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- Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet . Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
- Parton, V.R.. A page with information on V.R. Parton.
- Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84) By Steve Costa.
- Popular Chess Variants. A review.
- Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pyrrhus Chess. The Pyrrhus moves like a king but paralyzes enemy pieces at queen's distance (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pyrrhus Chess. Introducing the terrible Pyrrhus that can paralyse enemy pieces with its gaze (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (4x(), Cells: 120) By Florian Klachl.
- Pyramid Chase. Chase on a pyramid, 561 hexagons. By Florin Lupusoru.
- PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60) By John Smith.
- Push Chess. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Pseudo-Modern Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Proximity Chess. Missing description
- Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
- Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Provocation Chess. Missing description
- Protomorphic-Chess. Start with only kings (and pawns), pieces change to different type after move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.
- Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it.
- Proselyte Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
- Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By João Pedro Neto.
- Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By João Pedro Neto.
- Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabio Forzoni.
- Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- PromoChess . Everything but the king can power up. By Glenn Overby II.
- PromoChess. Everything but the king can power up. Mix of Japanese/Western/fairy pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Glenn Overby II.
- Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates.
- Progressive Writing Chess. You have to write more and more each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Progressive Take-All Chess. Very popular in Italy.
- Progressive Mutation Chess. Missing description
- Progressive Losing Chess. Missing description
- Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Progressive chess with random setups.
- Progressive Chess . An online guide to Progressive Chess.
- Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Progressive Chess . A collection of variants with increasing numbers of moves each turn.
- Progressive Absorption Chess. Very popular in Italy.
- Progressive 007 Chess. Players play increasing numbers of moves each turn, but which color you move simply alternates.
- Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Programming Piece Movement in Game Courier. A tutorial on two different ways to program piece movement in Game Courier.
- ProCycle Chess. Individual pieces promote one by level after each played move. By Ken Franklin.
- Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal.
- Privacy Policy. What information we keep about you and how we protect your privacy.
- Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
- Prisoner's Escape. Object is to un-check your opponent; winner of first prize in 44 squares design contest. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Prisoner's Escape . Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. By Peter Aronson.
- Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king! By Charles Daniel.
- Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
- Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui . Printable Board and Pieces.
- The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- The prince's game. based off of quang trung chess. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Andy Maxson.
- Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) Inventor: Gavin Smith.
- Prince . 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
- Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
- Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
- Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Prime.Ministers Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
- Prime Ministers Chess. An adaptation of Gabriel Vicente Maura's 1968 Modern Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
- Prime-Ministers Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- The Prime Minister. Missing description
- Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Presto Chess. First check by a unit which cannot be captured wins.
- Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Lawrence Crane.
- Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces. Inventor: Tucker Kao.
- Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces. By Tucker Kao.
- Preferred format of HTML code. Our guidelines on writing HTML code for submissions to our site.
- Preference Poll for Third Game Courier Tournament. Sign up for the 3rd Game Courier tournament by voting in this poll.
- Preference Poll for 1st GC Tournament. Rank your preferences for which games you would like to play in the first Game Courier tournament.
- Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Eric V. Greenwood.
- Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Pre-Chess. Place your first rank as you choose before the game begins.
- Powerchess . Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types.
- Powerchess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with additional queen and combination piece per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- PowerChess . Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows. Inventor: Gerd P. Degens.
- Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.
- Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. (5x7, Cells: 39) By Ronald Hoekstra.
- Power Chess. Missing description
- Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. By Peter Aronson.
- Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,. By David Howe.
- Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Peter Spicer.
- Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. By George William Duke.
- Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Portuguese Progressive Chess. Missing description
- Portugese Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where you move each piece at most once. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
- Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Popular Chess Variants. Missing description
- Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail.
- Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
- Pool Chess . Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
- Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
- Pompeii Chess . Variant on board with 25 squares. By Dan Troyka.
- Pompeii Chess. Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25) By Dan Troyka.
- Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. Inventor: Greg Strong.
- Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. By Greg Strong.
- Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
- Polyhedron Chess . Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (5x(), Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
- Poll for October 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for October, 2004.
- Poll for November 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for November, 2004.
- Poll for June 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for June, 2006.
- Poll for January 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2006.
- Poll for January 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2005.
- Poll for February 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for February, 2005.
- Poll for April 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for April, 2005.
- Politically Correct Chess. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Politically Correct Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
- Pole Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Piers Anthony.
