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A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bas de Haas.
A Little Old Chess Poem. A short poem on the war of Kings. By Tomas Forsman.
A. M. DeWitt's Chu Shogi SVGs. A. M. DeWitt's SVG Graphics for Chu Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By A. M. DeWitt.
A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
A9 HexaChess Courier Preset. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
A9 HexaChess Zillions Zip
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
Abagoren Macedonian Chess
. Missing description By Malcolm Webb.
Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
Abbott's New Card Games (book information). Information on a book describing Ultima, and eight card games. By Robert Abbott.
Abbott, Robert. An interview with the inventor of Ultima. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Abbott, Robert. Logic Mazes: Website of Robert Abbott. Author: Robert Abbott.
ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess)
. Design-your-own chess armies on a big board. By Glenn Overby II.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Glenn Overby II.
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Play this variation on the Play-by-Email system! Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Hans Aberg.
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Hans Aberg.
Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Absorption Chess. Capturer gains movement abilities. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
Absorption Chess II. Capturer gains movement abilities. This applet extends this to kings and pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess Pieces. Icons of chess and chess variant pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Abstract Games. Magazine covering various abstract games.
Abstract Games. Web site of Mark Thompson. Author: Mark Thompson.
Abstract Games Club. Missing description Author: João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Games Magazine. Missing description
Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Max Koval.
Accelerated Chess. White makes one move at first and then each player makes either a capturing move or two non-capturing moves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Accelerated Chess. Two non-capturing moves, or one capturing move, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Accelerated Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Kevin Pacey.
Accelerated Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with several compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Accessory Chess. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
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.
Accounting Chess
. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). By Dan Troyka.
Achernar
. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. By Roberto Lavieri.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. By Roberto Lavieri.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Ackanomic Party Chess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game. Author: Uri Bruck.
Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game. Author: Uri Bruck.
Across the Board : The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems. Short information on book of J. Watkins, with puzzles about the chessboard.
Action Man's Chess. A small (5x6) board and simple pieces ensures lots of easy-to-understand action. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Francois Tremblay.
Active Chess. Two queens, 9x8. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: G. Kuzmichov.
Active King Chess. Each turn, one must move one's king in addition to moving other pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Actualized Potential Chess. Pieces exist where they are but also all along their routes or points of attack. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: A. E. Farebrother and W. H. Rawlings.
Adams, Michael. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf). By M Winther.
Adjutant Chess. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
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.
Advance Chess. Pawns begin on third and sixth ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
Advanced wizard chess. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
Advancement Chess. kevintucker88. By Freederick .
Advancer. Moves like a Queen, but captures by approach. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Howe.
Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42) By Luiz Carlos Campos.
Aftershock. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Charles W. Stinson.
Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles W. Stinson.
Ai Ai. Ai Ai is a Java general game playing programme, with many chess variants. By Stephen Tavener.
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406) By (zzo38) A. Black.
AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Feng Jun.
AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
Aikin, Jim. Website of Jim Aikin. Author: Jim Aikin.
Air Attack Chess. Missing description By Stephen R. Stockman.
Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Airplane Chess. Airplanes move as queens any distance, capturing by landing just beyond an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Airplane Chess. R. W. Schmittberger's Airplane Chess on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Airplane Chess. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf). By M Winther.
AISE. Italian Association of Chess Variants. Author: Alessandro Castelli and Fergus Duniho.
Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess
. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Akenhead.
Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Köksal Karakus.
Al-ces
. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Alapo. A small chesslike game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
Alapo. Simplified game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
Alapo
. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Alekhine Chess. A 14 x 8 game expands the sides of Capablanca-esque board, adds two pairs of marshalls and cardinals and an amazon in the middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Michael Wortley Nolan.
Alekhine Chess. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946. By Michael Wortley Nolan.
Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format. Author: Greg Strong.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font. Author: David Howe.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 1. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font. Author: David Howe.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 2. More Alfaerie graphics, plus a preview of the new Alpha Variant font. Author: David Howe.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 3. More chess variant graphics based on the Alpha chess font. Author: David Howe.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 4. More Alfaerie graphics! Author: Various.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 5. Many new designs, several shogi variant based pieces. Author: Various.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 6. Missing description By Matthew La Vallee.
Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Alfonso X book. Website with pictures from historical book on games.
Alibaba.
Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Thomas .
Alibabante Chess II.
Game with Alibabantes. (10x10, Cells: 100) By HaruN Y.
Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice Chess. Play this classic variant in which pieces switch between boards whenever they move. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice Chess. Looking-glass boards. Extremely popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice Chess
. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. Author: Pierre Tourigny. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice Chess
. New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army. By Ralph Betza.
Alice Chess II. Alice Chess with armies starting on opposite boards. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice Raumschach. Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) By Robert Price.
Alice Raumshach
. Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants. By Robert Price.
Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Aliens Vs Predators. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Aliens Vs Predators Episode II (L.Smith Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'. By Ralph Betza.
All Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played. Author: Fergus Duniho.
All in 1
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
All the King's Men. Page describing variant chess pieces.
All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. By Doug Chatham.
All-In Chess. You may move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
All-Mate Chess. Capture a piece only by rendering it unable to avoid FIDE capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
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.
Alliance Chess. Two boards, four players, team wins by checkmating the primary player. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Liptak and Rick Babcock.
Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Almost Chess
. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Alpha Variant Font. Preview of the new Alpha Variant font along with new Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe.
Alphabetical Index. Search links to the Chess Variant Pages broken down alphabetically.
Alseid Chess. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Altair
. Take a look at this sample game of Altair! Author: Roberto Lavieri and Jorge Guerra. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. By Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Argon Teuhai.
Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Alternating Chess III. Each side alternates between moving pawn and piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Alternation Chess. You alternate your moves with a partner. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Alternative Chess. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
AlterWay. Shareware program. Find a sequence of moves taking all black pieces. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
Amazon.
Can move as queen or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks. By Ralph Betza.
Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Amazon chess.
Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Amazon Chess.
Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Namik Zade.
Amazon Knights Chess. The queen may also move as a knight, and rooks and bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Amazone Chess
. Queen may also move as a knight. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board. By Albert Lee.
Amazons. Amazons and a computer version. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Pegg Jr.. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
Ambi-Chess
. Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Ambi-Chess. Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Ambi-Chess II. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabrice Liardet.
American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
American Chu Shogi Association. Missing description Author: Joseph Peterson.
American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Amiral Chess. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Amoeba. Jim Aikin's Amoeba on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Amoeba. Small variant with 38 movable squares. (7x7, Cells: 38) By Jim Aikin.
Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Amphibian Chess
. Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Amphora
. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Amphora. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Analysis of 3x3 Chess. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces. Inventor: Kirill Kryukov.
Anatomy of a Preset: Chess. Detailed explanation of the code used to enforce the rules of Chess in Game Courier. Author: Superuser .
Ancient Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Ancient Chess. Site dedicated to the history and evolution of Chess! Author: Rick Knowlton.
Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier. By Daniil Frolov.
Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Stefanos Pantazis.
Andernach Chess. Pieces change side when taking. Author: Stefanos Pantazis.
Andernach-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over changes color. By Ben Good.
Andromi. Game with simple rules. Inventor: Ronald D. Planesi.
Andy's Chess. Missing description By andrewthepawn.
Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces. Author: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Angel Chess. 9x8 board. Angels (Q+N) are difficult to exchange. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. P. D'Autremont.
Angel Chess. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf). Author: M Winther. Inventor: L. P. D'Autremont.
Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Greg Strong.
Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Annan Shogi
. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it (and similar variants). Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
Annan Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Announcement Circular Chess World Championship 2004. Missing description
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
Antelope.
Makes (3,4)-jump. Author: Ben Good.
Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Kieran Child.
Anti-Chess. Lose all your pieces to win. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Gravity Chess
. Pieces that move repel other pieces. By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-King Chess
. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. By Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess I. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check. Author: Fergus Duniho and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess II. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
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.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Magnetic Chess
. Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets. Author: João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Four anti-magnetic chessproblems. By Ben Good.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Some AntiMagnetic Chess Games. By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
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.
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.
Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Raymond Pink.
Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Antipodean Chess. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Antipodean Chess II. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. This can queen a pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Anywhere Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Anywhere Chess
. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
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.
Apocalypse. Small variant of knights and pawns; objective is to take all pawns. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: C. S. Elliott.
Apocalypse Mini-Chess. Miniature version with four horsemen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: C. S. Elliott.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Approval Poll for 1st Game Courier Tournament. Vote for the games you would like to play in a multivariant Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Approval Poll for Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games you want in the third Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Aquachess. One level underwater, one on the surface, and one in the sky, with many strange pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Bob Greenwade.
Arabian Nights Chess
. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Arabian Nights Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Arabian Nights Chess. Paul Newton's game on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Arch Courier. Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier and Courier Spiel Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. Author: Dominique Leste and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dominique Leste.
