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1. 10x10 Multiple Knot Chess. Board in `mathematical shape'.
2. 12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108)
3. 125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125)
4. 3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75)
5. 4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45)
6. 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. 8x8 Heart Chess. Chessboard in form of heart.
8. 8x8 Hyperbolic Chess. Mathematician Missoum has a board based on hyperbola.
9. 8x8 Reversible Stairs-Chess. Chessboard looks like stairs.
10. 8x8 Spider Web Spiral Chess. Board in shape of spider web.

A

1. Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72)
2. Alseid Chess. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists).
3. Amiral Chess. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
4. Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295)
5. Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (10x10x5, Cells: 245)
6. Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 350)
7. Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 370)

B

1. Back-to-Back Chess. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100)
2. Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68)
3. Battle of the Six Armies. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A.
4. Battle of titans. Missing description (9x5x3, Cells: 135)
5. Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. (11x10, Cells: 100)
6. Belfry Chess. Introducing the belfry catapult.
7. Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39)
8. Beryl Chess. Variant on board of 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
9. Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available).
11. Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists).
12. Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42)
13. Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44)
14. Bottleneck Chess. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41)
15. The Bridge 41. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41)
16. Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64)

C

1. Castalia Chess. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists).
2. Catastrophic 8x8 Chess. Mathematician Missoum gives a new type of chessboard.
3. Chesquerque. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
4. Chess 68. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68)
5. Chess 69. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares.
6. Chess Cubed on Steam. Chess on a Puzzle Cube with standard pieces and rotations.
7. Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (4x4x6, Cells: 96)
8. Chess for Three. A 3-player variant on an unusual board.
9. Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves.
10. Chess for Three. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board.
11. Chess in a Klein bottle. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
12. Chess in a Moebius Strip. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
13. Chess in a Toroidal Board. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
14. Chess on a board with 37 squares. Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. (Cells: 37)
15. Chess on a Cylindrical Board. 8 by 14 board in with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112)
16. Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32)
17. Chess Variants of Sándor Nagy. Link to Hungarian web page.
18. A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory.
19. Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique.
20. Chess37. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37)
21. CHESSAGON. CHESSAGON® is like traditional Chess, but with Triangles, with one new additional piece named the Duke.
22. Chessopoly. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. (12x12, Cells: 128)
23. Chessquarters. Variants obtained by rearranging the quarters of the chessboard. (Cells: 64)
24. Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (5x5x3, Cells: 43)
25. Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move.
26. Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (11x11x6, Cells: 126)
27. Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
28. Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
29. Clash of Command. Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board. (Cells: 41)
30. Color Chess. Link to Hungarian web page.
31. Columbiad Chess.. Introducing the Columbiad, combining a cannon and a Cannonrider, on an H-board (zrf exists).
32. Commedia dell'Arte Chess. A Pawnless variant with themed pieces on a 10x10 board with 5 square groups of 4 cells removed. (10x10, Cells: 80)
33. Constable Chess. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf.
34. Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!)
35. Crooked Board Chess. Variant on a board of standard size but odd shape. (8x12, Cells: 64)
36. Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64)
37. Crossbishop Chess. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
38. Crossover Chess. Two player variant with crossshaped board. (12x12, Cells: 64)
39. Crossrook Chess. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
40. Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (8x8x4, Cells: 196)
41. Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64)
42. Cube+. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38)
43. Cube-Surface Board Chesses. Missing description (8x8x6, Cells: 384)

