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Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) By John William Brown.
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) By Ralph Betza.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Crazyhouse
. A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
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Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: John Ayer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
Cagliostro's Chess. Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee Florida invented this variant in latter quarter of 20th c. Adds extra cardinal and amazon to capa. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
Cai Qi
. Chesslike game on circular board. Inventor: Patrick Hassel Zein.
Caïssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
Caïssa. Christian Freeling's game with a royal queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons. By Fergus Duniho.
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Calculation of Piece Values
. Link to an essay on attack values, material values, relative piece values. Author: Derek Nalls.
Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Mark Hedden and Charles Gilman.
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cambaluc Chinese Chess Photos. A commercially produced Chinese Chess set with Staunton pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Michael Asher.
Cambodian Chess
. Mysterious 9x9 "Cambodian" Chess game that seems unknown in Cambodia. Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tony Quintanilla.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. By Tony Quintanilla.
Camelrider Chess. P. Aronson's big-board variant with regular pieces and Camelriders. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Zeitlin.
Cannibal Chess
. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. Author: Marek14 .
Cannibal Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
Cannon. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Cannon Chess
. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cannon Shogi
. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Peter Michaelsen.
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By Adam DeWitt.
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By Adam DeWitt.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon. By M Winther.
Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42) By David Short.
Cannons and Crabs
. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Cannons and Crabs. Small board, cannons (alibaba-guards) and some centralized crabs (sergeant pawns) - promotion only to cardinal or marshall... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. (12x8, Cells: 80) By Gary K. Gifford.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons on the sides of the board can "fire" new pieces into the game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Cannons of Chesstonia
. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Canoness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 88) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Tony Paletta.
Canonical Chess Variants
. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. By Tony Paletta.
Canonness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently shaped board. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Canopus
. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. By Roberto Lavieri.
Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel. By Charles Gilman.
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Chess program. A DOS program for Capablanca's chess, based upon GNU chess. Author: William Angel. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Relocation Chess
. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca Shatranj
. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca Shatranj. Where Cardinal and Marshall are replaced by their moderate short range leaper counterparts. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's chess
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess on the Play-by-Mail system! Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess with Jocly. Author: The Jocly Team and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's Chess Photographs. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capatomic Random Chess. Variant that combines Capablanca Random and Stratomic Chess. By Gaelyn Autumnsong.
Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
Capricorn Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. By Ralph Betza.
Captain Spalding Chess
. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
Captive Kings. Created to obtain more wins and less draws with an anti-chess chess rule. By Joel .
Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Thomas Cameron.
Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Capture-the-flag Chess
. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Thomas Cameron.
Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Carbery. game for fantasy thing. By Aidan Murphy.
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe.
CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cardinal. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
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.
Cardinal Super Chess Home Page
. Link to company site.
Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Cardmate
. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. By Ivan Derzhanski.
Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
Carnage
. Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Carnivore Chess. Each turn, also move an uncapturable predator. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba. Author: Charles Gilman.
Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons. By Namik Zade.
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
Carrousel Chess. Circular chess using reflecting bishops & sqirrels, not Bs & Ns. By Kevin Pacey.
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Castalia Chess
. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Castle Chess
. White must prevent black from castling. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
Castle Siege Chess
. Byzantine Chess merged with 6x6 chess board. By Richard VanDeventer.
CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Éric Angelini.
Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Cat's Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Cataclysm. Large board game with short-range pieces designed to be dramatic without being overly complicated or dragging on too long. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Greg Strong.
Cataclysm. Large board variant with exciting, strategical play, and many powerful short-range pieces. By Greg Strong.
Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy
. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Catastrophic 8x8 Chess. Mathematician Missoum gives a new type of chessboard.
Cavalier. Piece from RennChess that steps one diagonally then slides orthogonally, or steps one orthogonally then slides diagonally. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Cavalier Chess
. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess Photographs. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Michael Nelson. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalry Chess
. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Chess. All pieces have additional knight move except knights which get camel + zebra moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavewars CSIPGS Chess. Three dimensional chess variant based on Cavewars game. By Ralph Betza.
Cazaux Chess
. Some chess variants invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux, along with some others. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Cazaux, Jean-Louis. An interview. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Cazaux, Jean-Louis
. Books by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Cazaux, Jean-Louis
. Website of Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
CC chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CC chess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. ...two Chess Armies made from (some of) the most popular pieces used in Western and Eastern Chess games. By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated) with zrf.file. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCChess - shuffle version. A few different imaginings of CCChess. By Namik Zade.
CCChess Final Fight. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCChess new generations. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCCHess,Demon Vs Super Symchess. Pieces from Demon Chess face off against those from Super Symchess. By Namik Zade.
CCChess-FF(In-Yan variant). Missing description By Namik Zade.
CDA Variant: Fighting Fizzies. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
CDA: Demi-Rifle Army. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
CDA: Meticulous Mashers. ...every piece very nearly matches the corresponding piece from FIDE-chess, both in value and in general characteristics. - RB. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
CDA: Pizza Kings. Experimental CDA army, submitted half in jest, with pieces whose movement imitates their shape. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Lawson.
CDA: Spacious Cannoneers. Spacious pieces combine with Vao and Pao pieces for Betzan Chess with Different Armies Variant. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Cellular Chess. One step towards Joe Joyce's ideal of playing chess on an 100x100 board. (30x30, Cells: 900) By Carlos Cetina.
Cellular Chess. Play Cellular Chess at Game Courier. By Carlos Cetina.
Centaur. Moves as Knight or Man. Also known as Centaur. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Centaur Chess
. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Royal and Double Centaur Royal
. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
Centennial and Millennial Chess: Cutout pieces. Pictures to print for making your own Centennial and Millennial Chess set. By John William Brown.
