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1. "Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100) By donald henry.

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1. 10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104) By Daniil Frolov.
2. 2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
3. 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces that automatically flip into wyrd and not so strange counterparts. (10x8, Cells: 68) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
4. 2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
5. 3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75) By Bn Em.
6. 3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess. By Joe Joyce.
7. 3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Joe Joyce.
8. 3d Magna Carta Chess. Adding Barons and Dukes to Magna Carta Chess to commemorate 8th centenary of Magna Carta. (2x(5x8), Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
9. 3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
10. 4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
11. 4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. By Kevin Pacey.
12. 4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
13. 4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess using sixteen 4x4 boards & 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
14. 47 Contest Results. Missing description By John Smith.
15. 4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 361) By Kevin Pacey.
16. 4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4. By Kevin Pacey.
17. 4D Quasi-Alice Chess. 8x8x2x2 four dimensional game with 32 pieces. (2x(2x(8x8)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
18. 5*4DChess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 140 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625) By Kevin Pacey.
19. 52Chess. A piece may teleport to the square corresponding to a drawn card. By Kevin Pacey.
20. 64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
21. 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.

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1. A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bas de Haas.
2. Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
3. Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
4. Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf). By M Winther.
5. Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants). The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf). By M Winther.
6. Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
7. Ajax Chess . Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
8. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
9. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
10. Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
11. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
12. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
13. Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
14. Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
15. Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
16. Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
17. All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
18. All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
19. Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
20. Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
21. AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
22. AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
23. Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
24. Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
25. Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
26. Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
27. Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
28. Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Paul E. Newton.
29. Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
30. Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
31. Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
32. Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
33. Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
34. Asylum Redux . Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns! By Charles Daniel.

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1. Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
2. Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
3. Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88) By (zzo38) A. Black.
4. Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132) By Greg Strong.
5. Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! By Greg Strong.
6. Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63) By Patrik Hedman.
7. Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
8. Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270) By Charles Gilman.
9. Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378) By Graeme C Neatham.
10. Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
11. Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
12. Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
13. Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
14. BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Graeme C Neatham.
15. BigBangChess . Chess with an expanding and contracting board. By Graeme C Neatham.
16. Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side. By Albert Lee.
17. Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
18. Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
19. Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb. By Stefan Bogdanski.
20. Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
21. Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
22. Burden of royality. Missing description By Freederick .
23. Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
24. Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
25. Butterfly Chess. Game with Butterflies (not Ns), Advancers (not Qs) & Flying Dragons added. By Kevin Pacey.

