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1. 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.
2. 10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets. By Nick Wolff.
3. 10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
4. 123456 Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
5. 3to2. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
6. 3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
7. 6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
8. 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.

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1. Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). By Dan Troyka.
2. 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.
3. Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
4. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
5. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
6. Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
7. Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Akenhead.
8. Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
9. All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. By Doug Chatham.
10. All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
11. Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
12. Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
13. Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
14. Almost Chess . One queen has combined rook and knight moves. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
15. Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
16. Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
17. Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
18. Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
20. Amazone Chess . Queen may also move as a knight. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
21. Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
22. ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
23. Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
24. Andy's Chess. Missing description By andrewthepawn.
25. Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
26. Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
27. Anti-Gravity Chess . Pieces that move repel other pieces. By João Pedro Neto.
28. Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
29. 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.
30. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
31. Anti-Magnetic Chess . Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets. Author: João Pedro Neto.
32. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
33. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Four anti-magnetic chessproblems. By Ben Good.
34. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Some AntiMagnetic Chess Games. By João Pedro Neto.
35. Anti-Relay 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.
36. 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.
37. Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Raymond Pink.
38. Anywhere Chess . Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
39. Anywhere Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
40. 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.
41. Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
42. Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreño.
43. Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
44. Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
45. Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Persson.
46. Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
47. Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.
48. Augmented Chess . Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
49. Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
50. Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
51. Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
52. Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Hollombe.
53. Aviary . New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Daniel Hollombe.

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1. Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
2. Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
3. Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
4. Balaklava Chess . All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
5. Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
6. Bank Chess . Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Karl Scherer and Denis van Straten.
7. Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
8. 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.
9. Barasi chess . Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Paul Barasi.
10. Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game. Author: Jesse Plymale. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
11. 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.
12. Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Modest Solans.
14. Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time. Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns. Author: Fergus Duniho.
17. Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edmund Hebermann.
18. Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
19. Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST. Author: Ed Friedlander.
20. Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
21. Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
22. Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight). Author: Gary K. Gifford.
23. Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
24. Blizzard Chess . Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels). Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Blarney.
25. Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Blarney.
26. Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? By Blarney.
27. Booster Chess . Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
28. Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
29. Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces. By sam tenka.
30. Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
31. Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Pivovarov.
32. Brett Rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
33. Brett rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Juraj Pivovarov.
34. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
35. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
36. Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other. Author: Ed Friedlander.
37. 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.

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1. Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
3. Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon. By M Winther.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
7. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
8. Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
9. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
10. Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
11. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
12. Cavalier Chess Photographs. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
16. Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
17. 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.
18. Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
19. Centaur Chess . All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
20. Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
21. Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces. By QIDb602.
22. CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
23. CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
24. Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
25. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
26. Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
27. Chaos. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers. Inventor: Ron Kensek.
28. Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
29. Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen Inventor: Danielle Allen.
30. Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Danielle Allen.
31. 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.
32. Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
33. Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
34. Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
35. Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
36. Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
37. Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
38. Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. By Robert Price.
39. Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
40. Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
41. Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
42. CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
43. 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..
44. Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
45. Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
46. Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. By Ken Franklin.
47. Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
48. CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerhard Josten.
49. Chess 2000. A program that plays Chess 2000. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
50. Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
51. Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
52. Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
53. Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
54. Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
55. Chess with Quantum Bishops. Bishops move orthogonally along both paths and end up where a normal bishop would end up. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
56. Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Nick Bentley and Christian Freeling.
57. Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul Keres.
58. Chess480. Fischer Random Chess with orthodox castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
59. Chess960.com. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
60. Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. By Robert Price.
61. Chessapawn. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
62. Chessling. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
63. Chessling . Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
64. ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file. By (zzo38) A. Black.
65. ChessXp. 10x10 Chess, strictly derived from the 8x8 architecture. By Uli Schwekendiek.
66. Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
67. Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight. By Albert Lee.
68. Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
69. Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gianni Cottogni.
70. Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
71. Citadel. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
72. Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win. By Tank .
73. Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
74. Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
75. Colorbound. Missing description By Ed Friedlander.
76. Colorboundmost and Nearly Colorboundmost Chess. Games with all pieces either completely or almost completely colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
77. Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
78. Columbia Cannon. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
79. Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
80. Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
81. Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
82. Confusion Chess 1b. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
83. Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
84. Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Kristianson.
85. Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings. By John Gallez.
86. Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
87. Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
88. Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
89. Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
90. Coward Chess . King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places. By Ken Franklin.
91. Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
92. Crown Prince Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz.
93. Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.
94. Cruise Pawns. Pawns can shoot away like cruise missiles. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.