Centennial Chess
. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) By John William Brown.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Centennial Chess Photographs. 10x10 board, Shogi-like pieces. Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
Center of Attention. FIDE Chess but with an additional winning condition: Move your king unchecked into a center square. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Johan Richter.
Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
Centerless Chess. No center pawns or squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Central Chess. Move twice per turn, once in center and once on edge. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces. By QIDb602.
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.
The Central Squares
. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. By João Pedro Neto.
The Central Squares. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (6x6x3, Cells: 100) By João Pedro Neto.
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup. By Carlos Cetina.
Cetina Random Chess. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chad. Christian Freeling's simple game of complex strategy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Christian Freeling.
Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.
Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christian Freeling.
Chakra
. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chamaeleon
. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. Inventor: Wolfgang Großkopf.
Chameleon. Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
Chameleon
. Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. By Tony Quintanilla.
Chameleon (1). Take a piece in the way that piece is taking. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Chameleon (2). Change movement abilities after every movement. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chameleon Chess. On each turn the rank of the moved piece changes. By Sergey Sirotkin.
Chameleon Chess. Begin with 16 pawns which evolve. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Chameleon Chess. Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. (6x7, Cells: 42) By P. D. Magnus.
Chameleon Chess
. Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: P. D. Magnus.
Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
Champagne Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with ferfils and dragons added. By Kevin Pacey.
Champion. Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho.
Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chance Chess Co.
. Web site.
The Chance Game
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Chancellor. Fairy Chess name for Rook+Knight compound. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Chancellor Chess. Classic 9x9 board with rook-knight. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Chancellor Chess. Problems from Chancellor Chess book.
Chancellor Chess (Book). Missing description Author: Ben R. Foster.
Changi with diagonal pieces. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Changling Chess
. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
Chaos
. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers. Inventor: Ron Kensek.
Chaos Chess. Pieces are placed randomly everywhere on the board before the game starts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Allen Jett.
Chaos Chess. Random starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Allen Jett.
Chaos Chess
. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
Chaotenschach. Players start the game by making a secret setup on their own half of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Charge Chess
. Pieces must move forwards or sideways until they hit the last row. By Jeremy Pflasterer.
Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Chariots. Standard pieces start as pairs with shared capabilities, but can separate and recombine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Jagger.
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen Inventor: Danielle Allen.
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Danielle Allen.
chass
. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
Chassyrinth
. A 'color-attribute' based hexagonal chess variant. Inventor: Kumar Yelubandi.
Chatter Chess. Variant based on the idea of line chatter where rider pieces can switch to other friendly pieces' lines of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice)
. Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chaturanga
. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chaturanga
. Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
Chaturanga
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Chaturanga
. Computer game that plays Chaturanga and many other variations.
Chaturanga
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Chaturanga 10x10
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga 4-84
. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Chaturanga-Shatranj-Senterej
. Oldest known version of Chess plus Arabic Chess plus a guess at Ethiopian Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Chaughts. A mixture of chess and international draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Hedden.
Chazz
. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Cheapmate Chess
. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. By Robert Price.
Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
Cheapmate Chess
. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
Cheapo. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Chec Toe
. Chec Toe is a 4x4 Chess variant played with a six sided die, incorporating uniquely designed features, such as Checkering, Cross. By Simon Edward Jepps.
CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
Check Force Chess. The player giving check decides how the opponent escapes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce R Trone.
Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Richard D.B.M. and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard D.B.M..
Checkers. The most popular game besides Chess played on the same board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
Checkless Chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Checkless Chess. You may not check unless it is mate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Checkmate in an Infinite Number of Moves
. Missing description By Alberto Monteiro.
Checkmate Sliding Puzzle. Slide squares in this puzzle such that the black king becomes mated. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. G. H. Strijbos.
Checkmating Applet. Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Checkmating Applet (3 vs 1). Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Cheer Chess
. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. By Ken Franklin.
CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
Chennis.
Kyoto-Shogi-inspired variant (with alternating piece sides), with a tennis theme. By Daniel Lee.
Cheops
. Large 3d chess variant inspired by Dune novels. By B. Gregory Johnson.
Chesh
. 3 player, hexagonal chess.
Cheshire Cat Chess
. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess, 10 x 10. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
Chesica
. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
Chesimal Fusion I. Missing description (16x12) By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals I. This game introduces "Chess Animals", independent groups of chess pieces that act as one large multi-square piece. By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals: Autonomous Multi-unit Pieces. self-contained autonomous multi-square pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination
. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
Cheskers
. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers. The most popular cross between checkers and chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers. Fun and simple crossover between chess and checkers invented by professor Solomon W. Golomb. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers and Grand Cheskers
. Cross-variant between chess and checkers, with variants on larger boards. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Chesquerque. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chesquerque
. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess. Play Chess with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Chess (Variant) Graphics. Icons of chess variant pieces. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess - The Speed Game
. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess - the Speed Game. Photo's of set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Chess 1010. Game with 40 pieces. By Kevin Pacey.
Chess 112. Large variant on an 8x12 board. (14x8, Cells: 112) By Carl Wenrich.
Chess 121. Large chess variant with Demo Dos-program. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Russell Grigsby.
Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
Chess 2000
. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerhard Josten.
Chess 2000
. A program that plays Chess 2000. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game. Author: David Howe.
Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Johnny Luken.
Chess 3D. A java applet that plays a three dimensional chess variant. By Marius Soska.
Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess 66.
Board based on the 8x8 arrangement - with the difference that 66 fields are now available. (8x8, Cells: 66) By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess 68
. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types.
Chess 68. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68)
Chess 68. FIDE Chess with setup inspired by Omega Chess, to allow two modest new corner pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess 69
. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess 911. 9x9 board plus corner squares, compounds, and special diagonals. (9x9, Cells: 85) By Persian Chess.
Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Chess 99
. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered. By Claude Lapointe.
