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1. Absorption Chess. Capturer gains movement abilities. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. Absorption Chess II. Capturer gains movement abilities. This applet extends this to kings and pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
4. Accelerated Chess. Two non-capturing moves, or one capturing move, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
5. Active Chess. Two queens, 9x8. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: G. Kuzmichov.
6. Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: A. E. Farebrother and W. H. Rawlings.
7. Advance Chess. Pawns begin on third and sixth ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
8. Airplane Chess. Airplanes move as queens any distance, capturing by landing just beyond an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
9. Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Akenhead.
10. Alapo. Simplified game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
11. Alice Chess. Looking-glass boards. Extremely popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
12. Alice Chess II. Alice Chess with armies starting on opposite boards. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
13. All-In Chess. You may move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
14. All-Mate Chess. Capture a piece only by rendering it unable to avoid FIDE capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
15. Alliance Chess. Two boards, four players, team wins by checkmating the primary player. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Liptak and Rick Babcock.
16. Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
17. Alternating Chess III. Each side alternates between moving pawn and piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. Alternation Chess. You alternate your moves with a partner. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight. Author: Ed Friedlander.
20. Amazon Knights Chess. The queen may also move as a knight, and rooks and bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Ambi-Chess. Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
22. Ambi-Chess II. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
23. 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.
24. Angel Chess. 9x8 board. Angels (Q+N) are difficult to exchange. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. P. D'Autremont.
25. Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
27. Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
31. Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Raymond Pink.
32. Antipodean Chess. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. Author: Ed Friedlander.
33. 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.
34. Anywhere Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
35. Apocalypse Mini-Chess. Miniature version with four horsemen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: C. S. Elliott.
36. Archimedes Chess. Capture by attacking an enemy unit with two of yours. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
37. Arena Chess. Entry in the 32-move-maximum contest. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Kiska.
38. Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Riessen.
39. Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Persson.
40. Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
41. Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
42. Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster? Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
43. Atlantis Chess. You may sink an edge square instead of moving a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
44. Atomic Pawn Chess. One time in ten, a pawn explodes just after moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
45. Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
46. Avalanche Chess 2. As before, except that the red king and queen are switched. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
47. Aviation Chess. Knight pawns move and capture as bishops and can leap any number of units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. Legan.

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1. Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
2. Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
3. Balbo's Chess. Odd-shaped board, bishops as powerful as knights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: M G Balbo.
4. Bank of Scotland -- Main Branch. Progressive Variant where each check earns the player an extra move, and check ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
5. Bank of Scotland -- Modern Branch. Progressive Variant where each check gives a player another move, and move is ended by check or move to defended square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bob Bruce and Bruce R Trone.
6. Bankhouse Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
7. Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
8. Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game. Author: Jesse Plymale. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
9. Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Battle Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Bear Chess. Russian variant with new piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mikhail Sosnovsky.
15. Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
16. Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
17. Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST. Author: Ed Friedlander.
20. Besiege Chess. Large variant with White on either side, Black in center. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
21. Bicapture Chess. You may capture, and be checked by, your own units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
22. Big Board Chess. Large set with setup phase. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alfred Schönfelder.
23. Billiards Chess. Bishops and queens bounce off the edges. Author: Ed Friedlander.
24. Bird's Chess. Large variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Bird.
25. Bishop Chess. Bishops do not capture and cannot be captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Black and White Chess. Two moves per turn, the first from a white square, the second. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
27. Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
28. Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: S. S. Blackburn.
29. Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
30. Blind Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
31. Blockade Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
32. Blood Brothers Chess. Pieces defend others of their kind regardless of location. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen and R. Wayne Schmittberger.
33. Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions. Author: Ed Friedlander.
34. Blue Chip Chess. Missing description By Neal Turner.
35. Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
36. Bomber Chess I. Pawns can be made to explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
37. Bomber Chess II. Pawns can be made to explode, and always explode when. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
38. Bomber Chess III. Pawns and pieces can be made to explode. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
39. Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
40. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
41. Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
42. Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.
