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Play Chess Variants with Jocly. Missing description
Set 3 of 10x8 chess mating problems. Missing description
123123. Missing description
- Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops.
- Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets.
- Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions.
"Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100)
007 Chess. 007 Chess involves three move per turn, including one of your opponent's pieces.
007 Chess. A variant where you also move your opponents pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 10 Minute Melee. Missing description
10-contest: Voting for group A. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
- 10-contest: Voting for group B. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
- 10-contest: Voting for group C. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
- 10-contest: Voting for group D. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
10-directionaI Chess 
. Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army.
- 10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets.
100 Other Games to Play on a Chessboard
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100 other games to play on a chessboard. Out of print book describing 100 games playable on a chessboard.
100 Square Chess Variant Contest. Missing description
- 100 Squares for Chess and Damante
. Small book describing some decimal variants.
- 10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104)
- 10x10 Multiple Knot Chess. Board in `mathematical shape'.
- 10x8 Chess mating problems. 10x Chess mating problems.
10x8 Variants. Missing description
- 12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares.
- 12 Sharp Chess. Missing description
- 12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108)
- 123'. 123'.
- 123456 Chess. Missing description
- 123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125)
- 16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- 16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.
- 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Missing description
- 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Webpage of contest held in 2001/2002.
1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies - games in ro. Games played in 2001 in championship of Chess with DIfferent Armies.
- 1st WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
- 2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- 2 Level Guru Mahachaturaji. Enlarging the Guru Mahachatuaji board to go with the enlarged army. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200)
- 2 Pronged Chess. Each player makes "simultaneous" moves with 2 different pieces.
- 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
- 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces that automatically flip into wyrd and not so strange counterparts. (10x8, Cells: 68)
- 2003 Multivariant compiled ZRF . All designs (except Extinction) to be used in upcoming tournament.
2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line. World Chess Variants Championship.
- 2007-2008 Chess Variants Design Contest. Chess variant inventors gather round! We're doing it again! Exact nature of contest to be determined with YOUR help!!
- 21st Century Chess. Missing description
- 21st Century chess . A Zillions file to play an updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters.
- 21st Century Chess. An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- 2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 2Hit Shogi. Shogi with 2 hits to destroy a piece, and drop pieces at start. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- 2nd WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
- 2x2x16 Race Chess. Race Chess on a 2-level circular board with Crooked Bishops and Queens. (2x(2x16), Cells: 64)
- 3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- 3 Man Chess
. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board.
- 3 Man Chess - Review. Review of commercial three player chess variant on round board.
- 3 Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board.
- 3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 3 to the 5. A 6-player variant on 3 overlapping 9x9 boards. (5x(11x11), Cells: 455)
3-D Chess Discussion Group. Missing description
3-D Chess Federation Website. Supports 3-D Chess play in its various forms.
- 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess . TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- 3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75)
- 3-player Honeycomb Chess. A variant on a hex-prism board with the hex boards as levels instead of ranks to allow three players. (5x(), Cells: 180)
- 32-Turn Challenge. Missing description
- 32-Turn Challenge Index Page. Missing description
- 32-Turn Contest Results. Missing description
- 38-Challenge: Index page. Missing description
- 39-Challenge: Index page. Missing description
- 3D Arimaa . 3D Arimaa - Arimaa meets Raumschach.
- 3D Chess. Play 3D Chess in your browser with Jocly.
- 3D Chess. A true 3D version of chess.
- 3D Chess 4 Cubed. Three dimensional chess on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.). (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
- 3D Chess Webpage, the. An improved version of Raumschach. (Link.).
- 3D Chess, a Different Way of Looking at It. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d.
- 3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
- 3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess.
