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- Red Castle Chess. Red king and QR cannot move except to castle, which wins for Red. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Reformed Chess. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Relative Lumberjack. Pieces move the same as other pieces in its file. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Relativistic Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/boardrules.dir/relativistic.html. By Carlos Cetina.
- Reserve Chess. Units may be removed from the board and dropped back in later. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
- Retreating Chess. Pieces must fall back one square after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Retro Chess. A chess game progresses backwards from an empty board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Smolowitz.
- Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Janecke.
- Right or Left Chess . Pieces are either right-moving or left-moving and may flip from one to the other. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Rogue Pawn Chess . Pawns may double-move on any rank except for their starting rank. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Rookheavy Chess and Bishopheavy Chess. combining elements of Lilliputian Chess, Isis, Mongolian Chess, and crooked linepieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Royal Amazon Chess . Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. By Peter Aronson.
- Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By QIDb602.
- Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
- Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
- Russian Chess. Pieces are not removed when captured, but stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
- Scorpion Chess. Poisonous Scorpions instead of pawns. By M Winther.
- Scorpion King Chess. King can also move as grasshopper. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Sentinel Chess. Instead of queens, players have sentinels who can transform into 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Separate Realms Chess. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson and Michael Nelson.
- Separate Realms Chess . Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Michael Nelson and Peter Aronson.
- Separate Realms Chess. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Michael Nelson and Peter Aronson.
- Separate Realms Chess II. A Variant of Separate Realms Chess with standard FIDE King, and more powerful Knights and Queens. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
- Shamanic Chess. Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'. By M Winther.
- Shamanic Chess . Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'. By M Winther.
- Shambhala chess. Maybe, it's the misterious first form of chess? Actually, most probably, not. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Shatar, Old 1 Hia. Old Shatar with one Hia. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Shatranj Darwinian. A game that shows the evolution of today's classic pieces. Wazirs and Ferz evolve into modern pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Shatranj N W. catsmas. By Mark Simpson.
- Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Shogun Chess. Pieces promote and can be dropped, similar to Shogi. By Daniel Lee.
- Short Leaper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Petar Djurickovic.
- The short splicers. An experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
- Simplified Chess. Missing description (8x7, Cells: 56) By John Kipling Lewis.
- Simplified chess. Simple subset of the chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michiel Tas.
- Simplified Makpong. Makruk variant. By Henk Drost.
- Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: David Sirlin.
- Smaller Alice Chess. Missing description Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Snake vs. Mongoose. White is supplemented by Mongooses, while Black has Snakes. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Bob Greenwade.
- Sneaky. A WinBoard Compatible Chess Engine that plays Cheapmate Chess. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
- Sniper Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
- Solitaire dice chess. Solitaire dice chess (concept works with variants & board games of skill too). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
- Sonic the Hedgehog Chess Advanced version. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Soul Reaver Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Kalin.
- Spiral Chess. The royal pieces slide along a spiral trajectory. By H. G. Muller.
- SquireKnight. Squire Knight combines Knight and Forward/Backward Pawn like moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
- Stationary King Chess . Kings can't move. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Steward. Omnidirectional Pawn. Author: Bn Em. Inventor: Philip Marinelli and John William Brown.
- Sting . A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Sting. A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Strong Pawn Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
- Stupid. A cross variant between Ultima and orthodox chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Paul Monckton.
- Super-Chess. www.oteroideas.com. By Superuser .
- Superchess. Pieces can be put on top of rooks and moved with them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Montagna.
- SuperKing. Kings move like queens and leap over friendly pieces, but cannot move through check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen. Inventor: John Love-Jensen and Richard .
- Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places. By João Pedro Neto.
- Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Swapmate Chess . Missing description By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Swapmate Chess. Pieces have "mates" which they can swap places with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Swarm Chess. Each of your units must move each turn if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Swedish Hopper Chess. Features the Swedish Hopper. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece. By Tony Quintanilla.
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece. By Tony Quintanilla.
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
- Switching Realms Chess. All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
- Switching Realms Chess . All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
- Synchronous Chess. Chess played with written simultaneous moves. By Ralf Hansmann.
- Takeover Chess Play-By-Mail game. Examine this game played in the Invent and Play contest! Drawn. Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
- Tandem-Pawn Chess. Pawns are tandems of two pawns, which can move or capture as a unit, or decouple into two pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kenneth Regan.
- Tank Chess. With exploding bombs and pushing tanks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andy Kurnia.
- Tank Chess II. Queen's Rooks are Tanks, and can push lines of pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
- Tao's Chess. Chess variant where as you move across a line, the pieces reverse roles. By Travis Geyer.
- Tauschach. Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Tauschach . Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Tax Chess. King mobility affected by the placement of pawns of the same color. By Tomasz Sobczyk.