Chess 9x9. Exciting variant combining classical pieces with Amazons, Camels and Dragon Horses. By Carlos Cetina.
Chess Addresses. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
Chess Adventurer
. True Type chess font with distinguished bishop. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Alfonso
. True type chess font, based on diagrams from famous games book of King Alfonso from Spain, 13th century. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers. By Nicolino Will.
Chess And Physics. Taken pieces leave energy on the board that can be transformed into `mass': pieces. Author: João Pedro Neto. Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
Chess and Three Quarters. Extremely powerful leapers dominate a game with multiple royal pieces. By Nicolino Will.
Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group. Author: Jouni Tolonen.
Chess Assistant Light
. Chess publishing software.
Chess Attack. Play this small 5x6 variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Werner Kling.
Chess Battle
. Military-themed Chess variant on a large board, invented in the Soviet Union in 1933. Author: Roger Norling. Inventor: A. S. Yurgelevich.
Chess Berlin 1.1
. True type chess font. Author: Eric Bentzen.
Chess Captor
. Program to make chess diagrams.
Chess Cards. Cardgame with chess flavor. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards. Sample Games. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards - Graphics. Instructions and pictures for your own set of Chess Cards. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards Scoresheet. Print your own scoresheet for the Chess Cards game. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess cards, Sample game: Queen's Privilege Snippet. Missing description Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards: Match 1. Missing description Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards: Match 2 - Card sacrificing motif. Missing description Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards: Overmate - Sample Game. Missing description Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cases
. True type chess font used in Problemiste. By Matthieu Leschemelle.
Chess Chaos. Announcement of pack of cards that affect chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Composition Microweb
. Extensive website on chess problems. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
Chess Condal
. True type chess font, based on diagrams from Spanish chess books. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Contradance. Move pieces to the other side of the board without attacking each other. By Karen Robinson.
Chess Cubed
. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. By Larry L. Smith.
Chess Cubed on Steam
. Chess on a Puzzle Cube with standard pieces and rotations. By Ethan W.
Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (4x4x6, Cells: 96) By Robert J. Bell.
Chess Detective: Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems
. Missing description Author: David Li.
Chess Diagram Construction Utility
. Webpage that helps to make chess diagrams for publications.
Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
Chess Draughts. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
Chess Eccentricities. An old book on Chess variants from 1885. Author: George Hope Verney.
CHESS Eccentricities, By Major George Hope Verney. Images from the book (complete). Author: George Hope Verney.
Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
Chess Equalizer Dice. Photo's of dice with chess symbols. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Evolved Online. A comercial chess variant with collectable gaming pieces. By parpi.
Chess FAQ. Frequently asked chess questions. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess figurine font, based on Switserland font.
. For texts with chess figures. For Croatian, Danish, English, German, Slavonic, Swedish, and Yugoslavian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess figurine font, based on Switserland font.
. For texts with chess figures. For French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess figurine font, based on Switserland font.
. For texts with chess figures. For Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian and Norwegian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess figurine font, based on Times New Roman font.
. For texts with chess figures. For Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian and Norwegian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Figurine Font: FigurineStymbol T1, using Times New Roman.
. For texts with chess figures. For Croatian, Danish, English, German, Slavonic, Swedish, and Yugoslavian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Figurine Font: FigurineStymbol T2, using Times New Roman.
. For texts with chess figures. For French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess font: Chess Utrecht
. Stylized chess font, true type. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess For Any Number of Players. Rules for multiplayer chess that can be played with an arbitrary number of players. By Ralph Betza.
Chess for Three
. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
Chess for Three
. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
Chess for Three
. A 3-player variant on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess from Draughts etc.. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
Chess Harlequin
. True type chess font based on diagrams from French book. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess History and Reminiscences. Project Gutenberg eBook version of this public domain book (large!). Author: H. E. Bird.
Chess II
. Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jesse A. Obligacion.
Chess II. Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jesse A. Obligacion.
Chess in a Klein bottle. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in a Moebius Strip. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in a Toroidal Board. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in the Fast Lane
. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
Chess in the Fast Lane. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. (8x8, Cells: 41) By Francois Tremblay.
Chess in the Round
. A commercial variant on a round board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
Chess Jester
. 4-player variant with two new pieces. Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
Chess Kingdom
. True type chess font, based on diagrams from Latin American chess books. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364) By Jeremy Cooper.
Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Chess Legions
. Decimal variant with extra, exotic pieces. By Morien Wyn Jones.
Chess Leipzig
. True type chess font from book from Leipzig, end of 19th century. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Line
. Simple geometric chess font. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Lucena
. True type chess font based on 500 years old book `incunable of Lucena'. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Magnetic
. True type chess font based on magnetic chess set. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Mark
. A TrueType diagram font in a simple geometric style. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Mark
. True type chess font with stylized figures. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Marroquin
. A TrueType diagram font in a modern Mexican style. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Marroquin
. True type chess font. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Maya
. True type chess font for children's chess publications, using silhouettes of Staunton pieces. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Mazes
. Chess based maze puzzles.
Chess Mazes. Shareware program. Find a route for a piece that does not use an attacked square. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
Chess Mediaeval
. True type chess font with traditional design. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Merida
. True type chess font with classic design. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Millennia
. True type chess font in two versions with stylized versions for the third millennium. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Miner. Shareware program. Add mines to undermine all black pieces. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
Chess Miscel
. Clipart font for chess publications; true type font. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
CHESS MORALITY XIV: Pleiadic Dialectic. 14th poem in Chess Moralities series. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XIX: Shadow-Chess. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XV: Piece Offering. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVI: Body of Chess. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVII: Turning Rhyme. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVIII: The Falcon Heresies. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
A CHESS MORALITY: Castle Early. falcon. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Motif
. True type chess font with simple figures and bold outlines. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess of Amazons. Chess played on a 10x10 board with all FIDE pieces, but extra pawns, and the Amazon piece from the Game of Amazons. By paculino.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess Olympic
. Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess on a 12 by 12 Board
. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Doug Vogel has placed the standard 32 chess pieces in the center of a 12x12 board. Author: David Paulowich. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a Board with 37 Squares
. Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
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) Author: Alfred Pfeiffer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chess on a Cylindrical Board. 8 by 14 board in with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped. Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourrière.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped
. Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. By Antoine Fourrière.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped Preset. Play this game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand! By Antoine Fourrière.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added
. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. By David Howe.