D

1. Danadazo. Game played on the 47 edges of a grid with rounded corners, borrowing elements from Tafl. (Cells: 47)
2. Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200)
3. Delta-Nabla Chess. Chess translated to a triangular grid as naturally as possible.
4. Delta88 Chess. Chess on a Trigonal Board. (11x8, Cells: 88)
5. Diagonal Oblong Chess. The board is an oblong in diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Diamond Chess 306. Missing description (22x24, Cells: 306)
7. Diamond Ring Chess. Courier-style pieces to diamond-shaped camps on a toroidal wraparound board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
8. Dimachaer Chess. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available).
9. Dino-Czars. Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts. (Cells: 42)
10. Double Cross Besiege. A spinoff from Besiege Chess using FIDE-size armies. (8x16, Cells: 96)
11. Double Diamond. Irregular board with diagonal orientation. (9x9, Cells: 73)
12. Doublecannon Chess. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists).
13. Doubles Chess. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board.
14. Doubly Nested Chess. A variant hiding FIDE Chess on a Dabbaba binding. (17x17, Cells: 285)
15. Dragon Chess (tm). Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon.
16. Dream Chess 46. 46-squasre variant played from opposite corners of a FIDE board with the other corners removed. (8x8, Cells: 46)
17. Dream Chess 47. 47-square variant played from opposite corners of a 7 by 7 board with the other corners removed. (7x7, Cells: 47)
18. Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. (16x8, Cells: 100)
19. Duel Chess. Captured pieces are sent to a separate Duel board to see who is eliminated and who returns. (5x7x2, Cells: 43)
20. Dürer's Chess. Dürer's Chess, played on a board of 151 tessellating pentagons and diamonds. (Cells: 151)

E

1. Earthquake Chess. An earthquake caused a kind of Z-form in the board. (8x8, Cells: 8)
2. Echidna Chess. Introducing the Echidna, a repulsion piece with telekinetic capacities (with zrf).
3. Empty Cube Chess. A variant using the faces of an 8x8x8 board with no triaxial moves. (8x8x8, Cells: 296)
4. Ender's Chess. Inspired by by the novel, "Ender's Game". (9x11, Cells: 83)
5. Endless Chess idea. Article about different ways to make cylinder chess board.
6. Essedar Chess. Introducing the Essedar, which captures orthogonally but moves by the collision method (zrf available).

F

1. Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Falcon into the Hexagonal world. (Cells: 121)
2. Fanorona Chess. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. (5x9, Cells: 45)
3. Fiancé Chess. A 3-player variant with Kings and Queens starting far apart, inspired by Bachelor Chess. (12x12, Cells: 96)
4. Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144)
5. Fivequarters. Four-player game on a cross-shaped board where most pieces can promote. (12x12, Cells: 80)
6. Flatstar. A fusion of two Jewish-themed variants. (13x10)
7. Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68)
8. Flyover Shogi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (Cells: 162)
9. Flyover Xiang Qi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (18x20, Cells: 180)
10. Folding Magnetic Chess. fold between D&E files, play on both sides.
11. Four Handed Perspective Chess. Missing description
12. Four Towers. Irregular board with special tower squares upon which pieces can combine with each other or detach from each other. (Cells: 85)
13. Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41)
14. Future Chess. With extra empty corner squares. Pieces can be relocated before play begins. Creates immense strategical variance (with zrf).

G

1. Gastrophete Chess. Introducing the Gastrophete, a catapult capable of hurling other pieces over its head (zrf exists).
2. Gateway Chess. Pieces go a long way round to reach enemy territory. (8x10, Cells: 68)
3. Gaul Chess. Introducing the Gaul, which captures like a bishop, but moves by the bifurcated jump method, on an H-board (zrf available).
4. Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added.
5. Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279)
6. Gladiatrix Chess. Introducing the Gladiatrix, an extremely agile female gladiator, on an H-board (zrf available).
7. Greg White's Chess Variants . Missing description
8. Grenadier Chess. Introducing the Grenadier piece on an H-shaped board. A game for the attacking player. With zrf.
9. Guanaco Chess. Introducing the Guanaco that hops two squares orthogonally continuously (with zrf).
10. Gustavian Adjutant Chess. Standard chess with empty extra corner squares and extended castling (with zrf).

H

1. Hans 38Special Chess. On a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38)
2. Hans37 Chess. Chess variant for four players on a board of 37 squares. (Cells: 37)
3. Hans38 Chess. A form of Chess with a Limited Supply of Squares; entry of the 38-challenge. (8x8, Cells: 38)
4. Hans38 Chess. Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38)
5. Herichess. A variant on a board in the shape of the English Heritage logo. (14x14, Cells: 112)
6. Hexagonal Round Chess. Combined Byzantine Chess with Rex Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
7. HexChess-Kirby's. Missing description (Cells: 313)
8. Hitchhiker Chess. Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books. (Cells: 42)
9. Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. (7x10, Cells: 44)
10. 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)
11. Hoplit Chess. Introducing the Hoplit, a very mobile modern relative of the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
12. Hoplomach Chess. Introducing the Hoplomach, a dynamic bifurcation cannon, related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
13. Horus. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. (7x7, Cells: 44)
14. Hourglass Hex Chess. 2 overlapping triangles form a hex board of just over FIDE size. (9x9, Cells: 65)
15. Hourglass Honeycomb Chess. 2 overlapping triangular prisms form a hex-prism board maximising the King's choice of Castling. (7x7x7, Cells: 280)
16. Howitzer Chess. Introducing another piece named Howitzer, a fearful form of cannon, on the H-board. For the advanced tactician. With zrf.

