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- Colorful Osmosis Chess . All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching and can create compounds. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
- Ballista Chess. game in which Ballistae give Pieces the ability to move across the Board. (9x8, Cells: 72) By NeodymiumPhyte.
- PlayStrategy. Free site with open source code which lets you play several famous abstract board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
- Lichess. Internet chess server featuring a few variants as well. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
- Ludii Portal. The home of Ludii, a general game system that can play the full range of traditional strategy games, including chess variants. () Author: A. M. DeWitt.
- RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Numeral Chess. Numeral Chess requires sharp eyes and promotes deep strategical calculation similar to Go (WeiQi). (17x17, Cells: 289) By Eric Truong.
- VERO Chess. Standard chess with a twist. By RICHARD BIELE.
- PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Doublebarrel Chess. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
- Doublecannon-Chess (8x10). A big-board variant featuring the amazing new piece, the Doublecannon (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
- Doublecannon Chess. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists). By M Winther.
- Dimachaer Chess. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Crossrook Chess. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
- Crossbishop_Chess (8x10). A big-board variant featuring the new Crossbishop piece, an advanced cannon relative (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
- Crossbishop Chess. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
- Buccaneer Chess. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
- USCF. United States Chess Federation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Airplane Chess. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf). By M Winther.
- FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Omnichess. Omnichess - Create and play chess variants. 2-8 players. Square, Hexagonal, Triangular board types. By ch1gz .
- Shogessi.... A link to the Tabletop Simulator module. Updated rules/graphics. (17x(17x19), Cells: 289) By Eric Watkins.
- Duchess. For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. and John Kramer.
- Cubic Chess. Three dimensional chess variant on 7 by 7 by 7 board. (Link.). (7x(7x7), Cells: 343)
- 3D Chess 4 Cubed. Three dimensional chess on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.). (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
- Board Space. Website and app for playing abstract strategy board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Fairy Eater Chess. Game on a 9x9 board with fairy chess pieces. By Вадря Покштя.
- ChessArena.io. Real-time, many-player, "io-style" game. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: ChessArena.
- Chess variants fandom wiki. Fandom wiki for chess variants. Author: dead dead.
- Xiangqi Database. A large collection of Xiangqi games. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- ChessCraft. An Android app for playing Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Xiangqi.com Chinese Chess. A server for playing Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) online. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Chess for Three. A 3-player variant on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Doubles Chess. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Rick Gillespie and Henry Rolling.
- Ai Ai. Ai Ai is a Java general game playing programme, with many chess variants. By Stephen Tavener.
- Chec Toe. Chec Toe is a 4x4 Chess variant played with a six sided die, incorporating uniquely designed features, such as Checkering, Cross. By Simon Edward Jepps.
- Quantum Chess. Chess meets Quantum Physics. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Stanley Random Chess . Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Austin Lockwood.
- WGRCV. WGR Index of Chess Variants.
- Meta-chess Digital Edition. Digital Copy of 'Meta-chess' by John W Brown. Author: Sean Bass and John William Brown.
- Chess 99. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered. By Claude Lapointe.
- Wuji Chinese Chess. Invented by Zheng Lei(鄭磊,河南光山縣人) in 1993. Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: Zheng Lei.
- Neoclassical Chess. The opening moves are selected through a random ballot. By Gabriel F. Bobadilla.
- Hexofen. 91-cell hexagonal variant with three knights and parallel pawn rows. Author: Daniil Frolov.
- SASR chess symbols. Minimalistic graphics for chess and variants. By Ola Sassersson.
- Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants . Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants. Author: Lex Kraaijeveld.
- ChessV. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC. Author: Greg Strong.
- Exploring Jetan. Analysis and extended rules for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Martian chess" jetan. By Fredrik Ekman.
- Never-Ending Infinite Sandbox Chess Game. Online forum-based chess game with 12 players, infinite board, and many pieces. By dead dead.
- Green Chess. More than 100 chess variants playable online. By János M. Uray.
- Chess Cubed on Steam. Chess on a Puzzle Cube with standard pieces and rotations. By Ethan W.
- Cardinal Super Chess Home Page. Link to company site.
- American Chu Shogi Association. Missing description Author: Joseph Peterson.
- Amazons. Amazons and a computer version. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
- A World of Chess. Book on Chess variants and the history of Chess. By Jean-Louis Cazaux and Rick Knowlton.
- Colour Chess and Lure. Chess Variant where the board is different every time you play, and you can control what pieces your opponent can move next. By Chad W Smith.
- Chess Variants Training. A site that helps you improve at Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Bishops. Commercial four-player game. By Edwin J Wilhelm.