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1. d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Maurice Dekker.
2. Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jens Baek Nielsen. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
3. DemiChess. Most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
4. DemiChess Revisited. Updated information on DemiChess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
5. DemiRifleChess. Rifle Chess where most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
6. The Demon Game. 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
7. Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
8. Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
9. Diamond Chess. Based on orthodox chess but rotated 45 degrees (invented in 1886). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: A.K. Porterfield Rynd.
10. Dice chess (wikipedia rules). Dice chess using 2 dice, wikipedia rules. Author: Kevin Pacey.
11. Different moving pieces . Missing description Author: Andrew Juell.
12. Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
13. Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) and Derrick Fernandez.
14. Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
15. Doppelganger BordahBee. A combination of BordahBee and Doppelganger Chess. By Gary K. Gifford.
16. Doppleganger Bordahbee & DB Extreme. A cross between Doppelganger and Bordahbee - Choose the "normal" or "extreme" variant (with twice the capture power). (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
17. Double-Pawn Chess . Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn. By Peter Aronson.
18. Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
19. Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece. By kittytac.
20. Dragoon Chess. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. By NotCricket .
21. Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). By M Winther.
22. Duggan's Fantasy Chess. Game where usual pieces become mercenaries, horsemen, golems, assassins and adapts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
23. Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy chess variant. By Sean Christopher Duggan.
24. Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
25. Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
26. Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess. Author: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
27. Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
28. Dynasty Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben M Reiniger.

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1. Edgehog Chess. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
2. Edgehog Chess . Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
3. Edgehog Chess. Queens may move only to or from edges of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Driver.
4. Elk Chess. The double-barrelled Elk moves differently depending on square colour. By M Winther.
5. Elkrider Chess. Elkrider plus regular pieces. The Elkrider moves like a Nightrider if standing on white squares, otherwise it moves like a Rook. By M Winther.
6. Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
7. Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Jason Shields.
8. Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
9. Euqorab. Anti-Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
10. Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. By Peter Aronson.
11. Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
12. Exinox Chess. Normal chess set, new type of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
13. Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Miguel Villa.
14. Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. Varghese.

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1. Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidally interwoven board using same number of squares and pieces as FIDE Chess. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
2. Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
3. Falcon Random Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
4. Feebback Chess . Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture. By Peter Aronson.
5. Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
6. Feeble Chess. Some Chess variants with weaker pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
7. Fibonacci Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steve Costa.
8. FIDE Frolic. FIDE chess, but with each piece able to leap. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
9. Fighting Chess. A reform to Chess that eliminates stalemate and strengthens some of the pieces. Author: Jeff Gibson. Inventor: Tony Berard.
10. File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
11. FireFighter Chess. A game where one piece is a secret fire fighter with special powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
12. Fish Chess. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
13. Fish Chess . Pawns can move backwards without capturing. Author: Marek14 .
14. Fish Chess I. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. Fish Chess II. Pawns can move and capture backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Fluid Chess. A modest variation allowing movement through friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
17. Follow the King!. Pieces must make the same move as their King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ed Pegg Jr..
18. Force Field Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Douglas Yale Kaplan Seiden-Sacharovich.
19. Forward Chess . Download these files to play Forward Chess with Zillions of Games! By Michael Nelson.
20. Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
21. Four-Fold Chess. Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) By Larry L. Smith.
22. Free Castling Chess. Game using old liberal Italian castling rules. Author: Ed Friedlander.
23. Free Castling Rule. Less restrictive castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
24. FreePawnChess. Chess with more powerful pawns. By Ronald W Brierley.
25. Fuller's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture as knights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: F. G. Fuller.