I

1. If regular octogonal chess would be possible?. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Infinite Board Chess. Imagine the board is an infinite grid.
3. Infinite Chess. Chess on on infinite board.
4. Infinite Ring Chess. Experimental variant with board shaped as ring. (16x4, Cells: 64)
5. Intrusive Squares. The board is split into 4 4x4 supersquares and reunited by 20 extra squares. (10x10, Cells: 84)
6. Irregular Quadrangle Chess. Chessboard of 96 quadrangles. (Cells: 96)
7. Isis and Cam. Two variants based on ancient English universities and the rivers near them. (6x8, Cells: 48)

K

1. Klin Zha. Chesslike game played by Klingons from Star Trek on triangular board. (Cells: 81)
2. Klin Zha . The Authorized Klin Zha Homepage.
3. Knot Chess. Board in shape of geometric knot.

L

1. L Shaped Chess. 2 player variant with some elements of 4-player ones. (7x7, Cells: 45)
2. Ladder Chess. Chess variant on a `skewed' board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40)
3. Ladon Chess. Introducing the Ladon, a short-range piece that can repel any other piece, and also capture this way (zrf available).
4. Laquear Chess. Introducing the Laquear, that captures like a bishop, but moves by the collision method (zrf available).
5. Leap Chess. Game with mandatory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares. (6x8, Cells: 44)
6. Lemniscate Chess. Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). (18x4, Cells: 72)
7. Leto Chess. Introducing the Leto, a doubly telekinetic piece, very versatile (with zrf).
8. Limited Square Chess. A form of Chess with a Limited Supply of Squares; entry of the 38-challenge. (8x8, Cells: 38)
9. Longshanks Chess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 84)
10. Lotus-39. Chess variant on special shaped board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39)

M

1. Mangonel Chess. Introducing the remarkable Mangonel piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
2. Masonic Chess. Game played on a Masonic tile board.
3. Matrix Chess. Chess played on a tessellation of pentagons and diamonds. The name comes from the matrix in which diamonds are found. (14x14, Cells: 196)
4. Med Chess. Diagonal board game with a mix of traditional, modern and Shogi pieces. (8x8, Cells: 44)
5. Megastar of David. Enlarged version of Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. (x2, Cells: 182)
6. Mercurial Chess. A variant on 42 squares with a satallite board and the rescue of captured pieces. (6x6, Cells: 42)
7. Meridian Chess. Introducing the Meridian, bishop-capture combined with bifurcated bounce-move, on an H-board (zrf available).
8. Mini Fivequarters. The Fivequarters approach to 4-player variants, applied to 6x6 variants. (9x9, Cells: 45)
9. Mini Slanted Escalator Chess. Chess on smaller asymmetric board. (8x6, Cells: 44)
10. Missoum Perspective Chess. Missing description
11. Moebius Chess. The board is a Moebius ring.
12. Morley's Chess. Boards with enlarged sides.
13. Mortar Chess. Introducing another piece named Mortar, a form of cannon, on an H-shaped board. Positionally advanced. With zrf.
14. Motorotor. Variant where two platforms slowly orbit a central board. (11x11, Cells: 43)
15. Murmillo Chess. Introducing the Murmillo piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).

N

1. Naiad Chess.. Introducing the Naiad, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap pieces by magnetism (zrf available).
2. Narnia Chess. Chess played on both the outside and inside of a soccer ball. (Cells: 52)
3. Neoorthodox Chess. Introducing the Neoorthodox board, the Divaricator piece, and extended castling (with zrf).
4. Nested Chess. A variant hiding another on its diagonals. (15x15, Cells: 141)
5. Nested Shogi. A variant hiding Shogi on its diagonals. (17x17, Cells: 177)
6. Nested Xiang Qi. A variant hiding Xiang Qi on its diagonals. (18x18, Cells: 196)
7. New Android Variant. Traditional game rules and pieces.

