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  1. 007 Chess. 007 Chess involves three move per turn, including one of your opponent's pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
  2. 007 Chess. A variant where you also move your opponents pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.

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  1. 10 Minute Melee. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Mason Green.
  2. 10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mason Green.
  3. 10-directionaI Chess . Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army. By Nick Wolff.
  4. 10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets. By Nick Wolff.
  5. 10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
  6. 100 Other Games to Play on a Chessboard. Missing description Author: Stephen Addison.
  7. 12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares. By Andrew L Smith.
  8. 123'. 123'. Author: 123 and .
  9. 123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
  10. 123456 Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
  11. 1st WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
  12. 2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line. World Chess Variants Championship. By Stephen R. Stockman.
  13. 2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
  14. 2nd WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
  15. 3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
  16. 3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
  17. 3to2. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
  18. 3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
  19. 4-handed Chaturanga with dice. Missing description Author: M Winther.
  20. 4-handed Shatranj. Shatranj for Four. Author: M Winther.
  21. 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  22. 6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
  23. 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.
  24. 84 Spaces Contest - Jury members. Please consider becoming a judge for the 84 squares contest! Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  25. 8x8 adaptation. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.

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  1. A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bas de Haas.
  2. A. M. DeWitt's Chu Shogi SVGs. A. M. DeWitt's SVG Graphics for Chu Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By A. M. DeWitt.
  3. AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
  4. Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
  5. ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
  6. Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  7. Absorption Chess. Capturer gains movement abilities. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  8. Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
  9. Absorption Chess II. Capturer gains movement abilities. This applet extends this to kings and pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  10. Abstract Chess . Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
  11. Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
  12. Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
  13. Accelerated Chess. Two non-capturing moves, or one capturing move, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  14. Accelerated Chess. White makes one move at first and then each player makes either a capturing move or two non-capturing moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  15. Accessory Chess. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
  16. Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
  17. Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). By Dan Troyka.
  18. Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
  19. Active King Chess. Each turn, one must move one's king in addition to moving other pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
  20. Actualized Potential Chess. Pieces exist where they are but also all along their routes or points of attack. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
  21. Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: A. E. Farebrother and W. H. Rawlings.
  22. Adams, Michael. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
  23. Adjutant Chess. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
  24. Advance Chess. Pawns begin on third and sixth ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  25. Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
  26. Advancement Chess. kevintucker88. By Freederick .
  27. Ai Ai. Ai Ai is a Java general game playing programme, with many chess variants. By Stephen Tavener.
  28. AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Feng Jun.
  29. AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
  30. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
  31. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
  32. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
  33. Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
  34. Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Akenhead.
  35. Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
  36. Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
  37. Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format. Author: Greg Strong.
  38. Alice Chess . New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
  39. All Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  40. All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
  41. All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. By Doug Chatham.
  42. All-In Chess. You may move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
  43. All-Mate Chess. Capture a piece only by rendering it unable to avoid FIDE capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
  44. All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
  45. All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  46. Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
  47. Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  48. Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  49. Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  50. Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
  51. Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
  52. Alphabetical Index. Search links to the Chess Variant Pages broken down alphabetically.
  53. Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
  54. Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
  55. Alternating Chess III. Each side alternates between moving pawn and piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  56. Alternative Chess. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
  57. AlterWay. Shareware program. Find a sequence of moves taking all black pieces. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
  58. Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
  59. Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
  60. Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  61. Amazon Chess. Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  62. Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
  63. Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
  64. Amazone Chess . Queen may also move as a knight. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
  65. Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabrice Liardet.
  66. American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  67. Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  68. Amphibian Chess . Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  69. Anatomy of a Preset: Chess. Detailed explanation of the code used to enforce the rules of Chess in Game Courier. Author: Superuser .
  70. ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
  71. Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier. By Daniil Frolov.
  72. Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  73. Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Stefanos Pantazis.
  74. Andernach Chess. Pieces change side when taking. Author: Stefanos Pantazis.
  75. Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
  76. Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces. Author: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
  77. Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
  78. Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  79. Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  80. Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Kieran Child.