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) By David Howe.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. Play this 8x10 game with three new pieces. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess on a Longer Board Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Michael Nelson and John Lawson. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess on a Mass Transit System. Missing description By Doug Chatham.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Chess on multiple chess boards. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Ralph Betza.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Game that introduced rose and knight-camel-zebra... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Play Ralph Betza's Huge Chess Variant with Game Courier.
Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
Chess on a Soccer Ball
. Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
Chess on an Infinite Plane. Chess game with no boundaries (infinite board), and Guard, Chancellor, and Hawk. () By V. Reinhart.
Chess On Stamps
. Web site devoted to postage stamps on Chess themes. Author: Fabio Coracini Ollita.
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
Chess on the Dot. Play this adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joshua Chou.
Chess on the Rainbows
. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
Chess on the Rainbows. Six different colors light up the board. You have to keep a piece on each color throughout... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. By Joe Joyce.
Chess Piece Discs. Chess variant pieces on wooden discs. Author: David Howe.
Chess Players Statue (Photo). Missing description Author: Marijke K. Bodlaender-Groote and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Playing Application
. Also plays: Elena Chess, Do-or-Die, Demi Chess, Diana Chess, Half Chess, HP Chess, Haynie's PC, and Courtyard. Author: André Heuner.
The Chess Plus Deck
. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards.
Chess Plus Plus Deck
. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards. By Gvndly.
Chess Pool. Game played on a pool table, inspired by chess. By Robert Price.
Chess Pool. Sample game of Chess Pool v. 0.50. By Robert Price.
Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Chess problem from 19th century. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Samuel Loyd.
A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Mate in two moves. Author: Ralph Betza. Inventor: Mw. L. Ferris.
A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Mate in two moves. Winner of tournament. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Keeble.
Chess Problem with a Nightrider. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Mansubat: Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: A modern exercise?. This old and simple shatranj problem uses only modern pieces and rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check!. Old shatranj problem of a form, typical for many such problems (mansubat). Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: The right way to check. Old shatranj problem in which one must determine in what order white must check black. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems: A proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tibor Orban.
Chess puzzle task: shortest game with only two kings in final di. Missing description Author: Mario Velucchi.
Chess Remix.
Create your chess variant. () By Alexandr Oleshko.
Chess Rules for Kids. An illustrated guide to the rules of chess for children. Author: David Howe.
A Chess Set. being a Handful of Games. By Glenn Nicholls.
Chess set: a very cheap set. Photo's of a set bought for a quarter of a Dutch guilder, with some silly variants playable with the set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Abstract pieces. Photo's of chess set with geometric forms for pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Abstract set from Poland. Photo's of chessset. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Human figures. Photo's of chess set with human figures as pieces made by mrs. Bodlaender-Groote. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Orthodox wooden set. Photo of orthodox (Staunton) wooden chess set. Author: Jean-Luc Muraro.
Chess set: Portable plastic set. Photo's of cheap portable plastic chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Set from Poland. Photo's of a wooden painted chess set from Poland. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Small wooden set. Photo's of small round wooden chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Soccer
. Chess Soccer game on a 9x9 board with no Pawns, no Captures, two goals and one ball. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
Chess Stamps - index. Updated.
Chess Stamps from Laos. Stamps with historical paintings of chess variants. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Tests: Bizarre Positions
. Website with tests of strange chess positions and how programs deal with these.
Chess Usual
. True type chess font; redesign of Chess Regular. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Utrecht. A True Type chess font. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Utrecht
. Stylized chess font, true type. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Variant Applets
. Ed Friedlander's Chess variants applet site. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Inventors. Find out which inventors have the most games listed here. Author: Fergus Duniho.
A Chess Variant Making Off.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Chess Variant Pages Membership. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Chess Variant Pages Rating System. Missing description By David Howe.
Chess Variant Pages Shop. Selling now also mugs with our logo.
Chess Variant Pages: Privacy Policy. Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Pages: Terms of Service. What is expected of members and visitors. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Problems on Game Courier. Solve Chess Variants Problems Composed with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Quotations: Asimov. Quote on chess variants from a book of I. Asimov.
Chess Variant Quotations: Burroughs. Quote on chess variant Jetan from a book of E.R. Burroughs.
Chess Variant Score Notation Book
. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants. By Simon Edward Jepps.
Chess Variant Set Construction. Describes a chess variant set made with ceramic tiles and wooden cubes. By Tony Quintanilla.
Chess variants fandom wiki
. Fandom wiki for chess variants. Author: Theresa Dubé.
Chess Variants of Sándor Nagy
. Link to Hungarian web page. By Sándor Nagy.
Chess Variants PBM Instructions. Help page for the Chess Variants Play-by-Mail system. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variants Query. More options for searching in these pages. By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess Variants Training
. A site that helps you improve at Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variants with Inverse Capture. Several variants around the idea that captures are done in the manner of the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chess Variants, 50 variants on the game of chess. Information on a book. Author: Adrey Caljé.
Chess Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern. Book that describes a variety of chess variants. Author: John Gollon.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board. By Albert Lee.