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1. The Game of Nemoroth. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
2. Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
3. Gladiator Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
4. Gladiators . Missing description By Namik Zade.
5. Golden Age Chess on a Really Big Board. Play this 16 x 16 variant with several different pieces. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
6. Golem Chess . Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Ben Good.
7. Golem Chess. Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Ben Good.
8. GoshawkChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Goshawks per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
9. Gothic Isles Chess . Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. By Peter Aronson.
10. Gothic Isles Chess. Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
11. Gravity Chess. Moved unit attracts. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
12. Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
13. Gravity Chess . Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets. By João Pedro Neto.
14. Great battle. based off ultimate battle chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
15. Great battle 2nd edition. the sequal to great battle chess! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
16. Green Chess. More than 100 chess variants playable online. By János M. Uray.
17. Greener Chess. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- and your pieces are stronger there too. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
18. Groundskeeper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
19. Groundskeeper Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
20. Gunnery Chess (with Scorpions). The Scorpion pawns have the additional capability of cannon-like moves. Very advanced. Only recommendable to grandmasters! By M Winther.

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1. Half Bughouse. Another name for Anywhere Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
2. Half Chess. Pieces have approximately half their usual movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
3. Half Chess of Ralph Betza. Exactly like halfling chess, only the knights are replaced by crabs, making them more compatible with half moving rider pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
4. Half Courier. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
5. Halfgi. A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
6. Halfgi . A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. By Peter Aronson.
7. Halfling Chess . Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
8. Halfling Chess. Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
9. Halflings. Pieces that can travel at most half their usual distance. By Ralph Betza.
10. Hammer Chess. Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jim Aikin.
11. Hammer Chess . Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
12. Hardly Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing, threatening, or escaping check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
13. Haynie's Game of Leapers. On 8 by 8 board with several pieces that can jump. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Billy Haynie.
14. Haynie's High Power Fairy Chess . With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Billy Haynie.
15. Haynie's high power fairy chess 64. With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Billy Haynie.
16. Heavy Gravity Chess. Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
17. Heavy Gravity Chess. Due to heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Rooks, & Bishops can't move more than 4 spaces. Kings move like Ferz. By Gary K. Gifford.
18. Hero and Superhero Chess. The King's Pawn is replaced by a Hero (moves like any other piece on your side on the board) or a Superhero (improved Hero). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tomas Forsman.
19. Hero Chess. The king's pawn is replaced by a unit which mimics the move of any friendly unit on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
20. Hero Chess II. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Hero Chess III. Also called Superhero Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
22. Hero's Chess. A chess with very different pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
23. Hexagonal Hole Chess. A hexagonal variant of Hole Chess. Engineers can move holes and barriers. Teleporters can relocate enemy pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
24. Hidden Random Chess. This is a two-player game that incorporates the element of chance in chess. By Prussia General.
25. Highcastle Chess . All pieces can castle. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ed Pegg Jr..
26. Highcastle Chess. All pieces can castle. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ed Pegg Jr..
27. Hobbit Chess . Two variants, 8x8 and 9x9, using hobbits as superpawns. By C. George Boeree.
28. Hobgoblin Chess. Inchworm crowd-forming magnetic mutating lunar-hallway exploding-Pawn Chess; an extreme game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jack Masters. Inventor: Simon Vertigo.
29. Hop Chess. The same as FIDE chess plus a special piece called the hopper. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
30. Hoppel-Poppel. Modest divergent variant where Knights capture like Bishops and Bishops capture like Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
31. Hoppel-Poppel . Variant in which Knights capture as Bishops and Bishops capture as Knights. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
32. Hoppel-Poppel Chess. Bshops capture as Knights and Knights as Bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
33. Hopper Chess (with Scorpions). Pieces standing before friendly pieces can jump over enemy Scorpion pawn and land directly behind it. By M Winther.
34. Hopper-Chess. Pieces in front of friendly pieces can land immediately behind enemy pawns. By M Winther.
35. Horseman's Chess. Game where pieces mount and dismount. By Frank MacCrory.
36. House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. By Gary K. Gifford.
37. House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. (8x8, Cells: 87) By Gary K. Gifford.
38. Hydrant Chess . Special rules govern how pieces move between four quadrants of the board. Author: Marek14 .
39. Hyperspace Chess. Units travelling more than 1 square go through hyperspace. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
40. Hyperspace Chess. When moving more than one square, pieces travel some turns in hyperspace before arriving at their destination. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.