43. Buczo's Chess. Large board game with extra Knights and underpromotion available on 8th and 9th ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Buczo.
44. Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other. Author: Ed Friedlander.
45. Bughouse Chess. Two boards. Units captured move to opposite board. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
46. Burmese Chess. Most popular form in Burma. Author: Ed Friedlander.
47. Butters Chess. Capture by moving adjacent rather than by displacement. Author: Ed Friedlander.
48. Byzanatine Chess. Circular 16x4 Shatranj variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
49. Byzanatine Chess II. A different account of the old circular game. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Caïssa. Christian Freeling's game with a royal queen. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
2. Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
7. Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
8. Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
9. Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Capricorn Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
12. Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
13. Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
17. CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. Carnivore Chess. Each turn, also move an uncapturable predator. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
20. Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
21. Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
22. Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
23. Centerless Chess. No center pawns or squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
24. Central Chess. Move twice per turn, once in center and once on edge. Author: Ed Friedlander.
25. Chad. Christian Freeling's simple game of complex strategy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
26. Chameleon Chess. Begin with 16 pawns which evolve. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
27. Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
28. Chancellor Chess. Classic 9x9 board with rook-knight. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
29. Chaos Chess. Random starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Allen Jett.
30. Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
31. Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
32. Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. Author: Ed Friedlander.
33. Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
34. Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
35. Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
36. Cheapo. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
37. Check Force Chess. The player giving check decides how the opponent escapes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce R Trone.
38. Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
39. Checkless Chess. You may not check unless it is mate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
40. Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
41. Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
42. Cheshire Cat Chess, 10 x 10. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
43. Cheskers. The most popular cross between checkers and chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
44. Chess 3D. A java applet that plays a three dimensional chess variant. By Marius Soska.
45. Chess Addresses. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
46. Chess Draughts. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
47. Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
48. Chess Mazes. Chess based maze puzzles.
49. Chess Playing Application. Also plays: Elena Chess, Do-or-Die, Demi Chess, Diana Chess, Half Chess, HP Chess, Haynie's PC, and Courtyard. Author: André Heuner.
50. Chess Variant Applets. Ed Friedlander's Chess variants applet site. Author: Ed Friedlander.
51. Chess with Reserves. Load your units during the game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: E. Slater.
52. Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
53. Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
54. Chessenat. Game from Columbia with custodial captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
55. Chessence. Units move and capture depending on their proximity to their colleagues. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
56. Chessers. Pieces may ride pawns to the end ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
57. Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
58. Chessky. Dice rolls determine how the units move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
59. ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
60. Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
61. Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
62. Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players. Author: Ed Friedlander.
63. Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
64. Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
65. Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. Author: Ed Friedlander.
66. Ciccolini's Chess. Large variant from the early 1800's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Guiseppi Ciccolini.
67. Cincinnati Four-Way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. Author: Ed Friedlander.
68. Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
69. Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
70. Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
71. Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
72. Circean Chess. Large variant in which pawns evolve into kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
73. Circular. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
74. Citadel. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
75. Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. Author: Ed Friedlander.
76. Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
77. Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
78. Coalition. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
79. Codrus. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
80. Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
81. Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
82. Coin. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
83. Colorbound. Missing description By Ed Friedlander.
84. Columbia Cannon. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
85. Compact Chess. Small version popular in South Africa. Author: Ed Friedlander.
86. Compromise Chess. If you have two legal moves, your opponent may. Author: Ed Friedlander.
87. Confederation Chess. Two pieces can fuse into a stronger unit, and can dissociate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
88. Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
89. Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
90. Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
91. Conversion Chess. I chose this one to represent the entire family of co-chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
92. Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
93. Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
94. Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Derek Nalls.
95. Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
96. Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
97. Coronation Chess. Bishop and rook can fuse to replace the queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
98. Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
99. Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
100. Courier Chess. Early German version. Author: Ed Friedlander.
101. Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse. Author: Ed Friedlander.
102. Creation Chess. Pieces on the far rank may give birth to hybrids. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Trove.
103. Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Marve Meirovitz.
104. Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
105. Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. Author: Ed Friedlander.
106. Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David B. Pritchard.