- 3d Magna Carta Chess. Adding Barons and Dukes to Magna Carta Chess to commemorate 8th centenary of Magna Carta. (2x(5x8), Cells: 80)
- 3d Minishogi. A variant originally devised for a contest that never materialised. (3x(3x5), Cells: 45)
- 3d offset chess. Chess variants, invented by Ralph Betza, on non-cubic three dimensional boards.
3D Set Photographs. Missing description
- 3D Shogi. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess.
- 3D Xiang Qi. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess.
- 3D-chess FAQ file. Information on the classic 5x5x5 three dimensional chess game. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
- 3D-Schach. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board.
- 3D8 Chess: The Official Ruleset. 3D Chess using 8 stacked standard sets.
- 3D8L Chess . TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- 3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 3to2. Missing description
- 3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 3x3 Chess. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces.
- 4 Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- 4 Armies . Each player controls two armies.
- 4 Armies. Four traditional armies with cardinals face off on the corners.
- 4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45)
- 4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- 4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range.
- 4 Linepiece Fusion. Variants in which straight linepieces get to fuse with Crooked or Bent ones. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- 4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91)
- 4 Player Chess. Commercial four player chess variant.
- 4 x 4 x 8 Tri-dimensional Chess. Missing description (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
- 4 x 4 x 8 Tridimensional Chess. Clever 3-D variant, closer to Raumschach, but according to Gilman, solves some of Raumschach's design flaws.
- 4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess using sixteen 4x4 boards & 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256)
- 4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess played with 96 pieces.
- 4-handed Chaturanga with dice. Missing description
- 4-handed Shatranj. Shatranj for Four.
- 4-Player Pothole Chess. Bulldozers and cars and other vehicles are pieces in 4-player chess variant. (7x7, Cells: 39)
- 4-way chess by Taurus games. Commercial fourhanded chess variant.
- 40-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 40-squares chess variant design contest: Winners. Missing description
- 41-squares chess variant design contest. Contest rules.
- 41-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 42-Square Design Contest Results. The results of the contest to design a Chess Variant on 42 squares are now official.
- 42-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 43-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.
- 45 or 46 Cell Contest - 2007 Design Contest. Quick contest for 45 or 46 cells. Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2007.
- 47 Contest Results. Missing description
- 4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 361)
- 4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4.
- 4D Quasi-Alice Chess. 8x8x2x2 four dimensional game with 32 pieces. (2x(2x(8x8)), Cells: 256)
- 4D Quasi-Alice Chess. Four dimensional 8x8x2x2 game that's rather like Alice Chess.
- 4x16 Race Chess Revisited. New version of race chess on circular 4 by 16 board. (16x4, Cells: 64)
- 5*4DChess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 140 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625)
- 52Chess. A piece may teleport to the square corresponding to a drawn card.
- 6 by 10 Pawnless Half variants. Pawnless variants rearranging non-Pawn ranks of variants with 10 ranks by 10 or more files onto just 6 files. (6x10, Cells: 60)
- 6 Player Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description
- 6 Ranks, remaining variants. Extrapolations from the Diana/Los Alamos/Haynie's Primary family of variants. (6x6)
- 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle.
- The 65th Square. Website of Ethan Hunt.
- 6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing.
- 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different).
- 81Dojo. The International Shogi Server.
- 84 Spaces Contest. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
- 84 Spaces Contest. Information/proposal on judgement of the contest.
- 84 Spaces Contest - Jury members. Please consider becoming a judge for the 84 squares contest!
- 84 Spaces Contest: Prizes. Missing description
- 88 Hexagons Chess. Hexagonal chess on chessboard with 88 hexagons.
- 8x8 adaptation. Missing description
- 8x8 Heart Chess. Chessboard in form of heart.
- 8x8 Hyperbolic Chess. Mathematician Missoum has a board based on hyperbola.
- 8x8 Reversible Stairs-Chess. Chessboard looks like stairs.
- 8x8 Spider Web Spiral Chess. Board in shape of spider web.