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1. Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
2. Capablanca Relocation Chess. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
3. Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
4. Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
5. Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
6. Carbery. game for fantasy thing. By Aidan Murphy.
7. Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
8. Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
9. Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
10. Carnage . Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
11. Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
12. Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons. By Namik Zade.
13. Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
14. Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
15. Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
16. Cat's Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
17. Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
18. CC chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
19. CC chess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
20. CCC-FF . Missing description By Namik Zade.
21. CCC-FF(updated) with zrf.file. Missing description By Namik Zade.
22. CCChess new generations. Missing description By Namik Zade.
23. CCChess-FF(In-Yan variant). Missing description By Namik Zade.
24. Cellular Chess. One step towards Joe Joyce's ideal of playing chess on an 100x100 board. (30x30, Cells: 900) By Carlos Cetina.
25. Cellular Chess. Play Cellular Chess at Game Courier. By Carlos Cetina.
26. Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces. By QIDb602.
27. Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
28. Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
29. Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
30. Champagne Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with ferfils and dragons added. By Kevin Pacey.
31. Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
32. Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
33. CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
34. Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
35. Checkmating Applet. Practice your checkmating skill with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
36. Chennis. Kyoto-Shogi-inspired variant (with alternating piece sides), with a tennis theme. By Daniel Lee.
37. Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
38. Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
39. Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
40. Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Johnny Luken.
41. Chess 911. 9x9 board plus corner squares, compounds, and special diagonals. (9x9, Cells: 85) By Persian Chess.
42. Chess 99. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered. By Claude Lapointe.
43. Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers. By Nicolino Will.
44. Chess and Three Quarters. Extremely powerful leapers dominate a game with multiple royal pieces. By Nicolino Will.
45. Chess of Amazons. Chess played on a 10x10 board with all FIDE pieces, but extra pawns, and the Amazon piece from the Game of Amazons. By paculino.
46. Chess on a Soccer Ball . Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
47. Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
48. Chess on an Infinite Plane. Chess game with no boundaries (infinite board), and Guard, Chancellor, and Hawk. () By V. Reinhart.
49. Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
50. Chess Variant Score Notation Book. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants. By Simon Edward Jepps.
51. Chess Variants, 50 variants on the game of chess. Information on a book. Author: Adrey Caljé.
52. Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
53. Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
54. Chess with Different Periods . A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
55. Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
56. Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
57. Chess with wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
58. Chess without pawns . Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
59. Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
60. Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
61. Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
62. Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
63. Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
64. Chesscala. Missing description (6x8, Cells: 48) By Francois Tremblay.
65. ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64) By Changcai Chen.
66. Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
67. ChessXp. 10x10 Chess, strictly derived from the 8x8 architecture. By Uli Schwekendiek.
68. Chevron Ranks. Pieces use the "ranks" based on the Glinkshy/McCooey analogues to FIDE Pawn ranks. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
69. chexx. Another variant of hexagonal chess. (Cells: 63) By Dmitriy Golub.
70. Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight. By Albert Lee.
71. Chinese Checkers Chess . Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
72. Chinese court. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
73. Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (6x(11x11), Cells: 126) By Daniil Frolov.
74. Circular Capa Chess. Play circular chess with added archbishops and chancellors on a 5x16 round board. By Kevin Pacey.
75. Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
76. The Clash of Continents Chess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
77. Classic sum. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
78. Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
79. College Mess. Smess variant played using a Smess board & set. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Kevin Pacey.
80. Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
81. Colossus. 10x10 chess with 4 Rooks, 4 Knights, 4 Bishops, 10 Pawns, 1 Queen and 1 King! Author: Charles Daniel and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Charles Daniel.
82. Colossus . With twice the number of Rooks, Bishops and Knights. Also includes 5 new variants with exotic pieces. By Charles Daniel.
83. 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.
84. Command and Maneuver: A Tale of Two Countries. This is a diceless wargame,. (24x12, Cells: 288) By Joe Joyce.
85. Compact Hex Chess. 2 normal hex armies on a board reduced to sides of length 5. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
86. Compound Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Sergeant pawns & armies of compound pieces. By Kevin Pacey.
87. Compound Courier Custom Chess. Game uses the Courier 12x8 board and adds knight compound pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.
88. The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description Author: David Howe.
89. Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
90. Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
91. Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings. By John Gallez.
92. Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
93. Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
94. Courier Eurasion Chess. Eurasian Chess meets Courier-Spiel. By Graeme C Neatham.
95. Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
96. Critters: Chesimals III. Chesimals redesigned. By Joe Joyce.
97. Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
98. Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
99. Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
100. Custodian Chess. A combination of Chess and ancient Tafl games. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Daniil Frolov.
101. Cyclohex. 3-player round hex variant. (24x5, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Eduard Werner.
2. Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
3. Decimaka. Game where pieces promote on making a capture. By H. G. Muller.
4. Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
5. Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
6. Diagonal Oblong Chess . The board is an oblong on diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. By Shi Ji.
7. Diagonal Oblong Chess. The board is an oblong in diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Shi Ji.
8. Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
9. Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics. By Fergus Duniho.
10. Diamond Chess 306. A large variant inspired by Tony Paletta's PARACHESS and Fergus Duniho's ASSIMILATION FUSION CHESS. By David Cannon.
11. Dice-Money Chess. Earn money if you do what is written on the dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
12. Douglas Modern chess. A chess variant with a more interesting start position, leading to more action. By Ian Douglas.
13. Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece. By kittytac.
14. Dragonet Chess. The Dragonet flies to any square queenwise, captures piece behind landing square (with zrf). By M Winther.
15. Droppable Xiangqi. Another variant of Xiangqi with droppable pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
16. Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
17. Duck Chess. A Duck that must be moved by both players can block your moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Tim Paulden.
18. Dunkeys . Missing description By Namik Zade.
19. Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
20. Dürer's Chess. Dürer's Chess, played on a board of 151 tessellating pentagons and diamonds. (Cells: 151) By David Cannon.
21. Durerschess . Dürer's Chess is played on a tiling of tessellating pentagons and diamonds, first described by Albrecht Dürer in 1525. By David Cannon.
22. Dynasty Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben M Reiniger.