107. Cross Chess. Popular in Australia. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
108. Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,. Author: Ed Friedlander.
109. Crown Prince Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz.
110. Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ed Friedlander.
111. Cuban Chess. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
112. Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeremy Dunn.
113. Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
114. Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Dabbabante Chess. 2,0 runner need not stop for intervening units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
2. Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
3. Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
4. Dead Square Chess. Captures destroy both units, the square, and all neighbors. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Decimal Four-Player Chess I. Checkmate either opposing teammate for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
6. Decimal Four-Player Chess II. Checkmate either oppoenent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
7. Decimal Four-Player Chess III. Checkmate either opponent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
8. Decimal Four-Player Chess IV. Checkmate either opponent for the win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
9. Defender Pawn Chess. Pawns can move (but not capture) any distance backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Defensive Chess. White king is not royal, and Red units (except king) cannot go beyond the midline. If White has not won by 50 moves, Red wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Deployment Chess. Place units on markers which disappear if crossed by a friend. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
13. Detente 007. You move three times in sequence, the middle one being an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Storz.
15. Diamond Chess. Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bart D. Follis and James G. Chapman.
17. Diana Chess. Miniature chess game from the late 1800's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: ? Hopwood.
18. Dice Chess I. Move the unit indicated by the roll of a six-sided die. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Dice Chess V. If you cannot move the unit shown on the six-sided die,. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Movak.
20. Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
22. Disguised King II. Win by capturing the secret royal pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
23. Displaced Grid Chess. A Grid Chess variant that allows kings to visit corners, etc. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Grant.
24. Dodo Chess. Win by getting your king to the opposite side. Author: Ed Friedlander.
25. Domination Chess. Win by occupying the center. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Don't Cross Midnight. Chess on a rotating planet; units may not cross the International. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Claude Chaunier.
27. Double Chess. Play two Orthochess games at the same time, moving in either each move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
28. Double Knight Chess I. A second pair of knights replaces the bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
29. Double Knight Chess II. A knight not capturing may move again at once. Author: Ed Friedlander.
30. Double Move Chess #1. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
31. Double Move Chess #2. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate, check or mate ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
32. Double Move Chess #3. Move twice per turn with the same piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
33. Double Trouble Chess. White has only king and bishop but moves twice per turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
34. DoubleWide Chess. Variant where two complete chess sets (including two Kings per side) are set up on a doublewide board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
35. Dragonfly Chess. Small version with pieces in hand. Author: Ed Friedlander.
36. The Duke of Rutland's Chess. 14x10 version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Third Duke of Rutland.
37. Dunsany's Chess. One side has 32 pawns instead of the usual pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
38. Duo Chess. Two boards, units moving freely to the corresponding squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
39. Dutch Billiards Chess. Billiards chess with pocketed pieces returned to. Author: Ed Friedlander.
40. Dutch Chess. Pawns start on the back ranks and move as queens. Author: Ed Friedlander.
41. Dynamic Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant with free setup. Author: Ed Friedlander.
42. Dynamo Chess. Units push and pull one another. Some bugs may remain in the program. Author: Ed Friedlander.
43. Dynasty Chess. Capture both king and queen, whose moves vary. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Earthquake Chess. Center of board runs down a fault. Author: Ed Friedlander.
2. Easy Chess. Java applet the plays chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three players. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Echo Chess I. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
5. Echo Chess II. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Echos. Transform your non-attacked, non-royal units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vladimir Pribylinec.
7. Eclipse Chess. Units in the eclipse zone cannot move or give check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
8. Ed's Chess Applet. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
9. Edgehog Chess. Queens may move only to or from edges of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Driver.
10. Eight Kings Chess. Checkmate any one of them to win. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Emperor Chess. The king may move to, and only to, any square under attack by. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Emperor of China. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vincent Everaert.
13. En Passant Chess. All pieces can capture and be captured en passant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. English Progressive Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. Enjoyable Hour Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Enlarged and Improved Chess. Early large-board variant from Holland. Author: Ed Friedlander.
