieces with negative value, and the Nattering Nabobs of Negativity! Author: Ralph Betza.
- Wreckage! . Features 3 new pieces: the Detonator, Dragon and the Flying Guillotine plus 5 Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
- Wreckage!. Introducing the dual mode Flying Guillotine, the Detonator that destroys adjacent pieces, and the advancer / withdrawer Dragon. By Charles Daniel.
- Wreckage!. A highly tactical game featuring the Dragon that captures by approach or retreat, the Detonator and the Flying Guillotine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
- Wuji Chinese Chess
. Invented by Zheng Lei(鄭磊,河南光山縣人) in 1993. Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: Zheng Lei.
- Wuss. Introducing the weakening Wuss piece, which must move when attacked but can not capture. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- WWII Chess. Fight between a shogi and an orthodox chess army. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Edward Jackman.
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