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1. 10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104) By Daniil Frolov.
2. 2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
3. 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces that automatically flip into wyrd and not so strange counterparts. (10x8, Cells: 68) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
4. 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
5. 3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Joe Joyce.
6. 3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess. By Joe Joyce.
7. 3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
8. 4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
9. 47 Contest Results. Missing description By John Smith.
10. 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.

A

1. Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
2. Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf). By M Winther.
3. Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants). The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf). By M Winther.
4. Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
5. Ajax Chess . Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
6. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
7. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
8. Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
9. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
10. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
11. Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
12. Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
13. Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
14. All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
15. Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
16. Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
17. AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
18. AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
19. Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
20. Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
21. Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
22. Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
23. Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
24. Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
25. Asylum Redux . Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns! By Charles Daniel.

B

1. Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
2. Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
3. Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
4. Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270) By Charles Gilman.
5. Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
7. BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Graeme C Neatham.
8. BigBangChess . Chess with an expanding and contracting board. By Graeme C Neatham.
9. Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
10. Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
11. Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.

C

1. Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
2. Capablanca Relocation Chess. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
3. Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
4. Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
5. Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
6. Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
7. Carnage . Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
8. Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
9. Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
10. Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
11. Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
12. CCC-FF . Missing description By Namik Zade.
13. CCC-FF(updated) with zrf.file. Missing description By Namik Zade.
14. CCChess new generations. Missing description By Namik Zade.
15. CCChess-FF(In-Yan variant). Missing description By Namik Zade.
16. Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
17. Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
18. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
19. Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
20. Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
21. Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
22. Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
23. Chess on a Soccer Ball . Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
24. Chess Variant Score Notation Book. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants. By Simon Edward Jepps.
25. Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
26. Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
27. Chess with Different Periods . A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
28. Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
29. Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
30. Chess with wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
31. Chess without pawns . Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
32. Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
33. Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
34. Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
35. Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
36. Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
37. Chesscala. Missing description (6x8, Cells: 48) By Francois Tremblay.
38. ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64) By Changcai Chen.
39. Chevron Ranks. Pieces use the "ranks" based on the Glinkshy/McCooey analogues to FIDE Pawn ranks. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
40. Chinese court. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
41. Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
42. Classic sum. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
43. Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
44. Colossus. 10x10 chess with 4 Rooks, 4 Knights, 4 Bishops, 10 Pawns, 1 Queen and 1 King! Author: Charles Daniel and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Charles Daniel.
45. Colossus . With twice the number of Rooks, Bishops and Knights. Also includes 5 new variants with exotic pieces. By Charles Daniel.
46. Compact Hex Chess. 2 normal hex armies on a board reduced to sides of length 5. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
47. The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description Author: David Howe.
48. Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
49. Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
50. Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
51. Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
52. Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
53. Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
54. Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
55. Cyclohex. 3-player round hex variant. (24x5, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.

D

1. Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Eduard Werner.
2. Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
3. Diagonal Oblong Chess. The board is an oblong in diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Shi Ji.
4. Diagonal Oblong Chess . The board is an oblong on diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. By Shi Ji.
5. Diamond Chess 306. A large variant inspired by Tony Paletta's PARACHESS and Fergus Duniho's ASSIMILATION FUSION CHESS. By David Cannon.
6. Dragonet Chess. The Dragonet flies to any square queenwise, captures piece behind landing square (with zrf). By M Winther.
7. Dürer's Chess. Dürer's Chess, played on a board of 151 tessellating pentagons and diamonds. (Cells: 151) By David Cannon.
8. Durerschess . Dürer's Chess is played on a tiling of tessellating pentagons and diamonds, first described by Albrecht Dürer in 1525. By David Cannon.

E

1. Ender's Chess. Inspired by by the novel, "Ender's Game". (9x11, Cells: 83) By John Smith.
2. Expanded Chinese Chess. Missing description (9x12, Cells: 108) By Travis Z.
3. Extrapawn Chess. Standard chess with one extra pawn per player in the reserve (with zrf). By M Winther.

F

1. Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
2. Flight and Ferry. The gold dragon of Wessex fights the red one of Wales across the Bristol Channel. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
3. FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Masahiro Nakajima.
4. For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
5. Four Double-Acts Chess. Specifically long- and shart-range versions of the Friend, Joker, and Orphan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
6. Four-Fold Chess. Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) By Larry L. Smith.
7. Fragnurasian Qi. A two-River variant with the whole of two identical Wildeurasian Qi sets minus the second King. (13x15, Cells: 195) By Charles Gilman.
8. From Stalemate to Checkmate. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
9. Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
10. Future Chess. With extra empty corner squares. Pieces can be relocated before play begins. Creates immense strategical variance (with zrf). By M Winther.