17. Entourage Chess. Any piece (not pawn) adjacent to the king is also royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. Epiphany Chess. Three Kings. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Episcopal Chess. Capture both opposing bishops to win. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
20. Erosion Chess. Units erode after eight moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
21. Escalation Chess. Getting a unit captured lets you move twice on the next turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
22. Ethiopian Chess. African variant with distinct mobilization phase. Author: Ed Friedlander.
23. Exchanger Chess. Knights can move to a square. Author: Ed Friedlander.
24. Exotic Pieces. Menagerie of pieces, old and new. Have fun! Author: Ed Friedlander.
25. Explosion Chess. Whatever units the mover attacks disappear; if the mover. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. Varghese.
27. Extinction Chess. Capture all of any kind of unit. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.

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1. Falcon Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George William Duke.
2. Farmer's Chess. Medieval four-sided variant; "Four Seasons Chess". Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. Fast Lane Chess. Pawns may underpromote before they advance to the opposite rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Feint Chess. Seven of each side's units can check but not capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Feudal Chess. Four player game on 9x9. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Fianchetto Chess. Bishops and Rooks exchange starting squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
7. Fischer Random Chess. Random symmetric starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
8. Fish Chess I. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
9. Fish Chess II. Pawns can move and capture backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Fishaway Chess. Giveaway lumberjack chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Five Star Chess I. You can also win by getting five of your own units in a new row. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Five Star Chess II. You can also completing a row of five units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Five Tigers Chess. Variant of Chinese Chess. Red can make two pawn moves per turn but. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Five Up Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
15. Flip Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John William Brown.
16. Flip Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John William Brown.
17. ForChess. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
18. Foreign Policy Chess. Peacekeepers are a third army. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
19. Fortresses. Odd shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
20. Four Player Chess. One of many possible setups. Capture an opponent's king and control the remaining units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Four Player Chess III. Another popular setup for four players. Author: Ed Friedlander.
22. Four-Handed Chess -- Standard. Four handed chess on plus-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
23. Frankfurt Chess. Capturer becomes a unit of the type captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
24. Freak Chess. Bishops on starting square, other pieces start on random squares and place your King on your first turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. S. Ellis.
25. Free Castling Chess. Game using old liberal Italian castling rules. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Free Placement Chess. Choose your own starting position. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roger Cooper.
27. Free-For-All Chess. Move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
28. French Revolution Chess. Short game with your pawns facing the enemy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
29. Fuller's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture as knights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: F. G. Fuller.
30. Fusion Chess A. Pieces merge and separate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
31. Fusion Chess B. Pieces merge and separate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.

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1. Galachess. Hexagonal variation from 1980. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mathew B. Harrer.
2. Gambler's Chess. Mover is determined randomly. Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. German Rules c. 1420. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Gess Applet . Missing description Author: Craig Kaplan. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
5. Ghost Chess. The ghosts of captured units reappear. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
6. Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. The most popular hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
7. Glory Chess. A pawn on the seventh rank checks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
8. Grand Chess. Considered among the best of the large-board setups. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
9. Grand Crossing Chess. Win by getting your king to the opposite side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
10. Grande Acedrex. Java applet that plays Grande Acedrex. Author: Ed Friedlander.
11. Grasshopper Chess. Row of grasshoppers behind the pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
12. Grasshopper Chess II. The queen becomes a grasshopper. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Gravitational Chess. Major units fall back toward the friendly side. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Gravity Chess. Moved unit attracts. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
15. Greater Chess. Large variant from the 1940's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: W. Day.
16. Greek Progressive. Make at most one move more than your opponent in his last turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Kostas Prentos.
17. Grid Chess. Always move to a different 4 by 4 square part of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Walter Stead.
18. Gridlock. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Gryphon Chess. Units are promoted on each move. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
20. Gryphon Chess II. Units are promoted on each move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Guard Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Haigh's Chess. Variant on a 8x12 board with doubled arrays. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: H. Haigh.