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1. echess. (Micro) Evolutionary CHESS game. By bp .
2. Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
3. Elven Chess. Chu Shogi Lion, Dragon Horse, Dragon King, Guard on Grand Chess type setup. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
4. Elven Chess. 10x10 variant with 4 new pieces, of which one can double-capture. (10x10, Cells: 100) By H. G. Muller.
5. Ender's Chess. Inspired by by the novel, "Ender's Game". (9x11, Cells: 83) By John Smith.
6. Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
7. Entangled chess. Game inspired by the physical phenomenon of quantum entanglement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Theodoros Papadopoulos.
8. Exile Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
9. Expanded Chess. An attempt at a logical expansion of Chess to a 10x10 board. By Daniel Zacharias.
10. Expanded Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Johnny Luken.
11. Expanded Chinese Chess. Missing description (9x12, Cells: 108) By Travis Z.
12. Extrapawn Chess. Standard chess with one extra pawn per player in the reserve (with zrf). By M Winther.

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1. Fairy Pieces Part 1. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
2. Famicom PPU Chess. Game inspired by limitation of Famicom PPU. (10x10, Cells: 80) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
4. File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
5. Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
6. Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
7. Flank Chess. Flank Chess with Achilles. (10x9, Cells: 90) By wdtr2.
8. Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
9. Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces are external and can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
10. Flexible Chinese Chess (F-Xiangqi). Xiangqi variant where the horses are initially external (with zrf). By M Winther.
11. Flight and Ferry. The gold dragon of Wessex fights the red one of Wales across the Bristol Channel. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
12. FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Masahiro Nakajima.
13. Foolish King Chess. Players have different armies and victory conditions. White has a fool for a king. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Patrik Hedman.
14. For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
15. fortress. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
16. Four Double-Acts Chess. Specifically long- and shart-range versions of the Friend, Joker, and Orphan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
17. Four-Fold Chess. Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) By Larry L. Smith.
18. Fragnurasian Qi. A two-River variant with the whole of two identical Wildeurasian Qi sets minus the second King. (13x15, Cells: 195) By Charles Gilman.
19. Freakshow Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
20. Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
21. Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
22. 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.
23. From Stalemate to Checkmate. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
24. Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
25. Full house hexagonal chess. Game with 50 pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Kevin Pacey.
26. Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
27. Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
28. Future Chess. With extra empty corner squares. Pieces can be relocated before play begins. Creates immense strategical variance (with zrf). By M Winther.

