Multi-player Variants

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1. 12 Sharp Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
2. 12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
3. 125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125) By Charles Gilman.
4. 16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
5. 2 Level Guru Mahachaturaji. Enlarging the Guru Mahachatuaji board to go with the enlarged army. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
6. 3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
7. 3 Man Chess. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board. Author: David Howe.
8. 3 Man Chess - Review. Missing description Author: David Howe.
9. 3 Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. By Dennis Matthews.
10. 3 to the 5. A 6-player variant on 3 overlapping 9x9 boards. (5x(11x11), Cells: 455) By Charles Gilman.
11. 3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75) By Bn Em.
12. 3-player Honeycomb Chess. A variant on a hex-prism board with the hex boards as levels instead of ranks to allow three players. (5x(), Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
13. 4 Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrick Riley.
14. 4 Armies . Each player controls two armies. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Patrick Riley.
15. 4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
16. 4 Player Chess. Commercial four player chess variant.
17. 4-Player Pothole Chess. Bulldozers and cars and other vehicles are pieces in 4-player chess variant. (7x7, Cells: 39) and Seth Blanchard. and Seth Blanchard.
18. 4-way chess by Taurus games. Commercial fourhanded chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen R. Stockman.
19. 6 Player Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description By Kuyan Judith.

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1. Ackanomic Party Chess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game. Author: Uri Bruck.
2. Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game. Author: Uri Bruck.
3. Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
4. Alliance Chess. Two boards, four players, team wins by checkmating the primary player. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Liptak and Rick Babcock.
5. Alternation Chess. You alternate your moves with a partner. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
7. AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
8. AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
9. Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins . Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
10. Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
11. Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Paul E. Newton.
12. Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (3x(9x9), Cells: 243) By Charles Gilman.
13. Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(10x10), Cells: 245) By Charles Gilman.
14. Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 350) By Charles Gilman.
15. Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
16. Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(10x8), Cells: 320) By Charles Gilman.
17. Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 370) By Charles Gilman.
18. Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
19. Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.

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1. BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
2. Bastardo. 4-player game.
3. Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270) By Charles Gilman.
7. Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378) By Graeme C Neatham.
8. Battle of the Six Armies. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A. By Graeme C Neatham.
9. Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
10. Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Eshuis.
11. Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132) By Edwin J Wilhelm.
12. Bishops. Commercial four-player game. By Edwin J Wilhelm.
13. BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
14. Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
15. Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
16. Bughouse Chess. Two boards. Units captured move to opposite board. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
17. Bughouse Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. Author: Karl Scherer.
18. Bughouse Links. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources.
19. Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
20. Bughouse.net. Extensive website with information on Bughouse.

