Game Courier supports many different games. Here is one picked at random:
Elite Chess - Elite Chess adds an Amazon to Capablanca's Game by adding one more row to the board.

Ultima Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Ultima Chess here.
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

Undergoing repair

This variant is popular in NOST circles.

Since this game is likely to be novel, I programmed so that you win by capturing the enemy king.

KingMoves and captures as a FIDE chess king.
WithdrawerMoves as a FIDE chess queen. If there is a hostile unit on the square immediately opposite from the direction in which it moves, it is captured.
CoordinatorMoves as a FIDE chess queen. Captures an enemy unit on the same rank as the square to which it moves and the same file as the coordinator's king, and/or an enemy unit on the same file as the square to which it moves and the same rank as the coordinator's king.
Long LeaperMoves as a FIDE chess queen. May junp enemy units if there is an empty square just beyond. Captures these units.
ImmobilizerMoves as a FIDE chess queen. An enemy unit adjacent orthogonally or diagonally cannot move. Adjacent enemy immobilizers immobilize each other.
PawnMoves as a FIDE chess rook. If it lands on a square with an enemy unit orthogonally adjacent and a friendly unit just beyond, the enemy unit is captured.
ChameleonMoves as a FIDE chess queen. Captures kings as a king, only from the adjacent square. Captures withdrawers by withdrawing. Immobilizes immobilizers. Leaps over and captures long leapers. Captures pawns as pawns capture.

I decided it would be a draw if after 50 moves (25 by each side), no unit had been captured.

Ultima Chess

Chess Variants

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

Bug Reports -- Thank you! Keep them coming!

Written by Ed Friedlander


WWW Page Added: Sunday, December 30, 2001 

/home1/chessvar/public_html/play/erf/Ultima.html

Credits

Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Abbott.

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This item is a Java program,
It belongs to categories: Two dimensional, Orthodox chess set but with different moving pieces, Orthodox chess set but with different capturing rules
It is a 2 player game.
It was last modified on: 2001-12-31
 Author: Ed  Friedlander. Inventor: Robert  Abbott. Ultima Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2007-12-21NoneImmobilizers have no effect on the opposing king: the king freely moves away.View [*]
2007-10-29Somebody UnverifiedNoneA enemy Immobilizer next to my Chameleon moved.View [*]

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