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1. Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)

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1. Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)

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1. 12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares.
2. 3d Magna Carta Chess. Adding Barons and Dukes to Magna Carta Chess to commemorate 8th centenary of Magna Carta. (5x8x2, Cells: 80)

A

1. ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121)
3. Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army.
4. Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
5. The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'.
6. Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks.
8. Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80)
11. Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295)
12. Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
13. Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (9x9x3, Cells: 243)
14. Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (10x10x5, Cells: 245)
15. Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (8x8x4, Cells: 256)
16. Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (10x8x4, Cells: 320)
17. Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (x5, Cells: 370)
18. Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64)
19. Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64)
20. Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
21. Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64)

B

1. Battle of titans. Missing description (9x5x3, Cells: 135)
2. Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc.
3. Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers.
4. The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (8x8x2, Cells: 128)

C

1. CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
2. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain.
5. Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Chess Evolved Online. A comercial chess variant with collectable gaming pieces.
7. Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards.
8. Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board.
10. Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!)
11. Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique.
12. A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory.
13. Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
14. Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (11x11x6, Cells: 126)
15. The Clash of Civilization Chess (Shuffle Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
16. The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
17. The Colorbound Clobberers. A team for Chess with Different Armies with many colorbound pieces.
18. Construction Chess. The idea for this variant is to give each player the possibility to construct his own chess army.
19. The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64)
20. CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules.
21. csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
22. The Cylindrical Cinders. Army for Chess with Different Armies where many of the pieces can move as if the board was a cylinder.

D

1. Danadazo. Game played on the 47 edges of a grid with rounded corners, borrowing elements from Tafl. (Cells: 47)
2. Dienbienphu Chess. Unequal armies chess variant: FIDE chess against Quang Trung Chess.
3. Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece.
4. Drop Chess. Players can select from nine chess armies on an 8x8 or 9x9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
5. Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Dune Chess. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert.
7. Dunsany's Chess. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces.

E

1. Empire Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently.
2. Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. European Chess. A multiplayer, different armies form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)

F

1. Fantasy Grand Chess. Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme. (10x10, Cells: 100)
2. Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Giant Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
3. Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Dwarven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
4. Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Druid Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
5. Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Evil Horde Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
6. Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Human Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
7. Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Elven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
8. FCC. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces.
9. Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. The Fighting Fizzies. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies.
12. Five Tigers. A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90)
13. Flight and Ferry. The gold dragon of Wessex fights the red one of Wales across the Bristol Channel. (8x10, Cells: 80)
14. Foolish King Chess. Players have different armies and victory conditions. White has a fool for a king. (10x8, Cells: 80)
15. For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. Foreign Policy Chess. Chess variant on 8 by 8 board with armies of unequal strength. (8x8, Cells: 64)
17. The Forward FIDEs. A team for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can advancer easier than retreat.
18. Free Choice Chess. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces.

G

1. Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from RPG games.

H

1. 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.

J

1. The Jovan Army. An army for Chess with Different Armies featuring heavy pieces that move forward slowly.
2. Jurassic Chess. Dinosaur based chess variant played with regular chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)

K

1. Knight Chase. Game played on with two Knights on a Chessboard with differing goals. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Knights of the Round Table. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)

L

1. Litrof. Variant on 42 squares played with stacks of Icehouse pyramids, where different color pyramids give stacks different powers. (5x8, Cells: 42)

M

1. Mad Chess. Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
2. The magic mashers. another experimental chess with different armies variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Meta Chess. Game where players decide how the pieces move and where they go. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Monster Chess. One player has only a king and four pawns, but makes double moves.
7. Monster Chess Variants. A Discussion of the value of Double-Move pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)

N

1. Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49)
2. Near vs Normal Chess. This version pits pieces of Near Chess vs those of normal chess (FIDE). (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Never-Ending Infinite Sandbox Chess Game. Online forum-based chess game with 12 players, infinite board, and many pieces.
4. The Nutty Knights. A team for Chess with Different Armies based around the moves of the Knight.

O

1. Odds Chess. Ways of giving a weaker opponent better odds. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. The One Ring. White wants to get the Ring to the far side and destroy it. (5x8, Cells: 42)
3. Orda Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like knights but capture differently.

P

1. Phi Chess with Different Armies. Missing description (13x8, Cells: 104)
2. Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100)
3. Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces.
4. The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories.
5. Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (10x10x6, Cells: 294)

R

1. The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces.

S

1. Sai squad. A very experimental army for Chess with different armies, featuring the Sai (Bishop-Quintessence compound). (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. The Seeping Switchers. An army for Chess with Different Armies based on pieces that change color when they move.
3. Shatranj With Different Armies. Like Chess with Different Armies, but for Shatranj.
4. Shinobi Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has droppable Shogi-inspired pieces that start in hand.
5. Shogi WDA: Alquerque army. Experimental army, supposed to be played against standart Shogi army. (9x9, Cells: 81)
6. Shogi With Pokémons. Pokemons with special powers are added to an otherwise normal shogi board. (11x11, Cells: 121)
7. The short splicers. An experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Sixteen Pawns. Trade a queen for 8 extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Snark Hunt. Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. (6x8, Cells: 41)
11. Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
12. Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess. The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants. (11x11, Cells: 121)
13. The Starbound Sliders. A Chess With Different Armies team featuring rook-inspired sliders.
14. StrataChess v1.0. separate Strategic and Tactical gameplay. 2-6 players. Element of Chance. Terrain. Build your own armies.
15. Super Maharadscha. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. super splicers. another army for chess with different armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
17. Synochess. Asymmetric west vs east variant where the western chess army plays against a Chinese and Korean-inspired army.

T

1. Thud. Link to variant invented by Trevor Truran in association with Terry Pratchett. (15x15, Cells: 164)
2. Tiger Hunt. Variant of The Maharaja and the Sepoys. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Tokar's Arcana . Chess-variant like game with different armies. Commercial game.
4. Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90)

U

1. Uneven pieces chess. The two armies have their back rank material distributed in different ways, discouraging trades. (10x8, Cells: 80)
2. Unirexal Chess. Only white has a king.

V

1. Vimes Chess. Variant inspired by a footnote in a Discworld novel. (8x8, Cells: 64)

W

1. War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100)
2. Weak!. Black has 7 knights, and 16 pawns, White the usual array. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. WWII Chess. Fight between a shogi and an orthodox chess army. (9x9, Cells: 81)

X

1. Xiangqi vs Orthodox Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 77)

Y

1. Yitong. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)

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