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Castle Siege Chess . Byzantine Chess merged with 6x6 chess board. By Richard VanDeventer.
6. Chamaeleon. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. Inventor: Wolfgang Großkopf.
7. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
8. Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
9. Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice) . Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
10. Chaturanga 4-84 . An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. By Peter Aronson.
11. Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
12. Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
14. Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
15. Chesh. 3 player, hexagonal chess.
16. ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
17. CHESS Eccentricities, By Major George Hope Verney. Images from the book (complete). Author: George Hope Verney.
18. Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
19. Chess For Any Number of Players. Rules for multiplayer chess that can be played with an arbitrary number of players. By Ralph Betza.
20. Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
21. Chess for Three. A 3-player variant on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
22. Chess Jester. 4-player variant with two new pieces. Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
23. Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364) By Jeremy Cooper.
24. Chess Poker. Like poker, but players are dealt a hand of pieces instead of cards. By Gvndly.
25. Chess Variants of Sándor Nagy. Link to Hungarian web page. By Sándor Nagy.
26. CHESSAGON. CHESSAGON® is like traditional Chess, but with Triangles, with one new additional piece named the Duke. By Kerry Langford.
27. CHESSapeak. Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
28. Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
29. Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
30. Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
31. Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
32. Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
33. Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
34. ChessArena.io. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: ChessArena.
35. Chessex. Hexagonal chess variant for two or three players. (Cells: 169) Inventor: Patrick K. Mullen.
36. Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board. By Stephen Kennedy.
37. cHEXx. Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
38. Chinese Chess variant for 7 players. Missing description (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Stephen Leary.
39. Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
40. Chivalrous Attrition. Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William F. Bultas.
41. Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (6x(11x11), Cells: 126) By Daniil Frolov.
42. Cincinnati 4-Way Chess . Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Robert Price.
43. Cincinnati 4-way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. (Cells: 101)
44. Cincinnati Four-Way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Ed Friedlander.
45. Citadelir chess. Grand chess + Tamerlane chess + Omega Chess. By Daphne Snowmoon.
46. Color Chess. Link to Hungarian web page. By Sándor Nagy.
47. 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.
48. Command and Maneuver: A Tale of Two Countries. This is a diceless wargame,. (24x12, Cells: 288) By Joe Joyce.
49. Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 96) By Kuyan Judith.
50. Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). Missing description By Kuyan Judith.
51. 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.
52. Countdown. Ten player game with sf-theme. (10x(), Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
53. Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
54. Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (4x(8x8), Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
55. Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
56. Cyclohex. 3-player round hex variant. (24x5, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Decimal Four-Player Chess I. Checkmate either opposing teammate for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
2. Decimal Four-Player Chess II. Checkmate either oppoenent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
3. Decimal Four-Player Chess III. Checkmate either opponent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
4. Decimal Four-Player Chess IV. Checkmate either opponent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
5. Delirious Bughouse. Miscellaneous rules added to Bughouse. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Alberto Monteiro.
6. Discochess. Distributed Chess. By Marc A. Donis.
7. Djambi. Four player variant with different taking rules and special central square. (9x9, Cells: 1) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
8. Djambi. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
9. Double Cross Besiege. A spinoff from Besiege Chess using FIDE-size armies. (8x16, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
10. Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Soren Kirk.
11. Doubles Chess. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Rick Gillespie and Henry Rolling.
12. Duchess. For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. and John Kramer.
13. Dynamic Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant with free setup. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Easterhouse. Captured pieces switch between Xiang Qi and Shogi boards. (9x19, Cells: 171) By Charles Gilman.
2. Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three players. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three or six players. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Elevator Chess. Multiple boards with simultaneous games are linked through central elevator squares. By Ralph Betza.
5. Empty Cube Chess. A variant using the faces of an 8x8x8 board with no triaxial moves. (8x(8x8), Cells: 296) By Charles Gilman.
6. Enochian Chess. Four-player team variant of the Golden Dawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Rients.
7. European Chess. A multiplayer, different armies form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)

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1. Fetch Chess. Double-move game where the Cat (who may be a 3rd player) may or may not fetch your pawns back. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
2. Feudal. The Game of Siege and Conquest, 3M Company - 1967. Author: Dennis Matheson.
3. Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company. Author: David Howe.
4. Feudal Chess. Four player game on 9x9. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Fiancé Chess. A 3-player variant with Kings and Queens starting far apart, inspired by Bachelor Chess. (12x12, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
6. Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
7. Fivequarters. Four-player game on a cross-shaped board where most pieces can promote. (12x12, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
8. Flyover Shogi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (Cells: 162) By Charles Gilman.
9. Flyover Xiang Qi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (18x20, Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
10. ForChess. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
11. Forchess . Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
12. Forchess . Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. By Tom Rogers.
13. Foreign Policy Chess. Chess variant on 8 by 8 board with armies of unequal strength. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
14. Foreign Policy Chess. Peacekeepers are a third army. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
15. Fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
16. Four Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrick Riley.
17. Four Handed Chess (I). Information on different variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
18. Four Handed Chess II. More variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped boards. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
19. Four Handed Perspective Chess. Missing description
20. Four Handed Roman Chess. 4 player chess variant with additional new piece. By Mark Woodall.
21. Four Player Shogi. Variant of Shogi for four players. (15x15, Cells: 189)
22. Four Row Chess. Missing description (Cells: 208) By Eric S. Clayton.
23. Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
24. Four-Handed Chess -- Standard. Four handed chess on plus-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
25. Four-handed Chess by Capt. George Hope Verney. Missing description Author: George Hope Verney.
26. Four-Handed Elephant Chess. A 4-Player (2 Team) game based on 3-Elephant Chess and 4-handed chess. (11x11, Cells: 97) By Gary K. Gifford.
27. Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess. By Stephen R. Stockman.
28. Froghouse. Like Bughouse except each team has a Black, White, and Green. Green goes "in between", namely after white but before black. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jordan Lampe.

