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1. 4x16 Race Chess Revisited. New version of race chess on circular 4 by 16 board. (16x4, Cells: 64)

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1. ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces.
3. Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
4. Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
5. Abstract Chess . Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones.
6. Across the Board : The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems. Short information on book of J. Watkins, with puzzles about the chessboard.
7. Advancement Chess. kevintucker88.
8. Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42)
9. AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Alice Chess . New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards.
11. Alice Chess. Play this classic variant in which pieces switch between boards whenever they move. (Recognized!)
12. Alice Chess . Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move.
13. Alice Chess. Looking-glass boards. Extremely popular variant.
14. Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
15. Alice Chess II. Alice Chess with armies starting on opposite boards.
16. All the King's Men. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
17. Alseid Chess. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists).
18. Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor.
19. Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81)
20. Altair . Take a look at this sample game of Altair!
21. Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64)
22. Amazon Knights Chess. The queen may also move as a knight, and rooks and bishops.
23. Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
24. Amazons. Amazons and a computer version.
25. Amiral Chess. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
26. Andromi. Game with simple rules.
27. Archabbott Chess. Introduces the Archabbott piece which moves like Bishop + Wazir + Dabbaba.
28. Arena Chess. Entry in the 32-move-maximum contest.
29. Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves.
30. Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
31. Assimilation Chess . Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces.
32. Assimilation Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart.
33. Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
34. Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent.
35. Attrition Chess. Played on an 11x10 board, each player starts with 33 pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110)
36. Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)

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1. Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63)
2. Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
3. Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
4. Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game.
5. Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
6. Bedlam . A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
7. Belfry Chess. Introducing the belfry catapult.
8. Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces.
9. Bifold Halfgi. Bifold pieces are able to combine with other same-colored bifold pieces and move as a single normal sized piece.
10. Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced.
11. Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb.
12. Bomberman Chess. Two "bombs" and a "defuser" spice up this 10 x 8 game.
13. BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
14. Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42)
15. Border Wars . Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi.
16. Border Wars II . Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects.
17. Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44)
18. Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49)
19. Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board.
20. Building chess. Add a square after every move.
21. Burden of royality. Missing description
22. Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
23. Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points.

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1. Cai Qi. Chesslike game on circular board.
2. Canopus . Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid.
3. Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72)
4. Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
5. Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
6. Castalia Chess. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists).
7. Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup.
9. Cetina Random Chess. Missing description
10. Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144)
12. Chad. Christian Freeling's simple game of complex strategy.
13. Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
14. Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces.
15. Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
17. chass. www.chass.info.
18. Chec Toe. Chec Toe is a 4x4 Chess variant played with a six sided die, incorporating uniquely designed features, such as Checkering, Cross.
19. Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64)
20. Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers.
21. Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes.
22. Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80)
23. Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added . On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces.
24. Chess on a Longer Board Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament.
25. Chess on a Mass Transit System. Missing description
26. Chess Variant Score Notation Book. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants.
27. Chess with checkers added. Add checkers in front of the pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
28. Chess with Cyclical Armies . Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value.
29. Chess with Cyclical Armies. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value.
30. Chess with Promoters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
31. A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory.
32. Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique.
33. CHESSAGON. CHESSAGON® is like traditional Chess, but with Triangles, with one new additional piece named the Duke.
34. ChessArena.io. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game.
35. Chessenat. Game from Columbia with custodial captures.
36. Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
37. Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
38. Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
39. Chessoids: SuperPawn and NeutronChess. A large and complicated chess variant. (11x10, Cells: 111)
40. Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (3x(5x5), Cells: 43)
41. Chieftain Chess. Large variant using 4 royal pieces with command control, multi-piece moves and pieces that may shift direction as they move.
42. Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move.
43. Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
44. Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
45. Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
46. Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
47. Colour Chess and Lure. Chess Variant where the board is different every time you play, and you can control what pieces your opponent can move next.
48. Commodore Chess. Featuring the Commodore piece (also called Leo) on a Gustavian board.
49. Connect Shoot Kill. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
50. Constable Chess. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf.
51. Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant.
52. Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances.
53. Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
54. Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns.
55. Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64)
56. Cows and Butterflies. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions.
57. Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
58. Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
59. Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse.
60. Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64)
61. CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces.
62. Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece.
63. Crossbishop Chess. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
64. Crossrook Chess. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
65. The Crown of Krithala. Pieces move a crown which the opponent wants to capture.
66. CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules.
67. Cuarenta. Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board.
68. Cuarenta . Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board.
69. Cypher Chess. Game with novel piece.