  81. Anti-Chess. Lose all your pieces to win. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  82. Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
  83. Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
  84. Anti-Gravity Chess . Pieces that move repel other pieces. By João Pedro Neto.
  85. Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
  86. Anti-King Chess . Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. By Peter Aronson.
  87. Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
  88. Anti-King Chess I. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
  89. Anti-King Chess II. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
  90. Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check. Author: Fergus Duniho and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
  91. Anti-Magnetic Chain Chess. Pieces that moved must have a chain of `anti-magnetic interaction' with their own king. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
  92. Anti-Magnetic Chess . Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets. Author: João Pedro Neto.
  93. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
  94. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
  95. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Four anti-magnetic chessproblems. By Ben Good.
  96. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Some AntiMagnetic Chess Games. By João Pedro Neto.
  97. Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  98. Anti-Relay Tutti-Frutti Chess . Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece. By Michael Nelson.
  99. Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Raymond Pink.
  100. Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
  101. Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
  102. Antipodean Chess. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  103. Antipodean Chess II. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. This can queen a pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  104. Anywhere Chess . Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
  105. Anywhere Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
  106. Anywhere Chess and Variations. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. With several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
  107. Approval Poll for 1st Game Courier Tournament. Vote for the games you would like to play in a multivariant Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  108. Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. Author: Dominique Leste and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
  109. Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dominique Leste.
  110. Archimedes Chess. Capture by attacking an enemy unit with two of yours. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
  111. Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  112. Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreño.
  113. Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
  114. Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
  115. Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Riessen.
  116. Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Riessen.
  117. Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  118. Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions. Author: Ben M Reiniger and Vladimir . Inventor: Vladimir .
  119. Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
  120. Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
  121. Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Persson.
  122. Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
  123. Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
  124. Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
  125. Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
  126. Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster? Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
  127. Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
  128. Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.
  129. Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
  130. Assimilation Chess . Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
  131. Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
  132. Assimilation Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
  133. Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
  134. Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
  135. Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
  136. Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  137. Atlantis Chess. You may sink an edge square instead of moving a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
  138. Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
  139. Atlantis Chess . Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
  140. Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Nassah Bey Taher.
  141. Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  142. Augmented Chess . Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  143. Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  144. Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  145. Avalanche Chess . A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  146. Avalanche Chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (Recognized!) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  147. Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  148. Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  149. Avalanche Chess 2. As before, except that the red king and queen are switched. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  150. Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
  151. Average Game Ratings. An ordered list of the ratings for the games on this site. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  152. Aviary . New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Daniel Hollombe.
  153. Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Hollombe.
  154. Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
  155. Aviation Chess. Knight pawns move and capture as bishops and can leap any number of units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. Legan.
  156. Awards. Awards given to the Chess Variant Pages.
  157. Azerbaijan Chess. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/73747?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
  158. Azerbaijan Chess . http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/79138?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.

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  1. Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
  2. Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
  3. Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
  4. Baladãna. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'. By Martin Miller.
  5. Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  6. Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  7. Balaklava Chess . All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  8. Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
  9. Bank Chess . Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Karl Scherer and Denis van Straten.
  10. Bank of Scotland -- Main Branch. Progressive Variant where each check earns the player an extra move, and check ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
  11. Bank of Scotland -- Modern Branch. Progressive Variant where each check gives a player another move, and move is ended by check or move to defended square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
  12. Banzai Chess. Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincenzo Rapisardi.
  13. Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
  14. Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
  15. Barasi chess . Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Paul Barasi.
  16. Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
  17. Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
  18. Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alex . Inventor: Panos Louridas.
  19. Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
  20. Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
  21. Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game. Author: Jesse Plymale. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
  22. Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
  23. Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
  24. Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  25. Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ken Regan.
  26. Basic Chess. Variable baseline chess without drawing lots. Restrict Rooks to a and h files, and King to d or e files. By Charles Daniel.
  27. Basilisk Chess. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
  28. Bastardo. 4-player game.
  29. Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  30. Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  31. Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  32. Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
  33. Bastille Chess . Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. Author: Peter Aronson.
  34. Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  35. Battle Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  36. Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
  37. Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Modest Solans.
  38. Bear Chess. Play Bear Chess, a popular Russian game, on Game Courier.
  39. Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
  40. Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc. By Jörg Knappen.
  41. Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
  42. Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
  43. Beginners Chess. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
  44. Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
  45. Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
  46. Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
  47. Benedict Chess . Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. By Dan Troyka.
  48. Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
  49. Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
  50. Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  51. Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  52. Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  53. Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edmund Hebermann.