O

1. OctHex 146. Arranging the geometry of Tetrahedral Chess into an octahedron. (Cells: 146)
2. Octogonal Chess. Carrera Chess on an octogon-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 76)
3. One dimensional Chess Variants. A page detailing some one dimensional chess variants.
4. Opposition Chess. Variant on 43 square board with sliding parts. (7x7, Cells: 43)
5. Oxybeles Chess. Introducing the exceptional Oxybeles piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).

P

1. 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)
2. Palace Revolution. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44)
3. Parachess. Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72)
4. Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
5. PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68)
6. Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
7. Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46)
9. Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board.
10. Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
11. Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96)
12. PowerChess . Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows.
13. Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44)
14. Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
15. Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60)

Q

1. Qiube. Xiang Qi variant with Fortresses expanded from square to cube. (9x10x3, Cells: 126)
2. Quad-Square Chess. Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two. (7x8, Cells: 38)
3. Quadruple Besiege Chess. A variant on a "finite but unbounded" board comprising two FIDE boards notionally joined on every edge. (Cells: 128)
4. Querquisite Chess. Features the whimsical, irregular Querquisites,. (8x10, Cells: 72)

R

1. Ramayana Chess. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. (Cells: 84)
2. Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (7x7x5, Cells: 140)
3. Rectangular Cubic Chess. Experimental variant on 3d shaped board. (x6, Cells: 72)
4. Retiar Chess. Introducing the Retiar, a bifurcating bounce-slider, on an H-board (zrf available).
5. Ringworld Chess. Themed hex variant differentiating opposite directions along orthogonals. (Cells: 198)
6. Romanchenko's Chess. A board with a kind of Z-form. (10x8, Cells: 64)
7. Rook Mania. Game where all pieces have different sorts of Rook-like moves. (7x7, Cells: 43)
8. Rotor-blades Chess. Game played on a board that is both circular and trigonal. (Cells: 150)
9. Rotorblades Fusion Chess. Played on a circular tiling on triangular cells. A further development of my previous game, Rotorblades Chess. (Cells: 150)

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. Sankaku Shogi. Small Shogi variant played on a board of 44 triangles with no drops and a teleporting Emperor. (7x8, Cells: 44)
4. Scout Chess. Introducing the Scout, combining queen-captures with Camelrider moves (zrf exists).
5. Secutor Chess. Introducing the Secutor piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
6. SerPent Chess 50. Pentagonal cells form hexagonal blocks in two ways. (Cells: 50)
7. Shatra . Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
8. A Silly 42-Squares Board. A Silly 42-squares board with a little Unirexial variant you can play on it. (Cells: 42)
9. Singularity Chess. A fixed and fully notated form of singularity chess.
10. Slanted Escalator Chess. Chess on an asymmetric board with interesting connectivity. (8x8, Cells: 60)
11. Small Spherical Chess. Board of form of sphere, with 38 squares. (Cells: 38)
12. Snake Chess. A variant played on a 2 by 12 cyclindrical board. (2x12, Cells: 24)
13. Snowflake Xiang Qi. A better Xiang Hex. (Cells: 140)
14. Solar Chess. 2 to 6 players on a hexagonal board with quadrilateral tiles and Shogi-inspired drop rules.
15. Spacious Torus Chess. Chess on a toroidal board, using Ralph Betza's spacious pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. Spherical Corner Chess. Game on a truly topologically spherical board with corner‐camp arrays.
17. Spherical Guard Chess. Hiashatar (Mongol Grand Chess) on a spherical board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
18. spIndecision Beryl. Two players fight with three armies on board formed by 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
19. Spire orth triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (7x14, Cells: 98)
20. Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. An AOF offshoot on two side-10 triangles opposite ways round. (x2, Cells: 110)
21. Stelliform 6 player Chess. Stellisch from Wellisch, Stellicorn from Revergent, and Stellgi and Hexgi. (17x17, Cells: 121)
22. Step and Circle TrigChess. Trigonal entry for the 45 or 46 cell 2007 design contest. (9x6, Cells: 46)
23. Steps Chess. Board looking like steps of many stairs.
24. Stheno Chess. Introducing the repulsive Stheno, which repels pieces as far as possible in the alignment direction (zrf available).
25. Straights. Chess-like Naval Battle game from the end of the 19th Century. (9x11, Cells: 81)
26. String Chess. A one-dimensional variant with a fairy theme. (1x24, Cells: 24)
27. Subway Chess. In a turn, player moves first middle subway part of board and then a piece. (7x7, Cells: 41)
28. Sunflower HexChess. Hexagonal Chess in-the-round. (Cells: 120)
29. Swash. Different shaped boards. (Cells: 64)
30. Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces.