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1. DCP.WOZ Chess. Large variant with unorthodox pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90)
2. Demi Chess. Weak short range pieces with less symmetry than some more familliar pieces.
3. Demotion Chessgi. a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
4. Demotion Chessgi . Chessgi variant limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
5. Deneb. Now you can play Deneb on the Play-By-Mail system!
6. Deneb. Special pieces and winning conditions. (7x9, Cells: 63)
7. Deneb . Special pieces and winning conditions.
8. Deneb Play-By-Mail game. Observe this game being played in the Invent and Play contest! Turn 4.
9. Diamond Chess 306. Missing description (22x24, Cells: 306)
10. Diffusion Chess. Pieces start out in groups and must continually break apart into smaller groups. Played on a GO board. (19x19, Cells: 361)
11. Dimachaer Chess. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available).
12. Dino-Czars. Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts. (Cells: 42)
13. Dino-Czars . Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts.
14. Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game.
15. Double Diamond. Pieces start diagonally across from one another and pawns move diagonally.
16. Double EIGHTEEN-STONE chess. David Short combines his Double Chess with Jim Aikin's Eight-Stone Chess.
17. Doublecannon Chess. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists).
18. Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries.
19. DUAL RING Tournament Format. Tournament format for handling uneven number of players.
20. Dune Chess. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert.

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1. Ecumenical Chess. Ecumenical Chess features three variants with camel-bishop, camel-rook knight-camel compounds.
2. Eight-Stone Chess. Players can move neutral stones as well as pieces.
3. Elephant Hunt . Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements.
4. Elephant Hunt. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. (10x10, Cells: 100)
5. Elephant Hunt. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements.
6. Elevator Chess. Multiple boards with simultaneous games are linked through central elevator squares.
7. Emperor of China. A cross between Chess and Halma.
8. Emperor of China. A Chess and Halma mixed game.
9. Endgame. Players start out with 16 pawns and gain pieces via promotion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Enthralling Chess. A 32-turn variant in which pieces are 'enthralled', and then 'liberated' (ie. removed from the board).
12. Epic Chess. Massive attack chess on a board 10x10.
13. ERB Jetan . Implements different possible rules for Jetan.
14. Essedar Chess. Introducing the Essedar, which captures orthogonally but moves by the collision method (zrf available).
15. Eurasian Pawn piece. A hybrid European and Asian Pawn.
16. Evo. Game with chess-variant elements.
17. Exchess Set. New chess pieces that can be used in combination with Staunton chess pieces.
18. Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat.
19. Expansion chess. Get points per each your piece on other half of board to win. (8x8, Cells: 64)
20. Extreme 2D Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)

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1. Famicom PPU Chess. Game inspired by limitation of Famicom PPU. (10x10, Cells: 80)
2. Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game.
3. Fanorona Chess . Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal.
4. Fanorona Chess. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. (5x9, Cells: 45)
5. FCC. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces.
6. Fidchell. Gary Gygax's Fidchell.
7. Finding ways to spin your games. After having moved, pieces change type in rotating order.
8. FlipChess. Chess variant in which pieces keep changing state.
9. Flying Armies . Missing description
10. Font: Draughts . True type font with symbols for draughts/checkers pieces.
11. Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football.
12. Fractal Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 80)
13. Free Choice Chess. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces.
14. Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. (8x8, Cells: 64)
15. Fugue . Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways.
16. Full House. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
17. Fun-in-a-Box Chess. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
18. Fun-In-A-Box Chess . Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
19. Fusion Chess . Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart.
20. Fusion Chess A. Pieces merge and separate.
21. Fusion Chess B. Pieces merge and separate.
22. Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
23. Fusion Chessgi . A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
24. Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.
25. Fusion Diamond 41 . A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.
26. Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41)

