Historic Chess Variants
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4-handed Chaturanga with dice. Missing description Author: M Winther.
4-handed Shatranj. Shatranj for Four. Author: M Winther.
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A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bas de Haas.
Abagoren Macedonian Chess
. Missing description By Malcolm Webb.
katana Advertising.
katana. (Recognized!)
Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Alfonso X book. Website with pictures from historical book on games.
Ancient Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
Ancient Chess. Site dedicated to the history and evolution of Chess! Author: Rick Knowlton.
Archchess. Late 17th chess variant from Italy on large board with pieces which include modern queen and squirrel. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
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BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). By M Winther.
Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Missing description Author: R. C. Bell.
Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. By Charles Daniel.
Byzanatine Chess. Circular 16x4 Shatranj variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Byzanatine Chess II. A different account of the old circular game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Byzantine Chess
. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. Author: Robert Price.
Byzantine Chess. Play this historical circular variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Byzantine Chess endgames. Queen vs Pawn. Endgame analysis for historic round chess variant. Author: Ernst Saperow.
Byzantine Chess Theory. Towards the theory of Byzantine Chess. Author: Ernst Saperow and Anatoly Khalfine.
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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.
Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Cavalry Chess. All pieces have additional knight move except knights which get camel + zebra moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice)
. Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga
. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Chaturanga
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chaturanga
. Version with fancy 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 for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
CHESS Eccentricities, By Major George Hope Verney. Images from the book (complete). Author: George Hope Verney.
Chess History and Reminiscences. Project Gutenberg eBook version of this public domain book (large!). Author: H. E. Bird.
Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Mansubat: Ancient and interesting shatranj puzzles. 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 Stamps from Laos. Stamps with historical paintings of chess variants. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Chinese Chess.. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
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: A. M. DeWitt.
Chu Shogi Western
. Missing description Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Circular Chess. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf). By M Winther.
Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. Author: Ed Friedlander.
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 Shatranj
. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadel. Author: Marek14 .
Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Courier Chess. Early German version. Author: Ed Friedlander.
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: Fergus Duniho.
Courier Chess
. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. Author: Francis Monkman.
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 (modified). Missing description (8x12, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess - Printable Rule Booklet - FREE DOWNLOAD. Easy to Print Concise Rule Booklet of the Medieval Courier Game. By Rick Knowlton.
The Courier Game. Description of Courier Chess, with printable pieces and board. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Lawrence C. Smith.
Courier-Spiel. 19th century variant of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Eric V. Greenwood.
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.
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Dabbabah.
Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: H. G. Muller.
Dai Dai Shogi. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century. Author: Douglas Silfen and Eduard Werner.
Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Eduard Werner.
Dai Shogi. Large armies including a multi-capturing Lion battle each other on a big board. (15x15, Cells: 225) Author: H. G. Muller.
Dilaram's problem. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Famous old shatranj problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
The Duke of Rutland Chess. Play this large historic variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess
. Large variant from 18th century England. Author: Robert Price.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
The Duke of Rutland's Chess. 14x10 version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
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EDILÁN. EDILÁN has available facsimiles of many of the books of King Alfonso X, including his book on chess and other games.
The Elephant. Jumps two diagonally (see Alfil). Author: Fergus Duniho.
Enochian Chess. Four-player team variant of the Golden Dawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Rients.
Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants. By Emmanuel Baud.
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Fairy Pieces part 1
. zillions file with many shogi pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Ferz. Moves one diagonally. Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Four-handed Chess by Capt. George Hope Verney. Missing description Author: George Hope Verney.
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Gala. Medieval game of German farmers. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Gala. Historical German variant from the Middle Ages. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Gala
. Historical German variant from the Middle Ages. Author: Michael Asher.
Gala (Farmer's Chess). Gala, a medieval cross between chess and tafl games. New rules reconstruction (with zrf). By M Winther.
Gala set photos. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Games ancient and oriental and how to play them. Missing description Author: Edward Falkener.
Giraffe.
