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Week ending May 06, 2023

Short Leaper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Petar Djurickovic.
Atlantic Graphics. Chess font that supports fairy pieces. By Max Koval.
Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
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

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.
Wildebeest. A Knight/Camel compound from Wildebeest Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Review: New Rules for Classic Games. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
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.
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

Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By QIDb602.
Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
Trade-up Chess. Chess where you trade-up your pieces with pieces in your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Oliver Clarke.
Shoko Shogi. Smaller variant of Hook Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Thomas .
Hook Shogi. 16x16 variant with the hook movers from the largest Shogi variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
Lichess. Internet chess server featuring a few variants as well. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
AISE. Italian Association of Chess Variants. Author: Alessandro Castelli and Fergus Duniho.
Mini Shogi. Play this smallest of Japanese Shogi variants on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.
Werewolf Chess. Play this variant in which contagious Werewolves replace Queens on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Wildebeest Chess. Play this large variant featuring a new piece on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Wild Tamerlane. Play this modern version of Tamerlane Chess on Jocly. Author: Jérôme Choain and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
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.
Tori Shogi. Play this small Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
Terachess II. An unrealistic summit on a very large board of 16x16 squares and 128 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Terachess. Play this hexadecimal variant with 50% density on Jocly. Author: Jérôme Choain and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Tenjiku Shogi. Play this large historical Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
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.
Sweet 16 Chess. Play this hexadecimal variant that uses only Chess pieces on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Sultanspiel. Play this large 19th century variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Peguilhen.

Week ending April 15, 2023

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.
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.
Spartan Chess. Play this unequal armies variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Steven Streetman.
Smess. Play this Parker Brothers Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Perry Grant.
Shogi. Play the Japanese form of Chess with Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
Shatranj. Play this historic predecessor of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
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.
Double Move Double Chess. The game is played on a 8x16 chessboard with each player in control of two complete armies. By Вадря Покштя.
Rhomboidal Chess. Chess variant on rhombic cells. (8x16, Cells: 84) By Max Koval.

Week ending April 08, 2023

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

Shako. Play this Xiangqi-inspired decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Modern Chess. Play this 9x9 variant with one extra piece on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Play this hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dave McCooey and Richard Honeycutt.
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.
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.
Great Whale Shogi. Great Whale Shogi by R. Wayne Schmittberger. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
King of the Hill. Be the first player to get your King to the top of the hill! (19x19) By Paul E. Newton.
Grand Dice Chess. Grand Dice Chess Battle on a 12x12 board with four dice. By Вадря Покштя.
Circular Chess. Play this modern form of Circular Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Mini Chess 4x4. Play this miniature Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: David Silverman.
Micro 4x5 Chess. Play this miniature Chess variant on Jocly. Inventor: Dan Edje Gustav Glimne.

Week ending March 25, 2023

Losing Chess. Play this variant with the object of being stalemated on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Metamachy. Play this large variant with a variety of fairy pieces on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Makruk. Play the Thai version of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
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.
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.
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.
Hyderabad Decimal Chess. Play this historic decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Shir Muhammad.
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.
Gothic Chess. Play this variation of Capablanca's Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Ed Trice.
Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Play this popular hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
Gigachess. Play this large 14x14 variant on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Mini Chess. Play Martin Gardner's 5x5 Mini Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
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.
Demi Chess. Play this half-sized Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
De Vasa Chess. Play this hexagonal variant on a rhombus board with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Helga E de Vasa.
Chu Shogi. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Chess 960. Play Fischer Random Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Chancellor Chess. Play this 9x9 19th century variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
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

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.
Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
An Inexpensive Method to Make Print and Play Chess Variants Sets. Chess Variants Print and Play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul E. Newton.
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

RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
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.
8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.
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.
Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
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.
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.
semisho. Chess, but the left half of the pieces are shogi-based. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.

Week ending February 25, 2023

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

Week ending February 18, 2023

Horizons. Game with 5 new pieces on 12x12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Lev Grigoriev.
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.
Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.
Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. By Kevin Pacey.
Werewolf Chess. An nearly invincible, but bribable Werewolf replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Wild Tamerlane Chess. A clash on a 11x11 board with pairs Queens and Eagles/Gryphons. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
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.
Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven Streetman.
Scirocco (revised). On ten by ten board with over thirty different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Adrian King.
Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Max Koval.
Play Chess Variants with Jocly. Missing description

Week ending February 11, 2023

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

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

Week ending January 28, 2023

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.
PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.

Week ending January 14, 2023

Siege. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.

Week ending January 07, 2023

Duck Chess. A Duck that must be moved by both players can block your moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Tim Paulden.