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1. G.U.E. 3D Chess. A 3D Chess game paying homage to those really great Zork adventures.
2. Gadsden's Toroidal Chess . Edges of the board are considered to be adjacent.
3. Gambler's Chess. A scheme for adding betting to any Chess variant.
4. The Game for the Trees. Pieces grow on the board, occupying multiple squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. The Game of Nemoroth. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Ganeshan Chess. Introducing a new Elephant piece known as (the) Ganapati. (10x10, Cells: 100)
7. Gaul Chess. Introducing the Gaul, which captures like a bishop, but moves by the bifurcated jump method, on an H-board (zrf available).
8. Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces.
9. Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added.
10. Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279)
11. Glacial Shift. 4-player game played with Icehouse pieces with Shogi-style captures and where the same piece moves differently for each player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
12. Go. Play Go with Game Courier.
13. Granlem Shatranj. This is a mash-up of Grand Shatranj & Lemurian Shatranj with a 3 moves/player turn option.
14. Grasshopper Chess. Row of grasshoppers behind the pawns.
15. Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers.
16. Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers.
17. Grenadier Chess. Introducing the Grenadier piece on an H-shaped board. A game for the attacking player. With zrf.
18. Gryphon Chess. Units are promoted on each move.
19. Gryphon Chess II. Units are promoted on each move.
20. Gustav III's Chess. Invented by King Gustav III of Sweden (1746-92).
21. Gustavian Camelrider Chess. Camelriders and regular pieces on a Gustavian (68squares) board.
22. Gustavian Cannonrider Chess. Cannonriders and regular pieces on a Gustavian (68 squares) board. Cannonriders move differently depending on square colour.
23. Gustavian-Camelrider Chess (with Scorpions). Camelriders and Scorpions on a 68 square Gustavian board.

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1. Half Courier. Missing description
2. Hanga Roa. Play Hanga Roa on Game Courier!
3. Hanga Roa . Play Hanga Roa with Zillions of Games!
4. Hanga Roa. A chess variant inspired by the people of Easter Island. (9x9, Cells: 81)
5. Haunted Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Hecatomb. Each player has 31 queens and one king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Hecatomb Chess. One king and 31 queens on each side.
8. Helmsman Chess. Introducing the Helmsman and the bounce-move, whereby the piece deviates orthogonally. A very positional piece (zrf available).
9. Hibryd I. Game played on 4x4 board with a King and four Pawns each, neutral pieces, multiple forms of capture and many ways of winning. (4x4, Cells: 16)
10. Hit-point Chess. Pieces start with 30 hit points and attack by stepping next to the target. (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive.
12. 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.
13. Hopgi . Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers.
14. Hopgi. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. (7x7, Cells: 43)
15. Hoplit Chess. Introducing the Hoplit, a very mobile modern relative of the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
16. Hoplomach Chess. Introducing the Hoplomach, a dynamic bifurcation cannon, related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
17. Hordes of Change. A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
18. Hordes of Change . A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess.
19. Hordes of Change - Sample Game. Missing description
20. Howitzer Chess. Introducing another piece named Howitzer, a fearful form of cannon, on the H-board. For the advanced tactician. With zrf.
21. Hubbub. Preset for Hubbub, a short-range version of Brouhaha.
22. Hullabaloo. Fusion, fission game with drops, giant conglomerations and two types of activation.