- Pole Chess . F.I.D.E. chess with Pole piece added: from the SF/fantasy novel "Robot Adept". Inventor: Piers Anthony and Malcolm Webb.
- PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker. By Susannah Thorarinsson.
- Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose. Inventor: Samay Raina.
- Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board.
- Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Poems on Falcon chess: Genesis, and The System. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality IV: Dialogue. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XI: Pleiadic Dialogue. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality V: The System. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality III: Caissa's Comet. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality II: Revelation. Missing description
- Pocket Shogi Plus. Shogi Like game with a pocket to store and move pieces. By .
- Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket. By .
- Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. By Antoine Fourrière.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourrière.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière.
- Pocket pieces thematic tourney - Awards. Winning problems in a chess problem design competition.
- Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002.
- Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
- Pocket Mutation Chess . Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. By Michael Nelson.
- Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
- Pocket Knight Chess III. Missing description
- Pocket Knight Chess II. Missing description
- Pocket Knight Chess. Missing description
- Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)
- Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Jeff Knight.
- PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
- Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970.
- PlayStrategy. Free site with open source code which lets you play several famous abstract board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against. By H. G. Muller.
- Play.Chessvariants.com. The subdomain for playing Chess variants.
- Plattraum. 2d variant which, like Raumschach in 3d, has three basic long-range pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
- Platonic Chess. Platonic solids in a complete 10x10 chessboard. By Albert Lee.
- Platform Chess . Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. By Robert Price.
- Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
- Planar 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field. By Larry L. Smith.
- Plaid Chess. Progressive Grid chess. Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
- Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Walter Weiss.
- The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
- The Pizza Kings . An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
- Pixelpusher: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
- Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess.
- Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
- Pixelpusher variant: Dunsany Chess. Play Dunsany Chess against a (weak) applet. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
- Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
- Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares against a (weak) applet. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
- Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Java applet for chess variant on a 37-square board. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
- Pixelpusher variant: Centerless chess. Play Centerless chess against a (weak) applet. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Pixelpusher variant: Amazon chess. Play Amazon Chess against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher variant: Almost chess. Missing description Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece. By M Winther.
- The Pit. A pit over which only one of the pieces may jump. Inventor: Daniel Roth.
- The Pit . 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. By Daniel Roth.
- The Pit. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Daniel Roth.
- Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38) By R Stephen Chafe.
- PiRaTeKnIcS. Play this 44-squares chess variant in which pirates on ships fight each other on Game Courier. Inventor: David Jagger.
- PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
- Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Guillermo Alcántara.
- Pioneers Chess. An elegant solution to draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
- Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pinwheel Chess . Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board. By C. George Boeree.
- Pink Panther Chess. Possess the Pink Panther diamond give your piece extra moves. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Charles Gilman.
- Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces. By H. G. Muller.
- Pincer Pawn. Moves as rook, and takes by enclosing. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
- Pillars of Medusa. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess with two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa, on Game Courier . Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Pillars of Medusa . Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games! Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pillage . Featuring the unique Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
- Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
- Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
- Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pierre Menard's Chess Variant. As described by Jorge Luis Borges. By Jeff Rients.
- Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- PieceEater Chess . Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. By Peter Aronson.
- PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Pushme-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
- Piececlopedia Guidelines. Missing description
- Piece Promotion Games 2 . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Piece Promotion Games. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Piece Graphics Library by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Collection of piece graphics, specially made for use in Zillions-of-Games, by J.-L.Cazaux. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks.
- Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks.
- Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Pick the Piece Big Chess . Massive collection of games featuring dual path Sorcerer Snake; crooked slider: Octopus and much more. By Charles Daniel.
- Pick the Piece Big Chess. In this customizable game, players decide on the pieces to fill two empty slots and those to be dropped during play. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
- Pick the Piece Big Chess. Players can choose to play with Gryphon, anti-Gryphon, SuperCannon, Flying Bomber, Ninja Pawns and many other diverse pieces. By Charles Daniel.
- Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways. By Ralph Betza.
- PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Inventor: Dan Brown.
- Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Inventor: Dan Brown.
- Photos of Korean Chess Players. Missing description
- Photos of Omega Chess. Missing description
- Phoenix. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil.
- The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. Missing description
- Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
- Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
- Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Darren Izzard.