2. Half Chess. 4x8 board, plays well. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Groeneman.
3. Handicap Chess. As in golf, stronger units are given relative limits. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Hardly Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing, threatening, or escaping check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
5. Hawaiian Chess. Pacific Island variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
7. Hecatomb Chess. One king and 31 queens on each side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Kevin Maroney.
8. Heraldic Chess I. Heraldic set plus sixteen cards per hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
9. Heraldic Chess II. Heraldic set plus ten cards per hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
10. Heraldic Chess III. Heraldic set plus six cards per hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
11. Heraldic Chess IV. Heraldic set plus two twelve-sided dice. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Modest Solans.
12. Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by capturing any piece plus its pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Hermit Chess. Play vs opponent making increasing numbers of random moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
14. Hero Chess. The king's pawn is replaced by a unit which mimics the move of any friendly unit on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
15. Hero Chess II. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Hero Chess III. Also called Superhero Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
17. Hexachess. Hexagonal Chess with lots of Pawns on a peanut-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. HexChess. Hexagonal Chess where Bishops move 1 hex in any direction and Rooks may not move to adjacent cell. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
19. Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
20. Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
21. Hexes Compressed Chess. Hexes Chess on a squared off, reduced size board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
22. Hidden Target Chess I. Know which enemy species to eliminate to win, but not which one of yours is vulnerable. Author: Ed Friedlander.
23. Hidden Target Chess II. Don't know which enemy species to eliminate to win, but do know which one of yours is vulnerable. Author: Ed Friedlander.
24. Hidden Target Chess III. Double Blind. Author: Ed Friedlander.
25. Home Base Chess. Captured units return to original squares if unoccupied. Author: Ed Friedlander.
26. Hoppel-Poppel Chess. Bshops capture as Knights and Knights as Bishops. Author: Ed Friedlander.
27. Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Leslie.
28. Howell's Chess. The usual array and moves on a 10x10 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: C. S. Howell.
29. Hunter-Falcon Chess. Two new kinds of runner are added only during the course of the game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
30. Hurricane Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
31. Hyperspace Chess. Units travelling more than 1 square go through hyperspace. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.

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1. Ice Age Chess. Blocks of ice cover the board at intervals. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
2. Identific Chess. Place undifferentiated units, then choose who they are after they. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
3. Idle King Chess. Kings do not appear on the board until the 13th turn, and can. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Imitating Chess. Units move according to the FIDE move of the last enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
5. Imitator Chess. A neutral piece must legally imitate your move. It may not capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. Immobilizer Chess. The immobilizer does not capture, but renders adjacent enemy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George Dekle.
7. Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
8. Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Fanning.
9. Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Calkoviks and Jeff Knight.
10. Incognito Chess. In addition to the King, one Pawn is secretly royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
11. Indian Chess. Some local variant rules from the colonial period. Author: Ed Friedlander.
12. Indian/Turkish Grand Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Insane. Units mutate randomly. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jari Huikari.
14. Insane II. Units mutate randomly. This time, you know what the unit will become. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jari Huikari.
15. Interregnum Chess. No king or queen; win by promoting a pawn; captured units replaced. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Intrigue. Capturing a particular pawn places the enemy king on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Nigel Chapman.
17. Iron Guard. Non-capturable guard replaces White queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. Iron Knight. Non-capturable knight. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
19. Italian Miniature Chess. 5x5 game as played in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
20. Italian Miniature Losing Chess. 5x5 game as played in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Italian Miniature Progressive Chess. 5x5 progressive game as played in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
22. Italian Progressive Chess. White moves once, black two times, white three times, etc. Check is only allowed at last move of series. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Janus Chess. Large board variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
2. Japanese Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
3. Joari-Joara. West Indian variant in which you may capture a guarded piece if and only if the move gives discovered check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Joust. Two knights. Squares cannot be revisited. Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. Joyful Chess. One special square enhances a piece's powers, the other diminishes them. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Schulz.
6. Juggernaut Chess. Unstoppable destructive unit moves at random. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Erik Wilson.
