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1. Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
2. Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!)
3. Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)

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1. Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

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1. Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!)

X

1. Xiangqi (象棋): Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)

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1. 4-handed Chaturanga with dice. Missing description
2. 4-handed Shatranj. 4-handed Shatranj.

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1. A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules.
2. Abagoren Chess. Old Bulgarian Chess variant for Zillions of Games.
3. Abagoren Macedonian Chess . Missing description
4. Alfil. Jumps two diagonally (see Alfil).
5. Alfonso X book. Website with pictures from historical book on games.
6. Ancient Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
7. Ancient Chess. Site dedicated to the history and evolution of Chess!
8. Archchess. Late 17th chess variant from Italy on large board with pieces which include modern queen and squirrel.
9. Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100)
10. ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)

B

1. BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware).
2. Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available).
3. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Missing description
4. Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available).
5. Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
6. Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set.
7. Byzanatine Chess. Circular 16x4 Shatranj variant.
8. Byzanatine Chess II. A different account of the old circular game.
9. Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
10. Byzantine Chess . A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board.
11. Byzantine Chess. Play this historical circular variant with Jocly.
12. Byzantine Chess endgames. Queen vs Pawn. Endgame analysis for historic round chess variant.
13. Byzantine Chess Theory. Towards the theory of Byzantine Chess.

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1. Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game.
2. Cambodian Chess . Mysterious 9x9 "Cambodian" Chess game that seems unknown in Cambodia.
3. Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap.
4. Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80)
5. Cavalry Chess. All pieces have additional knight move except knights which get camel + zebra moves.
6. Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice) . Missing description
7. Chaturanga . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
8. Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!)
9. Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Chaturanga . Oldest known form of chess.
11. Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess.
12. Chaturanga. Computer game that plays Chaturanga and many other variations.
13. Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
14. Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics.
15. Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the.
17. Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
18. CHESS Eccentricities, By Major George Hope Verney. Images from the book (complete).
19. Chess History and Reminiscences. Project Gutenberg eBook version of this public domain book (large!).
20. Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Mansubat: Chess Problems of 1001 years ago.
21. Chess problems of 1001 years ago: A modern exercise?. This old and simple shatranj problem uses only modern pieces and rules.
22. Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check!. Old shatranj problem of a form, typical for many such problems (mansubat).
23. Chess Stamps from Laos. Stamps with historical paintings of chess variants.
24. Chinese Chess.. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game.
25. Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!)
26. Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion.
27. Chu Shogi Western . Missing description
28. Circular Chess. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf).
29. Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. (10x10, Cells: 104)
30. Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels.
31. Citadel Shatranj . A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadel.
32. Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds.
33. Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly.
34. Courier Chess. Early German version.
35. Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe.
36. Courier Chess . A large historic variant from Medieval Europe.
37. Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)
38. Courier Chess. A painting of a Courier Chess game by the famous Dutch painter Lucas van Leyden, from 1510.
39. Courier Chess (modified). Missing description (8x12, Cells: 96)
40. Courier Chess - Printable Rule Booklet - FREE DOWNLOAD. Easy to Print Concise Rule Booklet of the Medieval Courier Game.
41. The Courier Game. Description of Courier Chess, with printable pieces and board. (12x8, Cells: 96)
42. Courier-Spiel . This is a more modern variant of Courier Chess in 19th.
43. Courier-Spiel. 19th century variant of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
44. Courrier Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.

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1. Dabbabah. Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically.
2. Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289)
3. Dai Dai Shogi. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century.
4. Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289)
5. Dai Shogi. Large armies including a multi-capturing Lion battle each other on a big board. (15x15, Cells: 225)
6. Dilaram's problem. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Famous old shatranj problem.
7. The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Missing description
8. The Duke of Rutland's Chess . Large variant from 18th century England.
9. The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140)
10. The Duke of Rutland's Chess. 14x10 version.