- 9x9 Squares Rotating Chess. Usual set of pieces in different setup and changed movement on 9 by 9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules.
A Little Old Chess Poem. A short poem on the war of Kings.
- A. M. DeWitt's Chu Shogi SVGs.
A. M. DeWitt's SVG Graphics for Chu Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169)
- A9 HexaChess Courier Preset. Missing description
- A9 HexaChess Zillions Zip . Missing description
- AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in
a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Abagoren Macedonian Chess . Missing description
- Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Abbott's New Card Games (book information). Information on a book describing Ultima, and eight card games.
Abbott, Robert. An interview with the inventor of Ultima.
- Abbott, Robert. Logic Mazes: Website of Robert Abbott.
- ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces.
- Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess) . Design-your-own chess armies on a big board.
- Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Play this variation on the Play-by-Email system!
- Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Absorption Chess. Capturer gains movement abilities.
- Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Absorption Chess II. Capturer gains movement abilities. This applet extends this to kings and pawns.
- Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
- Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
- Abstract Chess . Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones.
Abstract Chess Pieces. Icons of chess and chess variant pieces.
- Abstract Games. Magazine covering various abstract games.
- Abstract Games. Web site of Mark Thompson.
- Abstract Games Club. Missing description
- Abstract Games Magazine. Missing description
- Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Accelerated Chess. White makes one move at first and then each player makes either a capturing move or two non-capturing moves.
- Accelerated Chess. Two non-capturing moves, or one capturing move, each turn.
- Accelerated Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Accelerated Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with several compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80)
- Accessory Chess. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available.
- Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf).
- Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns).
- Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Achernar . ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess.
- Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess.
- Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Ackanomic Party Chess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
- Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
- Across the Board : The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems. Short information on book of J. Watkins, with puzzles about the chessboard.
- Action Man's Chess. A small (5x6) board and simple pieces ensures lots of easy-to-understand action. (5x6, Cells: 30)
- Active Chess. Two queens, 9x8.
- Active King Chess. Each turn, one must move one's king in addition to moving other pieces.
- Actualized Potential Chess. Pieces exist where they are but also all along their routes or points of attack.
- Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how.
- Adams, Michael. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
- Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf).
- Adjutant Chess. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf).
- Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants). The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf).
- Advance Chess. Pawns begin on third and sixth ranks.
- Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Advanced wizard chess. Missing description
- Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Advancement Chess. kevintucker88.
Advancer. Moves like a Queen, but captures by approach.
- Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42)
- Aftershock. Missing description
- Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers.
- Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Ai Ai. Ai Ai is a Java general game playing programme, with many chess variants.
- Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406)
- AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess.
- AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Aikin, Jim. Website of Jim Aikin.
- Air Attack Chess. Missing description
- Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72)
- Airplane Chess. Airplanes move as queens any distance, capturing by landing just beyond an enemy unit.
- Airplane Chess. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf).
- Airplane Chess. R. W. Schmittberger's Airplane Chess on the Game Courier.
- AISE. Italian Association of Chess Variants.
- Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Ajax Chess . Missing description
- Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops.
- Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100)
- Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers.
- Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns.
- Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player.
- Al-ces . Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player.
- Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alapo. Simplified game.
- Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Alapo. A small chesslike game.
- Alapo . Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board.
- Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alekhine Chess. A 14 x 8 game expands the sides of Capablanca-esque board, adds two pairs of marshalls and cardinals and an amazon in the middle.
- Alekhine Chess. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946.
- Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 1. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 2. More Alfaerie graphics, plus a preview of the new Alpha Variant font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 3. More chess variant graphics based on the Alpha chess font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 4. More Alfaerie graphics!
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 5. Many new designs, several shogi variant based pieces.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 6. Missing description
- Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant.
- Alfonso X book. Website with pictures from historical book on games.
- Alibaba. Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally.
- Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Alice Chess . Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move.
- Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
- Alice Chess. Play this classic variant in which pieces switch between boards whenever they move. (Recognized!)
