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Bigorra.
Game Courier Preset for Bigorra, a large CV, 80 pieces of 34 types on 16x16 sq. board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Man and Beast 01: Constitutional Characters.
fix primate diagram. By Charles Gilman.
Man and Beast 06: The Heavy Brigade.
fix fearless diagram. By Charles Gilman.
Man and Beast 04: Generalised Generals.
fix diagrams. By Charles Gilman.
Hia Chess.
Smaller 9x8 variation of the Mongolian Hiashatar. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Granlem Shatranj.
Added larger short-range variant with a 4-move/turn option. By Joe Joyce.
Herculean Chess.
12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
Hecatomb promotion.
Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Heavy Gravity Chess.
Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Variants playable against the diagram's AI.
Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram. By H. G. Muller.
Hannibal Chess.
Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
Half Courier.
Array diagram converted to new-style virtual single image. (6x8, Cells: 48) By Charles Gilman.
Empire Chess.
Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
Grand Triple Chess.
Chess on an 16 x 24 board (i.e. six boards) with 3 sets of pieces. (24x16, Cells: 384) By Вадря Покштя.
Grand Tamerlane.
tony_quintanilla. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John Davis.
Grand Shatranj N W.
Shatranj with 10 individual pieces + pawns per army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Mark Simpson.
Grand Ducal Chess.
Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By John Ayer.
Grand Alamos Chess.
FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. By Jeff Cornell.
GoshawkChess.
board size. By James Zuercher.
Goodchess.
Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
Frog Chess.
Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
Jurassic Chess.
Game with unusual movements, a river, and bridges. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andrew Wong.
fortress.
Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
Flying Bombers with Hangars.
Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
Flying Bombers Grand Chess.
The usual pieces in Chess are complimented by two Flying Bombers, which eliminate enemy pieces by flying over them! (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Flank Chess.
Variant revised for availability of play on standard board. (10x9, Cells: 90) By wdtr2.
Fighting Kings.
The King has switched places with the King Pawn - The King is now a fighting piece. And the pawn must be protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Exinox Chess.
Normal chess set, new type of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Enep.
An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
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