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44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.
Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
- All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
- Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
- Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88)
- Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer.
- Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Chess Variant Construction Set. Putting together a set of materials for playing several different Chess variants.
- Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)
- Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Chu Shogi.
Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!)
- Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (16x4, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)
Crazyhouse 
. A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- Dragonchess. A three-dimensional fantasy variant. (3x(12x8), Cells: 288) (Recognized!)
- Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Exotic Pieces. Menagerie of pieces, old and new. Have fun!
- Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Falcon Chess. Game on an 8x10 board with a new piece: The Falcon. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.
- Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)
- Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are
held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
How to Play Chess: The Rules
. YouTube Video on How to Play Chess.
- Janggi: Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
- Japanese Chess. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)
- Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) (Recognized!)
- Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!)
- Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Makruk (Thai chess). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!)
- Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Modest Proposals. An Introduction to Modest variants.
- Odin's Rune Chess. A game inspired by Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity, runes, and Nordic Mythology. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) (Recognized!)
- Opulent Chess. A derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). (10x10, Cells: 100)
Piececlopedia Guidelines. Missing description
- 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!)
- Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!)
- Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)
- Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!)
- Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (7x(), Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Wikipedia Chess Variants. Collaborative encyclodepia.
- Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!)
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