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- Review: Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games.
- Review: Zillions-of-Games. Missing description
- rec.games.chinese-chess FAQ. Missing description
- Review: Winning Chess Piece by Piece. Review of a Chess book for children.
- Review: Winning Chess - Tactics and Strategies. Review of a Chess book.
- Raven Chess. Kings move like queens and leap over friendly pieces, but cannot move through check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: John Love-Jensen and Richard .
- Ryugi. 10x10 variant with Kirins, Marshalls, and Dragons, the latter which can move as a Bishop or as a Nightrider. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Ryugi. 10x10 variant with Kirins, Marshalls, and Dragons, the latter which can move as a Bishop or as a Nightrider. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Ryu Shogi . Large modern shogi variant. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
- Ryu Shogi. Large modern shogi variant. (7x12, Cells: 84) By Jared B. McComb.
- Rutherford’s 1-dimensional Shogi. Modern one-dimensional chess variant, based upon Shogi. (1x17, Cells: 17) By Jonathan H Rutherford.
- Rutherford's 1-dimensional Shogi. Modern one-dimensional chess variant, based upon Shogi. Inventor: Jonathan H Rutherford.
- Russian Symmetrical Chess. Rusian 9x9 variant with symmetrical setup and Pawns that get more powerful halfway across the board. Inventor: E. F. Burtzev.
- Russian Symmetric Chess. Russian 9x9 variant. Inventor: E. F. Burtzev.
- Russian progressive chess. Progressive chess variants where one occasionally moves a piece of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Russian Progressive Chess. Missing description
- Russian Fortress Chess. Missing description
- Russian fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192)
- Russian Chess. Pieces are not removed when captured, but stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Rules of Chess: The 50 moves rule. Answer to a frequently asked question on the rules of chess.
- Rules of Chess: Queen FAQ. Soms answers on questions on the rules of chess, regarding queens.
- Rules of Chess: Pawns FAQ. Rules of promotion and movement of pawns explained.
- Rules of Chess: Knights. FAQ on therules of chess regarding knights.
- Rules of Chess: Kings and check. Answers to frequently asked questions on the rules of chess regarding kings and check.
- Rules of Chess: En passant capture FAQ. Answers to some questions about the en passant capture rule.
- Rules of Chess: Check, Mate, and Stalemate. Answers to frequently asked questions.
- Rules of Chess: Castling FAQ. Frequent asked questions about castling.
- Rules of Chess 7. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 6. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 5. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 4. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 3. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 2. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 1. Missing description
- Rules for the 84 Spaces Contest. Contest held in 2002.
- Rules for historic Shogi variants. Missing description
- Rule Zero. A base or starting rule set for most Chess variants. By Ralph Betza.
- Ruddigore Chess. Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Ruddigore Chess. Play this Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece! Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Ruddigore Chess . Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece. By Peter Aronson.
- Rubble Chess. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
- Rubble Chess. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
- Rubble Chess . Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. Inventor: Adam Norberg.
- RSS Feed. Chess Variant Pages RSS Feed.
- RPGchess . Combines chess with Role Playing Game rules. By Patrick Mulcahy.
- Royal-Copy Chess. Some pieces can gain power of captured pieces. (9x8, Cells: 72) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- The Royal Standard. Highly original game that introduced the famous windmill piece! Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
- The Royal Standard. Pieces can only move when near a standard-bearer piece on board with 38 squares. (7x6, Cells: 38) By Alexandre Muñiz.
- 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.
- Royal Queens Chess . Game with full board and all pieces are sliders or immobile and victory is by capture of all 8 opposing Queens. Inventor: Derek Nalls.
- Royal Pawn Chess. Same as FIDE Chess, except the pawns in front of the kings are royal, meaning the object is to checkmate them and not the king. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Royal Pawn. Missing description Inventor: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Royal Magician's Chess. King and special magician piece earn the right to drop pieces when they venture out to the fourth, fifth and sixth ranks! Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Royal Magician's Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Royal Magician Chess. Missing description Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Royal Lion Chess. Chess with a Royal Lion and many strong pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
- Royal Guard Chess . Royal Guards help defend King and all pieces can promote. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Royal Fury. A Futuristic Chessery Game - relaxed win rules. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Royal Court. Play Royal Court on Game Courier. Inventor: Sidney LeVasseur.
- Royal Court. On 8 by 10 board with crowned knights: can move like king or knight. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Sidney LeVasseur.