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1. Ideal Chess. A social game that melds FIDE chess with playing cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
2. If regular octogonal chess would be possible?. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
3. Illusionary Piece Chess. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
4. Illusionary Piece Chess . A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. By Peter Aronson.
5. Improved Chess. An improvement of standard chess: a blocked pawn on the far side gets extra jump moves to empty squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
6. Inchworm and Longworm Chess. Pieces move their heads to a new square, then move their tail to that square on a later move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
7. Indian Chess. Some local variant rules from the colonial period. Author: Ed Friedlander.
8. Interweave. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
9. Interweave . Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. By Peter Aronson.
10. Invader Zim Chess. Chess based on the show, Invader Zim. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Zim .

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1. Jack-Be-Nimble Chess. Jumping pieces have to learn how before they jump tall pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
2. Jester Chess. The Jester is an 'anon' piece but similar to the 'Fool' - beautiful commercial wooden sets - a must have! Author: Simon Edward Jepps.
3. Journalist's Chess. Journalist is movable to any position but no capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.

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1. Kilyow. Invented by Furugouri Akio(古郡章雄) in 1991. By Yu Ren Dong.
2. King Friday XIII Chess. Flexible castling, promotion to opponent's pieces, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. King's Guard Chess. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
4. King's Guard Chess. Pawns move like kings and only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
5. King's Leap Chess. Variants with Chancellors (Knight+Rook) and old Russian Queens (Knight+Queen). By David Paulowich.
6. Kira Chess/Kira Shogi. "Kira" and "L" pieces which is not known by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
7. Knavish Shatranj . Shatranj style game on 8x8 board. Author: Christine Bagley-Jones. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
8. Knight Relay Chess. Knights confer their movement ability on units they defend. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
9. Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
10. Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
11. Knight-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
12. KnightMate Chess. The knight, not the kings, is royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
13. Knightmate-Relay Chess . Played with a royal-knight and special movement rules for pieces a knight's move away. By Peter Aronson.
14. Knightrider Bouncy Chess. Diagonal runners bounce off the walls; knights are knightriders. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Stuart Conquest.
15. Knightrider Bouncy Chess II. Pieces bounce off of walls, Knightriders can't capture each other. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Stuart Conquest.
16. Knights of the Round Table. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
17. Koksal's Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.

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1. Lambeth Conference. Bishops bounce off the walls. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Sobey.
2. Lancers Chess. chess with lancer piece, lancers instead of knights. By JT K.
3. Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with rook/ferz & bishop/wazir substitutes for rooks and bishops. By Gary K. Gifford.
4. Leapers chess. a game with many leapers. (8x6, Cells: 44) By Andy Maxson.
5. Lecce's Chess. semi-chess with a big army. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Andrea Perrone.
6. Legan's Chess. Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. Legan.
7. Legan's Chess . Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: L. Legan.
8. Lene Hau Chess. Pieces take several turns for doing one move, going only one square per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
9. Levitating Kings. Kings can levitate orthagonally or diagonally over a line of friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
10. Lias's Proposal. Pawns may move, but not capture, one square sideways. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: A. G. Lias.
11. Lion Chess. Replaces the riders in Chess with hoppers. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
12. LiQi . Very Strong Chss. By Larry L. Smith.
13. LiQi. Very Strong Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
14. Little Trio. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
15. Lumberjack. Pieces move depending on the column they are on. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
16. Lumberjack . Pieces move depending on the column they are on. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
17. Lumberjack. Pieces move according to their current column. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.

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1. M!C Chess. All pieces but the king move and capture differently in a 10x10 board. By danielxdg.
2. M-Chess. Pieces change movement capabilities depending on the column they occupy. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stan Druben.
3. M-Chess . Pieces change movement capabilities depending on the column they occupy. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Stan Druben.
4. Mad King Chess . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
5. Mad King Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
6. Madness of Kings Chess. The Kings are, simply put, insane!! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
7. Madrasi Chess. Units of opposite color and identical kind which attack one another cannot move. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Abdul Karwatkar.
8. Mage. Rooks cannot be captured or capture, and the Queen is replaced by a Mage. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
9. Mage Chess. Queen can swap with any friendly unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
10. Mage Chess II. Queen can swap with any friendly or enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
11. Magic Carpet Chess. Each player has a magic carpet to move a non-King to any empty square on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Denis van Straten and Karl Scherer.
12. The magic mashers. another experimental chess with different armies variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
13. Magic Ring Chess. Each player has a magic ring which will give the piece wearing it additional powers of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
14. Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
15. Magnetic Chess. Moved unit attracts and repels. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
16. Magnetic Chess . Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. Author: João Pedro Neto and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
17. Majority Chess. You can move a piece only if it is on a file where you have a majority of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Emiliano "Wentu" Venturini.
18. Makruk. Play the traditional Chess variant of Thailand on Game Courier. Author: Jose Carrillo.
19. Makruk Library. Missing description Author: Jose Carrillo.
20. Mapped Chess . Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
21. Marseillais Chess . Move twice per turn. Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
22. Masking Chess. Mask and move pieces so they are invisible to the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Lummel.
23. Mastodon Chess (8x10). Standard pieces plus two Mastodons per side. A strategical big-board variant. By M Winther.
24. Maxim chess. Variant, invented by my little brother. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
25. Maya Chess. Indian variant in which a defended unit (not king or pawn) moves according to the defender(s). Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Meares's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture one square orthogonally. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. W. Meares.
27. Medieval War Chess. This game has quite a few differences from regular chess, but it does use the standard board and pieces, making it easy to play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Anthony Peterson.
28. Medusa Shogi. A Shogi variant of Pillars of Medusa, which is based on Turkish Great Chess. By Gary K. Gifford.
29. Meta Chess. Game where players decide how the pieces move and where they go. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
30. mettamorphachess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Eric S. Clayton.
31. Mid-Evil Chess. A mid point between chess and shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
32. Mighty-Lion Chess. Normal Chess augmented with a hard-to-trade Lion super-piece that can make double-captures. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
33. Millennium Chu Shogi . http://pika.cs.nctu.edu.tw/lit/MillenniumShogi.zip. By Yu Ren Dong.
34. mir chess II. a variant of mir chess with same piece strength. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
35. Missile Chess. Missing description Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
36. Missing the Mark. Making intentional errors. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
37. Mobile Pawn Chess. Pawns have increased movement. By Tony Quintanilla.
38. Modest Variant.. Black may castle out of check. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steven A Brown.
39. Momentum Chess. Pieces keep moving in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
40. Monochromatic Chess. Pieces remain on squares of the same color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Harry Pijls.
41. Monster Chess Variants. A Discussion of the value of Double-Move pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza.
42. Move as square says. Game with identical piece, movement depends on location. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
43. Multi-Dimensional Multi-Player (MDMP) Chess. 2-8 player Chess, traditional and alternate armies, optional laser. By Donald Cimics.
44. Multimove FIDE Chess. Each turn utilizes a number of points that get applied to movement. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Howe.
45. Multiple of 10 Checkmate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
46. Multiple of 10 Checkmate. Variant where you can only checkmate or be checkmated on move 10, 20, 30, ect.. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.

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1. N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
2. N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. Author: Pierre Tourigny. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
3. Nearly Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing or checking. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
4. Nearly Colorboundmost Chess . Game where all pieces except the Pawns are entirely colorbound, and interactions between colors are weak. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
5. Necromancer Chess. The Undead Walk. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
6. Nemoroth, The Game of. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
7. Net Chess. Variant of InterGrid Chess. Move between intersections. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
8. Net Chess . This game allows pieces to move to the grid intersections and between intersections. By Tony Quintanilla.
9. Nine Riders Chess. Each piece is a rider. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
10. Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer.
11. Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
12. No-Retreating Chess. A varient where you can't retreat until you get to the last rank. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
13. Noble WingS Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Simpson.
14. Noli Me Tangere Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrik Hedman.
15. Not-so colorbound cylindrical chess. Game only with pieces, that would be colorbound on normal board. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Daniil Frolov.