T

1. Tables Chess. Missing description (12x2, Cells: 24)
2. Tape Chess. Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants.
3. Tardis Taijitu. Xiang Qi board but with movable, bigger-inside-than-outside Fortresses. (9x10x3, Cells: 144)
4. Templar Chess. Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72)
5. Tetrahedral Chess. Three dimensional variant with board in form of tetrahedron. (x7, Cells: 84)
6. Thraex_Chess. Introducing the Thraex, which captures like a rook, but moves by the bifurcated jump method (zrf available).
7. Three Dimensional Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
8. Three-Quarter Board. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 48)
9. Thronschach. A game on 42-squares with throne squares, and an interesting mix of pieces. (5x8, Cells: 42)
10. Tile Chess . Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games.
11. Tipped Chess. Missing description (Cells: 113)
12. Toroidal Byzantine Chess. Circular chess modified to also be toroidal. (Cells: 64)
13. Torus and Klein Bottle Games . Missing description
14. Torus Chess. Large chess variant on torus shaped board. (16x8, Cells: 128)
15. The Tower Game. A simple three dimensional chess variant. (5x5x8, Cells: 200)
16. Trebuchet Chess. Introducing the Trebuchet, an active catapult piece that slings pieces over its head (zrf exists).
17. Tri-Cubic Chess. Experimental chess variant on shape of three cubes. (x3, Cells: 72)
18. Triana. 3-player version of 6x6 games. (9x9, Cells: 54)
19. Triangle Chess. Chess for three players. (Cells: 144)
20. Triangle chess. Link to Hungarian web page.
21. Triangular Chess. Missing description
22. Triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
23. Triple Crown. A three-halves variant making use of the cross-centre step. (15x15, Cells: 150)
24. Troitzky Chess. Troitzky Chess by Paul Byway, standard pieces on irregular board (with zrf).
25. Trubix-43. Unique piece and lines of movement on an hourglass board. (5x11, Cells: 43)
26. Tryslmaistan Chess . Fictional chess variant on board made of 24 triangles.
27. Turret Chess. Introducing the Turret, which moves like a queen, and can hurl pieces over its head (zrf available).
28. Turtle Shell Chess. Chess on a 33344-33434 tiling. (5x7, Cells: 64)

U

1. Ultra Slanted Escalator Chess. Game on an asymmetrical board of 84 squares with Crabs and Ultras. (10x9, Cells: 84)
2. UOS (Universal Origin Spiel). Variant on a board with 113 diamond-shaped spaces. (Cells: 113)

V

1. Veles Chess. Introducing the deflecting Veles bifurcator on a Gustavian board (with zrf).
2. Venator Chess. Introducing the Venator, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).

W

1. Wau Chess. Chess with special movable board sections. (x5, Cells: 52)
2. Webball. Board that can be visualized as globe shaped spider web, based on dodecahedron.
3. Windows Chess. Windows Chess is played with usual chess equipment on a board inspired by an arch-window. (8x8, Cells: 64)

Z

1. Zeppelin Chess. Introducing the Zeppelin, which can fly to any empty square orthogonally (with zrf).
2. ZigZag Chess. Variant on `zigzagshaped' board. (12x12, Cells: 64)
3. ZigZag X Chess. Variant on board with new shape. (12x12, Cells: 64)
4. Zonal Chess. Board has special `zones' at both sides. Commercial game of 1970's. (Cells: 104)

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