G

1. Generating Random Positions. How to generate random positions? By Jose Carrillo.
2. Ghast knights. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
3. Ghostarelay. Game with ghost and relay, win if you have no legal moves. (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
4. Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
5. Good and Evil Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
6. Goodchess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
7. Grand Ducal Chess. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By John Ayer.
8. Grand hecatomb. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniil Frolov.
9. GraTiA. Preset for GraTiA, a blend of two historic variants. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
10. GraTiA. A blend of two historic variants. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
11. Great Stour. Diagonal-heavy mixed-camp variant on Courier board with River. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
12. Gross Chess. Play this 144 square variant online with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
13. Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Fergus Duniho.
14. Gross Chess . Play this 144 square variant with Zillions of Games. By Fergus Duniho.
15. Groundskeeper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
16. Groundskeeper Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
17. Guanaco Chess. Introducing the Guanaco that hops two squares orthogonally continuously (with zrf). By M Winther.
18. Gustavian-Cannon Chess. The Swedish Cannon moves like a Korean Cannon, but can move like a rook if it cannot jump (+zrf). By M Winther.

H

1. Hadean Chess. Large chess with 12 pawns, 10 Ninja Pawns, 4 short-range linear jumpers, and Wazir/Ferz Zebra and Knight compounds. By Charles Daniel.
2. Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
3. Har Meggido Chess. Missing description (15x18, Cells: 270) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
4. Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187) By Charles Gilman.
5. Hex Dragonal Chess. Based on an idea by Jeremy Good this CV has horizontal rows of hexes and an unusual set of directions,. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
6. Hex Dragonal Chess. horizontal hex-rows and 4 defined directions of movement. By Graeme C Neatham.
7. Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
8. Hexagonal Chess with Hexagonalers. Missing description By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
9. Hexajedrez. Variant of Dave McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. By Carlos Cetina.
10. Hexajedrez. Variation of Dave McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) By Carlos Cetina.
11. Hia Chess. Smaller 9x8 variation of the Mongolian Hiashatar. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
12. Hikaru Nakamura. Current U.S. Champion is also accomplished at some variants. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
13. Honeycomb Minishogi. Hex-prism version of 3d Minishogi, with compulsory setup phase. (4x(4x5), Cells: 50) By Charles Gilman.
14. Horn Rimmed Hex 1: 91 to 127. Start of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
15. Horn Rimmed Hex 2: 61 to 91. Continuation of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
16. Humpty Dumpty Chess. Cannon-using variant inspired by history of the character Humpty Dumpty. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
17. Hunt Chess. Huntsman Chess and Groundskeeper Chess. Author: John Smith. Inventor: Yu Ren Dong and John Smith.
18. Huntsman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 80) By Yu Ren Dong.
19. Huntsman Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.

I

1. Index A to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter A. By Charles Gilman.
2. Index B to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter B. By Charles Gilman.
3. Index C 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by a-m. By Charles Gilman.
4. Index C 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by o. By Charles Gilman.
5. Index D to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter D. By Charles Gilman.
6. Index E to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter E. By Charles Gilman.
7. Index F to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter F. By Charles Gilman.
8. Index G to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter G. By Charles Gilman.
9. Index H to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter H. By Charles Gilman.
10. Index I to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters I to K. By Charles Gilman.
11. Index L to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter L. By Charles Gilman.
12. Index M to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter M. By Charles Gilman.
13. Index N to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter N. By Charles Gilman.
14. Index O to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters O and Q. By Charles Gilman.
15. Index P to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter P. By Charles Gilman.
16. Index R to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter R. By Charles Gilman.
17. Index S 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by A-I. By Charles Gilman.
18. Index S 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by K-Y. By Charles Gilman.
19. Index T to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter T. By Charles Gilman.
20. Index U to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters U and V. By Charles Gilman.
21. Index W to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters W to Z. By Charles Gilman.

