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B

1. Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

C

1. Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

G

1. Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

H

1. Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

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1. 3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different).

A

1. Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions.
7. Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)

B

1. Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (8x8x2, Cells: 132)
3. Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
5. Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Bughouse Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)

C

1. Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Cannibal Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Chess Variants with Inverse Capture. Several variants around the idea that captures are done in the manner of the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64)
12. Chess960.com. Talk about Chess960 with other members.
13. Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
14. ChessXp. 10x10 Chess, strictly derived from the 8x8 architecture.
15. Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
16. Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight.
17. Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
18. Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
19. Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
20. Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
21. Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64)
22. Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
23. Communist Chess. When you capture an opponent's piece, you must destroy one of your own pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
24. Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64)
25. Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings.
26. Conversion Chess. A co-chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
27. Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64)
28. Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
29. Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64)
30. Custodian Chess. A combination of Chess and ancient Tafl games. (7x7, Cells: 49)

D

1. Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. (8x8x2, Cells: 64)
2. Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Doppleganger Bordahbee & DB Extreme. A cross between Doppelganger and Bordahbee - Choose the "normal" or "extreme" variant (with twice the capture power). (8x8x2, Cells: 128)
7. Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Doublebarrel Chess. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable).
9. Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece.
10. Duck Soup Chess. Pawns on turnwise randomly determined colored squares cannot be taken. (8x8, Cells: 64)

E

1. En Passant Chess. All pieces can be taken en passant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Evolution Chess. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)

F

1. Falling Off. `Captured' pieces do not disappear, but get momentum, and can fall off the edge of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Feint Chess. Every second piece is unable to capture - it just threatens. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Fighting Chess. A reform to Chess that eliminates stalemate and strengthens some of the pieces.
5. Force Field Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)

G

1. The Game of Nemoroth. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
4. Gladiator Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Golem Chess. Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Goliath Chess. Pieces can shoot after they have captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Good and Evil Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Guard Chess, or Islandic Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)

H

1. Halfgi. A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Highlander Chess. Instead of taking, pieces can be challenged with dice; winning piece absorbs powers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Hitpoint Chess 1. Pieces have hitpoints, like in a wargame. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Hobgoblin Chess. Inchworm crowd-forming magnetic mutating lunar-hallway exploding-Pawn Chess; an extreme game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
6. House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. (8x8, Cells: 87)

I

1. ICBM Chess. I(inter)-C(hess)B(oard) M(issle) Chess, where you can throw a piece to capture as well as make normal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Imposter Chess . Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways.
3. Inchworm and Longworm Chess. Pieces move their heads to a new square, then move their tail to that square on a later move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Insurrection. Capturing causes promotion, demotion, or a coup in the opponent's ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Interweave. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. The Iron Knight. A number of variants with uncapturable pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)

K

1. Killer Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
2. King with a Shotgun. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. King's Guard Chess. Pawns move like kings and only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Kira Chess/Kira Shogi. "Kira" and "L" pieces which is not known by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Knockoff Chess. Chess with pieces that push each other around and off the board.
6. Koopa Chess. Form of chess based on the Mario Brothers series of video games. (8x8, Cells: 64)

L

1. Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

M

1. Mad Mate . Wooden set for chessgi: captured pieces change hands and can be used as reinforcement.
2. Madhouse Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Matron Chess. Introducing the peculiar Matron queen, which makes regular chess more aggressive (zrf available).
4. Maxima. Maxima is an interesting and exiting variant of Ultima, with new elements that make Maxima more clear and dynamic. (Cells: 76)
5. Medieval War Chess. This game has quite a few differences from regular chess, but it does use the standard board and pieces, making it easy to play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. MegaMan Chess. Pieces fire projectile weapons when capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Merger Chess. Pieces are merged into the capturing piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Mir Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Missile Chess. Each non-king pieces or pawn may capture without moving once per game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Mortal Chessgi. A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material. (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Multiple of 10 Checkmate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
12. Mutation Chess. Pieces that capture become the type of piece they captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)

N

1. Necromancer Chess. The Undead Walk. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Nemoroth, The Game of. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Noli Me Tangere Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
4. Non-prise Chess. Queens, rooks, knights, and bishops cannot take each other. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Nuclear Chess. When pieces take, the square becomes impassable and all surrounding pieces disappear. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Nuthouse. Missing description (8x8x2, Cells: 128)

O

1. Option-Suicide Chess. You can optionally destroy your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Orda Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like knights but capture differently.

P

1. 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)
2. Pawn Shooter Chess. Defeat your opponent by shooting pawns at them! (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Pawns-to-Kings Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured.
6. Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Proselyte Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)

Q

1. Quark Chess. Missing description
2. Quarter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)

R

1. Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. 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)
3. Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
5. Repeating Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Retro Chess. A chess game progresses backwards from an empty board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Rifle Chess. Pieces are taken by shooting: capturing without moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. 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)
9. Russian Chess. Pieces are not removed when captured, but stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64)

S

1. Sacrifice chess. Instead of a normal move, you may sacrifice a pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. SC-Chess. Variant of Hostage Chess which allows self-capture and other minor rule changes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Self Eliminator. You are allowed to take your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Share Squares. AKA Two's Company; Three's a Crowd.
5. Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
6. Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Sonic the Hedgehog Chess. After capturing, the capturing piece bounces off the enemy piece and continues moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)
8. Sonic the Hedgehog Chess Advanced version. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Soul Reaver Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
10. Standoff Chess. A threat to capture the opponent's King does not give check if it opens one's own King to immediate recapture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
11. Suction Chess. Pieces swap places instead of being removed from the board, resulting in very different strategy.
12. Sudden Death Chess. A piece must be sacrificed after each non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
13. Suffocation Chess. FIDE setup with new capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
14. Suicide Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
15. Suicide Chess. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/suicide-chess-free/b89dc1a3-2d23-410d-b580-aaaff54d81f5.
16. Super-Chess. www.oteroideas.com.
17. Switching Realms Chess. All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies. (8x8, Cells: 64)

T

1. Take and Return Chess. You put pieces taken from the opponent back on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Take-all Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
3. This Game is for the Birds. Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. (8x8, Cells: 64)
4. Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (8x8x64)
5. Tiraspol chess. Variant in which pieces capture as the piece whose starting file they're in.
6. TireBiter Chess. When taking, pieces can split and become a Tirebiter piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
7. Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76)
8. Trap Chess. Pieces can only be taken when they are trapped. (8x8, Cells: 64)
9. Troll Chess. When taken, pieces lose part of their strenght with they regenerate during successive turns. (8x8, Cells: 64)

U

1. Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
2. Ultima. Robert Abbott's Ultima page.

V

1. Vagabond Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
2. Variants with Queens. Some variants, mostly dealing with queens, and mostly modest. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3. Vimes Chess. Variant inspired by a footnote in a Discworld novel. (8x8, Cells: 64)

W

1. Withdrawing Chess. Any piece can withdraw from other pieces to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64)

Z

1. Zelda Chess. Sword-wielding pieces capture adjacent pieces with or without moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)

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