- Alice Chess. Looking-glass boards. Extremely popular variant.
- Alice Chess . New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards.
- Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army.
- Alice Chess II. Alice Chess with armies starting on opposite boards.
- Alice Raumschach. Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
- Alice Raumshach . Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants.
- Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Aliens Vs Predators. Missing description
- Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Aliens Vs Predators Episode II (L.Smith Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'.
All Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played.
- All in 1 . Missing description
- All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description
- All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90)
All the King's Men. Page describing variant chess pieces.
- All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved.
- All-In Chess. You may move either side's units.
- All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- All-Mate Chess. Capture a piece only by rendering it unable to avoid FIDE capture.
- All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alliance Chess. Two boards, four players, team wins by checkmating the primary player.
- Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop.
- Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves.
- Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf).
- Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf).
- Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Alpha Variant Font. Preview of the new Alpha Variant font along with new Alfaerie graphics.
Alphabetical Index. Search links to the Chess Variant Pages broken down alphabetically.
- Alseid Chess. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists).
- Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor.
- Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor.
Altair 
. Take a look at this sample game of Altair!
- Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alternating Chess III. Each side alternates between moving pawn and piece.
- Alternation Chess. You alternate your moves with a partner.
- Alternative Chess. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available.
- AlterWay. Shareware program. Find a sequence of moves taking all black pieces.
- AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Amalgamated Chess. Missing description
- Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
- The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks.
- Amazon Chess. Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess.
- Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight.
- Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly.
- Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess.
- Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Amazon Knights Chess. The queen may also move as a knight, and rooks and bishops.
- Amazone Chess . Queen may also move as a knight.
- Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board.
- Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins.
- Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Amazons. Amazons and a computer version.
- Ambi-Chess . Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn.
- Ambi-Chess. Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn.
- Ambi-Chess II. Missing description
- Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win.
- American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win.
- American Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
- American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo.
- Amiral Chess. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
- Amoeba. Jim Aikin's Amoeba on the Game Courier.
- Amoeba. Small variant with 38 movable squares. (7x7, Cells: 38)
- Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Amphibian Chess . Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge.
- Amphora . Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares.
- Amphora. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40)
- An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
- Analysis of 3x3 Chess. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces.
- Anatomy of a Preset: Chess. Detailed explanation of the code used to enforce the rules of Chess in Game Courier.
- Ancient Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
- Ancient Chess. Site dedicated to the history and evolution of Chess!
- ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier.
- Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors.
- Andernach Chess. Pieces change side when taking.
- Andernach-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over changes color.
- Andromi. Game with simple rules.
- Andy's Chess. Missing description
- Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces.
- Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant.
- Angel Chess. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf).
- Angel Chess. 9x8 board. Angels (Q+N) are difficult to exchange.
- Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91)
- Annan Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Annan Shogi . Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it (and similar variants).
- Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king.
- Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king.
- Announcement Circular Chess World Championship 2004. Missing description
- Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295)
- Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins . Missing description
- Antelope. Makes (3,4)-jump.
- Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Anti-Chess. Lose all your pieces to win.
- Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Anti-Gravity Chess . Pieces that move repel other pieces.
- Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each.
- Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it!
- Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Anti-King Chess . Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked.
- Anti-King Chess I. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked.
- Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check.
- Anti-King Chess II. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked.
- Anti-Magnetic Chain Chess. Pieces that moved must have a chain of `anti-magnetic interaction'
with their own king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Anti-Magnetic Chess . Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Four anti-magnetic chessproblems.
- Anti-Magnetic Chess. Some AntiMagnetic Chess Games.
- Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Anti-Relay Chess. Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece.
- Anti-Relay Tutti-Frutti Chess . Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece.
- Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next.
- Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Antipodean Chess. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away.
- Antipodean Chess II. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. This can queen a pawn.
- Anywhere Chess . Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board.