Makes (1,4)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Grande Acedrex
. A large variant from 13th century Europe. Author: Marek14 .
Grande Acedrex
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Grande Acedrex. Missing description Author: Daniil Frolov.
Grande Acedrex. Java applet that plays Grande Acedrex. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Grant Acedrex. Game Courier preset for Grant Acedrex with enforced rules. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Daniel Zacharias.
Grant Acedrex. Medieval large chess variant according to recent historians's work. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
A Guide to Variant Chess. Variant Chess Games.
Gustav III Chess. Play this historical variant with Amazons in extra corner spaces. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: King Gustav III of Sweden.
Gustav III's Chess. Invented by King Gustav III of Sweden (1746-92). Author: M Winther. Inventor: King Gustav III of Sweden.
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Heian Shogi
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Heian-Dai Shogi. Early Great Shogi. (13x13, Cells: 169)
Hiashatar. Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side. Author: L. U. Kisljuk.
Hiashatar. A Mongolian historical variant, featuring the very special Bodyguard piece (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
Hiashatar. Mongolian Decimal Chess. By Jose Carrillo.
Hiashatar Photos. Photos of some hiashatar sets from Mongolia. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Historic chess variants
. by Sam Trenholme.
Historical Chess Variants
. A document describing several historical chess variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Historical Variants. Case Western Reserve University Medieval Society Games Page. Author: Jess Rudolph.
A History of Chess. In depth reference book on the history of chess. Author: H.J.R. Murray.
Hnefatafl - the Strategic Board Game of the Vikings. Detailed rules and history of a Chess-like game played for 100's of years in Northern Europe. Author: Sten Helmfrid.
Hyderabad Decimal Chess. Play this historic decimal variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Shir Muhammad.
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Indian Chess. Some local variant rules from the colonial period. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Indian/Turkish Grand Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Information on historic chess variants. Missing description
Isle of Lewis Chess Men. Missing description Author: Tony Quintanilla.
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Kaiserspiel. Play the this 19th century variant, a.k.a. The Emperor's Game, on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Peguilhen.
katana katana.
katana. (Recognized!)
Khmer Chess:Kar Ouk
. First check the opponent's Khun (King) , you win the game. By Yu Ren Dong.
King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Knight (a.k.a. Horse). Makes a (1,2)-jump. Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Korean Chess. Korean Chess: presentation plus a strong Zillions implementation. Author: M Winther.
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Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
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Maharadscha
. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Maharaja and Sepoys I. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Maharaja and Sepoys II. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. The maharaja. Author: Ed Friedlander.
The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Maka Dai Dai Shogi. Pieces promote on capture, some to multi-capturing monsters. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: H. G. Muller.
Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi. Historical ultra large Shogi variant. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Makruk (Siamese Chess)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Manticore.
Moves one space orthogonally, then slides outward as a Bishop. Author: Bn Em. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Marinelli's three-handed chess, or Triple Chess. Historic chess variant for three players. (Cells: 136) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Philip Marinelli.
Mat-al-magnun. The fool's mate in Shatranj.
Meta-chess Digital Edition. Digital Copy of 'Meta-chess' by John W Brown. Author: Sean Bass and John William Brown.
Mimotaur Chess. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
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Nilakantha's Intellectual Game. 17th or 18th century Indian chess variation. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Nilakantha's Intellectual Game. 17th or 18th century Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Ninth Century Indian Chess
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer.
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Oblong chess
. Variant of Shatranj, played on a four by sixteen sized board. Author: Andrew Juell.
Oblong chess. Variant of Shatranj, played on a four by sixteen sized board. (4x16, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Oblong Chess 1. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 1. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Chess 2. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 2. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Chess 3. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 3. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Chess 4. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 4. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Chess 44
. Missing description By Erez Schatz.
Oblong Chess 5. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 5. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Chess 6. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 6. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Chess 7. Historic chess variant on 16 by 4 board - Setup 7. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Oblong Shatranj with Die. Missing description Author: M Winther.