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1. I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here. A variant in which pieces disappear if left too long in the wrong place. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. IAGO Chess System. http://abstractgamers.org/wiki/iago-chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Icehouse . Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
4. Infinite Recursion Chess. Another mega-chess type game. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
5. Influenced 8-Leveled 3D Alice Chess. A combination of Influence and Alice Chess on a 3D board. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
6. Insane. Pieces change to random type when they move. With program playing this variant.
7. Interweave . Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color.
8. Interweave. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. It's not a job for King. Two relatively modest games, playing with power and royality. (8x8, Cells: 64)

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1. Jai-Alai . A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball.
2. Jai-Alai. A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball. (9x8, Cells: 72)
3. Jester Chess. Featuring pieces that mimic last piece moved, archers that can either capture OR move. quadrapawns, and murray lions.
4. Jetan . Martian Chess, coming from the book The Chessmen of Mars.
5. Jetan - Martian Chess. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100)
6. Jetan, ERB . Implements different possible rules for Jetan.
7. Joe Joyce Hyperchess. Easy to play 3D Chess variant where pieces can act on small board or large board.
8. Joust. Missing description
9. Joust . Two knights. Squares cannot be revisited.
10. Joust. Two knights. Squares cannot be revisited.
11. Joust Chess. Rotating pieces, long range movement, adjacent capture, both in one turn using different directions.
12. Jurassic Chess. Dinosaur based chess variant played with regular chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)

K

1. Kibitzing Vox Populi Chess variant. Rules for turning kibitzing into a game unto itself.
2. King of the Ladder Tournament Rules. Ideas for rules to mix variants together in one game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. King's Fortress Chess. Random setup with king's in opposite corners and extra pawns.
4. King's Run. An entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run.
5. King's Run . An entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run.
6. Kingdom Chess. Large variant with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
7. Kings or Lemmings?. Normal chess except that a player can produce clones of his king.
8. Knight Chase. Game played on with two Knights on a Chessboard with differing goals. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Knight-Tac-Toe . Win by placing 3 pieces in a row.
10. The Knightliest Black Hole. Knighted pieces on a constantly diminishing board.
11. Knightliest Black Hole . Knighted pieces on a constantly diminishing board.
12. Koopa Chess. Form of chess based on the Mario Brothers series of video games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
13. Kylatori Sunset. Small variant combining replacement, custodian and coordination capture. (6x8, Cells: 48)

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1. Ladon Chess. Introducing the Ladon, a short-range piece that can repel any other piece, and also capture this way (zrf available).
2. Laquear Chess. Introducing the Laquear, that captures like a bishop, but moves by the collision method (zrf available).
3. Large Variants in the Historic North European Style. Missing description ()
4. Laser Chess. Shoot lasers in chess variant from computer program.
5. Lichen Chess. Pieces are modular, and each piece may contain fragments belonging to both players.
6. Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84)
7. Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess . All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color.
8. List of Chess Variants. This is a large listing of chess variants.
9. Litrof. Variant on 42 squares played with stacks of Icehouse pyramids, where different color pyramids give stacks different powers. (5x8, Cells: 42)
10. Ludus Chessunculus. Game played on Hexagonal board with non-standard pieces.