  54. Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  55. Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  56. Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  57. Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
  58. Betza notation (extended). The powerful XBetza extension to Betza's funny notation. By H. G. Muller.
  59. Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
  60. Bicapture Chess. You may capture, and be checked by, your own units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  61. Billiards Chess. Bishops and queens bounce off the edges. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  62. Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fabio Forzoni.
  63. The Birth of Fischer Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Eric van Reem. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
  64. Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
  65. Bishop Chess. Bishops do not capture and cannot be captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  66. Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
  67. Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
  68. Black and White Chess. Two moves per turn, the first from a white square, the second. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
  69. The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  70. The Black Ghost. Betzan attempt to remedy White's first move advantage in FIDE by giving Black a noncapturing but capturable teleporting piece. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  71. Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
  72. Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
  73. Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: S. S. Blackburn.
  74. Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
  75. Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
  76. Blackjack Chess. Reduce the point value of your pieces to exactly 21 points and win the game. Or do it the old-fashioned way. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
  77. Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight). Author: Gary K. Gifford.
  78. Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
  79. Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
  80. BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). By M Winther.
  81. Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
  82. Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? By Blarney.
  83. Blizzard Chess . Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels). Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Blarney.
  84. Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Blarney.
  85. Blockade Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
  86. Blood Brothers Chess. Pieces defend others of their kind regardless of location. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen and R. Wayne Schmittberger.
  87. Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  88. Blue Chess or Deep Blue Vs. Kasparov Chess. Tribute to a famous game with three shades of blue and different options for each player to achieve a win. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
  89. Blue Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent . Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Neal Turner.
  90. Blue Chip Chess. Missing description By Neal Turner.
  91. Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Neal Turner.
  92. Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides. By George William Duke.
  93. Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.
  94. Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
  95. Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
  96. Board Space. Website and app for playing abstract strategy board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
  97. Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. A collection of SVG piece images. By Bob Greenwade.
  98. Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
  99. Bomber Chess I. Pawns can be made to explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
  100. Bomber Chess II. Pawns can be made to explode, and always explode when. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
  101. Bomber Chess III. Pawns and pieces can be made to explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
  102. BomberChess . A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
  103. BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Adam Norberg.
  104. Bookie Chess. An online game generator which combines chess and gambling. By Tyler Wong.
  105. Booster Chess . Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  106. Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  107. Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces. By sam tenka.
  108. Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup. By Fergus Duniho.
  109. Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
  110. Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
  111. Brett rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
  112. Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Pivovarov.
  113. Brett Rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
  114. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
  115. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
  116. Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  117. Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  118. Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  119. Brotherhood Chess . A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
  120. Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Play this wide hexagonal variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.
  121. Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  122. Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  123. Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
  124. Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
  125. Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
  126. Burden of royality. Missing description By Freederick .
  127. Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  128. Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. By Charles Daniel.
  129. Burmese Chess. Most popular form in Burma. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  130. Burmese Chess. Missing description Author: M Winther.
  131. Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  132. Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
  133. Butters Chess. Capture by moving adjacent rather than by displacement. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  134. Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: N. N. Grushevsky.
  135. Byelorussian Chesskers. Pieces promote to "Damkas" in this Chess Checkers Hybrid. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann and N. N. Grushevsky.

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  1. Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
  2. Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  3. Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  4. Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  5. 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.
  6. Cannibal Chess . Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. Author: Marek14 .
  7. Cannibal Chess. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
  8. Cannon Chess . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
  9. Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  10. Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
  11. Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon. By M Winther.
  12. Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  13. Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  14. Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
  15. Capricorn Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
  16. Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  17. Captive Kings. Created to obtain more wins and less draws with an anti-chess chess rule. By Joel .
  18. Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  19. Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
  20. 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.
  21. Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
  22. Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  23. Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
  24. Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  25. 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.
  26. Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
  27. 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.
  28. Carrousel Chess. Circular chess using reflecting bishops & squirrels, not Bs & Ns. By Kevin Pacey.
  29. Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  30. Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
  31. Castle Chess . White must prevent black from castling. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
  32. CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Éric Angelini.
  33. Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
  34. Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
  35. Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
  36. A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces. A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces, with drawings, photographs and printable links. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
  37. Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
  38. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
  39. Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
  40. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
  41. Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
  42. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
  43. Cavalier Chess Photographs. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. Cavalry Chess. All pieces have additional knight move except knights which get camel + zebra moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Frank Maus.
  48. Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
  49. Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
  50. Cavalry Queen Chess. Queen rides a horse and therefore it passively moves as Knight (but captures as usual). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
  51. CDA Variant: Fighting Fizzies. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
  52. CDA: Demi-Rifle Army. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
  53. 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.
