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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.

Week ending May 06, 2023

1. Short Leaper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Petar Djurickovic.
2. Atlantic Graphics. Chess font that supports fairy pieces. By Max Koval.
3. Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
4. Conquer the opponent's army. Captured pieces change sides immediately, occupying the square the capturer moved from. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.

Week ending April 29, 2023

1. Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
2. Wildebeest. A Knight/Camel compound from Wildebeest Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
3. Review: New Rules for Classic Games. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
4. Trigonal Chess: Make Your Own Board to Play Chess On Triangles. SVG-quality PDF file containing instructions and game set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Max Koval.
5. Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal adaptation of Chess with horizontal ranks. (8x12, Cells: 84) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.

Week ending April 22, 2023

1. Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By QIDb602.
2. Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
3. Trade-up Chess. Chess where you trade-up your pieces with pieces in your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Oliver Clarke.
4. Shoko Shogi. Smaller variant of Hook Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
5. Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Thomas .
6. Hook Shogi. 16x16 variant with the hook movers from the largest Shogi variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
7. Lichess. Internet chess server featuring a few variants as well. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
8. AISE. Associazione Italiana Scacchi Eterodossi: the world leading Italian chess variant organization. Author: Alessandro Castelli and Fergus Duniho.
9. Mini Shogi. Play this smallest of Japanese Shogi variants on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.
10. Werewolf Chess. Play this variant in which contagious Werewolves replace Queens on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
11. Wildebeest Chess. Play this large variant featuring a new piece on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
12. Wild Tamerlane. Play this modern version of Tamerlane Chess on Jocly. Author: Jérôme Choain and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
13. Tutti-Frutti Chess. Play this variant in which compounds replace some standard Chess pieces on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Philip M. Cohen.
14. Tori Shogi. Play this small Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
15. Terachess II. An unrealistic summit on a very large board of 16x16 squares and 128 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
16. Terachess. Play this hexadecimal variant with 50% density on Jocly. Author: Jérôme Choain and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
17. Tenjiku Shogi. Play this large historical Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
18. Team-Mate Chess. Play this variant in which it takes a team to checkmate the King on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
19. Sweet 16 Chess. Play this hexadecimal variant that uses only Chess pieces on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
20. Sultanspiel. Play this large 19th century variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Peguilhen.

Week ending April 15, 2023

1. Stone Garden Chess. The animal statues in the stone garden came to life and attacked the two rival kings! With the help of a policeman each, they…. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
2. Double Move Double Chess. Play this double move variant that uses two Chess sets with Game Courier. (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Вадря Покштя.
3. Spartan Chess. Play this unequal armies variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Steven Streetman.
4. Smess. Play this Parker Brothers Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Perry Grant.
5. Shogi. Play the Japanese form of Chess with Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
6. Shatranj. Play this historic predecessor of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
7. 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.
8. Double Move Double Chess. The game is played on a 8x16 chessboard with each player in control of two complete armies. By Вадря Покштя.
9. Rhomboidal Chess. Chess variant on rhombic cells. (8x16, Cells: 84) By Max Koval.

Week ending April 08, 2023

1. Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. Play this Hexagonal variant from the Soviet Union on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
2. Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the early Soviet Union. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
3. Rollerball. Play this game based on a science fiction sport on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Scirocco. Play this decimal variant with several weak fairy pieces on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Adrian King.
5. Romanchenko's Chess. Play Chess on a slightly shifted board with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
6. Reformed Courierspiel. Play this modern version of an historic game on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
7. Raumschach. Play this 3D variant from the early 20th century on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.

Week ending April 01, 2023

1. Shako. Play this Xiangqi-inspired decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Modern Chess. Play this 9x9 variant with one extra piece on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
3. McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Play this hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dave McCooey and Richard Honeycutt.
4. Tremendous Chess. Tremendous Chess is a large chess variant that is played on a 16×16 chessboard with 112 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Вадря Покштя.
5. Mallett Chess. Play this small variant known in Zillions as Knights vs Bishops 5x4 on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jeff Mallett.
6. Great Whale Shogi. Great Whale Shogi by R. Wayne Schmittberger. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
7. King of the Hill. Be the first player to get your King to the top of the hill! (19x19) By Paul E. Newton.
8. Grand Dice Chess. Grand Dice Chess Battle on a 12x12 board with four dice. By Вадря Покштя.
9. Circular Chess. Play this modern form of Circular Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
10. Mini Chess 4x4. Play this miniature Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: David Silverman.
11. Micro 4x5 Chess. Play this miniature Chess variant on Jocly. Inventor: Dan Edje Gustav Glimne.