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1. Mad Elephant Chess . Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces.
2. Mad Elephant Chess. Pawns can be turned into Elephants; Elephants can promote to Mad Elephants, and Mad Elephants can trample lines of pieces.
3. Mad Scientist Chess. Fetch me the Pawn, Igor! (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Maelstrom. All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces.
5. Maelstrom . All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces.
6. Maelstrom Chess. All 64 squares are initially occupied.
7. Makarenko's Chess. Pieces are stacks which can be split and combined to create other pieces.
8. Makarenko's Chess . Pieces can split and combine in many ways. Four variants included.
9. Mamra Chess. Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture.
10. Mamra Chess. Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 66)
11. Mamra Chess . Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture.
12. Mangonel Chess. Introducing the remarkable Mangonel piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
13. Mapped Chess . Missing description
14. Martian Chess. Two or four player strategic game with chess elements played with Looney piramids. (4x8, Cells: 32)
15. Martian Chess, Jetan. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100)
16. Mastery . A Game of Skill for Two Players.
17. Maze. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game.
18. Medusa Shogi. Missing description
19. Medusa Shogi. Missing description (11x11, Cells: 121)
20. Meirav. Pieces are buried before they are captured, buried pieces may capture other buried pieces. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
21. Meridian Chess. Introducing the Meridian, bishop-capture combined with bifurcated bounce-move, on an H-board (zrf available).
22. Metamorph Chess . Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces.
23. MetamorphaChess . Pieces represented by dice change to another type after having moved.
24. Metamorphin Assimilation Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.
25. Metamorphin Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess.
26. Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.
27. Metamorphin' Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess.
28. Metamorphing Chess. Pieces upgrade when escaping, downgrade when capturing.
29. Metamorpin'-Fusion A. Pieces are likely to proliferate.
30. Metamorpin'-Fusion B. Pieces are likely to proliferate.
31. Mind-Vector. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
32. Mir Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
33. Mir Chess. Play this variant that is mid-powered between Chess and Shatranj.
34. Mockery Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
35. Mortal Chessgi. A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material. (8x8, Cells: 64)
36. Mortal Chessgi . A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material.
37. Mortar Chess. Introducing another piece named Mortar, a form of cannon, on an H-shaped board. Positionally advanced. With zrf.
38. Motorotor. Variant where two platforms slowly orbit a central board. (11x11, Cells: 43)
39. Motorotor. Play this small variant with a rotating board.
40. Mountain King Chess. First king to reach the center square of an 11 x 11 board wins.
41. Ms. Alice Chess. Alice Chess played on one board.
42. Mulligan Stew Chess . 42-Square Swapping-Mage Teleporting-Assassin Dual-Color-Bound-King Limited-Double-Move Leaping-Pawn Chess.
43. Mulligan Stew Chess. 42-Square Swapping-Mage Teleporting-Assassin Dual-Color-Bound-King Limited-Double-Move Leaping-Pawn Chess. (6x7, Cells: 42)
44. Multiple Formations. A proposal to add a set of formations to Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
45. Murmillo Chess. Introducing the Murmillo piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
46. Musketeer Chess. Adding 2 newly designed extra pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
47. Mutant Chess . Pieces mutate during the game.
48. Mutatis Mutandis. Astonishing variant featuring 22 different changelings at random setups. (8x8, Cells: 64)

N

1. N-Plus-K Queens Problem Page. Missing description
2. Nach Schach. Missing description (8x7, Cells: 56)
3. Nachtmahr. Game with seven different kinds of Nightriders. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Naiad Chess.. Introducing the Naiad, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap pieces by magnetism (zrf available).
5. Narrowness. Board filled with pawns and two kings per player. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Narrowness Chess. Many pawns.
7. Neighbors. Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. (7x6, Cells: 42)
8. Neighbors . Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces.
9. Nemoroth Notation. A notation and diagram scheme to be used when playing The Game of Nemoroth by mail or e-mail.
10. Nemoroth, The Game of. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Nemoroth. A Visit to. Ralph visits Nemoroth in a dream, and reports a game by its greatest champion.
12. Ninny chess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.
13. Ninny Chess. Classic board game.
14. No-Retreating Chess. A varient where you can't retreat until you get to the last rank. (8x8, Cells: 64)

O

1. Omega Chess Extended . Missing description
2. Oxybeles Chess. Introducing the exceptional Oxybeles piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).

P

1. Pacifist Chess. Missing description
2. Pagan Chess. Game with two linked board, one for living pieces and one for dead pieces, and a special piece that can move between them. (11x7, Cells: 67)
3. Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68)
4. PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68)
5. PASGL 312 Notation. A way to represent PASGL 312 Chess board positions.
6. Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
9. Penta War . Huge game with five clans.
10. Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319)
11. PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons.
12. Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
13. Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect").
14. Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
15. The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. Missing description
16. Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants . Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants.
17. Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board.
18. Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
19. Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally.
20. Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43)
21. Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board.
22. Politically Correct Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
23. Politically Correct Chess. Missing description
24. Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
25. Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,.
26. Powerchess . Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types.
27. Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces.
28. Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates.
29. Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
30. Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
31. Protomorphic-Chess. Start with only kings (and pawns), pieces change to different type after move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
32. Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60)