7. Junta Chess. The king and his knights are the junta. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.

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1. Kamikaze I. Capturing units are removed, except kings. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: B. G. Laws.
2. Kamikaze II. Capturing units are removed, kings may not capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: B. G. Laws.
3. Kamikaze III. If the lone queen checks, she wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
4. Kansas Progressive Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
5. King and Pawns. White moves twice but has only king and pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
6. King with a Shotgun Chess. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
7. King with a Shotgun Chess II. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Queen capture. By Ed Friedlander.
8. King's Corner Chess. Random setup with kings in opposite corners. Author: Ed Friedlander.
9. King's Fortress Chess. Random setup with king's in opposite corners and extra pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
10. Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
11. Kingmaker Chess. The first pawn to reach the opposite rank promotes to the enemy king. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
12. Knight Odds Chess. White starts without the queen's knight. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Knight Relay Chess. Knights confer their movement ability on units they defend. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
14. Knight Supreme Chess. Rooks and Bishops are replaced by Knights in the opening array. Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. KnightMate Chess. The knight, not the kings, is royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
16. Knightrider Bouncy Chess. Diagonal runners bounce off the walls; knights are knightriders. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Stuart Conquest.
17. Knightrider Bouncy Chess II. Pieces bounce off of walls, Knightriders can't capture each other. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Stuart Conquest.
18. Knights Chess. Rooks, Bishops, and Queens can also move as knights. Author: Ed Friedlander.
19. Konigsritter. Four-player game on curiously-shaped board with one player having a different army than the others. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Albert Buttner.
20. Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. Author: Ed Friedlander.
21. Korkser Chess. Local rules in parts of Germany. Author: Ed Friedlander.
22. Korkser Chess II. Same as Korkser Chess, but without initial double pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
23. Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.

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1. Lambeth Conference. Bishops bounce off the walls. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Sobey.
2. Las Vegas Fun Chess. Game with dice. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
3. Last Rook Chess. King and last remaining rook are both royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
4. Leandro's Chess. You can move any number of units one time each per turn, providing. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
5. Legan's Chess. Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: L. Legan.
6. Leo Chess. The Queen is replaced by a Leo, which must leap over a screen to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
7. Levantine Chess. One unit is immune to capture if it is not attacking. Author: Ed Friedlander.
8. Lias's Proposal. Pawns may move, but not capture, one square sideways. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: A. G. Lias.
9. Lion Chess. Queen, rook and bishops are cannons that must leap in order to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
10. Loonybird. Pieces on a seven by seven board move differently when they take. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
11. Lord of the Rings Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
12. Los Alamos Chess. Used for the first computer chess program. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Losing Chess. Captures are mandatory, object is to be unable to move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Losing Chess II. Captures are mandatory, stalemate draws. Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. Losing Chess III. Captures are mandatory; checkmating or having bare. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Losing Chess IV. Captures are mandatory, being checkmated or having bare. Author: Ed Friedlander.
17. Losing Sphinx Chess. Losing chess in four dimensions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
18. Ludus Chessunculus. Game played on Hexagonal board with non-standard pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Cleaveland.
19. Lumberjack. Pieces move according to their current column. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.

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1. Machine Gun Chess. Attacked units are removed. The object is to remove. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. E. H. Creed.
2. Mad Threeparty Chess. Chess for three. Each opponent has a king which you may check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
3. Madcap Chess. If a capture is available, the player must capture,. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
4. Madrasi Chess. Units of opposite color and identical kind which attack one another cannot move. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Abdul Karwatkar.
5. Maelstrom Chess. All 64 squares are initially occupied. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Michael Asher.
6. Mafeking Kriegspiel. Players choose their own setups, unknown to opponent, units adjacent by Knights (spies) are visable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
7. Mage Chess. Queen can swap with any friendly unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
8. Mage Chess II. Queen can swap with any friendly or enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Oliver Xymoron.
9. Magic Carpet Chess. Each player has a magic carpet to move a non-King to any empty square on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Denis van Straten and Karl Scherer.
10. Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
11. Magnetic Chess. Moved unit attracts and repels. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
12. Maharaja and Sepoys I. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. Author: Ed Friedlander.
13. Maharaja and Sepoys II. Lone king, moving as queen+knight, versus an army. The maharaja. Author: Ed Friedlander.
14. Manchurian Chess. Java applet for Manchurian Chess, a variant on Chinese Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
15. March Hare Chess. Each side moves first a black unit, then a white unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
16. Martian Chess. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. Author: Ed Friedlander.
17. Maya Chess. Indian variant in which a defended unit (not king or pawn) moves according to the defender(s). Author: Ed Friedlander.
18. McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Popular hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
19. Meares's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture one square orthogonally. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. W. Meares.
20. Mecklenbeck Chess. Pawns promote on 6th rank. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bernd Eickenscheidt.
21. Mecklenbeck Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
22. Medusa Chess. Non-capturing medusas petrify enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
23. Medusa Chess II. Non-capturing medusas petrify enemy units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
24. Medusa Chess III. Medusas petrify enemy units they attack and capture as Queens. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
25. Melee Chess. Large variant, win by entering enemy castle. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: C. George Boeree.
26. Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
27. Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was.
28. Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
29. Memory CardChess for Two. Like regular CardChess, but cards are flipped face down when not moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
30. Mercenary Pawn Chess. Use either side's pawns to capture units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
31. Mesmer Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
32. Metamorphing Chess. Pieces upgrade when escaping, downgrade when capturing. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
33. Metamorpin'-Fusion A. Pieces are likely to proliferate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
34. Metamorpin'-Fusion B. Pieces are likely to proliferate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
35. Mexican Chess. Large variant from Mexico with 3,1 jumpers. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: PrinceJoli Kansil.
36. Mexican King Chess. Win the usual way or by making it safely to Mexico. Author: Ed Friedlander.
37. Michell's Proposal. Pawns may underpromote on next-to-last rank. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. P. Michell.
38. Michelson's Chess. Each side moves first a red unit, then a white unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
39. Mideastern Chess. Actually a California variant resembling "Tamurlane" chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Mantle Green.
40. Mimotaur Chess. Mimotaurs move as queens, may only capture a unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
41. Minefield Chess. Two of your squares have hidden mines that can destroy an enemy unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
42. Mini-Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
43. Miniature Chess. From an old Martin Gardner column in "Scientific American". Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
44. Ministers Chess. Two queens on each side on a 9x9 board, available commercially. Author: Ed Friedlander.
45. Missile Chess. Each unit can rifle-capture once. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
46. Mock Chess. No royal piece, mandatory captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
47. Modern Chess. Latin American 9x9 version. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
48. Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.
49. Mongolian Chess. Java applet to play Mongolian Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
50. Mongredian Chess. Both bishops on queenside, both knights on kingside. Author: Ed Friedlander.
51. Monkey Do Chess. If possible, make a second move with any unit. By Ed Friedlander.
52. Monochrome Chess. All units are of the same color. Win by accumulating captures. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
53. Monster Chess. White's normal army faces Red's king and four pawns; Red moves twice per turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
54. Morley's Chess. Large board with the usual pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
55. Moroccan Chess. If you have one or more captures, you must make a capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
56. Moscow King Chess. Board starts empty. Author: Ed Friedlander.
57. Mountain King Chess. First king to reach the center square of an 11 x 11 board wins. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Emmor Ray Sperry.
58. Mrs. Graycheck's Chess. Pawns promote only to a unit already captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
59. Ms. Alice Chess. Alice Chess played on one board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
60. Mutation Chess. Units other than kings transform into whatever they capture. Queens do not move to give check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John E. Bosley.
61. Mysore Chess. Large variant by an 18th century Indian king. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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1. Narrowness Chess. Many pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
2. Nearly Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing or checking. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
3. Nemesis Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Philip M. Cohen.
4. NeoChess. For four players on an 8x10 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. L. Naylor.
5. NeoSchaak. Load your own units, onto the first two ranks, as you like during the game. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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