Week ending March 25, 2023

1. Losing Chess. Play this variant with the object of being stalemated on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
2. Metamachy. Play this large variant with a variety of fairy pieces on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Makruk. Play the Thai version of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
4. Los Alamos Chess. Play the first variant ever programmed for computer play on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Paul Stein and Mark Wells.
5. Kaiserspiel. Play the this 19th century variant, a.k.a. The Emperor's Game, on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Peguilhen.
6. Janus Chess. Play this variant with two extra pieces that move as a Bishop or Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
7. Hyderabad Decimal Chess. Play this historic decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Shir Muhammad.
8. Gustav III Chess. Play this historical variant with Amazons in extra corner spaces. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: King Gustav III of Sweden.
9. Gothic Chess. Play this variation of Capablanca's Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Ed Trice.
10. Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Play this popular hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
11. Gigachess. Play this large 14x14 variant on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
12. Mini Chess. Play Martin Gardner's 5x5 Mini Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
13. Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
14. The Duke of Rutland Chess. Play this large historic variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
15. Demi Chess. Play this half-sized Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
16. De Vasa Chess. Play this hexagonal variant on a rhombus board with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Helga E de Vasa.
17. Chu Shogi. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
18. Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
19. Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
20. Chess 960. Play Fischer Random Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
21. Chancellor Chess. Play this 9x9 19th century variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
22. Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
23. Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Paul E. Newton.

Week ending March 18, 2023

1. Ludii Portal. The home of Ludii, a general game system that can play the full range of traditional strategy games, including chess variants. () Author: A. M. DeWitt.
2. Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
3. An Inexpensive Method to Make Print and Play Chess Variants Sets. Chess Variants Print and Play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul E. Newton.
4. Obento Chess. 12x12 Chess variant with Shogi-style promotions and bent sliding pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.

Week ending March 04, 2023

1. RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
2. Lucky Xiangqi. All the pieces, except the kings, are turned over so you can't see what they are. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
3. 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.
4. Reformed Courier-Spiel. Begnis's attempt to reform the Courier-Spiel proposed by H.C. Albers in 1821. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
5. Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
6. Kyou Shogi. Modified Chu Shogi with pieces from and inspired by Tenjiku Shogi, featuring jumping pieces and Fire Demons. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Edward Webb.
7. Zo Shogi. A variant of Sho Shogi in which Drop rule is included and Prince (promoted Elephant) is a non-royal King. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
8. semisho. Chess, but the left half of the pieces are shogi-based. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
9. Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
10. Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.

Week ending February 25, 2023

1. Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess. By Stephen R. Stockman.
2. Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Fergus Duniho.
3. Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
4. Sky . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.

Week ending February 18, 2023

1. Horizons. Game with 5 new pieces on 12x12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Lev Grigoriev.
2. Seirawan Chess. It's Chess with the option to drop some additional pieces on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Yasser Seirawan and Bruce Harper.
3. Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.
4. Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
5. Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. By Kevin Pacey.
6. Werewolf Chess. An nearly invincible, but bribable Werewolf replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
7. Wild Tamerlane Chess. A clash on a 11x11 board with pairs Queens and Eagles/Gryphons. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
8. Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
9. Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
10. Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
11. Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven Streetman.
12. Scirocco (revised). On ten by ten board with over thirty different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Adrian King.
13. Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Max Koval.
14. Play Chess Variants with Jocly. Missing description

Week ending February 11, 2023

1. Stone's Chess. Chess variant with the addition of two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By rhett applestone.
2. Kuuzen Dai Shogi. Dai Shogi with different promotions, invented by Eric Silverman. (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: Eric Silverman.
3. Numeral Chess. Numeral Chess requires sharp eyes and promotes deep strategical calculation similar to Go (WeiQi). (17x17, Cells: 289) By Eric Truong.
4. Minjiku Shogi. Wild shogi variant, with pieces that burn neighbors or jump many pieces. (10x10, Cells: 104) By H. G. Muller.
5. Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
6. Mitsugumi Shogi. Smaller variant of Suzumu Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
7. Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Gerd P. Degens.
8. Expansion chess. Get points per each your piece on other half of board to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
9. Orthodia. Break your orthogonal and diagonal patterns! (Two versions). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
10. VERO Chess. Standard chess with a twist. By RICHARD BIELE.
11. ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Cyrus Arturas.
12. The Custom Crushers. A 'build it yourself' Chess with Different Armies army inspired by the Corps from 12 Augmenters Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.

Week ending February 04, 2023

1. Riftwalker Chess. A 4 dimensional game on a 3x3x3x3 board. (3x(3x(3x3)), Cells: 81) By Nick Fletcher.

Week ending January 28, 2023

1. Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
2. PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
3. Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.

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