Q

1. Quadaptation. Use commanders to recruit better pieces. Capture your opponents commander and they lose.

R

1. Race Chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Racing Kings. Missing description
3. Random Transposal Chess. Use dice to swap pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Recruiter Chess. Capturer recruits on adjacent squares.
5. Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool.
6. Refreshing Bubble Fizz Chess. When a piece moves, he can create a bubble. Pieces in bubbles cannot move for three turns, but may make two non-capturing moves.
7. Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44)
8. Retiar Chess. Introducing the Retiar, a bifurcating bounce-slider, on an H-board (zrf available).
9. Retrochess. Play chess from the end of the game backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Rhino Chess . Collection of variants designed to demonstrate the Rhino family of pieces.
11. Rithmomachia. Information on Rithmomachia. (16x8, Cells: 128)
12. Rithmomacia . Medieval game based on arithmetic and number theory.
13. Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board (includes mirror array and Push-Pullyu variants).
14. Rococo. Animated piece movement diagrams.
15. Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)
16. Rococo . A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board.
17. Rococo Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament.
18. Roswell Chess. Preset for alien game with abstract pieces that operate in unusual ways.
19. Royal-Copy Chess. Some pieces can gain power of captured pieces. (9x8, Cells: 72)
20. Ruddigore Chess. Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
21. Ruddigore Chess. Play this Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece!
22. Ruddigore Chess . Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece.

S

1. Sagittar Chess. Introducing the Sagittar, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
2. Samnis Chess. Introducing the Samnis, which combines rook-capture with bifurcated bounce-movement, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
3. Schizochess. Halves of the chessboards get swapped every five moves.
4. School Chess. Before movement of a figure, the player speaks the name of city on the letter, on which the name of a moved piece begins.
5. Scrabble Battle Chess. Complicated game that uses a scrabble set, dice, playing cards with magic spells, pieces that move queenlike.
6. Secutor Chess. Introducing the Secutor piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
7. Seventeen Pawns. You can replace opponent's queen by nine pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Shamanic Chess. Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'.
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. Shatra. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
12. ShatraDev2 . Windows program to play Shatra against the computer.
13. Shatranj Elephants. Shatranj-like game, but with all short-range, limited-capturing pieces.
14. Shatranj Extended Tournament Scoring (S.E.T.S) Rules. An attempt at an improved scoring system for chess tournaments. (8x8, Cells: 64)
15. Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside).
16. Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside),. (9x9, Cells: 81)
17. Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside).
18. Shatranjian Shogi. Ferz and wazir, dabbaba and elephant offset each other in this new Shatranj drop game.
19. Shock Troops. System of chess with standard board and pieces, but with new leaping pieces entering during play.
20. Shock Troops. The usual chess until the War Knight, Elephant Knight and Ninja Pawns enter the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
21. Shock Troops . Make a regular move or drop one of two pieces into a vacant space in the back rank.
22. Shogi, Mortal Shogi, and Kamikaze Mortal Shogi . Play Shogi and a couple variants with diminishing pieces.
23. Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144)
24. Sigma 4 Shogi. Missing description (7x7, Cells: 49)
25. Sir Bombalot. A variant of chess with pieces offering a myriad of different options at any given time.
26. Skidoo Chess. Pieces can "skidoo" into an interior board. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
27. Smegi . Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi.
28. Smegi. Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi. (5x8, Cells: 40)
29. Smess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.
30. Smess. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
31. The Sons of Mithra. Elaborate Fantasy variant with 13 different types of pieces per side. (10x10, Cells: 100)
32. The Sons of Mithra. Computer program for playing fantasy variant.
33. Sorchess. A somewhat unorthodox Wizard enters the 64sq arena, yet with good charm.
34. Spartan Skaki. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
35. Spherical Guard Chess. Hiashatar (Mongol Grand Chess) on a spherical board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
36. Spherical Guard Chess . Play with either the single-board or dual-board sphere projection .
37. Stanley Random Chess . Missing description
38. Stheno Chess. Introducing the repulsive Stheno, which repels pieces as far as possible in the alignment direction (zrf available).
39. Stones and Relays. Pieces get to re-originate from neutral relay squares they attack.
40. Stylish victory or stylish fail. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
41. Subversion / Conversion. Pieces can be bribed to switch sides.
42. Suction Chess. Pieces swap places instead of being removed from the board, resulting in very different strategy.
43. Super-Chess. www.oteroideas.com.
44. Superschaak. Book and sets for playing variants with many new types of chess pieces.
45. Switch-Side Chain-Chess. Optionally swap sides with your opponent upon completing a "chain". (8x8, Cells: 64)
46. Symmetric Monster Chess. Some pieces are single and some are double. (8x8, Cells: 72)
47. Symmetric Snark Hunting. Snark hunting game with symmetric positions. (6x11, Cells: 59)
48. Symmetric Unirexal Chess. Each player has a half of a king. (8x8, Cells: 64)