Ouk Chatrang (Cambodian Chess)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Oxford History of Board Games. Describes board games from their ancient inception to the present day. Author: David Parlett.
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Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Parsi Chess. 19th century southern Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Paulovits's Game. Istv. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Photos of a Gala Set.. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
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Quivira Font. Unicode, TrueType font containing historical chess piece characters. By Alexander Lange.
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Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
Raumschach (rules enforcing). Play Raumschach on Game Courier, with rules enforced. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
Romanchenko's Chess. FIDE Chess trainer Romanchenko shifted the FIDE board in the middle to help his students think for themselves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
Rook (a.k.a. Chariot).
Moves across unobstructed orthogonal line. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Round chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Russian fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Russian Fortress Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
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Schada - Het Wereld Spel. A crossover between Chess and Draughts from the 1930's. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jan Boogert.
Self's three-handed chess. 19th century chess variant for three players. (Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henry J. Self.
Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Daniil Frolov.
Senterej
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Senterej. Missing description
shat2diag2. A tool to make uncheckered chess and fairy / variant chess diagrams. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatar (Mongolian Chess)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Shatra. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Shatra. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
Shatra
. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture. Author: Francis Monkman.
ShatraDev2
. Windows program to play Shatra against the computer. Author: Francis Monkman.
Shatranj
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Shatranj. Play this historic predecessor of Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Shatranj. The widely played historic Arabian game, predecessor of modern chess. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Shatranj. Persian chess, ancestral to the Western forms. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Shatranj
. The widely played historic Persian game, predecessor of modern chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Shatranj
. Version with fancy graphics. Author: David Howe.
Shatranj Al-Husun - Citadel Chess. Historical variant of Shatranj. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Shatranj for Four. 4-handed Shatranj. Author: M Winther.
Shatranj Kamil. Shatranj Kamil or "Perfect Chess" a historical variant combining alfils, camels rooks and ferz. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Shatranj Kamil I. Large shatranj variant with new piece: camel. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatranj Kamil II. Large historic shatranj variant with new piece: dabbabah or war machine. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Shatranj Plus. Play four large historical variations of Shatranj including Tamerlane Chess! Author: Malcolm Maynard.
Shatranj Problems. Mansubat: Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Sho Shogi (Little/Small Shogi)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Siege Chess. Historic chess variant with fortress on cross-shaped board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Steward. Omnidirectional Pawn. Author: Bn Em. Inventor: Philip Marinelli and John William Brown.
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Tamerlan Chess
. Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Tamerlane Chess
. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. Author: David Howe.
Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Tamerlane Chess. Old Persian large-board game, widely-played in medieval times. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Tamerlane Chess. Chess game said to have been favored, perhaps even invented, by ruler Timur the Lame in the 14th c. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Tamerlane Chess set. Photo of home made set of historic chess variant. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Tamerlane chess: ms 7322 version. Information on historic variant of Tamerlane chess. (11x10, Cells: 112) Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) Author: H. G. Muller.
Tenjiku Shogi. Play this large historical Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
Tenjiku Shogi. Four hundred year old, large, historical variant of Shogi. Author: A. M. DeWitt.
Tori Shogi. Bird Shogi. Author: Eduard Werner. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer and John Gollon.
Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third of six variations on Great Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer and John Gollon.
Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third out of six variations on Great Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. John Gollon's fourth variation. This completes the set of 6. (14x14, Cells: 168) Author: John Ayer.
Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. Play this variation of Great Chess by e-mail! Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
Two Large Shatranj Variants. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
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Vierschach. 19th Century 4-player game where allies start off at right angles to each other. (14x14, Cells: 160) Author: Jörg Knappen. Inventor: G. Arthur Lutze.
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Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier. Author: Douglas Silfen.
Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: H. G. Muller.
Waider's three-handed chess. Missing description (Cells: 126) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Waider.
The Water wheel. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. A shatranj problem with an ingenious construction. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Wazir.
Moves one square orthogonally. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Alberto Monteiro.
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Xiangqi (象棋): Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
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