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1. Gala Xiang-Qi. Crossover game. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Daniil Frolov.
2. Gamma2 Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Berolina Pawns & special Ship & Archer pieces. By Kevin Pacey.
3. Generals' Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Patrik Hedman.
4. Generating Random Positions. How to generate random positions? By Jose Carrillo.
5. Ghast knights. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Ghostarelay. Game with ghost and relay, win if you have no legal moves. (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
7. Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
8. Gi-Qi-Game. Another one crossover of European, Chinese and Japanese chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
9. Gleeman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Patrik Hedman.
10. Gomoku and Donkeys. Missing description By Namik Zade.
11. Good and Evil Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
12. Goodchess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
13. GoshawkChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Goshawks per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
14. Grand Betza. Play Grand Betza on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: John Davis.
15. Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: John Davis.
16. Grand Ducal Chess. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By John Ayer.
17. Grand hecatomb. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniil Frolov.
18. Grand Shatranj N W. Shatranj with 10 individual pieces + pawns per army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Mark Simpson.
19. Grand Tamerlane. John Davis invented this variation of Mideast Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John Davis.
20. Grand Tamerlane Chess. Variation of Mideast Chess by John Davis. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John Davis.
21. Granlem Shatranj. This is a mash-up of Grand Shatranj & Lemurian Shatranj with a 3 moves/player turn option. By Joe Joyce.
22. GraTiA. Preset for GraTiA, a blend of two historic variants. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
23. GraTiA. A blend of two historic variants. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
24. Great Stour. Diagonal-heavy mixed-camp variant on Courier board with River. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
25. Gross Chess. Play this 144 square variant online with Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
26. Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Fergus Duniho.
27. Gross Chess . Play this 144 square variant with Zillions of Games. By Fergus Duniho.
28. Groundskeeper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
29. Groundskeeper Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
30. Guanaco Chess. Introducing the Guanaco that hops two squares orthogonally continuously (with zrf). By M Winther.
31. Gustavian-Cannon Chess. The Swedish Cannon moves like a Korean Cannon, but can move like a rook if it cannot jump (+zrf). By M Winther.
32. Gyokugi. Extends chevron ranks to analogues of Shogi generals, named after individual jewels. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Hadean Chess. Large chess with 12 pawns, 10 Ninja Pawns, 4 short-range linear jumpers, and Wazir/Ferz Zebra and Knight compounds. By Charles Daniel.
2. Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
3. Half-Random Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
4. Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
5. Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
6. Har Meggido Chess. Missing description (15x18, Cells: 270) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
7. Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. By A. M. DeWitt.
8. Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. By A. M. DeWitt.
9. Heroes Hex Chess version 2. Hexagonal Chess with new movement rules on a "standard" 91 hex board. By Tony Quintanilla.
10. Heroes Hexagonal Chess version 2. Updated version of Heroes Hexagonal Chess in 91 hexes. (Cells: 91) By Tony Quintanilla.
11. Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187) By Charles Gilman.
12. Hex Dragonal Chess. Based on an idea by Jeremy Good this CV has horizontal rows of hexes and an unusual set of directions,. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
13. Hex Dragonal Chess. horizontal hex-rows and 4 defined directions of movement. By Graeme C Neatham.
14. Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
15. Hexagonal Chess with Hexagonalers. Missing description By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
16. Hexagonal Raumschach. 3D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Raumschach. By Kevin Pacey.
17. Hexagonal Raumschach. Three dimensional analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess, based on Raumschach. (5x(7x7), Cells: 185) By Kevin Pacey.
18. Hexajedrez. Variation of Dave McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) By Carlos Cetina.
19. Hexajedrez. Variant of Dave McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. By Carlos Cetina.
20. Hexcetran Chess. Play Hexcetran Chess at Game Courier. By Carlos Cetina.
21. Hexcetran Chess. Hexagonal variant starting from random setups. (Cells: 91) By Carlos Cetina.
22. Hexiang Qi. Hexagonal Variant of Xiang Qi. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Robert Hancock.
23. Hia Chess. Smaller 9x8 variation of the Mongolian Hiashatar. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
24. Hikaru Nakamura. Current U.S. Champion is also accomplished at some variants. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
25. Honeycomb Minishogi. Hex-prism version of 3d Minishogi, with compulsory setup phase. (4x(4x5), Cells: 50) By Charles Gilman.
26. Horn Rimmed Hex 1: 91 to 127. Start of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Charles Gilman.
27. Horn Rimmed Hex 2: 61 to 91. Continuation of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
28. Hourglass Honeycomb Chess. 2 overlapping triangular prisms form a hex-prism board maximising the King's choice of Castling. (7x(7x7), Cells: 280) By Charles Gilman.
29. Humpty Dumpty Chess. Cannon-using variant inspired by history of the character Humpty Dumpty. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
30. Hunt Chess. Huntsman Chess and Groundskeeper Chess. Author: John Smith. Inventor: Yu Ren Dong and John Smith.
31. Huntsman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 80) By Yu Ren Dong.
32. Huntsman Chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.

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1. iChess . Missing description By Pangus Ho.
2. iChess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Pangus Ho.
3. If regular octogonal chess would be possible?. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
4. Index A to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter A. By Charles Gilman.
5. Index B to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter B. By Charles Gilman.
6. Index C 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by a-m. By Charles Gilman.
7. Index C 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by o. By Charles Gilman.
8. Index D to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter D. By Charles Gilman.
9. Index E to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter E. By Charles Gilman.
10. Index F to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter F. By Charles Gilman.
11. Index G to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter G. By Charles Gilman.
12. Index H to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter H. By Charles Gilman.
13. Index I to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters I to K. By Charles Gilman.
14. Index L to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter L. By Charles Gilman.
15. Index M to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter M. By Charles Gilman.
16. Index N to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter N. By Charles Gilman.
17. Index O to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters O and Q. By Charles Gilman.
18. Index P to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter P. By Charles Gilman.
19. Index R to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter R. By Charles Gilman.
20. Index S 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by A-I. By Charles Gilman.
21. Index S 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by K-Y. By Charles Gilman.
22. Index T to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter T. By Charles Gilman.
23. Index U to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters U and V. By Charles Gilman.
24. Index W to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters W to Z. By Charles Gilman.
25. Infima. Missing description By Johnny Luken.
26. Insurrection. Capturing causes promotion, demotion, or a coup in the opponent's ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fogus.
27. Interactive diagrams. Diagrams that interactively show piece moves. By H. G. Muller.
28. It's not a job for King. Two relatively modest games, playing with power and royality. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.

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1. Journalist's Chess. Journalist is movable to any position but no capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Joust Chess. Rotating pieces, long range movement, adjacent capture, both in one turn using different directions. By Jeff Cornell.

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1. King Friday XIII Chess. Flexible castling, promotion to opponent's pieces, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. King of the Hill. Be the first player to get your King to the top of the hill! (19x19) By Paul E. Newton.
3. King to Bunker Leap. Play this exciting version of Pre-Chess using new king safety rules. By Charles Daniel.
4. King to Bunker Leap. King can jump over own pieces to reach 1 of 2 bunker positions in Shuffle Chess or Pre-Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
5. King to Bunker Leap . Includes Shuffle Chess and pre-Chess with new “bunker leap” king safety rules. By Charles Daniel.
6. Kingdom of distorting mirrors. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Daniil Frolov.
7. Kira Chess/Kira Shogi. "Kira" and "L" pieces which is not known by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
8. Knavish Chess. Variant using square-board analogues to 6-way hex-board Dabbabas. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
9. Knavish Shatranj. Shatranj with Knaves and Debtors. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
10. Knight games (improved). Missing description By Namik Zade.
11. Knightless symmetric chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
12. Knights Chess games. Missing description By Namik Zade.
13. Knights games . Missing description By Namik Zade.
14. Knights of the Round Table. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
15. Korean Carrera. Missing description (15x10, Cells: 150) By Daniil Frolov.
16. Korean Random Chess. A Korean Chess variation with a random setup and a few new rules. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
17. Kozune Western . Missing description Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joshua Morris.

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1. Ladies and Generals. Missing description (6x(6x9), Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.
2. Landing force shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
3. Latrumcolorum Chess. Piece caught between two opponent pieces is moved by him. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
4. Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
5. Latte Chess. Alternative starting position, with each player having 4 rooks/bishops/knights, 1 king and queen, and 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael .
6. LeaperChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Knights per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
7. Left-Right Chess. A large variant with some pieces that move as a Rook only left or right. By J Paleja.
8. Lemniscate Chess. Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). (18x4, Cells: 72) By David Cannon.
9. Lemniscate Chess . Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). By David Cannon.
10. Lichess. Internet chess server featuring a few variants as well. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
11. Link to: Rainbowchess . Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.
12. Locusts. Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Yu Ren Dong.
13. Locusts . Simple chess variant with only two set of pieces on each army. By Yu Ren Dong.
14. Login. Sign in to the Chess Variant Pages. Author: Fergus Duniho.
15. Ludus Magus. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 145) By Larry L. Smith.
16. Ludus Magus . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.