T

1. TaflChess. A mix of FIDE chess and the old European game Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
3. Tank Chess. Upgrade your tank to defeat others.
4. Thinktank Chess . Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
5. Thinktank Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
6. Thraex_Chess. Introducing the Thraex, which captures like a rook, but moves by the bifurcated jump method (zrf available).
7. Three Elephant Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's. (9x9, Cells: 81)
8. Three Elephants Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - Protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's!
9. Three Fat Brothers Chess. On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
10. Three Fat Brothers Chess . On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces.
11. Three Symbols Multi-state Chess. Write move in 3 symbols and any move that is like what you wrote is possible. (8x8, Cells: 64)
12. Thunder Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess.
13. TigerChess. Variant themed after a medieval battle. (8x8, Cells: 64)
14. Too Many Bishops. Place an enemy bishop after your own move.
15. Too Many Bishops. Players get each turn one extra bishop, placed by their opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. Tournoy. Pieces have orientation that can be rotated. (9x9, Cells: 81)
17. Tournoy . Pieces have orientation that can be rotated.
18. The Tower Game. A simple three dimensional chess variant. (8x(5x5), Cells: 200)
19. Transporter Chess. In addition to the usual set of pieces, players have a transporter piece, which can transport pieces one square in any direction. (8x8, Cells: 64)
20. The Travelers. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
21. Trissa. A Rococo-inspired hexagonal variant for three players with an unusual flavor. (10x10, Cells: 55)
22. Trophy Hunt Chess. Capture at least one of each trophy animal to win.
23. Turnover. Three ring sizes fit into each other, combining and splitting into different pieces, sometimes taking over your opponent's.
24. Turret Chess. Introducing the Turret, which moves like a queen, and can hurl pieces over its head (zrf available).
25. Tutti Frutti Chess . With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board.
26. Tutti Frutti Chess. Eight different pieces.
27. Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)

U

1. Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
2. Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (Recognized!)
3. Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
4. Ultima Problem #3. The 3rd in a series of Ultima puzzles.
5. Ultima Problem #9. The 9th in a series of Ultima puzzles.
6. Ultima with Alternate Graphics . Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability.

V

1. Vavulin Creative Chess. Before the start of the game, every player, creates up with one rule for both players, which operates the whole game.
2. Venator Chess. Introducing the Venator, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
3. Vietnamese Chess . Each player has a King, which captures cannon-style, and 11 non-capturing Pawns on a 25-intersection Alquerque-style board.
4. A Visit to Nemoroth. Ralph visits Nemoroth in a dream, and reports a game by its greatest champion.
5. Void Shogi. Modest Shogi variant with more diverse promotions for the minor pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
6. Vortex Chess. Ortho-chess with the inclusion of a new piece: the Portal.
7. Vox Populi Chess variant. A crowd plays itself at a game with only one winner.

W

1. Wall Chess. Orthochess with additional untakable wall pieces.
2. War of the Worlds . Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan.
3. War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100)
4. Warrior Chess. Game where pieces earn money so that you can buy Warriors and weapons to arm them with. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Weave and Dungeon. Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part. (9x9, Cells: 81)
6. Weave and Dungeon . Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part.
7. Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together.
8. Wormhole Chess . When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together.

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