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1. OK Chess . After the first move, Pawns can advance any distance. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Clifford Merry.
2. One Way Chess . Missing description By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
3. OOmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
4. Orda Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like knights but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
5. Overkill Chess. Paired pieces are compounds of 2 FIDE elements, King's partner of all three. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
6. Overprotection Chess. If an attacked piece is more often defended than it is attacked, it gains extra powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.

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1. Parachute Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing or threatening pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
2. Paradigm Chess30. Chess with Dragon Bishop and 30 positions. By Craig Willenberg and Lourenzo Van Niekerk.
3. Paulowich's Chancellor Chess . A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Paulowich.
4. Paulowich's Chancellor Chess. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
5. Pawn Blackhole Chess. Each side is split into two and grouped into corners. Pawns play towards the center. Author: Nemo Thorx. Inventor: Nemo Thorx and Adam Corbally.
6. Pawn Progression Chess. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently. Author: Ed Friedlander.
7. Pawn Pusher Chess . Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
8. Pawn Shooter Chess. Defeat your opponent by shooting pawns at them! (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
9. Pawntrooper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Prosser.
10. Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
11. Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece. By M Winther.
12. Pocket Mutation Chess . Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. By Michael Nelson.
13. Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
14. Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
15. Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
16. Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Greg Strong.
17. Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
18. Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. By Greg Strong.
19. Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
20. Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
21. Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. By Peter Aronson.
22. Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
23. Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
24. Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
25. Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
26. The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
27. Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen.
28. Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
29. Proselyte Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
30. Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Fred Galvin.

Q

1. Quang Trung Chess (4th edition). Variant with standard equipment, with different moving pieces, and elements of Xiangqi and FIDE-chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vu Q Vo.
2. Quantum Chess. Chess with a quantum mechanical twist. By Stephen Tavener.
3. Quantum Chess. Chess meets Quantum Physics. Author: Fergus Duniho.
4. Quantum Chess. Pieces may teleport, provided their start and end squares are unobserved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Stephen Tavener.
5. Quark Chess. Missing description By tilera Ley.
6. Quarter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
7. Queen of the Night Chess. An over powered game on the Standard Board. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.

R

1. Radioactive Queen Chess. White has a little diff in setup, but great diff in the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
2. Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gavin King.
3. Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
4. Raven Chess. Kings move like queens and leap over friendly pieces, but cannot move through check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen. Inventor: John Love-Jensen and Richard .
5. Ready Chess . Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. By Tony Quintanilla.
6. Ready Chess. Play this game, where pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first! By Tony Quintanilla.
7. Ready Chess. Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
8. Ready Chess. A move must be used to restore a unit's ability to capture, except for the king. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
9. Recapitulative Chess. Variant where the Queen, Rook and Bishop have their older moves until promoted. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
10. Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
11. Red Castle Chess. Red king and QR cannot move except to castle, which wins for Red. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Reformed Chess. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf). By M Winther.
13. Relative Lumberjack. Pieces move the same as other pieces in its file. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
14. Relativistic Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/boardrules.dir/relativistic.html. By Carlos Cetina.
15. Reserve Chess. Units may be removed from the board and dropped back in later. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
16. Retreating Chess. Pieces must fall back one square after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
17. Retro Chess. A chess game progresses backwards from an empty board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Smolowitz.
18. Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Janecke.
19. Right or Left Chess . Pieces are either right-moving or left-moving and may flip from one to the other. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
20. Rogue Pawn Chess . Pawns may double-move on any rank except for their starting rank. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
21. Rookheavy Chess and Bishopheavy Chess. combining elements of Lilliputian Chess, Isis, Mongolian Chess, and crooked linepieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
22. Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
23. Royal Amazon Chess . Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. By Peter Aronson.
24. Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By QIDb602.
25. Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
26. Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
27. Russian Chess. Pieces are not removed when captured, but stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ivan Derzhanski.

S

1. Scorpion Chess. Poisonous Scorpions instead of pawns. By M Winther.
2. Scorpion King Chess. King can also move as grasshopper. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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