Week ending December 31, 2022

Tamerlane II. Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

Week ending December 10, 2022

Interactive diagrams. Diagrams that interactively show piece moves. By H. G. Muller.
Elkrider Chess. Elkrider plus regular pieces. The Elkrider moves like a Nightrider if standing on white squares, otherwise it moves like a Rook. By M Winther.
Elk Chess. The double-barrelled Elk moves differently depending on square colour. By M Winther.
Dynasty Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces. By sam tenka.
Dream Chess 47. 47-square variant played from opposite corners of a 7 by 7 board with the other corners removed. (7x7, Cells: 47) By Charles Gilman.
Dream Chess 46. 46-squasre variant played from opposite corners of a FIDE board with the other corners removed. (8x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Gilman.
Claustrophobia. Played utilizing 46 squares of a chessboard, using new unique pieces, all of which can be represented by the standard pieces. (5x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
Doublebarrel Chess. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Douglas Modern chess. A chess variant with a more interesting start position, leading to more action. By Ian Douglas.
Epic Chess. Massive attack chess on a board 10x10. By Вадря Покштя.
Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). By M Winther.
Expanded Chess. An attempt at a logical expansion of Chess to a 10x10 board. By Daniel Zacharias.
Enhanced Courier Chess. Courier Chess with the weaker pieces enhanced. By Daniel Zacharias.
Doublecannon-Chess (8x10). A big-board variant featuring the amazing new piece, the Doublecannon (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Doublecannon Chess. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists). By M Winther.
Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Crouching Stepper, Hidden Rider. Xiang Qi pieces' moves lengthen and shorten with location. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

Week ending December 03, 2022

Displacement Chess 2. The most logical step for the evolution of standard Chess: flexible castling and interchange of king and queen for one side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Charles Daniel.
Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess (2001). By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces. By QIDb602.
Crooked Board Chess. Variant on a board of standard size but odd shape. (8x12, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Dimachaer Chess. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available). By M Winther.
The Demon Game. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
Crossrook Chess. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crossbishop_Chess (8x10). A big-board variant featuring the new Crossbishop piece, an advanced cannon relative (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crossbishop Chess. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon. By M Winther.
Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
Canoness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 88) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Camelrider Chess. P. Aronson's big-board variant with regular pieces and Camelriders. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Zanzibar-S. A game in between Metamachy and Zanzibar-XL with 36 pieces per side. Preferred by some to the -XL version. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
HTML vs Markdown. A style guide to using Markdown or HTML on this site. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
Buccaneer Chess. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available). By M Winther.
Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board. By M Winther.
Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black and Gary K. Gifford.

Week ending November 26, 2022

Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Complete Chess . on big board with riding and leaping piece families. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Thomas .
Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side. By Albert Lee.
Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Mikhail Sosnovsky.
Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
War of the Roses. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Skica. 10x10 with Ski Pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daniel Zacharias.
Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens. By Albert Lee.
Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
USCF. United States Chess Federation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Airplane Chess. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf). By M Winther.
FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.

Week ending November 19, 2022

Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
Reroute66. A simpler game using the same board as Gerd Degens' Chess66. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.

Week ending November 12, 2022

Mansindam. A variant that combines 'drop' rule and strong pieces, and there is no draw. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.

Week ending November 05, 2022

The Marvellous Megafauna. A diverse Chess with Different Armies faction with riders and leapers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.
Mapped Chess. Mapped Chess Game with extended 3D moves mapped on 2 boards. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Stephane Burkhart.
Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman. (10x10, Cells: 100) By A. M. DeWitt.
Mitsugumi Shogi. Smaller variant of Suzumu Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
Paragi. Shogi without drop rule + Strong pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
Sharp Chess. Drawless Chess with minor victory conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Zacharias.

Week ending September 24, 2022

Thuria Jetan. Jetan variant played on standard chessboard. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fredrik Ekman.
Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Book about jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fredrik Ekman.

Week ending August 27, 2022

Void Shogi. Modest Shogi variant with more diverse promotions for the minor pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andrew L Smith.

Week ending August 06, 2022

Chess Remix. Create your chess variant. () By Alexandr Oleshko.
Uneven pieces chess. The two armies have their back rank material distributed in different ways, discouraging trades. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Andrew L Smith.

Week ending July 30, 2022

Three Realms Chess. A three layer variant with familiar and fantastical pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Andrew L Smith.
Majority Chess. You can move a piece only if it is on a file where you have a majority of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Emiliano "Wentu" Venturini.
Omnichess. Omnichess - Create and play chess variants. 2-8 players. Square, Hexagonal, Triangular board types. By ch1gz .
Chess 66. Board based on the 8x8 arrangement - with the difference that 66 fields are now available. (8x8, Cells: 66) By Gerd P. Degens.

Week ending July 23, 2022

VD Chess. VD Chess is a game of random chess with 5,760 possible starting positions and with fairy pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Davor Vujacic.
Shogessi.... A link to the Tabletop Simulator module. Updated rules/graphics. (17x(17x19), Cells: 289) By Eric Watkins.
Quadlevel 3D Chess. Four level 3d chess. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128) Author: Robert Koernke Jr. Inventor: Robert Koernke Sr and Robert Koernke Jr.

Week ending July 16, 2022

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.
Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
https://www.omnichess.club/variant/bc6b6876-dbdc-419c-bba4-3e462. Missing description

Week ending July 09, 2022

d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Maurice Dekker.
Enhanced Courier Chess. Courier Chess with the weaker pieces enhanced. By Daniel Zacharias.
Tank Chess. Upgrade your tank to defeat others. By Alexander Mach.

Week ending June 04, 2022

Wild Tamerlane Chess. Game Courier Preset to play Wild Tamerlane Chess, a fury on 11x11 board. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

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