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1. M!C Chess. All pieces but the king move and capture differently in a 10x10 board. By danielxdg.
2. Macadamia Shogi. Pieces promote on capture to multi-capturing monsters. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
3. Mad Elephant Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
4. Maha Chatukanga. Variant arranging Chaturanga's paired pieces and all their compounds in the style of Grand Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
5. Man and Beast Overview and Glossary. Table summarising what piece characteristics Man and Beast articles cover, with glossary of terms used to describe pieces. By Charles Gilman.
6. Maorider Chess. Missing description By Vitya Makov.
7. Maorider Chess. Maorider and king with unusual recruiting abilities. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Vitya Makov.
8. Matrix Chess. Chess played on a tessellation of pentagons and diamonds. The name comes from the matrix in which diamonds are found. (14x14, Cells: 196) By David Cannon.
9. Matrix Chess . Chess played on a board of tessellating pentagons and diamonds. By David Cannon.
10. Maxim chess. Variant, invented by my little brother. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
11. Mega Doom Chess Project. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
12. Megastar of David. Enlarged version of Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. (2x(), Cells: 182) By Charles Gilman.
13. Meirav. Pieces are buried before they are captured, buried pieces may capture other buried pieces. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By כהן דותן.
14. Metamachy . Zillions of Games file for Metamachy. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
15. Metamachy. Play this large variant with a variety of fairy pieces on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
16. Metamachy. Play this large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
17. Mighty Lion Chess. Orthodox Western Chess but with one knight replaced by Chu Shogi Lion. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
18. 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.
19. MightyChess. Capablanca Chess, but stronger pieces. By James Zuercher.
20. Millinn3um (M3) Chess. varied opening positions for each player, two sets standard pieces per player, symmetrical piece drops, two kings each. By Michael Williams.
21. Mimic Chess . Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
22. Mimic Chess. Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
23. Mimic Chess. Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
24. Minesweeper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
25. Mini Courier Chess Moderno. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
26. Mini four player chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 48) By Daniil Frolov.
27. Minima. johnnyluken. (6x6, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
28. Missing Ox Chess. 4 distinguishable FIDE sets represent pieces starting with 24 different letters. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
29. Missionary cubic variants. Cubic-cell game with mixture of simple and compound forward-only pieces. (6x(6x8), Cells: 288) By Charles Gilman.
30. MiTaWi. A variant combining elements on Mitregi, Taijitu Qi, and Wildeurasian Qi. (14x12, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
31. Mitred Framing 1: 8x8 to 10x10. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a FIDE-size board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
32. Mitred Framing 2: 9 files to 10x10. Puts most pieces of 9-file variants on FIDE board and adds extra rim including middle-file piece and Shogi-style extras. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
33. Mitred Framing 3: 6x6 to 8x8. Adding a rim of forward-only pieces around a 6x6 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
34. Mixed Radial Hex Chess. Hexagonal analogue to Nimrod Chess. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
35. Modern drunk elephant shogi. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
36. Modern Minister's Courier Chess. Missing description (11x8, Cells: 88) By Jose Carrillo.
37. Monte Carlo Chess. Random movement variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
38. Move as square says. Game with identical piece, movement depends on location. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
39. Multiple Formations. A proposal to add a set of formations to Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
40. Musketeer Chess. Adding 2 newly designed extra pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Zied Haddad.
41. Musketeer Chess. A game that adds extra pieces to Chess, playable online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Zied Haddad.
42. Mustang . Missing description By Namik Zade.
43. Mustang Chess problem. Missing description By Namik Zade.
44. Mutatis Mutandis. Astonishing variant featuring 22 different changelings at random setups. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
45. Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ross Gillies.

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1. Narnia Chess. Chess played on both the outside and inside of a soccer ball. (Cells: 52) By David Cannon.
2. Narnia Chess . Chess, played on both the outside and inside of a social ball, with the Pentagons as "gateways" between the two. By David Cannon.
3. Naydorian Chess. an hexagonal variant from the fictional realm of Shadowgard. By Graeme C Neatham.
4. Necromancer Chess. The Undead Walk. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
5. Neoclassical Chess. The opening moves are selected through a random ballot. By Gabriel F. Bobadilla.
6. Neoteric Chess. Pieces are swapped before play begins. An external piece is introduced (with zrf). By M Winther.
7. Never-Ending Infinite Sandbox Chess Game. Online forum-based chess game with 12 players, infinite board, and many pieces. By Theresa Dubé.
8. Noble Wing Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Simpson.
9. Noble WingS Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Simpson.
10. Noli Me Tangere Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrik Hedman.
11. Noname Chess. Missing description By orian.
12. Nonary Chess. King or queen are optionally swapped with a bishop before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
13. Not-so colorbound cylindrical chess. Game only with pieces, that would be colorbound on normal board. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Daniil Frolov.
14. Notake Shogi. All pieces stay on the Shogi board at all times. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
15. Numeral Chess. Numeral Chess requires sharp eyes and promotes deep strategical calculation similar to Go (WeiQi). (17x17, Cells: 289) By Eric Truong.
16. Nuthouse . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
17. Nuthouse. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Yu Ren Dong.
18. Nutty Shogi. Smaller version of Tenjiku Shogi on a 13x13 board. Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
19. Nutty Shogi. Pieces jump over many others, and a Fire Demon burns neighbors. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.