- Anywhere Chess. Missing description
- Anywhere Chess and Variations. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the
board. With several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Apocalypse. Small variant of knights and pawns; objective is to take all pawns.
- Apocalypse Mini-Chess. Miniature version with four horsemen.
- Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games.
- Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
- Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
- Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games.
- Approval Poll for 1st Game Courier Tournament. Vote for the games you would like to play in a multivariant Game Courier tournament.
- Approval Poll for Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games you want in the third Game Courier tournament.
- Aquachess. One level underwater, one on the surface, and one in the sky, with many strange pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Arabian Nights Chess . Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets.
- Arabian Nights Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84)
- Arabian Nights Chess. Paul Newton's game on the Game Courier.
- Arch Courier. Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier and Courier Spiel Chess.
- Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights.
- Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Archabbott Chess. Introduces the Archabbott piece which moves like Bishop + Wazir + Dabbaba.
- Archbishop. Moves as bishop but can make reflection at side of board.
- Archbishop. Moves as bishop or as knight.
- Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Archbishop Chess. Replace one of the marshalls from birds chess with a cardinal and you have Dominique Leste's Archbishop Chess.
- Archchess. Late 17th chess variant from Italy on large board with pieces which include modern queen and squirrel.
- Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Archimedes Chess. Capture by attacking an enemy unit with two of yours.
- ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves.
- Arena Chess. Entry in the 32-move-maximum contest.
- Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42)
- Arena Chess 42 . Game with two boards totaling 42-squares where pieces captured on the large board move to the small board.
- Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169)
- Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers.
- Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings.
- Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116)
- Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (3x(9x9), Cells: 243)
- Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(10x10), Cells: 245)
- Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 350)
- Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256)
- Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(10x8), Cells: 320)
- Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 370)
- Armis. 100 square board with 15 piece types.
- Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions.
- Arnhem Chess. Game on board of 38 squares. (6x7, Cells: 38)
- Arnhem Chess Game 1. Moves of Arnhem chess game from 1998 tournament of 38 squares variants.
- Aronson, Peter. Interview with the winner of the 44 squares contest.
- Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf).
- Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf).
- Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves.
- The Art of Shogi. Information on book on Shogi.
- Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens.
- Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers.
- Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen.
- Assassination Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with teleporters and assassins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster?
- Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces.
- Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces.
- Assimilation Chess . Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces.
- Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Assimilation Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart.
- Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player.
- Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43)
- Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board.
- Asteryx Chess. Sample Game.
- Asylum Chess. Fire-through rooks, mad leaping (camel-move) bishops and double-capture insane ninja knights with lion-like powers.
- Asylum Chess . Includes new game that features dual path compound pieces: the Loony Snake Rook and the Insane Snake Bishop.
- Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Asylum Redux . Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns!
- Asylum Redux. Two new pieces: dual path sliding Zebra + Bishop and a dual path sliding Camel + Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Asylum Redux. Featuring dual path Zebra / Camel crooked sliders compounded with Bishop / Rook.
- Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. The most ambitious in a series of new games Joe Joyce is introducing with powerful short range compound double jumpers.
- Atlantean Barroom Shatranj . Missing description
- Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127)
- Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Shatranj on a Hex board.
- Atlantic Graphics. Chess font that supports fairy pieces.
- Atlantis Chess . Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board.
- Atlantis Chess. You may sink an edge square instead of moving a unit.
- Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Atlantis Puzzles, Games and Art. Missing description
- Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Atomic Pawn Chess. One time in ten, a pawn explodes just after moving.
- Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- AtTENdance Chess . Missing description
- Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent.
- Attrition Chess. Played on an 11x10 board, each player starts with 33 pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110)
- Augmented Chess . Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set.
- Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional
movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Australian Football Chess. Game based on Australian Rules Football and Chess.
- Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant.
- Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Avalanche Chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (Recognized!)
- Avalanche Chess . A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns.
- Avalanche Chess. This game is a Recognized Chess Variant.
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