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1. Gala Xiang-Qi. Crossover game. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Daniil Frolov.
2. The Game of the Three Kingdoms. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
3. The Game of Three Friends. A variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various. Inventor: Jìndé Zhèng.
4. Game of three kingdoms, Photos. Photo's of a three-player Xiangqi variant.
5. Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces. By Robert Kydd.
6. Glacial Shift. 4-player game played with Icehouse pieces with Shogi-style captures and where the same piece moves differently for each player. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
7. Grand House. Bughouse and CrazyHouse applied to Grand Chess. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
8. Green Chess. More than 100 chess variants playable online. By János M. Uray.
9. Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
10. A Guide to Variant Chess. Variant Chess Games.
11. Guru Mahachaturanga. 2d India-specific offshoot of AOF series. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Haiku Shogi. 4-player Shogi with 5+7+5 grouping of orthogonals in both dimensions. (17x17, Cells: 289) By Charles Gilman.
2. Half Courier. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
3. Hans37 Chess. Chess variant for four players on a board of 37 squares. (Cells: 37) By Ralph Betza.
4. Herichess. A variant on a board in the shape of the English Heritage logo. (14x14, Cells: 112) By Charles Gilman.
5. Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187) By Charles Gilman.
6. Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
7. Hex Horngi. To hex cells what Mitregi is to square ones and Tunnelshogi to cubic ones. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
8. HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
9. HEXchess Review. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
10. HexChess-Kirby's. Missing description (Cells: 313) By Steve Kirby.
11. Hexgi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Shogi, with "officers" using selected orthogonals. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
12. Hibryd III. An exotic three-player variant played on a board of 42 hexes with multiple victory conditions. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
13. Horn Rimmed Hex 1: 91 to 127. Start of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
14. https://www.omnichess.club/variant/bc6b6876-dbdc-419c-bba4-3e462. Missing description
15. Hyperchess. Photo's of hexagonal chess variant from 1971. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. D. Groman.

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1. ImmortalStarMasters. Multiplayer, hexagonal board for chess and checker games. Author: Ronald D. Planesi.
2. Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Calkoviks and Jeff Knight.
3. Irwell. Gain an advantage by crowning your enemy. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Joko Urtaroak. Modern large version of Game of Four Seasons; four player chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
2. Joko Urtaroak . Modern large version of Game of Four Seasons; four player chess variant. By Glenn Overby II.

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1. Kaos: The Game . Multiplayer game on a 7x7 board. By Robert Peeples.
2. Keeps and Moats Chess. Computer Game -- beta test demo. By Matt Worden.
3. Keeps and Moats Chess . A four player chess variant. Inventor: Matt Worden.
4. Kibitzing Vox Populi Chess variant. Rules for turning kibitzing into a game unto itself. By Rich Hutnik.
5. Konigsritter. Four-player game on curiously-shaped board with one player having a different army than the others. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Albert Buttner.

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1. Los Alamos Vierschach. Four player variant of small variant Los Alamos Chess. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jörg Knappen.

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1. Machiavellian Chess. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
2. Mad Threeparty Chess. Chess for three. Each opponent has a king which you may check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
3. Mansindam. A variant that combines 'drop' rule and strong pieces, and there is no draw. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
4. Marinelli's three-handed chess, or Triple Chess. Historic chess variant for three players. (Cells: 136) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Philip Marinelli.
5. Martian Chess. Two or four player strategic game with chess elements played with Looney piramids. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
6. McGlinWell. Combining elements of three long-standing forms of hex Chess. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
7. Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
8. Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was.
9. Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Mini Fivequarters. The Fivequarters approach to 4-player variants, applied to 6x6 variants. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
11. Mini four player chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 48) By Daniil Frolov.
12. mini-Chieftain. One Small Multi-Move Game in Two Configurations. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
13. Mountain King Chess. First king to reach the center square of an 11 x 11 board wins. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Emmor Ray Sperry.
14. Multi-chess. Chess variants for three or four players. By Bert Meerman.
15. Multi-Dimensional Multi-Player (MDMP) Chess. 2-8 player Chess, traditional and alternate armies, optional laser. By Donald Cimics.
16. Multi-Dimensional Multi-Player (MDMP) Chess. 2-8 player Chess, traditional and alternate armies, optional laser. By Donald Cimics.
17. Multichess. Four player chess variant. Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Dietrich Gläß.
18. Multiplayer Chess Rules. A discussion of rules issues for multiple player chess games. Author: Jason65 .
19. Multiplayer chess variants. Additional rules for chess variants with more players. By Derick Peterson.