- Royal Chess. Chess on an extended board with Royal Guard pieces added. By William A Curtis.
- Royal Chess. Variant on ten by eight board. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Royal CannonChess. Pieces next to the king can capture forwards by a cannon leap. By M Winther.
- Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By .
- A Royal and His Pet. Missing description By Zhedric Meneses.
- Royal Amazon Chess . Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. By Peter Aronson.
- Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Review: Roundtable Chess. A review.
- Round Table Chess 84 . Chess on a special round board with 84 squares. By Richard G. VanDeventer.
- Round Table Chess 84. Chess on a special round board with 84 squares. (Cells: 84) By Richard G. VanDeventer.
- Round Table Chess. Chess variant on a board with round and square part. (Cells: 92) By Richard G. VanDeventer.
- Round Honeycomb Chess . Round Honeycomb Chess is a cross between Circular/Cylindrical Chess and Hexagonal Chess. By David Cannon.
- Round Honeycomb Chess. A cross between Circular/Cylindrical Chess and Hexagonal Chess. (9x11, Cells: 99) By David Cannon.
- Rotorblades Fusion Chess . A cross between my own Rotorblades Chess and Fergus Duniho's Assimilation Fusion Chess, with a few extra features. By David Cannon.
- Rotorblades Fusion Chess. Played on a circular tiling on triangular cells. A further development of my previous game, Rotorblades Chess. (Cells: 150) By David Cannon.
- Rotor-blades Chess. Game played on a board that is both circular and trigonal. (Cells: 150) By David Cannon.
- Rotor-blades Chess . Played on a circular tessellation of 150 triangular cells. By David Cannon.
- Rotation Chess. Every ten moves, switch sides with your opponent. How might you prepare for the demise of the pieces you are playing?
- Rotation Chess. Every 10th move, the board is turned around. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Rotation Chess. Every ten turns, you switch and play the other player's units.
- Rotating Cylinder Chess. Positions of pieces rotate one square to the right after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Rotary. Missing description Inventor: Christian Freeling.
- Rotary Chess. Featuring rotary counterparts of existing (and generally familiar) pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.
- Rotary. On a 9 by 9 board with rotating pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Christian Freeling.
- Roswell Chess. Preset for alien game with abstract pieces that operate in unusual ways. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Roswell Chess. A game not meant for humans. Uses alien hieroglyphic pieces based on an alleged 1947 Roswell NM incident. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Rose Concept. Missing description
- Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. By David Paulowich.
- Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. (12x12, Cells: 144) By David Paulowich.
- Rose chess. Hexagonal chess variant, with additional variants, from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91)
- Rose Chess. Grand Chess with Roses substituted for knights, Rose-Bishop for Cardinal, Rose-Rook for Marshall. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Rose Chess. Grand Chess, with Roses instead of Knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Rose. Can make consecutive knightmoves in a circle.
- Root-fifty leaper. makes a (5,5)-jump or an (7,1)-jump.
- Rooksquare Chess . Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Rooksquare Chess. Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Rookheavy Chess and Bishopheavy Chess. combining elements of Lilliputian Chess, Isis, Mongolian Chess, and crooked linepieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Rook Square Chess. Enemy rook squares are royal. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
- Rook Odds Chess. White starts without the queen's rook.
- Rook Mania. Game where all pieces have different sorts of Rook-like moves. (7x7, Cells: 43) By Jared B. McComb.
- Rook (a.k.a. Chariot). Moves across unobstructed orthogonal line.
- Romulan Chess. Kriegspiel variant: played with a referee where pieces cloak and uncloak. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Romanchenko's Chess. Play Chess on a slightly shifted board with Jocly. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
- Romanchenko's Chess. FIDE Chess trainer Romanchenko shifted the FIDE board in the middle to help his students think for themselves. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
- Romanchenko's Chess. New chessboard with sides displaced. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
- Romanchenko's Chess. A board with a kind of Z-form. (10x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
- Romanchenko's chess . Game on a Z-shaped board to inspire new thinking. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
- Roman Chess. Commercial chess variant on a 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
- Roman Chess . Commercial chess variant on 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
- Roman Chess. 10x10 variant available commercially. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
- Rolling Kings Chess. Kings move by themselves.
- Rolling Kings. Play Rolling Kings online with Game Courier. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Rolling Kings. Kings must move along a predetermined path. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
- Rolling Kings . Kings must move along a predetermined path. By Peter Aronson.
