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Week ending November 04, 2023

1. Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
2. Queenmania. A game with 11 queens and enhanced pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Gerd P. Degens.
3. Pattern Chess. Use and overcome the pattern. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.

Week ending October 28, 2023

1. Chess on the Rope. 1d chess experimental variant with standard rules and variations. (1x21, Cells: 21) By Lev Grigoriev.
2. ChessBreakTimes Chess. Chess with elements of chess-based RPG I slowly elaborate at this time. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
3. Dovecote Chess. One small non-rules tweak generally changes the character and pace of gameplay. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
4. LOCKING CHESS. Play chess in a new way with pieces superimposing and moving over each other, special moves, strategies, tactics and checkmates! (8x8, Cells: 64) By LUCIANO IMOTO.
5. Wedgie Chess. A triangular starting area on a rectangular board. (9x12, Cells: 68) By Bob Greenwade.
6. Hundred Acre Chess. Chess based on Winnie-the-Pooh. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Bob Greenwade.
7. A Friendly Game of Chess. Each side has Friends, and several odd pieces. Insanity ensues. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
8. Queens. A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
9. Desert Dust. Large variant with Arabian-themed pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
10. Muster Chess. Each player can muster different armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Grant Sinclair.
11. Rolling Chess. A game played with dice, where movement causes rolling and rolling changes piece identity. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Herb Gilliland.
12. Mega House Hexagonal Chess (MHH Chess). An enlarged version of Full house hexagonal chess by Kevin Pacey. Game with 72 pieces. (13x13, Cells: 127) By W ishere.
13. Short Sliders. Pieces are initially limited to 4 spaces (if that), and promote to longer moves. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Bob Greenwade.
14. Cutty Camels. Army for Chess with Different Armies that features Wizard from Omega Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
15. ZhamengQi. XiangQi with Grasshoppers. (9x10, Cells: 90) By HaruN Y.

Week ending October 14, 2023

1. Rocket Chess. Space-themed fairy chess variant on neoteric board: piece’s movement depends on type of cell where it stands. (Cells: 248) By Lev Grigoriev.

Week ending October 07, 2023

1. Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
2. Sac Chess. Game with 60 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.

Week ending September 30, 2023

1. Bigorra. Game Courier Preset for Bigorra, a large CV, 80 pieces of 34 types on 16x16 sq. board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Man and Beast 01: Constitutional Characters. Systematic naming of symmetric and forward-only coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
3. Man and Beast 06: The Heavy Brigade. Systematic naming of symmetric and forward-only non-coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.
4. Man and Beast 04: Generalised Generals. Systematic naming of part-symmetric coprime radial pieces. By Charles Gilman.

Week ending September 23, 2023

1. Hia Chess. Smaller 9x8 variation of the Mongolian Hiashatar. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
2. Granlem Shatranj. This is a mash-up of Grand Shatranj & Lemurian Shatranj with a 3 moves/player turn option. By Joe Joyce.
3. Herculean Chess. 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
4. Heavy Gravity Chess. Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
5. Hecatomb promotion. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
7. Half Courier. A Pawnless variant rearranging a slightly simplified Courier back rank onto two ranks. (6x8, Cells: 48) By Charles Gilman.
8. Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. By Jeff Cornell.
9. GoshawkChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Goshawks per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
10. Empire Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
11. Grand Triple Chess. Chess on an 16 x 24 board (i.e. six boards) with 3 sets of pieces. (24x16, Cells: 384) By Вадря Покштя.
12. Grand Shatranj N W. Shatranj with 10 individual pieces + pawns per army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Mark Simpson.
13. Grand Ducal Chess. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By John Ayer.
14. Goodchess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
15. Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
16. Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
17. Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
18. Exinox Chess. Normal chess set, new type of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
19. Jurassic Chess. Game with unusual movements, a river, and bridges. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andrew Wong.
20. Flying Bombers Grand Chess. The usual pieces in Chess are complimented by two Flying Bombers, which eliminate enemy pieces by flying over them! (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
21. Flank Chess. Flank Chess with Achilles. (10x9, Cells: 90) By wdtr2.
22. Fighting Kings. The King has switched places with the King Pawn - The King is now a fighting piece. And the pawn must be protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.

Week ending September 09, 2023

1. Queens II. Game with 11 queens and no pawns. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Gerd P. Degens.
2. Zwangkrieg. Pieces affect other pieces' movement, including forced movement. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.

Week ending September 02, 2023

1. Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
2. Battlefront Chess. Game with standard pieces, 12 pawns, 2 Generals, the Archbishop, and the Chancellor. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Davor Vujacic.
3. Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.

Week ending August 19, 2023

1. Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
2. Aquachess. One level underwater, one on the surface, and one in the sky, with many strange pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Bob Greenwade.
3. Royal Lion Chess. Chess with a Royal Lion and many strong pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.

Week ending August 12, 2023

1. Enhanced Pawn Chess (EPC). Pawn upgrading by extended capturing possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
2. Vanguard Chess. Game on 16x16 board, with 48 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Bob Greenwade.
3. Yonin Seireigi. Four-player variant of Seireigi based on Yonin Shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81) By A. M. DeWitt.
4. Bigorra. A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

Week ending July 29, 2023

1. Makromachy. Huge variant with 2x56 pieces, some jumping over many others. (14x14, Cells: 196) By H. G. Muller.

Week ending July 22, 2023

1. Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.

Week ending July 15, 2023

1. Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions. (9x9, Cells: 81) By A. M. DeWitt.

Week ending July 01, 2023

1. Kinzoku. Small variant for little ones, is based on Dobutsu but is very different from it. (3x5, Cells: 15) By Lev Grigoriev.
2. Dobutsu Shogi. The smallest Shogi variant made for kids to learn Shogi. (3x4, Cells: 12) Author: Lev Grigoriev and Tamás Bajusz. Inventor: Madoka Kitao.
3. Metamachy . Zillions of Games file for Metamachy. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

Week ending June 24, 2023

1. Modern Chess960. chess960 with piece placement by players and orthodox castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
2. Historia Ŝako. Historia Ŝako is a Chess variant incorporated between western and eastern variants, by track movement of Elephant and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
3. Radioactive Queen Chess. White has a little diff in setup, but great diff in the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
4. Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
5. Lecce's Chess. semi-chess with a big army. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Andrea Perrone.
6. Trihexagonal Chess. Chess on a deltoidal trihexagonal tiling. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Max Koval.
7. Trigonal Chess. Translating chess onto triangles in a natural way. (9x17, Cells: 81) By Max Koval.
8. Irrational Chess. Chess game on an exotic board. (9x10, Cells: 66) By Max Koval.

Week ending June 17, 2023

1. Ohm's Chess. A fun combination of Chess and Dota. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rushil Baweja.
2. Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions. (9x9, Cells: 81) By A. M. DeWitt.
3. Megalomachy. A huge game with 2x80 pieces, some able to jump over many others. (16x16, Cells: 256) By H. G. Muller.

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