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1. ObstructionChess. A new chess variant designed to challenge old strategies and improve your chess play with logical and organic obstructions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By martin rinab.
2. Octopus Chess . Featuring the Octopus, the Sorcerer Snake, the Ferz Knight, the Wazir Knight and the Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
3. Omega Chess Extended . Missing description By Mykola Dolgalov.
4. Once More, with Deans. Subvariants of River-with-university-and-cathedral series with extra piece type. By Charles Gilman.
5. One King Shogi. Checkmate the neutral king. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Onitama. Cards decide how pieces move, perfect information with no chance beyond setup. Author: Mikk . Inventor: Shimpei Sato.
7. Open King 4*4DChess. Four dimensional game with 48 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
8. Open King 5*4DChess. Four dimensional game with 74 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625) By Kevin Pacey.
9. Option Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: Paul Bonham.

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1. Óskar's 3dchess. Missing description (5x(8x8), Cells: 320) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
2. Óskar's 3dchess version 2. Missing description (5x(8x8), Cells: 320) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.

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1. Overkill Chess. Paired pieces are compounds of 2 FIDE elements, King's partner of all three. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
2. Overkill Ecumenical Chess. Compounds of 2, 3, and all 4 Wildebeest Chess elements. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
3. Overyang. Variant using compounds of Yang Qi pieces. (11x13, Cells: 143) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Paco Shako. Pieces coexist peacefully on target square after capture. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Felix Albers.
2. Padwar qi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
3. Palace Shogi. A complicated hybrid of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and Chess. By Silvia Hollinshead.
4. Panchimera. 33 pieces a side, includes all the knight augmented pieces. By Graeme C Neatham.
5. Panchimera. all the king's horses - a variant that doubles the number of each FIDE piece and then adds the knight augmented pieces. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Graeme C Neatham.
6. Panoply. A large hexagonal game with unusual pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
7. PantherChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Panthers per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
8. Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. By Kevin Pacey.
9. Partnership Chaturanga. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
10. Passive ultima. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
11. Pawn Chess. Pawns promote to first piece captured by opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black.
12. Pawn Vault Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
13. Pawnier Chess. Missing description (11x9, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
14. Pawns-to-Kings Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
15. Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
16. Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
17. PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons. By Graeme C Neatham.
18. Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66) By Martin Janecke.
19. Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
20. Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
21. Pillage . Featuring the unique Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
22. Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
23. Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
24. Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
25. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf). By M Winther.
26. Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). By M Winther.
27. Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. By M Winther.
28. Plattraum. 2d variant which, like Raumschach in 3d, has three basic long-range pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
29. Plutonian Test Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes. By Steven Streetman.
30. Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket. By wdtr2.
31. Pocket Shogi Plus. Shogi Like game with a pocket to store and move pieces. By wdtr2.
32. PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker. By Susannah Thorarinsson.
33. Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
34. Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Quantimex. Principles of Quantum Mechanics applied to Ultima on an hexagonal board. (Cells: 91) By Graeme C Neatham.
2. Quapent. Missing description By Joe Watson.
3. Quarter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
4. Quarterboard. Small variant with no pawns and piece drops, inspired by Chess and Shogi. By Milan Zeiske.

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1. Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (5x(7x7), Cells: 140) By Charles Gilman.
2. Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool. By Amy Johnson.
4. Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x(4x6), Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
5. Reflection teammate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
6. Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available). By M Winther.
7. Reformed Courier-Spiel. Begnis's attempt to reform the Courier-Spiel proposed by H.C. Albers in 1821. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
8. Reformed Courierspiel. Play this modern version of an historic game on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
9. Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf). By M Winther.
10. Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
11. Relay Chess. Pieces inherit the ability of friendly pieces they are in the attack range of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
12. Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules. By M Winther.

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