- Rolling Chess. A game played with dice, where movement causes rolling and rolling changes piece identity. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Herb Gilliland.
- Rollerball. Play this game based on a science fiction sport on Jocly. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Rollerball. Chess race fight on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Rollerball . Chess race fight on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Rollerball. Chess race fight on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- ' Roid Rage Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
- Rogue Pawn Chess . Pawns may double-move on any rank except for their starting rank. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Rococo. Animated piece movement diagrams. By Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- Rococo Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board (includes mirror array and Push-Pullyu variants). Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- Rococo . A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- Rocket Chess. Space-themed fairy chess variant on neoteric board: piece’s movement depends on type of cell where it stands. (Cells: 248) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Robber-Baron. Which of the seven robbers is the robber-baron? (7x7, Cells: 39) By Seth McGinnis.
- Robber Chess . Sliding pieces can make multiple captures, and the goal is to capture all opposing pieces.
- Robber-Baron . Which of the seven robbers is the robber-baron? Inventor: Seth McGinnis.
- River Chess. Win by getting a piece to the opposite side. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
- River Chess . Get one of your pieces to the other side of the board. By Karl Scherer.
- Rithmomacia . Medieval game based on arithmetic and number theory.
- Rithmomachia. Information on Rithmomachia. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Ringworld Chess. Themed hex variant differentiating opposite directions along orthogonals. (Cells: 198) By Charles Gilman.
- Riley's Four Army Chess. Several ways to win. Inventor: Patrick Riley.
- 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.
- Riga Chess. Escort King and Queen to the opposite side of the board.
- Riftwalker Chess. A 4 dimensional game on a 3x3x3x3 board. (3x(3x(3x3)), Cells: 81) By Nick Fletcher.
- Rifle Chess . Pieces are taken by shooting: capturing without moving. Inventor: W. B. Seabrook.
- Rifle Chess. Units capture without moving. Inventor: W. B. Seabrook.
- Rifle Chess. Pieces are taken by shooting: capturing without moving. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: W. B. Seabrook.
- Rifle Chess. Take a move to capture an enemy piece without moving the capturing piece. Inventor: W. B. Seabrook.
- Richard's Play-By-eMail Server. Play any of 21 chess variants via email. By Richard Rognlie.
- Richard Goode's 3D Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess.
- Ribbon Boards. Make light, handsome, reshapable Chess variant boards out of Christmas ribbons.
- Rhomboidal Chess. Chess variant on rhombic cells. (8x16, Cells: 84) By Max Koval.
- Rhino Chess . Collection of variants designed to demonstrate the Rhino family of pieces. By Peter Aronson.
- Rhino. A set of pieces which combine the movements of the Mao with that of the Wazir. By Peter Aronson.
- Rex . Six Direction Chess. By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
- REX Hexagonal Chess. Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
- Revolver Practice: A Chess Problem. White mates in 21 moves on board in shape of revolver. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
- Revised Chess. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included). By M Winther.
- Revised Chess. A revision of Fide-chess: a pawn on the seventh rank can also capture forwards. Makes chess much less drawish (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Review: White and Black from Brown - A Selection of 168 Diagrams. A review of the book.
- Review: Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess. A review.
- Review: New Rules for Classic Games. A review.
- Review: 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles. Book of Fred Wilson and Bruce Alberston to train chess combination skills.
- Review: Popular Chess Variants. A review.
- Review: Guide des echecs exotiques & insolites. A review.
- Review: Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. A review.
- Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant.
- Reverso Chess. White king and queen are reversed in the initial position.
- Reversi Chess. Pieces closed in on a line can be converted to the other side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
- Reverse Symmetry. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Janecke.
- Revelation Chess. The object is to obtain four knights of your color on the board.
- Rettah Chess. King can move as any piece but must capture its attacker. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Rettah. Different setup and powerfull king. Taking obligatory when in check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- The Retrograde Analysis Corner . Website with much information on retrograde chess problems.
- Retrochess. Play chess from the end of the game backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto and Ralph Betza.
- Retro Chess. A chess game progresses backwards from an empty board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Smolowitz.
- Retreating Chess. Pieces must fall back one square after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Retiar Chess. Introducing the Retiar, a bifurcating bounce-slider, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Results of finals voting of the 10-contest. Who won the contest celebrating 10 years of this website?
- Reservists' doublechess. Each side has 16 non-pawn pieces, split among 10 types. By Andrew L Smith.