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1. Nearlydouble Hex Chess. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Wellisch and McCooey Chess. (15x15, Cells: 169) By Charles Gilman.
2. Nearlytriple Raumschach. The logical extension of the Nearlydouble principle to Raumschach. (7x(7x7), Cells: 343) By Charles Gilman.
3. Neighbors . Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
4. Neighbors. Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Rob Nierse.
5. Neo Chess. Four player chess on 8 by 10 board from 1925. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. L. Naylor.
6. NeoChess. For four players on an 8x10 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. L. Naylor.
7. NetBlitz Chess Program. Plays bughouse. Author: Sébastien Lachance and Yannick Létourneau.
8. Never-Ending Infinite Sandbox Chess Game. Online forum-based chess game with 12 players, infinite board, and many pieces. By Theresa Dubé.
9. Nine elders. Sittuyin + Shogi. By Daphne Snowmoon.
10. Nomic Chess. Combination of Peter Suber's Nomic with Ralph Betza's Chess For Any Number of Players. By David Howe.
11. Non-Random CardChess for Four. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Non-Random CardChess for Teams. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Non-Random CardChess for Three. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Not a Dodgson System Chess. Four player variant, using Alice chess movement. Win by taking most of the eliminated players pieces. (2x(7x6), Cells: 84) By Hans L. Bodlaender.

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1. Objective Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant where each player has a secret objective. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. Once More, with Deans. Subvariants of River-with-university-and-cathedral series with extra piece type. By Charles Gilman.
3. Orwell Chess. Three player variant themed on George Orwell's 1984. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
4. Orwell Chess . Three player variant themed on George Orwell's 1984. By Glenn Overby II.

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1. Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse. By Daphne Snowmoon.
2. Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
3. Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
4. Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c. Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
5. PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Inventor: Dan Brown.
6. Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Inventor: Dan Brown.
7. Pinwheel Chess . Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board. By C. George Boeree.
8. Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
9. Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.

Q

1. Quadaptation. Use commanders to recruit better pieces. Capture your opponents commander and they lose. By realityreaper989.
2. Quapent. Missing description By Joe Watson.
3. Quark Chess. Missing description By tilera Ley.

R

1. Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (5x(7x7), Cells: 140) By Charles Gilman.
2. Recognized Chess Variants. Index page listing the variants we feel are most significant. (Recognized!)
3. Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description Author: David Howe.
4. Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
5. Review: HEXchess. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
6. Riley's Four Army Chess. Several ways to win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Patrick Riley.
7. Ringworld Chess. Themed hex variant differentiating opposite directions along orthogonals. (Cells: 198) By Charles Gilman.
8. Russian Fortress Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
9. Russian fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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1. Salmon P. Chess. Huge three-dimensional game celebrating 10 years chess variant pages. (10x(), Cells: 7500) By Dale Holmes.
2. San-kwo-k'i. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
3. Sceptre 1027. Photo's of a set of this commercial multiplayer chess variant of the 1980's. Author: Simon Westenra.
4. Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (9x(8x8), Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
5. Self's three-handed chess. 19th century chess variant for three players. (Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henry J. Self.
6. Shogessi (The Allday Wars) . An original large, multiplayer Chess/Shogi variant.
7. Siamese Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
8. Siege chess. A hexagonal three-player chess variant. (Cells: 192) By Ross Durossette.
9. Singularity Chess. A fixed and fully notated form of singularity chess. By Aric .
10. Sjah. Three or four player chess variants. By Eric Wouters.
11. Solar Chess. 2 to 6 players on a hexagonal board with quadrilateral tiles and Shogi-inspired drop rules. By Jeff Cornell.
12. Steffan O' Sullivan's Three-players Chess. Three player chess variant on a board with 58 squares. By Steffan O'Sullivan.
13. Stelliform 6 player Chess. Stellisch from Wellisch, Stellicorn from Revergent, and Stellgi and Hexgi. (17x17, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.
14. Stevenson's Four-Player Chess. A game for two 2-player teams on a regular Chess board with the object of capturing all opposing pieces. By Jake Stevenson.
15. StrataChess v1.0. separate Strategic and Tactical gameplay. 2-6 players. Element of Chance. Terrain. Build your own armies. By Prussia General.
16. StrategiChess . Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Alan Cartwright.
17. StrategiChess II . Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Alan Cartwright.
18. Stupidhouse. Variant of Double Bughouse or Tandem Chess where partners have the same color. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
19. Superchess. Four-handed chess game playable by two or four players. (Cells: 148) Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
20. SuperChess I. Big proprietary game for four. Pawns meet their opponents as in orthochess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.