- Philosopher's Chess Example Game. Missing description By Darren Izzard.
- Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
- Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
- Phi Chess with Different Armies. Missing description (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
- Phi Chess. Large variant variant inspired by the golden ratio, Phi. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
- Phased clocks. a set of Clocks for timing Games. By Glenn Nicholls.
- Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece. By Simon Edward Jepps.
- Phalanx Chess. Introducing the Phalanx pawn that can swap place with piece in front (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pgn2fig . Word macros for converting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files to figurine algebraic notation using chess fonts for the figurines.
- Petty Chess . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
- Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
- Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
- Petite Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
- Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Derick Peterson.
- Peter Ganine's Superba Set. Photos of the Superba (a.k.a. Gothic) pieces designed by Peter Ganine.
- Peruvian Army Chess. A second board has aircraft that can bomb the orthochess board.
- Persian Chess. Persian Chess. (9x9, Cells: 85) By Anooshiravan Ahmadi.
- Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66) By Martin Janecke.
- Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. By Köksal Karakus.
- Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect"). Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10? Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Perfect 12 . 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Penturanga . contains rule file and 2 piece sets. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46) By Graeme C Neatham.
- PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) By George Marino.
- Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Penta War . Huge game with five clans. By Joost Aan de Brugh.
- Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
- Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game. By Larry L. Smith.
- Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32)
- Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts . Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess.
- Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Peasant Revolt Chess. Eight pawns vs. three knights and pawn. Inventor: R. L. Frey.
- Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: R. L. Frey.
- Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. Inventor: Philip John Brady.
- Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) By Philip John Brady.
- Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. Inventor: George Whelan.
- Pawntrooper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Prosser.
- Pawns-to-Kings Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
- Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins.
- Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Pawnless vs. Pawnful FIDE. Which side do you think will win? The one with the queen or the one with the pawns? By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Pawnier Chess. Missing description (11x9, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
- Pawn-Only Chess. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins.
- Pawn Vault Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
- Pawn Shooter Chess. Defeat your opponent by shooting pawns at them! (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Pawn Shogi. Experimental shogi variant with different types of pawns. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Eric V. Greenwood.
- Pawn Pusher Chess . Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Pawn Progression Chess. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently.
- Pawn Odds Chess. White starts without the king's bishop's pawn.
- Pawn Massacre Chess. Black pieces start behind white pawns and vice versa. Inventor: Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
- Pawn Massacre Chess. Non-pawn pieces swap initial ranks. By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
- Pawn Less Chess . Different pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. By Uri Bruck.
- Pawn Less Chess. New pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Uri Bruck.
- Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing 8 pawns. Uses Shamanic Rooks, Pawn Eaters, Old Y Mover Elephants, and traditional Knights. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing all your opponent's pawns. Game includes ancient Y-movers, Shaman Rooks, and Pawn-Eaters. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Pawn Collector Chess. Pick up counters on the empty squares.
- Pawn Chess. Pawns promote to first piece captured by opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawn Blackhole Chess. Each side is split into two and grouped into corners. Pawns play towards the center. Inventor: Nemo Thorx and Adam Corbally.
- Pawn (Xiangqi). Moves and captures one square straight forward.
- Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote.
- Paulowich's Chancellor Chess. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
- Paulowich's Chancellor Chess . A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. Inventor: David Paulowich.
- Paulovits's Game. Paulovits's chess variant, c. 1890, featuring leaping pieces Pasha and General (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Paulovits's Game. Istv. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Paul Schoolong's chess . Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
- Paul Schooling's Chess. Units transform when they capture.
- Patzer Chess. If you can check, you must do so.
- The Pattern Game . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- The Pattern Game. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
- Pattern Chess. Use and overcome the pattern. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
- Patt-schach (Stalemate chess). Players start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Patt-Schach. Start with an illegal move from a stalemated position.
- Patrol chess. More problems from CCM.
- Patrol chess. In order to capture or give check, a piece [including kings] must be `observed' by another piece of the same player. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
- Patrol Chess. A unit may not capture or give check unless it is supported. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
- Patricia. Construct a stalemate puzzle. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
- Patricia. On a 5 by 5 board, with drops and changing pieces. (5x5, Cells: 25) Inventor: Rob Nierse.