- Reserve Chess. Units may be removed from the board and dropped back in later. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
- Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
- Reroute66. A simpler game using the same board as Gerd Degens' Chess66. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
- Reproduction chess. The Queen is pregnant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
- Report on 41-square Chess Variant Competition. Missing description
- Replacement Chess. Replace your opponent's men on the board after you capture them.
- Replacement Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Repatriation Chess. Pairs of captured units are returned to the board. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Rental Chess. You must pay rent for the squares where your pieces are: centre squares are more expensive. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Renniassance Chess . Game played on several sizes of large board with 68 pieces per side. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Renniassance Chess. With 68 pieces on board of 12 by 12. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Eric V. Greenwood.
- Renniassance Chess. Also referred to as Rennchess, this is a famous, decades-old Tamerlane inspired variant. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Rennaissance Chess II. Missing description By Matthew La Vallee.
- Renezans Chess. 9x9 game with gnus and central powerup square. Inventor: Bi-Triad.
- Renezans Chess. Proprietary game, 9x9, in which the occupant of the center. Inventor: BiTriad.
- Renezan's Chess . Proprietary game, Bi Triad, 1993. Inspired by Wildebeest Chess. Inventor: BiTriad.
- Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Remote Sensing 8 x 8. An 8 x 8 version of Remote Sensing. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
- The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces. By Ralph Betza.
- A Remarkable Rookies Game. A sample game featuring the Remarkable Rookies vs the Fabulous FIDEs. By Ralph Betza.
- Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules. By M Winther.
- Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Reldoub. Game with river, relays, walls, and fractions. (11x11, Cells: 121) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Relay Chess. Pieces inherit the ability of friendly pieces they are in the attack range of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
- Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. Inventor: Kevin Whyte.
- Relativistic Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/boardrules.dir/relativistic.html. By Carlos Cetina.
- Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Kevin Whyte.
- Relative Lumberjack. Pieces move the same as other pieces in its file. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Regulator Chess . Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move. Inventor: Samuel H. Bell.
- Regulator Chess. Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move. (6x7, Cells: 42) By Samuel H. Bell.
- Regimental Chess . Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
- Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf). By M Winther.
- Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Regenbogen . Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
- Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44) By Jared B. McComb.
- Refuse Once Chess. You may refuse one enemy move per game. By Ed Friedlander.
- Refusal chess. A problem. Inventor: C. H. O'D. Alexander.
- Refusal Chess. Refuse your opponent to make certain moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Refusal Chess. You may refuse one enemy move per turn. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
- Refreshing Bubble Fizz Chess. When a piece moves, he can create a bubble. Pieces in bubbles cannot move for three turns, but may make two non-capturing moves. By Ralph Betza.
- Reformed Courierspiel. Play this modern version of an historic game on Jocly. Inventor: Clément Begnis.
- Reformed Courier-Spiel. Begnis's attempt to reform the Courier-Spiel proposed by H.C. Albers in 1821. (12x8, Cells: 96) Inventor: Clément Begnis.
- Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Reformed Chess. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Reform Chess II. King and Queen Pawns are special.
- Reform Chess I. Load your own units.
- Reform chess. Book on chess on smaller boards with many training positions.
- Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William Geary.
- Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to checkmate. Inventor: William Geary.
- Reflection teammate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
- Reenterent Chess - prototype board. Missing description By Edward Lovett.
- Reenterent Chess . There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area. Inventor: Edward Lovett.
- Reenterent Chess. There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area. (5x8, Cells: 41) By Edward Lovett.
- Reduced Endgame Chess. Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Reduced Endgame Chess . Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames.
- Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x(4x6), Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
- Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool. By Amy Johnson.
- Red Castle Chess. Red king and QR cannot move except to castle, which wins for Red.
- Recycle Chess. You may capture your own units and replace them on the board. Inventor: Robert Huber.
- Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Huber.
- Rectangular Cubic Chess. Experimental variant on 3d shaped board. (6x(), Cells: 72) By Robert J. Bell.
- Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Recruiter Chess. Capturer recruits on adjacent squares. Inventor: Terry H. Jones.
- Record Chess. Try to reach a position in as little moves as possible. Inventor: Ralph Schuler.
- Recognized Variants of the Month . Game Pak I. (Recognized!)
- Recognized Chess Variants. Index page listing the variants we feel are most significant. (Recognized!)