  54. CDA: Pizza Kings. Experimental CDA army, submitted half in jest, with pieces whose movement imitates their shape. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Lawson.
  55. 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.
  56. Centaur Chess . All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
  57. Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
  58. Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
  59. Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
  60. 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.
  61. Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
  62. Centerless Chess. No center pawns or squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
  63. Central Chess. Move twice per turn, once in center and once on edge. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  64. 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.
  65. Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
  66. Cetran Chess 2. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
  67. Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
  68. CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
  69. CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
  70. Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
  71. Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
  72. Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
  73. Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christian Freeling.
  74. Chamaeleon. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. Inventor: Wolfgang Großkopf.
  75. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
  76. Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  77. Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  78. Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
  79. Chaos. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers. Inventor: Ron Kensek.
  80. Chaos Chess. Random starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Allen Jett.
  81. Chaos Chess. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
  82. Chaos Chess. Pieces are placed randomly everywhere on the board before the game starts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Allen Jett.
  83. Chaotenschach. Players start the game by making a secret setup on their own half of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
  84. Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
  85. Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
  86. Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
  87. Charismatic Chess. x5 speed up your chess game! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.
  88. Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen Inventor: Danielle Allen.
  89. Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Danielle Allen.
  90. chass. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
  91. 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.
  92. Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
  93. Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice) . Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
  94. Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
  95. Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
  96. Chaturanga . Oldest known form of chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
  97. Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  98. Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
  99. Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
  100. Chaturanga. Computer game that plays Chaturanga and many other variations.
  101. Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
  102. Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  103. Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
  104. Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  105. Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
  106. Chaughts. A mixture of chess and international draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Hedden.
  107. Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
  108. Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
  109. Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  110. Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
  111. Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
  112. Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
  113. Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. By Robert Price.
  114. Cheapo. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
  115. Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
  116. CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
  117. Check Force Chess. The player giving check decides how the opponent escapes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce R Trone.
  118. Check, or Combination Chess. Pieces may combine in couples and triplets. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: W. S. Campling.
  119. Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
  120. 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..
  121. Checkers. The most popular game besides Chess played on the same board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  122. Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
  123. Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
  124. Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
  125. Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
  126. Checkless Chess. Giving check without mate is not allowed. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  127. Checkless Chess. You may not check unless it is mate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
  128. Checkmating Applet. Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
  129. Checkmating Applet (3 vs 1). Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
  130. CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
  131. Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
  132. Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
  133. Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
  134. Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
  135. Cheshire Cat Chess . When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
  136. Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
  137. Chesica . Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
  138. Cheskers. The most popular cross between checkers and chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
  139. Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
  140. Cheskers. Fun and simple crossover between chess and checkers invented by professor Solomon W. Golomb. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
  141. Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  142. Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
  143. Chess. Play Chess with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
  144. 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.
  145. Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
  146. CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerhard Josten.
  147. Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
  148. Chess 2000. A program that plays Chess 2000. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
  149. Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
  150. Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
  151. Chess 960. Play Fischer Random Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
  152. Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
  153. Chess Addresses. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
  154. Chess Draughts. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
  155. Chess Evolved Online. A comercial chess variant with collectable gaming pieces. By parpi.
  156. Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
  157. Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
  158. 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.
  159. Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
  160. Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
  161. Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
  162. Chess on the Dot. Play this adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joshua Chou.
  163. Chess on the Rainbows. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
  164. 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.
  165. Chess Players Statue (Photo). Missing description Author: Marijke K. Bodlaender-Groote and Hans L. Bodlaender.
  166. 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.
  167. The Chess Plus Deck. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards.
  168. Chess Plus Plus Deck. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
  169. Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards. By Gvndly.
  170. Chess Pool. Sample game of Chess Pool v. 0.50. By Robert Price.
  171. Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
  172. Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  173. Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
  174. Chess Variant Inventors. Find out which inventors have the most games listed here. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  175. A Chess Variant Making Off.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
  176. Chess Variant Pages: Terms of Service. What is expected of members and visitors. Author: Fergus Duniho.
  177. Chess Variant Problems on Game Courier. Solve Chess Variants Problems Composed with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
  178. Chess Variants PBM Instructions. Help page for the Chess Variants Play-by-Mail system. Author: Fergus Duniho.

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