K

1. King of the Hill. Be the first player to get your King to the top of the hill! (19x19) By Paul E. Newton.
2. King to Bunker Leap. King can jump over own pieces to reach 1 of 2 bunker positions in Shuffle Chess or Pre-Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
3. King to Bunker Leap . Includes Shuffle Chess and pre-Chess with new “bunker leap” king safety rules. By Charles Daniel.
4. King to Bunker Leap. Play this exciting version of Pre-Chess using new king safety rules. By Charles Daniel.
5. Kingdom of distorting mirrors. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Knavish Chess. Variant using square-board analogues to 6-way hex-board Dabbabas. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
7. Knavish Shatranj. Shatranj with Knaves and Debtors. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
8. Knight games (improved). Missing description By Namik Zade.
9. Knightless symmetric chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
10. Knights Chess games. Missing description By Namik Zade.
11. Knights games . Missing description By Namik Zade.
12. Knights of the Round Table. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
13. Korean Carrera. Missing description (15x10, Cells: 150) By Daniil Frolov.
14. Korean Random Chess. A Korean Chess variation with a random setup and a few new rules. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
15. Kozune Western . Missing description Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joshua Morris.

L

1. Landing force shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
2. Lemniscate Chess. Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). (18x4, Cells: 72) By David Cannon.
3. Lemniscate Chess . Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). By David Cannon.
4. Lichess. Internet chess server featuring a few variants as well. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
5. Link to: Rainbowchess . Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.
6. Locusts. Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Yu Ren Dong.
7. Locusts . Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. By Yu Ren Dong.
8. Ludus Magus. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 145) By Larry L. Smith.
9. Ludus Magus . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.

M

1. Mad Elephant Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Maha Chatukanga. Variant arranging Chaturanga's paired pieces and all their compounds in the style of Grand Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
3. Man and Beast Overview and Glossary. Table summarising what piece characteristics Man and Beast articles cover, with glossary of terms used to describe pieces. By Charles Gilman.
4. Maorider Chess. Missing description By Vitya Makov.
5. Maorider Chess. Maorider and king with unusual recruiting abilities. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Vitya Makov.
6. Matrix Chess . Chess played on a board of tessellating pentagons and diamonds. By David Cannon.
7. 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) By David Cannon.
8. Mega Doom Chess Project. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
9. Megastar of David. Enlarged version of Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. (2x(), Cells: 182) By Charles Gilman.
10. Minesweeper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
11. Mini Courier Chess Moderno. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
12. Mini four player chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 48) By Daniil Frolov.
13. Missing Ox Chess. 4 distinguishable FIDE sets represent pieces starting with 24 different letters. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
14. Missionary cubic variants. Cubic-cell game with mixture of simple and compound forward-only pieces. (6x(6x8), Cells: 288) By Charles Gilman.
15. MiTaWi. A variant combining elements on Mitregi, Taijitu Qi, and Wildeurasian Qi. (14x12, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
16. Mitred Framing 1: 8x8 to 10x10. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a FIDE-size board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
17. Mitred Framing 2: 9 files to 10x10. Puts most pieces of 9-file variants on FIDE board and adds extra rim including middle-file piece and Shogi-style extras. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
18. Mitred Framing 3: 6x6 to 8x8. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a 6x6 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
19. Mixed Radial Hex Chess. Hexagonal analogue to Nimrod Chess. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
20. Modern drunk elephant shogi. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
21. Modern Minister's Courier Chess. Missing description (11x8, Cells: 88) By Jose Carrillo.
22. Monte Carlo Chess. Random movement variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
23. Multiple Formations. A proposal to add a set of formations to Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
24. Mustang Chess problem. Missing description By Namik Zade.

N

1. Narnia Chess. Chess played on both the outside and inside of a soccer ball. (Cells: 52) By David Cannon.
2. Narnia Chess . Chess, played on both the outside and inside of a social ball, with the Pentagons as "gateways" between the two. By David Cannon.
3. Naydorian Chess. an hexagonal variant from the fictional realm of Shadowgard. By Graeme C Neatham.
4. Necromancer Chess. The Undead Walk. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
5. Neoteric Chess. Pieces are swapped before play begins. An external piece is introduced (with zrf). By M Winther.
6. Nonary Chess. King or queen are optionally swapped with a bishop before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
7. Nuthouse. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Yu Ren Dong.
8. Nuthouse . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.

O

1. Octopus Chess . Featuring the Octopus, the Sorcerer Snake, the Ferz Knight, the Wazir Knight and the Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
2. Omega Chess Extended . Missing description By Mykola Dolgalov.
3. Once More, with Deans. Subvariants of River-with-university-and-cathedral series with extra piece type. By Charles Gilman.

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1. Óskar's 3dchess. Missing description (5x(8x8), Cells: 320) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
2. Óskar's 3dchess version 2. Missing description (5x(8x8), Cells: 320) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.