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1. EDILÁN. EDILÁN has available facsimiles of many of the books of King Alfonso X, including his book on chess and other games.
2. The Elephant. Jumps two diagonally (see Alfil).
3. Enochian Chess. Four-player team variant of the Golden Dawn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants.

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1. Fairy Pieces part 1 . zillions file with many shogi pieces.
2. Ferz. Moves one diagonally.
3. Fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192)
4. Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Four-handed Chess by Capt. George Hope Verney. Missing description

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1. Gala. Medieval game of German farmers. (10x10, Cells: 100)
2. Gala . Historical German variant from the Middle Ages.
3. Gala. Historical German variant from the Middle Ages.
4. Gala (Farmer's Chess). Gala, a medieval cross between chess and tafl games. New rules reconstruction (with zrf).
5. Gala set photos. Missing description
6. Games ancient and oriental and how to play them. Missing description
7. Giraffe. Makes (1,4)-jump.
8. Grande Acedrex . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
9. Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144)
10. Grande Acedrex. Java applet that plays Grande Acedrex.
11. Grande Acedrex . A large variant from 13th century Europe.
12. Grande Acedrex. Missing description
13. Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board.
14. Great chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
15. A Guide to Variant Chess. Variant Chess Games.
16. Gustav III's Chess. Invented by King Gustav III of Sweden (1746-92).

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1. Heian Shogi . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
2. Heian-Dai Shogi. Early Great Shogi. (13x13, Cells: 169)
3. Hiashatar. Mongolian Decimal Chess.
4. Hiashatar. A Mongolian historical variant, featuring the very special Bodyguard piece (zrf available).
5. Hiashatar . Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side.
6. Hiashatar Photos. Photos of some hiashatar sets from Mongolia.
7. Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game.
9. Historic chess variants . by Sam Trenholme.
10. Historical Chess Variants . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
11. Historical Variants. Case Western Reserve University Medieval Society Games Page.
12. A History of Chess. In depth reference book on the history of chess.
13. Hnefatafl - the Strategic Board Game of the Vikings . Detailed rules and history of a Chess-like game played for 100's of years in Northern Europe.

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1. Indian Chess. Some local variant rules from the colonial period.
2. Indian/Turkish Grand Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board.
3. Information on historic chess variants. Missing description
4. Isle of Lewis Chess Men. Missing description

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1. Khmer Chess:Kar Ouk . First check the opponent's Khun (King) , you win the game.
2. King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction.
3. Knight (a.k.a. Horse). Makes a (1,2)-jump.
4. Korean Chess. Korean Chess: presentation plus a strong Zillions implementation.

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1. Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80)

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1. Maharadscha . Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army.
2. Maharaja and Sepoys I. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army.
3. Maharaja and Sepoys II. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. The maharaja.
4. The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Maka Dai Dai Shogi. Pieces promote on capture, some to multi-capturing monsters. (19x19, Cells: 361)
6. Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi. Historical ultra large Shogi variant.
7. Makruk (Siamese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
8. Manticore. Moves one space orthogonally, then slides outward as a Bishop.
9. Marinelli's three-handed chess, or Triple Chess. Historic chess variant for three players. (Cells: 136)
10. Mat-al-magnun. The fool's mate in Shatranj.
11. Mimotaur Chess. Missing description

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1. Nilakantha's Intellectual Game. 17th or 18th century Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Nilakantha's Intellectual Game. 17th or 18th century Indian chess variation.
3. Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move.
4. Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Ninth Century Indian Chess . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.

O

1. Oblong chess . Variant of Shatranj, played on a four by sixteen sized board.
2. Oblong chess. Variant of Shatranj, played on a four by sixteen sized board. (4x16, Cells: 64)
3. Oblong Chess 1. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 1.
4. Oblong Chess 2. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 2.
5. Oblong Chess 3. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 3.
6. Oblong Chess 4. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 4.
7. Oblong Chess 44 . Missing description
8. Oblong Chess 5. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 5.
9. Oblong Chess 6. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 6.
10. Oblong Chess 7. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 7.
11. Oblong Shatranj with Die. Missing description
12. Ouk Chatrang (Cambodian Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
13. Oxford History of Board Games. Describes board games from their ancient inception to the present day.