Chess with a Fool. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess with Batteries. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries
. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries
. Sample game of Roberto Lavieri vs. Rhonan Lavieri. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Rhonan Lavieri. and Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries
. Sample game of Rhonan Lavieri vs. Roberto Lavieri. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Rhonan Lavieri. and Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with checkers added. Add checkers in front of the pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Cyclical Armies
. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with Cyclical Armies. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (Recognized!) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) By Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Massive version of Chess with Different Armies with index page and many experimental armies. Author: Peter S. Hatch. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: John Lawson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies: Cylindrical Cinders. Ralph Betza variant, in which the White Pieces have the advantage of treating the board cylindrically. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
Chess with Different Periods
. A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
Chess with Extra Bishops. FIDE Chess with Extra Pair of Bishops that Start from Same Square. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chess with Promoters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Promoters. Each player has a piece which may promote the pieces of his opponent. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Quantum Bishops. Bishops move orthogonally along both paths and end up where a normal bishop would end up. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Reserves. Load your units during the game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: E. Slater.
Chess with Terrain. Play Greg Strong's Chess with Terrain on Game Courier. By Greg Strong.
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces. A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson and Ben Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson and George Dekle.
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces
. A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Wizards. A Decimal Chess Variant with Antoine Fourri. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess With Wizards. Chess with Wizards on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess without pawns
. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Chess Word Macros and Fonts. Alastair Scott's Chess DTP Page. Author: Alastair Scott.
Chess'3. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Nick Bentley and Christian Freeling.
Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul Keres.
Chess-Battle. War variant from the Soviet-Union, 1933. (12x12, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. S. Yurgelevich.
A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory. By David Howe.
Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique. Author: John William Brown. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chess/Aces. A large Chess variant based on modern FIDE chess pieces as well as on traditional ancient pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Andreas Bunkahle.
Chess/Xianqi/Shogi Tournament #1. Enter the First Chess/Xiangqi/Shogi Game Courier Tournament! Author: Antoine Fourrière.
Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess2 ~ A New Game of Chess for a New Generation of Players. Decimal Chess variant with two new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Robert J. Tiess.
Chess256. The pawns are randomized on the 2nd and 3rd rank. By M Winther.
Chess3. Three dimensional board with three board parts. (8x8x3, Cells: 192)
Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
Chess36. Game with invisible piece set up. By Joel .
Chess37
. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess37. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37) By David Howe.
Chess3D. A program for building 3D chess boards. Author: Per Trygve Myhrer.
Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess480. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
Chess8400. Fischer Random Chess ina 9x9 Board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Chess960.com
. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Chess960x3. Variant of Chess960. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hadi Aireche.
Chess99. Large progressive chess variant, where pieces gain progressive capabilities as the game develops. (9x11, Cells: 99) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
CHESSAGON. CHESSAGON® is like traditional Chess, but with Triangles, with one new additional piece named the Duke. By Kerry Langford.
Chessapawn
. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. By Robert Price.
Chessapawn. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Chessapawn Puzzles. Four positions of Chessapawn to solve. By Robert Price.
Chessapawn Sample Game. Missing description Author: Robert Price.
CHESSapeak
. Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
ChessArena.io
. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: ChessArena.
Chessball. Play football on a chessboard. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: U. N. Kamzolov.
Chessbrain Software
. Link to website of company making shareware chess puzzle programs.
Chesscala. Missing description (6x8, Cells: 48) By Francois Tremblay.
ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64) By Changcai Chen.
ChessCraft
. An Android app for playing Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
Chessenat. Game from Columbia with custodial captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessence. Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. (6x9, Cells: 46) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence
. Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence. Units move and capture depending on their proximity to their colleagues. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence
. Small variant with many possible winning conditions. By Stephen Sniderman.
Chessence of Jim Winslow. Movement is dictated by relation to friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chesseract
. Four dimensional chess variant. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Chesseract. Four dimensional chess variant. (4x4x16, Cells: 256) By Jim Aikin.
Chessers. Pieces may ride pawns to the end ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Chessex
. Hexagonal chess variant for two or three players. (Cells: 169) Inventor: Patrick K. Mullen.
Chessgi
. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessgi. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys
. A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys, Part 2
. 2nd part of a pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesshousers. Review of computer game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessical Cubism or Chess in Space
. Pamphlet describing 3 dimensional chess ideas. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chessicons
. Set of chess piece and related chess icons. Author: Peter Wong.
Chessky. Dice rolls determine how the units move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessling
. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Chessling
. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (10x10x2, Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourrière.
ChessMage (tm)
. A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
ChessMaker
. A simple program for creating Chess diagrams. Author: Mark Alexander.
ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
Chessmayne
. Chess Dictionary.
Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chessnuts 1999. Chessnuts is the newsletter of the Circular Chess Society. This is the 1999 issue. Author: Rob Stevens.
Chessoids: SuperPawn and NeutronChess. A large and complicated chess variant. (11x10, Cells: 111) By Eugen Laukamp.
Chessopoly
. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chessopoly. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. (12x12, Cells: 128) By Ralph Betza.
Chessquarters. Variants obtained by rearranging the quarters of the chessboard. (Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
ChessV
. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC. Author: Greg Strong.
ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file. By (zzo38) A. Black.
ChessWar
. Strategic game played with chess pieces. By Kalle Marjola.
ChessXp. 10x10 Chess, strictly derived from the 8x8 architecture. By Uli Schwekendiek.
Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (5x5x3, Cells: 43) By Jared B. McComb.
Cheversi. A mix of chess pieces and reversi-like strategy. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Cheversi Solitaire. Solitaire version of Cheversi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chevron Ranks. Pieces use the "ranks" based on the Glinkshy/McCooey analogues to FIDE Pawn ranks. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. By David L. Smith.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chex: photo's. Photo's of a chess variant formed of cards with chess piece symbols. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board. By Stephen Kennedy.
cHEXx
. Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
chexx. Another variant of hexagonal chess. (Cells: 63) By Dmitriy Golub.
Chezzle
. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces. By Jarrod Aden.
Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
Chieftain Chess. Missing description (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
Chieftain Chess. Large variant using 4 royal pieces with command control, multi-piece moves and pieces that may shift direction as they move. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight. By Albert Lee.
Chinese and Korean Chess Links
. Comprehensive list of links to Chinese and Korean chess pages. Author: Roleigh Martin.
Chinese Checkers Chess
. Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
Chinese Chess. Information on book on Xiangqi. Author: H. T. Lau.
Chinese Chess. Play Xiang Qi, the Chinese form of Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chinese Chess by H. T. Lau
. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess. Author: H. T. Lau.
Chinese Chess for Beginners. Missing description
Chinese Chess for Beginners
. Missing description
Chinese Chess Pack
. Contains a detailed play guide and strategic hints and tips for the game. Author: James Palmer.
Chinese Chess variant for 7 players. Missing description (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Stephen Leary.
Chinese Chess.
. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
Chinese court. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Chipps. Let all pieces gain a chip by moving to the other side of 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Mark Leff.
Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Chivalrous Attrition
. Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William F. Bultas.
Chivalry. With 30 pieces on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Asher.
Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Chogi
. Cross between Shogi and Chess.
Chogo-44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: David Jagger.
Chogo44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. (7x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Choice chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gianni Cottogni.
Choson chess
. Korean game, resembling Shogi, mentioned in a novel. Author: L. U. Kisljuk.
Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (11x11x6, Cells: 126) By Daniil Frolov.
Chromopolis. `Almost' colorbound pieces on a cylindrical board of 40 squares. (7x6, Cells: 40) By Alexandre Muñiz.
Chu Shogi
. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. Author: Adam DeWitt.
German Chu Shogi Association
. Missing description
American Chu Shogi Association
. Missing description Author: Joseph Peterson.
Chu Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Chu Shogi set. Author: John Lawson.
Chu Shogi Western
. Missing description Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Ciccolini's Chess. Large variant from the early 1800's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Guiseppi Ciccolini.
Cincinnati 4-way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. (Cells: 101)
Cincinnati 4-Way Chess
. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Robert Price.
Cincinnati Four-Way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: George P. Spicas.
Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Michel Caillaud.
Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over returns to its starting square. By Ben Good.
Circean Chess. Large variant in which pawns evolve into kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Circular. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. By Kevin Pacey.
Circular Chess
. Chess on a round board with modern pieces. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess
. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software. By Alan Mattlage and Martin Mattlage.
Circular Chess. PBM Preset for Circular Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess
. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf). By M Winther.
Circular Chess Championship for 2002 Announced. Missing description Author: Rob Stevens.
The Circular Chess Society. Organization for players of Circular Chess. Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess Society Information Pack. Rules of Circular Chess and Information on the Circular Chess Society. (Cells: 64) Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess Tournament for 2005
. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament. Author: Dave Reynolds and Richard Orange.
Circular Chess World Championship 2000. Article from Variant Chess. Author: John Beasley.
Circular Chess World Championship 2003. Missing description
Circular Chess, Improved. Circular Chess where Bishops and Queens are crooked, and all Pawns go in the same direction. (2x16, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Circular Perspective Chess
. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board. Author: Andrew Juell.
Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karen Robinson.
Citadel. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Citadel Shatranj
. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadel. Author: Marek14 .
Citadelir chess. Grand chess + Tamerlane chess + Omega Chess. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Clairvoyant Chess. Players predict what opponent will do to gain advantages. By Jim Aikin.
The Clash of Civilization Chess (Shuffle Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Civilizations Chess (Updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Clash of Command. Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board. (Cells: 41)
Clash of Command
. Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board.
The Clash of Continents Chess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Clash of the Civilizations Chess - new setup. Clash of theCivilizations -new setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Classic Average. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Kuyan Judith.
Classic sum. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Classic sum - light version. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
. Second edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, now arranged by category. Author: David B. Pritchard and John Beasley.
Claustrophobia. Played utilizing 46 squares of a chessboard, using new unique pieces, all of which can be represented by the standard pieces. (5x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move. By Thomas .
Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Cleopatra Chess
. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. Dan Troyka game, similar to Benedict Chess but with only one color-changing piece. Cleopatra "seduces" any piece she sees. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Clockwork Orange Chess
. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. By Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent. By Fergus Duniho.
Closing Time. During certain turns, you must move pieces out of a central area of the board (`the pub'). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Club Xiangqi
. An online club for playing Xiang Qi.
The CMG 7th Computer Olympiad (announcement). Missing description
Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win. By Tank .
Coalition. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Cobra Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Derick Peterson.
Cobra Chess
. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
Cobra Chess. Link featuring piece that occupies four squares at once, the cobra, moves like a rook but can leap over friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
Codrus. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coherent Chess
. Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Coherent Chess. Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Coherent Chess. Coherent Chess on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Coherent Chess (updated). http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/coherent.html. By Carlos Cetina.
Coin. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
College Mess. Smess variant played using a Smess board & set. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Kevin Pacey.
Color Chess. Chess variant on board with 39 squares with five different colors. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Maarten Bodlaender.
Color Chess. Freeware program playing variant on 36 colored squares. By Maarten Bodlaender.
Color Chess
. Link to Hungarian web page. By Sándor Nagy.
Color Square Shogi. Shogi with color squares you place at beginning of game. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Colorbound. Missing description By Ed Friedlander.
The Colorbound Clobberers. A team for Chess with Different Armies with many colorbound pieces. By Ralph Betza.
Colorboundmost and Nearly Colorboundmost Chess. Games with all pieces either completely or almost completely colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
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.
Colossus
. With twice the number of Rooks, Bishops and Knights. Also includes 5 new variants with exotic pieces. By Charles Daniel.
Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
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. By Chad W Smith.
Columbia Cannon. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Columbiad Chess.
. Introducing the Columbiad, combining a cannon and a Cannonrider, on an H-board (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Combat Chess II. A wargame-like chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Garwood.
Combination Chess. Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. (Cells: 39) By David Howe.
Combination Chess
. Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. By David Howe.
Combination Chess
. Large chess variant with combination pieces. By Vernon Nemitz.
Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Combining Knightmare Chess
. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. By Peter Aronson.
Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Command and Maneuver: A Tale of Two Countries. This is a diceless wargame,. (24x12, Cells: 288) By Joe Joyce.
Commando Pawn Chess
. Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
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) By Charles Gilman.
Comments on Grand Chess. Notes on Grand Chess and a variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Commodore Chess. Featuring the Commodore piece (also called Leo) on a Gustavian board. By M Winther.
Commoner. Moves to any adjacent square, like a King, but not royal. Author: Sergey Sirotkin and Fergus Duniho.
Communist Chess. When you capture an opponent's piece, you must destroy one of your own pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Compact Chess. Small version popular in South Africa. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Compact Hex Chess. 2 normal hex armies on a board reduced to sides of length 5. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Complementarity - Part I. With Short Range Project in mind, list of a highly specific set of pieces defined by simplest compounds. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Complete Chess. with a riding and a leaping piece family. By Thomas .
Complete Permutation Chess. Game with all possible combinations of Falcon, Rook, Bishop and Knight on the back row. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Peter Aronson and George William Duke.
Complete Permutation Chess. Carrera pieces given additional falcon movement ability are added to wide 8 row board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke and Peter Aronson.
Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 96) By Kuyan Judith.
Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). Missing description By Kuyan Judith.
Complexity of Large Variants. Some comments about the complexity of large chess/checkers variants. Author: Eli Bachmutsky.
Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. By Kevin Pacey.
Compound Courier Custom Chess. Game uses the Courier 12x8 board and adds knight compound pirces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.
Compromise Chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Compromise Chess. If you have two legal moves, your opponent may. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces. By Travis Compton.
The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Conclave Ecumenical Chess. Large variant with wide variety of Rook and Bishop compounds. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
Condi Chess. Speed chess with the clock twelve meters from the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Conditional Chess. In addition to a normal move, a player states a move that is executed if a certain condition holds. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Conditional Quantum Chess. You may move to two squares each turn, but only one is a real move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Confederation Chess. Two pieces can fuse into a stronger unit, and can dissociate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Configuration Chess
. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
Confusion Chess 1b. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Confusion Chess1b
. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Christian Freeling. Inventor: Demian Freeling.
Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Congo. Demian Freeling's Congo on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Demian Freeling.
Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Connect Shoot Kill
. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece. By Dan Troyka.
Conquest ®. A popular board game, designed and marketed by Donald Benge. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Conservative Capablanca Chess. Alternative, more traditional Capablanca chess setup. Author: Davor Vujacic. Inventor: Davor Vujacic and David Paulowich.
Constable Chess
. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf. By M Winther.
Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Kristianson.
Construction Chess. The idea for this variant is to give each player the possibility to construct his own chess army. By João Pedro Neto.
The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings. By John Gallez.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 41 squares. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 42 squares. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 43 squares. Missing description Author: Glenn Overby II and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 84 spaces.. Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant with exactly 32 turns.. Missing description
Contest: Hexagonal chess problem solving, 2001. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest: Large variant design, 1999. Missing description
Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book! Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Continental Chess.
Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances. By David Howe.
Contragrasshopper. Moves as queen but must always jump first. Author: Ben Good.
Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Contramatic Chess. This king can walk right into check! The goal for this king is to get checkmated. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Convergent Chess. Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
Convergent Chess
. Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. By A.J. Winkelspecht.
Conversion Chess. A co-chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Conversion Chess. I chose this one to represent the entire family of co-chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Conveyor Chess. Large variant with conveyor belt on middle of board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Zachary Catlin.
Coordinator. Takes in `coordination' with king. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Coordinator Chess
. Dekle's Coordinator Chess, featuring the Coordinator that captures in coordination with the king (with zrf). By M Winther.
Copper, Silver, Gold: An Indestructible Metallic Alloy. Game with indestructible metallic alloys. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
Copyright and the Chess Variant Pages. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Coregal Chess
. Both kings and queens are royal. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Corner Chess. Two or four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board with pieces starting in the corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Derek Nalls.
Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
A Cornucopia of 9x9 Corner variants. The title speaks for itself. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Coronation Chess. Bishop and rook can fuse to replace the queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Corral Chess. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. (5x9x2, Cells: 46) By Doug Chatham.
Corral Chess.. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. By Doug Chatham.
Correlator Chess
. Introducing the Correlator which captures by correlating with the king (with zrf). By M Winther.
Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corridor Chess. FIDE but subtracting rook pawns and setting pieces up in house in middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Cosmic Chess
. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW.
Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cost Progressive Chess. Pieces cost varing amounts of movement points to move, and each turn you get more movement points to move them with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Evan Koch.
Counsellor Chess
. Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: R. Douglas Wells.
Counsellor Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Douglas Wells.
Countdown. Ten player game with sf-theme. (x10, Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
Countdown Queens
. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and Crooked Bishops. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Courier 'de la Dama'
. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. By Nuno Cruz.
Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Courier Chess
. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. Author: Francis Monkman.
Courier Chess. Early German version. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Courier Chess. A painting of a Courier Chess game by the famous Dutch painter Lucas van Leyden, from 1510. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Courier Chess (modified). Missing description (8x12, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess - Modified. Fourth and Fifth Courier Chess variant modifications.... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess - Printable Rule Booklet - FREE DOWNLOAD
. Easy to Print Concise Rule Booklet of the Medieval Courier Game. By Rick Knowlton.
Courier Chess Moderno. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By Jose Carrillo.
Courier de los Combinados. A cross between Courier de la Dama and Wildebeest Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
Courier de los Combinados. Variant with the most Basic Combinations of Knight, Camel, FIDE pieces, with ferzes, wazirs and guards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Courier Elephant. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Courier Eurasion Chess
. Eurasian Chess meets Courier-Spiel. By Graeme C Neatham.
The Courier Game. Description of Courier Chess, with printable pieces and board. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Lawrence C. Smith.
Courier Leapale. Extrapolating Courier Kamil to 3 dimensions. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
Courier-Spiel. 19th century variant of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier-Spiel. More modern version of Courier Chess, with Queen added. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Courier-Spiel
. This is a more modern variant of Courier Chess in 19th. By Yu Ren Dong.
Courrier Chess
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Courtyard. Variant on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40)
Courtyard
. Variant on 5 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 .
Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Leonard Kalich.
Courtyard Photographs. Photo's of constructed set of 40 squares variant. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Coward Chess
. King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places. By Ken Franklin.
Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Cows and Butterflies. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
Cows and Butterflies
. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
Crab. Jumps as knight but only `narrow forwards' or `wide backwards'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!) By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's
. On strange board with 38 squares. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ben Good.
Crazy 38's. Ben Good's Crazy 38's on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: A Final Word. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: Drops. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: Gameplay. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: Notation. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Bishop. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Board. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Gold General. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Home Square. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The King. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Knight. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Object of the Game. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Pawn. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Pieces. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Rook. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Silver General. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Starting Setup. Missing description By Ben Good.
Crazy Lightning Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Crazyhouse
. A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess
. Normal Crazyhouse except pieces cannot move backwards. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
CrazyKrieg. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
CrazyWar
. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Create Member Submitted Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own items to the site! Author: David Howe.
Create Member Submitted Zillions Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own Zillions files to the site! Author: David Howe.
Creating Hexagonal Board Graphics. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Creation Chess. Pieces on the far rank may give birth to hybrids. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Trove.
Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Marve Meirovitz.
Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David B. Pritchard.
Critters: Chesimals III. Chesimals redesigned. By Joe Joyce.
The Crooked Bishop. Revisiting the Crooked Bishop. Author: Ralph Betza.
The Crooked Bishop. Missing description Author: Ralph Betza.
Crooked Bishop. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. de A. Almay.
Crooked Board Chess. Variant on a board of standard size but odd shape. (8x12, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Crooked Queen. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline or like a Rook. By Ralph Betza.
Cross Chess. Popular in Australia. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller and N. Maddox.
Cross Chess
. Game played on a cross-shaped board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Cross-Eyed Chess. Two player variant on cross-shaped board. (12x12, Cells: 84) By Uri Bruck.
Cross-Eyed Chess
. Two player variant on cross-shaped board. Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
Cross3D Chess. 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Stephane Burkhart.
Cross3D Chess
. 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. By Stephane Burkhart.
Crossbishop Chess
. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crossbishop_Chess (8x10)
. A big-board variant featuring the new Crossbishop piece, an advanced cannon relative (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crossover Chess. Two player variant with crossshaped board. (12x12, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Crossover-piece Dual Direction Variants. Variants adding different moves in the dual direction to already dual pieces. () By Charles Gilman.
Crossrook Chess
. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (8x8x4, Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
Crouching Stepper, Hidden Rider. Xiang Qi pieces' moves lengthen and shorten with location. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
Crowd Chess 1: Safety in Numbers. More pieces can occupy the same square - you can only form or move to a crowd by a non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crowd Chess 2: All Go Together. More pieces can occupy the same square and share the same fate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crowded Angle 10x10 Chess
. Variant where pieces are set up in a L-shape on a 10x10 board. By Uwe Wiedemann.
Crown
. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal. Inventor: L. U. Kisljuk.
Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,. Author: Ed Friedlander.
The Crown of Krithala. Pieces move a crown which the opponent wants to capture. By Lawrence C. Smith.
Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.
Crown Prince Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz.
Crowned Knight. Moves as Knight or Man. Also known as Centaur. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crowned Rook. Moves as Rook or Ferz. Also known as Dragon King. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Cruise Pawns. Pawns can shoot away like cruise missiles. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crushed Chess. After every 10 turns, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Cuarenta
. Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board. By Mark Thompson.
Cuarenta. Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board. By Mark Thompson.
Cuban Chaturang. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
Cuban Chess. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Cube Shogi. Shogi with cube-shaped pieces. By John Smith.
Cube+
. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Cube+. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) By Jim Aikin.
Cube-Surface Board Chesses. Missing description (8x8x6, Cells: 384) By Kuyan Judith.
Cubic Chess
. Three dimensional chess variant on 7 by 7 by 7 board. (Link.). (7x7x7, Cells: 343)
Culverin Chess
. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Curiouser and Curiouser
. A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Dunn.
Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeremy Dunn.
Curved Space. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Custodian Chess. A combination of Chess and ancient Tafl games. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Daniil Frolov.
Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
CVP Hall of Champions. See who has prevailed in all the competitions we've ever held, and hints about the future. Author: Glenn Overby II.
CwDA: the Shatranjian Shooters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Joe Joyce. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Joe Joyce.
Cycle Chess. Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. (6x6, Cells: 39) By Andy Kurnia.
Cycle Chess
. Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andy Kurnia.
Cyclohex. 3-player round hex variant. (24x5, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect. Author: Ed Friedlander.
A Cylinder chess puzzle - 1. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. Piccinini.
A Cylinder chess puzzle - 2. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. W. Mongredien.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Fergus Duniho.
The Cylindrical Cinders. Army for Chess with Different Armies where many of the pieces can move as if the board was a cylinder. By Ralph Betza.
Cypher Chess
. Game with novel piece. By Daniel Figahs.
Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
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