Index to photo's of chess variant sets

B

• Bomberman. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. By Bryan Lambert.

C

• Photos of Capablanca's Chess. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant.
• Cardinal Super Chess. Larger board and new pieces.
• Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Game invented by Fergus Duniho.
• Centennial Chess. 10x10 board, Shogi-like pieces.
• Chance Chess. Cards determine what piece to play.
• Chess - the Speed Game. Smaller board and less pieces.
• Chess Piece Discs. Chess variant pieces on wooden discs. By David Howe.
• Chessapeak Challenge. Pocket edition. Four-player chess variant. Magnetic, foldable.
• Chessapeak Challenge. Classic edition.
• Chessapeak Challenge. Tournament edition. With large vinyl rollable board. Four-player chess variant.
• Chex. Cards form the board and are pieces.
• Photos of Handmade Magnetic Chinese Chess Set. By Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• Courtyard. Variant on 5 by 8 board. By Bryan Lambert.

D

• Dodl-schach. Small size, smaller board, few pieces.

E

• Eight-Stone Chess. Photographs of Jim Aikin's Eight-Stone Chess.
• Eight-Stone Chess. More photographs of Jim Aikin's Eight-Stone Chess.
• Exchess. Photo's of a chess of new chess pieces, designed to fit together with Staunton pieces.

F

• Floppy Board Tiles. An example of a chess variant board construction set. By David Howe.

G

• Gala. Historic variant in modern design.
• The game of three kingdoms, a three-player variant of Xiangqi, Chinese Chess.
• Photos of Grand Cavalier Chess.

H

• Heraldic chess. Cards and dice determine play. Pieces marked by colors.
• Dice for Heraldic chess.
• Hex chess. Hexagonal chess variant.
• Holywar. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. By Fergus Duniho.
• Horse Chess-Nut. Horse statue with two chess problems painted on it. Posted by David Howe.
• Hyperchess. Hexagonal chess variant from 1971.

I

• Infinite chess. Board in shape of `8' or infinity symbol.

J

• The Jungle Game. Photo's of a home made and a Chinese set of this old Chinese game. Photo's by Jean-Luc Muraro.

K

• King's Court. An oblong (12x8) variant.
• More King's Court photos.
• Korean Chess.
• Photo's of Korean Chess set: pieces and board.

M

• Tai Chess (Makruk) set.
• Master Chess Triple Game. Three eight by eight boards connected by corridors.
• Modern Chess. Variant on 9 by 9 board. Photo by Jean-Luc Muraro.

O

• Omega Chess. Large variant on board with 104 squares.

P

• Philosopher's Chess. A 40-square variant.

R

• Photo's of Roman Chess set. Commercial variant on 10 by 10 board.

S

• Shako. Large chess variant of Jean-Louis Cazaux. By Jean-Luc Muraro.
• Shogi. Japanese chess.
• Shogi. Photo's of other shogi set. By Jean-Luc Muraro.
• Shogi. Photos of Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. By Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• Smegi. 40 square game that combines Smess and Shogi. By Fergus Duniho.
• Space Chess. Three dimensional chess variant.
• Strato Chess. Photo of commercial three dimensional chess variant.

T

• Tai Chess (Makruk) set.
• Tamerlane Chess. Home made set of historic chess variant. Photo by Jean-Luc Muraro.
• Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chinese army chess. Chinese strategic game.
• Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Cards affecting rules of chess.
• Triochess. Three-player variant.

V

• Vendetta. Variant for four players.
• Vyrémorn Chess. Large, oblique variant.

X

• Xhess. 10x10 variant with Nightriders and Cannons.
• Xiangqi. Chinese chess.
• Xiangqi. Set with three dimensional figures. Includes photo's of Cannon and elephant. By Jean-Luc Muraro.
• Xiangqi: Photos of a Chinese Chess set made from poker chips and posterboard tiles.

See also:

• Photo's of chess sets.
• Alfonso X codex. (Link.) Site with pictures from medieval book on games and chess variants.