- Team-Mate Chess. Variant with 8 different pieces, none of which is able to checkmate a bare king on its own. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
- Team-Mate Chess. Play this variant in which it takes a team to checkmate the King on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
- Teamster Chess . Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Teamster Chess. Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Teleport Chess. Each non-pawn, non-king piece may teleport once per game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Teleport Chess. Each piece (not king or pawn) may teleport once to any vacant square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- This Game is for the Birds . Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.
- This Game is for the Birds. Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza and John Lawson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.
- Three Kinds of Billiards Chess. Pieces bounce off the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Thunderstruck Server Chess. {This game seems broken…}. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Time Travel Chess. Pieces can travel into the Future. Kings can also return to the Past! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Time Travel Chess. Play Time Travel Chess on the Game Courier! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Tipped Chess. Missing description (Cells: 113) By Matthew Kyle.
- Tiraspol chess. Variant in which pieces capture as the piece whose starting file they're in. By Max K..
- Toe to Toe Chess . A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. By Peter Aronson.
- Toe-to-Toe Chess. A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Too Many Elephants. All pieces can move leap two squares on the diagonals like Elephants/Alfils in addition to their normal move. By Peter Aronson.
- Touring Chess. Pieces can either move normally or leap on a Knight's tour only known in advance to the referee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Train Wreck Chess. Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Train Wreck Chess . Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. By Peter Aronson.
- Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. and Tony Quintanilla.
- Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Triumvirate Chess . Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. Author: Peter Aronson.
- Troja. Commercially sold game where pieces can be stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Onno Garms.
- Trojan chess. the rules for the knight piece have been changed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
- Turning chess. Pieces can turn 45 degrees after movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Twiknight. Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Twiknight . Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Twins Chess. Rooks, knights, and bishops are twins and move together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
- Two Ring Chess. Symmetric variant of "The Fellowship of the Ring". (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Ubi-ubi chess. Experimental variant with powerful Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Koen Versmissen.
- Ultima. Robert Abbott's Ultima page. By Robert Abbott.
- Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Ultima. Popular game using the same units, with one rook upside-down. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Ultimate Battle Chess. Pawns, kings, queens, and knights move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vu Q Vo.
- Ultimate Battle Chess . Pawns, kings, queens, and knights move differently. By Vu Q Vo.
- Unbland Chess. Diagonal moves are usually (but not always) prohibited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Undecided Chess . Pieces begin in an undecided state until they move. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Undecided Chess. Undecided Pawns can change into pieces by moving like them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Undecided Chess. Undecided Pawns change into orthodox pieces by moving like them. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Upgrade chess. Upgrade initially weak pieces by capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Vagabond Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
- Valiant Chess. Knight pawns at the fifth rank have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Variants with Queens. Some variants, mostly dealing with queens, and mostly modest. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Ven Chess. Moves are written down by both players before making the moves simultaneously. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graham M. Smith.
- Warlock Chess. Introducing the Warlock piece, which can transform between Korean Cannon and Rook (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Warp Point Chess. Play this game! Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. By Jason Shields.
- Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
- Warp Point Chess. Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jason Shields.
- The Water Buffalo Game. Everybody's got a water buffalo! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jared B. McComb.
- Weakest Chess. Some Chess variants with weaker pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Weakest Chess . Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- The Weakest Endgame. The King vs King endgame from Weakest Chess. By Ralph Betza.
- Werewolf Chess. Play this variant in which contagious Werewolves replace Queens on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
- Werewolf Chess. An nearly invincible, but bribable Werewolf replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
- Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- White Elephant Chess . Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. By Peter Aronson.
- White Elephant Chess. Four variants pitting the white Elephant army against black with the normal FIDE array. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Xadrez Galego. Queen, Rook and Bishop may also jump as a knight. Author: Florencio Gonzalez. Inventor: C. G. Lewin.
- Xhatranj . An exotic variant of Shatranj with more powerful pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones and David Howe.
- ximeracak. . A fantasy variant designed for play with a standard set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Glenn Overby II.
- ximeracak.. A leaper-heavy fantasy variant designed for play with a standard set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Glenn Overby II.
- ximeracak. . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: John Lawson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Glenn Overby II.
- ximeracak. Zillions Saved Game. . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: Peter Aronson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Glenn Overby II.
- Zelig Chess. Game where the power of the pieces varies based on their position. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stan Druben.
- Zero Relay Chess. Pieces can occcupy the same square and then relay their powers to each other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Zip Chess . After the first move, Pawns can advance any distance. Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Clifford Merry.
- Zone X . Chess with a special central Zone, a new piece, and new moves. By Roberto Lavieri.
- Zone X. Chess with a special central Zone, a new piece, and new moves. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
- Zone X. Chess with a special central Zone, a new piece, and new moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
- Zones of Action. Inspired form Lines of Action. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
- Zones of Action . Inspired form Lines of Action. By Yu Ren Dong.
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