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1. Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse.
2. Parsi Chess. 19th century southern Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Paulovits's Game. Istv.
4. Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote.
5. Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Photos of a Gala Set.. Missing description

Q

1. Quivira Font. Unicode, TrueType font containing historical chess piece characters.

R

1. Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present".
2. Raumschach (rules enforcing). Play Raumschach on Game Courier, with rules enforced.
3. Romanchenko's Chess. FIDE Chess trainer Romanchenko shifted the FIDE board in the middle to help his students think for themselves.
4. Rook (a.k.a. Chariot). Moves across unobstructed orthogonal line.
5. Round chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
6. Russian fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192)
7. Russian Fortress Chess. Missing description

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1. Schada - Het Wereld Spel. A crossover between Chess and Draughts from the 1930's. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Self's three-handed chess. 19th century chess variant for three players. (Cells: 144)
3. Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40)
4. Senterej . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
5. Senterej . Missing description
6. shat2diag2. A tool to make uncheckered chess and fairy / variant chess diagrams.
7. Shatar (Mongolian Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
8. Shatra . Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
9. Shatra . Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
10. Shatra. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
11. ShatraDev2 . Windows program to play Shatra against the computer.
12. Shatranj. Persian chess, ancestral to the Western forms.
13. Shatranj. The widely played historic Arabian game, predecessor of modern chess. (Recognized!)
14. Shatranj . The widely played historic Persian game, predecessor of modern chess.
15. Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
16. Shatranj . Version with fancy graphics.
17. Shatranj . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
18. Shatranj Al-Husun - Citadel Chess. Historical variant of Shatranj.
19. Shatranj for Four. 4-handed Shatranj.
20. Shatranj Kamil. Shatranj Kamil or "Perfect Chess" a historical variant combining alfils, camels rooks and ferz.
21. Shatranj Kamil I. Large shatranj variant with new piece: camel. (10x10, Cells: 100)
22. Shatranj Kamil II. Large historic shatranj variant with new piece: dabbabah or war machine. (10x10, Cells: 100)
23. Shatranj Plus . Play four large historical variations of Shatranj including Tamerlane Chess!
24. Shatranj Problems. Mansubat: Chess Problems of 1001 years ago.
25. Sho Shogi (Little/Small Shogi) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
26. Siege Chess. Historic chess variant with fortress on cross-shaped board.
27. Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
28. Super Tamerlane. A more modern version of the original Tamerlane Chess.

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1. Tamerlan Chess . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics.
2. Tamerlane Chess. Chess game said to have been favored, perhaps even invented, by ruler Timur the Lame in the 14th c.
3. Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!)
4. Tamerlane Chess. Old Persian large-board game, widely-played in medieval times.
5. Tamerlane Chess . A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj.
6. Tamerlane Chess set. Photo of home made set of historic chess variant.
7. Tamerlane chess: ms 7322 version. Information on historic variant of Tamerlane chess. (11x10, Cells: 112)
8. Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256)
9. Tenjiku Shogi. Four hundred year old, large, historical variant of Shogi.
10. Tori Shogi. Bird Shogi.
11. Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant.
12. Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
13. Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third out of six variations on Great Chess.
14. Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third of six variations on Great Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144)
15. Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. Play this variation of Great Chess by e-mail!
16. Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. John Gollon's fourth variation. This completes the set of 6. (14x14, Cells: 168)
17. Two Large Shatranj Variants. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)

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1. Vierschach. 19th Century 4-player game where allies start off at right angles to each other. (14x14, Cells: 160)

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1. Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121)
2. Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier.
3. Waider's three-handed chess. Missing description (Cells: 126)
4. The Water wheel. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. A shatranj problem with an ingenious construction.
5. Wazir. Moves one square orthogonally.

X

1. Xiangqi (象棋): Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)

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