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1. Tag Chess. A two player per side team game where each player moves for half the board. Author: Robin Wells.
2. Tandem Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
3. Tao's Chess. Chess variant where as you move across a line, the pieces reverse roles. By Travis Geyer.
4. Tetra. Old commercial four player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
5. Three Handed Chess. Three handed Chess with special rules to promote 3-way play. (Cells: 96) By Jonathan H Rutherford.
6. Three Player Chess. Three players must win both games simultaneously to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew Heiser.
7. Three Player Chess. Commercial Chess variant for three players. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Zubrin.
8. Three Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. By Dennis Matthews.
9. Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
10. Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players. By Fergus Duniho.
11. Three-players Chess. Newspaper announcement of three player chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
12. Threehex. Hexagonal variant for three players. By Max Koval.
13. Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
14. Triana. 3-player version of 6x6 games. (9x9, Cells: 54) By Charles Gilman.
15. Triangle chess. Link to Hungarian web page. By Sándor Nagy.
16. Triangular Chess. Missing description Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: _unknown.
17. TriChess . is a hexogonal, three player variant, created and distributed by PrimeChess Oy. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
18. TriChezz. Chess for three on a circular board. Classic proprietary game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
19. Trigon Chess . Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards.
20. Trihex. Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
21. Trihex . Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. By Marek14 .
22. TriMac 3 Friends. Hexagonal Game of 3 Friends. (Cells: 207) By Graeme C Neatham.
23. Triochess. Commercial three player chess variant from around 1975. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
24. Trioschaak set: Photo's. Three player chess variant set from the Netherlands. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Annefleur R. Bodlaender.
25. Triple Crown. A three-halves variant making use of the cross-centre step. (15x15, Cells: 150) By Charles Gilman.
26. TRiPLiCiTY. Three player hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 111) By David Jagger.
27. Triss. Hexagonal chess variant for three players. (Cells: 102) By Hans Mikelson.
28. Trissa. A Rococo-inspired hexagonal variant for three players with an unusual flavor. (10x10, Cells: 55) By John Smith.
29. Triune Chess. Three player variant played with a regular Chess Set with rotating play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
30. Turnstyle. Four player chess variant using a normal chess set. By Ethan Hunt.
31. Two Large Multi-Move Games. Two large multimove variants with multiplayer potential. (24x12, Cells: 288) By Joe Joyce.

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1. Vendetta. Commercial four-player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
2. 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.
3. Vimes Chess. Variant inspired by a footnote in a Discworld novel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

W

1. Waider's three-handed chess. Missing description (Cells: 126) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Waider.
2. Warlord Chess Review. 4-player chess with modified board and special moves. Author: Kevin Peterson.
3. Warlord: Battle Line. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
4. Warlord: Civil War. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
5. Warlord: Lakes. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
6. Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess for three players. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sigmund Wellisch.
7. Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description (8x11, Cells: 88) By Nick Wolff.
8. Witch's Chess . Two or three player hexagonal variant. By Ralf Hansmann.

Y

1. Yalta. A three player chess variant. (Cells: 96) Author: Daniel Lindstrvm.
2. Yonin Bishogi. Variant based on Yonin Shogi but with FIDE pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.
3. Yonin Shogi. 4-handed Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jared B. McComb. Inventor: Ota Mitsuyasu.
4. Yonin Toyang Mitregi. Four-player variant with returns from capture and promotion to Yang Qi pieces. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Charles Gilman.
5. Yo[n]o Shogi. 4-player Shogi variant with all 8 kinds of piece (fewer of some) on a standard Shogi board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.

Z

1. ZM Machiavellian Quadchess. Modernization of Chaturanga for four players. By John Zimmerman.

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