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Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Arimaa
. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fabio Forzoni.
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Neal Turner.
BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen Inventor: Danielle Allen.
Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Chess960.com
. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Closing Time. During certain turns, you must move pieces out of a central area of the board (`the pub'). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
Crowd Chess 1: Safety in Numbers. More pieces can occupy the same square - you can only form or move to a crowd by a non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crowd Chess 2: All Go Together. More pieces can occupy the same square and share the same fate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crushed Chess. After every 10 turns, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Dunn.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong.
Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Dice Chess
. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
E-Chess. The chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
Edge Chess
. Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. Inventor: Mitch Martin.
Extended squares Chess. Some areas of adjacent squares of the board can be seen as one cell. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidal board using three warp lines with 8 corners tied together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Fifo Chess. Each square acts as a First-In-First-Out queue. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Floßschach. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Folding Magnetic Chess. fold between D&E files, play on both sides. Author: Deep Thought.
Fortress
. Each player has an extra piece off board which cannot be captured or moved. By Ronald Drinning.
Gladiator Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
Greener Chess. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- and your pieces are stronger there too. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Grid Chess. Always move to a different 2 by 2 square part of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Walter Stead.
Hobgoblin Chess. Inchworm crowd-forming magnetic mutating lunar-hallway exploding-Pawn Chess; an extreme game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jack Masters. Inventor: Simon Vertigo.
Hop Chess. The same as FIDE chess plus a special piece called the hopper. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. (8x8, Cells: 87) By Gary K. Gifford.
Ibu Ibu Chess. Introduces the concept of a King's entourage, making King powerful and protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Ice Age Chess. Every 20th move, the board freezes and ice cubes appear on almost every empty square. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
Indistinguishable Chess. Player pieces indistinguishable from each other. Board squares are indistinguishable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Knavish Shatranj. Shatranj with Knaves and Debtors. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Levitating Kings. Kings can levitate orthagonally or diagonally over a line of friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Lumberjack. Pieces move depending on the column they are on. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
Mad Queen Shogi. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Magician's Chess. Pieces switch board sides with each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Masking Chess. Mask and move pieces so they are invisible to the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Lummel.
Maxim chess. Variant, invented by my little brother. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
mettamorphachess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Eric S. Clayton.
Minesweeper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Minotaur Chess. Variant with board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Frank M. Truelove.
Mockery Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
More Shifted Square Chess. Shifted Square Chess needs more than one page to explore its possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Move as square says. Game with identical piece, movement depends on location. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
MRC64. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Multi-King Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
Multiple Occupancy Miscellany. Various chess variants with multiple pieces per square. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Multiple of 10 Checkmate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Near Chess. This is a variant of Skirmish Chess designed to be friendlier to newbies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
No-Retreating Chess. A varient where you can't retreat until you get to the last rank. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Noble WingS Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Simpson.
Null chess. Capture squares are destroyed when vacated. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
ObstructionChess. A new chess variant designed to challenge old strategies and improve your chess play with logical and organic obstructions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By martin rinab.
Off Board Chess Pieces
. Each side has off board pieces which can be used only once in a game. By Ronald Drinning.
Orda Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like knights but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Pillow Chess
. Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Spicer and Michael Chamberlain. Inventor: Peter Spicer.
Prime.Ministers Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Prisoners
. Captured pieces move to second chess board. By Ronald Drinning.
Quarter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Race Chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Raft Chess. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Rank and File Chess. Move from Most Crowded Row. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Realm chess. Board is divided into realms and multiple pieces can move into and out of a realm in one turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Kevin Whyte.
Rental Chess. You must pay rent for the squares where your pieces are: centre squares are more expensive. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Rotating Cylinder Chess. Positions of pieces rotate one square to the right after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Rotation Chess. Every 10th move, the board is turned around. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Royal Magician's Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Rubble Chess. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
Safe Passage. Move pieces to opposite side without putting pieces in danger of capture. By Karen Robinson.
Secret Agent Chess. Each player chooses one opposing minor piece to be a secret agent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Share Squares. AKA Two's Company; Three's a Crowd. By JT K.
Shatar, Old 1 Hia. Old Shatar with one Hia. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Shifted Square Chess. One square is removed from the normal playing area and one square is added at the edge of the normal playing area. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Shogun Chess. Pieces promote and can be dropped, similar to Shogi. By Daniel Lee.
Shrink Chess. The board is shrinking. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Pepijn van Erp and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Spacious Torus Chess. Chess on a toroidal board, using Ralph Betza's spacious pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jianying Ji.
Spell Chess. A limited supply of freeze and jump spells allow you to hinder the opponent or get extra moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller.
Spherical chess. Sides of the board are considered to be connected to form a sphere. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Don Miller and Leo Nadvorney.
Spherical Corner Chess. Game on a truly topologically spherical board with corner‐camp arrays. By Bn Em.
Strate-Go Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Suicide Void Chess. Variant of Suicide Chess. A piece creating a void in the board is moved after each capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Atkinson.
Super-Chess
. www.oteroideas.com. By Superuser .
Tao's Chess. Chess variant where as you move across a line, the pieces reverse roles. By Travis Geyer.
Terrain Chess
. Blocking pieces are placed randomly on the board. By Ronald Drinning.
Terrain Chess. Roll dice to create impassable squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
Tiled Squares Chess. Drop tiles to create the board as you play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
Tingles, Bumps, and Punches. A set of variants on cylindrical and toroidal boards featuring a peace bump between the top and bottom of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Torus Chess on a Standard Board. Torus Chess on a standard board with a unique setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Fischer.
Trapdoor Chess. Pieces fall through the board if they stand still too long. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Tron Chess. Every square passed by the queen creates a wall that hinders movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
Twinkie Danger Chess. Game on two initially unliked boards where each turn you add or drop a link. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Vagabond Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Vavulin Creative Chess. Before the start of the game, every player, creates up with one rule for both players, which operates the whole game. By Dmitrii Vavulin.
Windows Chess. Windows Chess is played with usual chess equipment on a board inspired by an arch-window. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
Wizard of Oz Octal Chess.
Based on Baum book and 1939 film. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Zero Relay Chess. Pieces can occcupy the same square and then relay their powers to each other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Zone X. Chess with a special central Zone, a new piece, and new moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.