- Anti-Chess. Lose all your pieces to win. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Macrochess . Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Hyperchess . Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.).
- 81Dojo. The International Shogi Server. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Thompson, Mark. Web site of Mark Thompson. Author: Mark Thompson.
- Vo, Vu Q. . Website of Vu Vo -- Quang Trung Chess. Author: Vu Q Vo.
- Atlantis Puzzles, Games and Art. Missing description Author: Karl Scherer.
- ST3DRoth. Charlie Roth's Revision of Star Trek 3D Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Charles Roth and Andrew Bartmess.
- Star Trek 3D Chess for Tournaments. A variation of Star Trek 3D Chess designed for tournament play. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jens Meder and Andrew Bartmess.
- Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing King to K8 wins too, by Thronemate. By Kevin Pacey.
- Dice chess (wikipedia rules). Dice chess using 2 dice, wikipedia rules. Author: Kevin Pacey.
- Multi-Dimensional Multi-Player (MDMP) Chess. 2-8 player Chess, traditional and alternate armies, optional laser. By Donald Cimics.
- The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Second edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, now arranged by category. Author: David B. Pritchard and John Beasley.
- 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.
- Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- The Sons of Mithra. Computer program for playing fantasy variant. Author: Michael Chang Gummelt. Inventor: Michael Chang Gummelt and Holly Gummelt.
- ZZ-Chess . Large variant with a new zig-zag piece. By Laurent Dubois.
- Angel Chess. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf). Author: M Winther. Inventor: L. P. D'Autremont.
- Suicide Chess. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/suicide-chess-free/b89dc1a3-2d23-410d-b580-aaaff54d81f5. By Freederick .
- TeX Chess . Chess program (including many variants) in TeX. By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Variable Chess. A light piece is first moved outside the board. From there it can be introduced at any time via an empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Super-Chess. www.oteroideas.com. By Superuser .
- Giveaway Chess Puzzle. Computer game that you have to lose all of your own pieces to win. By (zzo38) A. Black.
- The Warlord Games. Structured multi-move abstract strategy games of battle. By Joe Joyce.
- Battle of the Six Armies. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Courier Eurasion Chess. Eurasian Chess meets Courier-Spiel. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Flexible Chinese Chess (F-Xiangqi). Xiangqi variant where the horses are initially external (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Tile Chess . Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Link to: Rainbowchess . Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.
- Connect Shoot Kill. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
- Chess Variant Score Notation Book. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants. By Simon Edward Jepps.
- MiniXiangqi. S. Kusumoto's MiniXiangqi - Chinese Chess on a 7x7 board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Metapontum Peace Chess. Metapontum Peace Chess cooperative chess game. By Francois Tremblay.
- Neoteric Chess. Pieces are swapped before play begins. An external piece is introduced (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Hyperchess4. Hyperchess updated: changed rules, discussion, sample game, etc. By Joe Joyce.
- Directed Alice III. a 3-board Alice Chess variant. By Joe Joyce.
- Board Image Utility. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Veles Chess. Introducing the deflecting Veles bifurcator on a Gustavian board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Future Chess. With extra empty corner squares. Pieces can be relocated before play begins. Creates immense strategical variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
- How to Play Chess: The Rules. YouTube Video on How to Play Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Jester Chess. The Jester is an 'anon' piece but similar to the 'Fool' - beautiful commercial wooden sets - a must have! Author: Simon Edward Jepps.
- Free Choice Chess. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces. By Bruce R. Gilson.
- Hikaru Nakamura. Current U.S. Champion is also accomplished at some variants. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Capablanca Relocation Chess. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Gala (Farmer's Chess). Gala, a medieval cross between chess and tafl games. New rules reconstruction (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Basic Chess. Variable baseline chess without drawing lots. Restrict Rooks to a and h files, and King to d or e files. By Charles Daniel.
- Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW.
- chass. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
- Boardgaminginfo.com. Site that has information on how to play board games. Author: Anthea Rock.
- All the King's Men. Page describing variant chess pieces.
- A Guide to Variant Chess. Variant Chess Games.
- Knight Shogi . Black player lacks two Lances, one Bishop, as well as one Rook; however, his Kinghts and Promoted-Kinghts could also move like K. By Yu Ren Dong.
- Kilyow. Invented by Furugouri Akio(古郡章雄) in 1991. By Yu Ren Dong.
- Revised Chess. The pawn can also capture forwards if positioned on 7th rank. Thus, many more won endgames (zrf included). By M Winther.
- Discochess. Distributed Chess. By Marc A. Donis.