Archabbott Chess. Introduces the Archabbott piece which moves like Bishop + Wazir + Dabbaba. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Archbishop. Moves as bishop but can make reflection at side of board. Author: Ben Good.
Archbishop. Moves as bishop or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Archbishop Chess. Replace one of the marshalls from birds chess with a cardinal and you have Dominique Leste's Archbishop Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Dominique Leste.
Archchess. Late 17th chess variant from Italy on large board with pieces which include modern queen and squirrel. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Archimedes Chess. Capture by attacking an enemy unit with two of yours. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Cyrus Arturas.
Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Arena Chess. Entry in the 32-move-maximum contest. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Kiska.
Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves. By Jeff Kiska.
Arena Chess 42
. Game with two boards totaling 42-squares where pieces captured on the large board move to the small board. By David Howe.
Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42) By David Howe.
Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Paul E. Newton.
Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreño.
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Riessen.
Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Riessen.
Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (3x(9x9), Cells: 243) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(10x10), Cells: 245) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 350) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(10x8), Cells: 320) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 370) By Charles Gilman.
Armis. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions. Author: Ben M Reiniger and Vladimir . Inventor: Vladimir .
Arnhem Chess. Game on board of 38 squares. (6x7, Cells: 38) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Arnhem Chess Game 1. Moves of Arnhem chess game from 1998 tournament of 38 squares variants. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Aronson, Peter. Interview with the winner of the 44 squares contest. Author: Peter Aronson and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Persson.
The Art of Shogi. Information on book on Shogi. Author: Tony Hosking.
Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens. By Albert Lee.
Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
Assassination Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with teleporters and assassins. (10x10, Cells: 100) and Seth Blanchard. and Seth Blanchard.
Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster? Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
Assideum. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.
Assimilation Chess
. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Fusion Chess
. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Jagger.
Asteryx Chess. Sample Game. By David Jagger.
Asylum Chess
. Includes new game that features dual path compound pieces: the Loony Snake Rook and the Insane Snake Bishop. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Chess. Fire-through rooks, mad leaping (camel-move) bishops and double-capture insane ninja knights with lion-like powers. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux. Two new pieces: dual path sliding Zebra + Bishop and a dual path sliding Camel + Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux. Featuring dual path Zebra / Camel crooked sliders compounded with Bishop / Rook. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux
. Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns! By Charles Daniel.
Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. The most ambitious in a series of new games Joe Joyce is introducing with powerful short range compound double jumpers. By Joe Joyce.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Shatranj on a Hex board. By Graeme C Neatham.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
Atlantic Graphics. Chess font that supports fairy pieces. By Max Koval.
Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
Atlantis Chess. You may sink an edge square instead of moving a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
Atlantis Chess
. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
Atlantis Puzzles, Games and Art. Missing description Author: Karl Scherer.
Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Nassah Bey Taher.
Atomic Pawn Chess. One time in ten, a pawn explodes just after moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
AtTENdance Chess
. Missing description By Erez Schatz.
Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Erez Schatz.
Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent. By Terry H. Jones.
Attrition Chess. Played on an 11x10 board, each player starts with 33 pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) By Nathan James.
Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Augmented Chess
. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Australian Football Chess. Game based on Australian Rules Football and Chess. By Robert Winkel.
Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avalanche Chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (Recognized!) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avalanche Chess
. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avalanche Chess. This game is a Recognized Chess Variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avalanche Chess 2. As before, except that the red king and queen are switched. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
AvantGarde Chess
. A font-named variant that adds a Centaur and a Man to the standard setup. By Peter Aronson.
Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Avatar Riff Riders. Overcome the reef on an Avatar basis. (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.
Average Game Ratings. An ordered list of the ratings for the games on this site. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Avian Airforce
. Experimental Rider/Leaper Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the Usual Four and Other Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Aviary
. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Daniel Hollombe.
Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Hollombe.
Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
Aviation Chess. Knight pawns move and capture as bishops and can leap any number of units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. Legan.
Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
AVP Episode 2. Very creative and fun contemporaneous take on Maharaja Chess. By Namik Zade.
Award from ChessAward.Org. Chessvariants.com named 'Great Chess Resource'.
Awards. Awards given to the Chess Variant Pages.
Axis and Allies Chess. Diceless variant of Axis and Allies. By David A. Harrell.
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Azchess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azchess. Variant of Grand Chess in which one amazon is added to each side. By Namik Zade.
Azchessimp
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azerbaijan Chess. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/73747?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
Azerbaijan Chess
. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/79138?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
AzsymChess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess pawns shuffler
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess1024
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchessdrop(Improved)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymdrop(Updated))
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
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