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1. Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)

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1. ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces.
2. Abstract Chess . Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones.
3. Alice Chess . New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards.
4. Alice Chess . Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move.
5. Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor.
6. Assimilation Chess . Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces.
7. Assimilation Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart.

B

1. Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
2. Bedlam . A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
3. Border Wars . Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi.
4. Border Wars II . Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects.

C

1. Canopus . Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid.
2. Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
3. Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces.
4. Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers.
5. Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added . On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces.
6. Chess with Cyclical Armies . Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value.
7. Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
8. Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
9. Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
10. CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces.
11. Cuarenta . Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board.

D

1. Demotion Chessgi . Chessgi variant limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
2. Deneb . Special pieces and winning conditions.
3. Dino-Czars . Battle between rival dinosaurs on a board of 42 triangles, where facing counts.

E

1. Elephant Hunt . Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements.
2. Emperor of China. A Chess and Halma mixed game.
3. ERB Jetan . Implements different possible rules for Jetan.

F

1. Fanorona Chess . Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal.
2. Fidchell. Gary Gygax's Fidchell.
3. FlipChess. Chess variant in which pieces keep changing state.
4. Flying Armies . Missing description
5. Fugue . Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways.
6. Fun-In-A-Box Chess . Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
7. Fusion Chess . Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart.
8. Fusion Chessgi . A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
9. Fusion Diamond 41 . A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.

G

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.

H

1. Hanga Roa . Play Hanga Roa with Zillions of Games!
2. Hopgi . Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers.
3. Hordes of Change . A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess.

I

1. Interweave . Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color.

J

1. Jai-Alai . A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball.
2. Jetan . Martian Chess, coming from the book The Chessmen of Mars.
3. Jetan, ERB . Implements different possible rules for Jetan.
4. Joust . Two knights. Squares cannot be revisited.

K

1. King's Run . An entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run.
2. Kings or Lemmings?. Normal chess except that a player can produce clones of his king.
3. Knight-Tac-Toe . Win by placing 3 pieces in a row.
4. Knightliest Black Hole . Knighted pieces on a constantly diminishing board.

L

1. Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess . All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color.

M

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. Maelstrom . All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces.
3. Makarenko's Chess . Pieces can split and combine in many ways. Four variants included.
4. Mamra Chess . Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture.
5. Mapped Chess . Missing description
6. Medusa Shogi. Missing description
7. Metamorph Chess . Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces.
8. Metamorphin Assimilation Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.
9. Metamorphin Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess.
10. Mortal Chessgi . A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material.
11. Mulligan Stew Chess . 42-Square Swapping-Mage Teleporting-Assassin Dual-Color-Bound-King Limited-Double-Move Leaping-Pawn Chess.

N

1. Neighbors . Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces.
2. Ninny chess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.

O

1. Omega Chess Extended . Missing description

P

1. Penta War . Huge game with five clans.
2. Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
3. 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.
4. Politically Correct Chess. Missing description
5. Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.

R

1. Rhino Chess . Collection of variants designed to demonstrate the Rhino family of pieces.
2. Rococo . A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board.
3. Ruddigore Chess . Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece.

S

1. Shatra . Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
2. Shatranj Elephants. Shatranj-like game, but with all short-range, limited-capturing pieces.
3. Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside).
4. Shock Troops . Make a regular move or drop one of two pieces into a vacant space in the back rank.
5. Shogi, Mortal Shogi, and Kamikaze Mortal Shogi . Play Shogi and a couple variants with diminishing pieces.
6. Smegi . Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi.
7. Smess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.
8. Spherical Guard Chess . Play with either the single-board or dual-board sphere projection .

T

1. Thinktank Chess . Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
2. Three Fat Brothers Chess . On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces.
3. Thunder Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess.
4. Tournoy . Pieces have orientation that can be rotated.
5. Trophy Hunt Chess. Capture at least one of each trophy animal to win.
6. Tutti Frutti Chess . With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board.

U

1. Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
2. Ultima with Alternate Graphics . Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability.

V

1. Vietnamese Chess . Each player has a King, which captures cannon-style, and 11 non-capturing Pawns on a 25-intersection Alquerque-style board.

W

1. War of the Worlds . Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan.
2. Weave and Dungeon . Abstract game played on a board divided into Weave and Dungeon, with movement following different rules on each part.
3. Wormhole Chess . When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together.

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