- Patchanka. This is the Game Courier preset for Patchanka, a variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Patchanka. Decimal variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Passive ultima. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Passed Pawns, Scorpions and Dragon. More Falcon Chess Variants. By George William Duke.
- Passed Pawns Chess. Passed Pawns Chess on 8 x 8 and 10 x 10 Boards. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Passed Pawns Chess. A Decimal Falcon Chess Variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
- Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c. Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
- PASGL 312 Notation. A way to represent PASGL 312 Chess board positions. By John Lawson.
- PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68) By Ralph Betza.
- Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Partnership Chaturanga. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
- Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
- Parsi Chess. 19th century southern Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: _unknown.
- Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
- Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. By Kevin Pacey.
- Paramount Parafigures. An army where some pieces are triply-divergent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
- Parallel Worlds Chess. Three Boards. Two have the regular setup, while the third.
- Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
- Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
- Paragi. Shogi without drop rule + Strong pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
- Paradigm Chess30. Chess with Dragon Bishop and 30 positions. By Craig Willenberg and Lourenzo Van Niekerk.
- Parachute Chess. Landing units may not attack any opposing unit.
- Parachute Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing or threatening pieces. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
- Parachess . Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. By Tony Paletta.
- Parachess. Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72) By Tony Paletta.
- Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants . Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants.
- Paper Shogi Board and Tokens Craft Project. Free Shogi game PDFs of several styles of boards and Shogi pieces that you can print out and use to make your own Shogi board. By Terrance Davis.
- Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.
- PantherChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Panthers per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
- Panoply. A large hexagonal game with unusual pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
- Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse. By Daphne Snowmoon.
- Panchimera. 33 pieces a side, includes all the knight augmented pieces. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Panchimera. all the king's horses - a variant that doubles the number of each FIDE piece and then adds the knight augmented pieces. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Graeme C Neatham.
- Pancake. A piece that moves and captures like a non-royal King or a Nightrider-style cannon. By Ralph Betza.
- Panal: a hexagonal chess . A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. By Glenn Overby II.
- Panal: a hexagonal chess. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
- Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
- Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Becca Rabong.
- Palindromic Chess. Play until the position on the board is the reversed of the starting postion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
- Palace Shogi. A complicated hybrid of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and Chess. By Silvia Hollinshead.
- Palace Revolution. Play this 44 square variant with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns with Game Courier. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
- Palace Revolution. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
- Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. By Charles Daniel.
- Palace Ninja Guards . A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. By Charles Daniel.
- Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
- Palace. 7x7 board with a 3x3 Palace at the centre, where King promotes to Queen. By Albert Lee.
- Paired Piece Tunnelchess. A new approach to the Tunnelchess first rank. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
- Pagan Chess. Game with two linked board, one for living pieces and one for dead pieces, and a special piece that can move between them. (11x7, Cells: 67) By Mikey Kousre.
- Padwar qi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
- Paco Shako. Pieces coexist peacefully on target square after capture. Inventor: Felix Albers.
- Pacifist Chess. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Pacific Chess. Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Pacific Chess . Variant on ten by ten board.
- Pachessi . Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. By Peter Aronson.
- Pachessi. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
- P.O.C.: Progressive 007 Chess. Which pieces one moves are determined by throwing dice. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Prisoners. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
- Paletta's Modest TURN variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Paletta's Modest PIECE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Paletta's Modest PAWN variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Paletta's Modest MOVEMENT RULE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Paletta's Modest GOAL variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Paletta's Modest CAPTURE RULE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Paletta's Modest ARRAY variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
- Problemesis . Webmagazine on chess problems.
- Playchess . Correspondence chess server.
- Penthouse. Game like Chess and Makruk but on the half of chessboard with drops and full chess set used. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants.
- Photos of a Gala Set.. Missing description
- Plutonian Test Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes. By Steven Streetman.
- Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. By M Winther.
- Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position. Inventor: Tibor Orban.
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XIII: Numerology. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. Missing description By George William Duke.
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality X: Seven Wonders. Missing description By George William Duke.
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality VIII: The Pleiades. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VII: Moving Pieces. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VI: Promotion. Missing description By George William Duke.
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality IX: Sacrifice. Missing description By George William Duke.
- Particle Collision Chess. Taken pieces leave energy on the board that can be transformed into `mass': pieces. Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
- Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1!
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant!
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant!
- Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation.