Inventors Starting with F

Chris Fanning [info] Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board.
A. E. Farebrother [info] Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how.
Daryl Fazekas [info] Radical Chess. Commercial chess variant with 16 different pieces.
Derrick Fernandez [info] Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Neil Fernandez [info] Narrassetch. Hexagonal chess game playable with ordinary chess set. Narrassetch (70 and 91 hex versions). Hexagonal chess game playable with ordinary chess set.
Mw. L. Ferris [info] A Chess Problem with a Chancellor 2. Mate in two moves.
Daniel Figahs [info] Cypher Chess. Game with novel piece.
Jacek Filek [info] Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves.
Karl Fischer [info] Torus Chess on a Standard Board. Torus Chess on a standard board with a unique setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Torus Standard. Uses the ordinary FIDE pieces on 8 x 8 board but configured in such a way as to permit the board to be toroidal!
Robert J. Fischer [info] Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Fischer Random Chess. David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess., more...
David Fisher [info] Gladiator Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Hamiltonian Chess. Win by forming a Hamiltonian path between your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Nick Fletcher [info] Riftwalker Chess. A 4 dimensional game on a 3x3x3x3 board. (3x(3x(3x3)), Cells: 81)
Aurelian Florea [info] Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
Mike Flynn [info] Omnigon Photos and Review. Photos and Review of commercial variant.
Fogus [info] Insurrection. Capturing causes promotion, demotion, or a coup in the opponent's ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bart D. Follis [info] Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells.
Francesco Fonseca [info] Saisho Shogi. Game with one dice-shaped shared piece.
Tomas Forsman [info] A Little Old Chess Poem. A short poem on the war of Kings. Family matters chess (small). Variant on 41 square board. (Cells: 41) Gambler's Chess. A scheme for adding betting to any Chess variant., more...
Fabio Forzoni [info] Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ben R. Foster [info] Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) Chancellor Chess. Classic 9x9 board with rook-knight. Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet., more...
Geoffrey Foster [info] A Kriegspiel problem. Missing description Kriegspiel Problem, a. A Kriegspiel mate in two with solution.
Kenneth Fourcell [info] Tower Siege: 3D Chess Game. Missing description (8x(8x8), Cells: 64) The Tower: 3D Chess Set. A device for playing chess and chess variants in the third dimension.
Antoine Fourrière [info] Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96) 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) , more...
Ken Franklin [info] Franklin Grand Chess. On 10 by 10 board with combination pieces and random setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) Leap Chess. Game with mandatory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares. (6x8, Cells: 44) Big Pawn Chess . Missing description, more...
Paul Fredrix [info] Imperial Dragon Chess. A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Imperial Dragon . A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players.
Christian Freeling [info] Caïssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49) Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
Demian Freeling [info] Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Congo. Demian Freeling's Congo on the Game Courier.
Hans Theo Frenkel [info] Link to: Metapontum. Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board.
R. L. Frey [info] Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Peasant Revolt Chess. Eight pawns vs. three knights and pawn.
Ed Friedlander [info] Colorbound. Missing description King with a Shotgun Chess II. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Queen capture. Monkey Do Chess. If possible, make a second move with any unit., more...
Daniil Frolov [info] 10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104) 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) 8x8 adaptation. Missing description, more...
Michael Fryer [info] Edge of the World (EOTW) Chess. Pieces have momentum on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
F. G. Fuller [info] Fuller's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture as knights.