- Recognized Chess Variant: Magnetic Chess. Missing description Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
- Recaptureless Chess. A unit which has just captured is itself invulnerable to capture for the move. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
- Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Recapitulative Chess. Variant where the Queen, Rook and Bishop have their older moves until promoted. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- Rebellion chess. Besides normal moves, you can move a piece of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Rebel Fury . Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Rebel Fury. A Variation of V.R. Parton's Royal Fury. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
- Rebel Chess . King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side.
- Rebel Chess. King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Realm chess. Board is divided into realms and multiple pieces can move into and out of a realm in one turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
- Reality check. Remember the opposite site of flippable pieces. (Cells: 39) By Andrew Juell.
- Real chess. Players start with placing their major pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: E. I. Csaszar.
- Ready Chess. A move must be used to restore a unit's ability to capture, except for the king. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
- Ready Chess. Play this game, where pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first! By Tony Quintanilla.
- Ready Chess . Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. By Tony Quintanilla.
- Ready Chess. Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
- Re-Ghost Chess. The last captured piece turns into leaping transparent ghost and isn’t able to capture but still can check. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) Inventor: Reiner Knizia.
- RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (2x(8x8), Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.
- Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. By Antoine Fourrière.
- Ravioli Chess . Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. By Antoine Fourrière.
- Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider.
- Raumschach: the Thoroddsen board. Build your own 3d chessboard.
- Raumschach Photograph. Photo of a hand-built set by James Trimm.
- Raumschach - picture from the book. Pictures from book on Raumschach from beginning 20th century. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumschach (rules enforcing). Play Raumschach on Game Courier, with rules enforced. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumschach. Play this 3D variant from the early 20th century on Jocly. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present". Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!) Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumschach . The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (5x(7x7), Cells: 140) By Charles Gilman.
- Raptor Chess. Play game in which two pairs of dual mode fliers: the Raptors and the Birds create havoc on the board! By Charles Daniel.
- Raptor Chess. 104 square large board game with complimentary diagonal and orthogonal flying pieces each with dual mode capture abilities. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
- Raptor Chess . Two pairs of complimentary flying/leaping pieces: the Raptors and the Flying Bombers change the nature of the game. By Charles Daniel.
- Rapid Fire Chess. A unit captures all the units it attacks, without moving.
- Rank-behind-Rank Chess. 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Rank behind Rank . 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
- Rank and File Chess. Move from Most Crowded Row. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
- Randomscorpions Chess. The Scorpions are randomly distributed on the 2nd and 3rd rank. Otherwise regular setup. By M Winther.
- Random-Drop Chess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Random Transposal Chess. Use dice to swap pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
- Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (4x(9x9), Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.
- Random Pieces Chess. Best of 20 rounds with armies of varying strengths.
- Random Pieces. A 20 game match is played, with each player receiving a number of pieces equal in value to the game number. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roger Cooper.
- Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gavin King.
- Random Move Number Chess. A die now controls the number of moves a player makes each turn. Luck and skill required to win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
- Random Files Chess II. Move to or from a random file if you can.
- Random Files Chess I. Move from a random file if you can.
- Rampage Chess. Any unit may move to any square that is guarded.
- Ramayana Chess. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. (Cells: 84) By Luiz Carlos Campos.
- Ramayana Chess . Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. Inventor: Luiz Carlos Campos.
- Raft Chess. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Radioactive Queen Chess. White has a little diff in setup, but great diff in the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Radical Chess . Commercial chess variant with 16 different pieces. Inventor: Daryl Fazekas.
- Racing Kings Chess. Kings race from Rank 1 to Rank 8.
- Racing Kings. Missing description By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Race Chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- R-Chess . Captured pieces are held in reserve and then dropped. By Marcello Netto.
- Rabbit. A doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca. By Tim Stiles.
- The Rules of Chess: Perpetual Check. Explanation of perpetual check with an animated diagram.
- Review: Omnigon. Photos and Review of commercial variant. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
- Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set.
- Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set.
- Review: Noble Celts. Review of commercial Chess variant set.
- Review New Submissions. A listing of all submissions still awaiting editorial approval.
- Review: Meta-Chess. Missing description
- Review: Meta-Chess. Missing description
- Review: Knightmare Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant using cards that change things.
- Review: HEXchess. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant.
- Review: Heraldic Chess. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess. Inventor: Modest Solans.
- Review: Chesshousers. Review of computer game.
- Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. Missing description
- Round chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
- Reflecting Bishop. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board.
- Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description