O

1. Overkill Chess. Paired pieces are compounds of 2 FIDE elements, King's partner of all three. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
2. Overkill Ecumenical Chess. Compounds of 2, 3, and all 4 Wildebeest Chess elements. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
3. Overyang. Variant using compounds of Yang Qi pieces. (11x13, Cells: 143) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Padwar qi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
2. Panchimera. 33 pieces a side, includes all the knight augmented pieces. By Graeme C Neatham.
3. Panchimera. all the king's horses - a variant that doubles the number of each FIDE piece and then adds the knight augmented pieces. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Graeme C Neatham.
4. Partnership Chaturanga. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
5. Passive ultima. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Pawn Chess. Pawns promote to first piece captured by opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black.
7. Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
8. Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
9. Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66) By Martin Janecke.
10. Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
11. Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
12. Pillage . Featuring the unique Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
13. Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
14. Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
15. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf). By M Winther.
16. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). By M Winther.
17. Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. By M Winther.
18. Plutonian Test Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes. By Steven Streetman.
19. Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.

Q

1. Quantimex. Principles of Quantum Mechanics applied to Ultima on an hexagonal board. (Cells: 91) By Graeme C Neatham.

R

1. Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (5x(7x7), Cells: 140) By Charles Gilman.
2. Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool. By Amy Johnson.
3. Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x(4x6), Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
4. Reflection teammate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
5. Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available). By M Winther.
6. Reformed Courier-Spiel. Begnis's attempt to reform the Courier-Spiel proposed by H.C. Albers in 1821. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
7. Reformed Courierspiel. Play this modern version of an historic game on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
8. Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf). By M Winther.
9. Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
10. Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf). By M Winther.
11. Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules. By M Winther.
12. Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Janecke.
13. Revised Chess. A revision of Fide-chess: a pawn on the seventh rank can also capture forwards. Makes chess much less drawish (with zrf). By M Winther.
14. Revised Chess. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included). By M Winther.
15. ' Roid Rage Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
16. Rotor-blades Chess . Played on a circular tessellation of 150 triangular cells. By David Cannon.
17. Rotor-blades Chess. Game played on a board that is both circular and trigonal. (Cells: 150) By David Cannon.
18. Rotorblades Fusion Chess . A cross between my own Rotorblades Chess and Fergus Duniho's Assimilation Fusion Chess, with a few extra features. By David Cannon.
19. Rotorblades Fusion Chess. Played on a circular tiling on triangular cells. A further development of my previous game, Rotorblades Chess. (Cells: 150) By David Cannon.
20. Round Honeycomb Chess . Round Honeycomb Chess is a cross between Circular/Cylindrical Chess and Hexagonal Chess. By David Cannon.
21. Round Honeycomb Chess. A cross between Circular/Cylindrical Chess and Hexagonal Chess. (9x11, Cells: 99) By David Cannon.
22. Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
23. Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.

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1. Saint Pancras Shogi. double-set Sainted Shogi variant with half the pieces starting promoted. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Charles Gilman.
2. Schachen - Chess me. Commercial chess variant with board and pieces replaced by cards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Heinrich Gumpler and Matthias Schmitt.
3. Scion . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
4. Secutor Chess. The Secutor is a bifurcation piece that must collide and deviate in order to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
5. SerPent Chess 50. Pentagonal cells form hexagonal blocks in two ways. (Cells: 50) By Charles Gilman.
6. Shambhala chess. Maybe, it's the misterious first form of chess? Actually, most probably, not. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
7. Shock Troops. The usual chess until the War Knight, Elephant Knight and Ninja Pawns enter the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
8. Shock Troops . Make a regular move or drop one of two pieces into a vacant space in the back rank. By Charles Daniel.
9. Shock Troops. System of chess with standard board and pieces, but with new leaping pieces entering during play. By Charles Daniel.
10. Shogchess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
11. Siege. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
12. Silver Elephant Chess. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
13. Sinojewish Chess. Hexagonal approximate analogue to Wildeurasian Qi. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
14. Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: David Sirlin.
15. Small Game Nearlydoubles. Nearlydouble versions of Diana, Los Alamos, et cetera. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Charles Gilman.
16. Smallest possible 2D and 3D chess. Missing description (2x(2x2), Cells: 4) By Daniil Frolov.
17. Sonic the Hedgehog Chess Advanced version. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
18. Sovereign Chess. Ten neutral armies can be activated on this 16 x 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Mark Bates.
19. Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven Streetman.
20. Spartan Chess. Play this unequal armies variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Steven Streetman.
21. Spartan Chess. The spartan army with 2 Kings and novel pieces fights against the persians (standard chess army). By Nick Wolff.
22. Spherical Chinese Chess. XiangQi with a spherical board. (9x10, Cells: 92) By Graeme C Neatham.
23. Spherical Guard Chess. Hiashatar (Mongol Grand Chess) on a spherical board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Graeme C Neatham.
24. Spherical Guard Chess . Play with either the single-board or dual-board sphere projection . By Graeme C Neatham.
25. Spire orth triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (7x14, Cells: 98) By Daniil Frolov.
26. Springboard. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
27. Square and hex on same board. Missing description (16x8, Cells: 128) By Daniil Frolov.
28. Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Vitya Makov.
29. Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess and reintroducing a unique old piece with zone of influence. By Vitya Makov.
30. ST3DRoth. Charlie Roth's Revision of Star Trek 3D Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Charles Roth and Andrew Bartmess.
31. Stelliform 6 player Chess. Stellisch from Wellisch, Stellicorn from Revergent, and Stellgi and Hexgi. (17x17, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.
32. Stock Goes East 25 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (5x(5x9), Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
33. Stock Goes East 49 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (7x(7x9), Cells: 441) By Charles Gilman.
34. Submission Illustration - Plutonian Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes. By Steven Streetman.
35. Suction Chess. Pieces swap places instead of being removed from the board, resulting in very different strategy. By Nathaniel Virgo.
36. Suffix Index to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of suffixes used in the Man and Beast series. By Charles Gilman.
37. Switch-Side Chain-Chess. Optionally swap sides with your opponent upon completing a "chain". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Azlan Iqbal.
38. Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x(3x10), Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Tables Chess. Missing description (12x2, Cells: 24) By Adam Goss.
2. Tetrahedral Shogi and Tetrahedral Hexgi. Shogi-based 3d variants on an enlargement of the Tetrahedral Chess board. (9x(9x9), Cells: 165) By Charles Gilman.
3. Teutonic Knight"s Chess. Played on an oblong board with rarely used pieces: The teutonic knight, the archchancellor and the crown princess. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Jörg Knappen.
4. TeX Chess . Chess program (including many variants) in TeX. By (zzo38) A. Black.
5. Third runner. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
6. Third runner. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By Daniil Frolov.
7. Tiger Lily Chess. hexagonal chess on a board inspired by a flower. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Graeme C Neatham.
8. TigerMarks. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Glenn Nicholls.
9. TigerSquares - 80 & 100. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Glenn Nicholls.
10. Trampoline Chess. Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Thompson.
11. Trampoline Chess . Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. By Mark Thompson.
12. Triana. 3-player version of 6x6 games. (9x9, Cells: 54) By Charles Gilman.
13. Triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
14. Turret Chess. The Turret catapult can sling any piece above its head, and let it land on an enemy piece (+ zrf). By M Winther.

U

1. Universal Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSuniversalchess. By Carlos Cetina.
2. Universal Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
3. UTF Conversion Page. Page for documenting UTF conversion issues. By David Howe.

V

1. Veles Chess. Introducing the deflecting Veles bifurcator on a Gustavian board (with zrf). By M Winther.
2. Venomous. Play this new large board system of chess with the Sissa, Sorcerer Snake and Ninja pawns. By Charles Daniel.
3. Venomous . The Sissa and Sorcerer Snake on a large board chess system with Ninja Pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
4. Venomous. New system of chess on 10x10 board with new pieces: the Sorcerer Snake and the even more venomous Sissa. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.

W

1. Warlord. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
2. The Warlord Games. Structured multi-move abstract strategy games of battle. By Joe Joyce.
3. Warlord: Clash of Arms. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
4. Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description By Nick Wolff.
5. Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nick Wolff.
6. Wing and RiverQi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Glenn Nicholls.

X

1. Xiangaroo. Xiang Qi variant with compounds of back-rank pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
2. Xiangqi vs Orthodox Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 77) By Travis Z.
3. xodul. Ten different pieces, with some Shogi and Xiangqi inspirations. By Silvia M. G. Rodrigues.
4. XSChess. Xiangqi plus shogi plus chess. (9x14, Cells: 126) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.

Y

1. Yonin Toyang Mitregi. Four-player variant with returns from capture and promotion to Yang Qi pieces. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Charles Gilman.
2. Yoto. Variant with heavy Xiang Qi influences marks Year of the Ox. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.

Z

1. Zeppelin Chess. The Zeppelin flies directly to any empty square orthogonally, captures piece before landing square (+zrf). By M Winther.
2. Zones of Action. Inspired form Lines of Action. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
3. Zones of Action . Inspired form Lines of Action. By Yu Ren Dong.

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