- Chogi. Cross between Shogi and Chess.
- Mathewson's Hexagonal Chess. Glinski Hexagonal chess, but with different layout. By Richmond Mathewson.
- Execute the Game. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. By Davey W Drehs.
- Arrangement Chess. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (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.
- Configuration Chess. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Kar Ouk. A variation of Khmer Chess (.rar unix archive file). By Yu Ren Dong.
- Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Courier Chess - Printable Rule Booklet - FREE DOWNLOAD. Easy to Print Concise Rule Booklet of the Medieval Courier Game. By Rick Knowlton.
- Troitzky Chess. Troitzky Chess by Paul Byway, standard pieces on irregular board (with zrf). Author: M Winther. Inventor: Paul Byway.
- Guanaco Chess. Introducing the Guanaco that hops two squares orthogonally continuously (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Quivira Font. Unicode, TrueType font containing historical chess piece characters. By Alexander Lange.
- Gustavian Adjutant Chess. Standard chess with empty extra corner squares and extended castling (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Armis. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
- TaflChess for Zillions. TalfChess on Zillions site. By Rich Hutnik.
- Chess Legions. Decimal variant with extra, exotic pieces. By Morien Wyn Jones.
- Culverin Chess. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Not Chess. Mixes elements of Chinese and FIDE Chess. By Jim Reynolds.
- Basilisk Chess. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Winther's Chess. Introducing the Bombard cannon, with standard peices (with zrf). By M Winther.
- HiveQueen. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Birds and Ninjas. Two simple checkmate problems for the game. By Charles Daniel.
- Mad Queen Shogi. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- MiniXiang. Missing description Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
- Correlator Chess. Introducing the Correlator which captures by correlating with the king (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Jetan. Martian Chess. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Lubny Chess. 100 cell chess variant invented in 1972.
- Website of Larry Lynn Smith. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Accessory Chess. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
- Vintage Gamer Chess Variants Podcast. Audio recording discussing chess variants. Author: Jim Van Verth.
- IAGO Chess ZRF file. ZRF file for IAGO Chess rules. By Rich Hutnik.
- Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece. By M Winther.
- Leapfrog Chess. The pawn can leap over any man in its initial two-step move (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Seirawan Chess. FIDE chess, put players have N+R and N+B in hand to drop. Inventor: Yasser Seirawan and Bruce Harper.
- Fidechel. Unique styled chess pieces and 3D chess game in development. By Patrick Degan.
- Fidchell. Gary Gygax's Fidchell. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
- Cheops. Large 3d chess variant inspired by Dune novels. By B. Gregory Johnson.
- Gary Gygax. Announcement of Gary Gygax's death.
- John Savard's Three-Dimensional Chess. Missing description By John Savard.
- Matron Chess. Introducing the peculiar Matron queen, which makes regular chess more aggressive (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Fairy-Max. Free open source chess variant software. By H. G. Muller.
- Warlock Chess. Introducing the Warlock piece, which can transform between Korean Cannon and Rook (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Step and Circle TrigChess. Presentation of a short example game. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Missile Chess. Missing description Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier. Author: Douglas Silfen.
- Dai Dai Shogi. Extremely large Shogi variant invented in the 17th century. Author: Douglas Silfen and Eduard Werner.
- Whale Shogi. Small Shogi variant. Author: Douglas Silfen and Karl Scherer. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Tori Shogi. Bird Shogi. Author: Eduard Werner. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
- Great Whale Shogi. Large board based on Whale and Wa Shogi. Author: Douglas Silfen. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Reformed Chess. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Adjutant Chess. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Iron Guard Chess. Instead of a queen, white has an Iron Guard who can move only to adjacent diagonal squares and cannot be captured. Author: Douglas Silfen.
- Trophy Hunt Chess. Capture at least one of each trophy animal to win. Author: Douglas Silfen and Karl Scherer.
- Phalanx Chess. Introducing the Phalanx pawn that can swap place with piece in front (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Koksal Karakus's Blog on Chess Variants. Missing description By Köksal Karakus.
- Interloper Chess. Introducing the Interloper, a highly invulnerable attacking piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Triangular Chess. Missing description Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: _unknown.
- Neoorthodox Chess. Introducing the Neoorthodox board, the Divaricator piece, and extended castling (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Coordinator Chess. Dekle's Coordinator Chess, featuring the Coordinator that captures in coordination with the king (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Zeppelin Chess. Introducing the Zeppelin, which can fly to any empty square orthogonally (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Paulovits's Game. Paulovits's chess variant, c. 1890, featuring leaping pieces Pasha and General (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Stoltz Chess. Regular pieces plus a Swedish Cannon and an Archbishop, which are dropped onto the board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Stahlberg Chess. Regular pieces plus a Swedish Cannon and a Chancellor, which are dropped onto the board (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Pyrrhus Chess. Introducing the terrible Pyrrhus that can paralyse enemy pieces with its gaze (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Gorgona Chess. V. R. Parton's Gorgonia Chess (also Gorgon Chess), featuring the paralyzing Gorgonia (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Gustavian Cannon Chess. Featuring the remarkable Swedish Cannon on a Gustavian board, where it thrives (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Alternative Chess. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
- Swedish Cannon Chess. Introducing the Swedish Cannon, a cannon similar to the Korean, but well suitable for a Western piece context (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Seirawan Chess. invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, a conservative drop chess (zrf available). Author: M Winther. Inventor: Yasser Seirawan and Bruce Harper.
- Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
- Gladiatrix Chess. Introducing the Gladiatrix, an extremely agile female gladiator, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Scout Chess. Introducing the Scout, combining queen-captures with Camelrider moves (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Columbiad Chess.. Introducing the Columbiad, combining a cannon and a Cannonrider, on an H-board (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Gastrophete Chess. Introducing the Gastrophete, a catapult capable of hurling other pieces over its head (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Trebuchet Chess. Introducing the Trebuchet, an active catapult piece that slings pieces over its head (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Leto Chess. Introducing the Leto, a doubly telekinetic piece, very versatile (with zrf). By M Winther.
- No-Yes! Chess. French commercial variant with an element of chance. By Luc Queyrel.
- Circular Chess. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Echidna Chess. Introducing the Echidna, a repulsion piece with telekinetic capacities (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). By M Winther.
- Skandaran Chess. Download Skandaran Chess at Zillions Website. By Francisco Marzoa.
- Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
- Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Normal Crazyhouse except pieces cannot move backwards. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Gods on Pluto. Variant with weak pieces and Shogi-style drops. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Shocky. A program that plays Shogi. Author: Pauli Misikangas.
- Bodyguard Chess. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Squadron Chess. Uses only one type of piece besides the King. By Ken Franklin.
- Traded Places Chess. An enemy piece is moved to your attacking piece's beginning position during its capturing move. By Ken Franklin.
- ProCycle Chess. Individual pieces promote one by level after each played move. By Ken Franklin.
- Taikyoku Shogi (Unlimited Chess) Playing Pieces. Missing description Author: Robert Kalin.
- FIDE-like rules for 3D Chess . (Link.). Author: Michael Klein and Jens Meder.
- Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
- Hiashatar. A Mongolian historical variant, featuring the very special Bodyguard piece (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
- Sir Bombalot. A variant of chess with pieces offering a myriad of different options at any given time. Inventor: Bruce Harper and Duncan Suttles.
- Hexagonal Boards . Java Utility. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Belfry Chess. Introducing the belfry catapult. By M Winther.
- Turret Chess. Introducing the Turret, which moves like a queen, and can hurl pieces over its head (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Simply XiangQi. Correspondence Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) website. By Andy .
- Korean Chess. Korean Chess: presentation plus a strong Zillions implementation. Author: M Winther.
- Alseid Chess. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Ladon Chess. Introducing the Ladon, a short-range piece that can repel any other piece, and also capture this way (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Naiad Chess.. Introducing the Naiad, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap pieces by magnetism (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Castalia Chess. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
- Mangonel Chess. Introducing the remarkable Mangonel piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Oxybeles Chess. Introducing the exceptional Oxybeles piece, which can hurl pieces over its head, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Stheno Chess. Introducing the repulsive Stheno, which repels pieces as far as possible in the alignment direction (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Magneticpawns Chess. Introducing the magnetic pawn, which can dislocate an enemy piece by magnetic force. Regular board and pieces (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Thraex_Chess. Introducing the Thraex, which captures like a rook, but moves by the bifurcated jump method (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Gaul Chess. Introducing the Gaul, which captures like a bishop, but moves by the bifurcated jump method, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Meridian Chess. Introducing the Meridian, bishop-capture combined with bifurcated bounce-move, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Samnis Chess. Introducing the Samnis, which combines rook-capture with bifurcated bounce-movement, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Laquear Chess. Introducing the Laquear, that captures like a bishop, but moves by the collision method (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Essedar Chess. Introducing the Essedar, which captures orthogonally but moves by the collision method (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Sagittar Chess. Introducing the Sagittar, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Venator Chess. Introducing the Venator, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Retiar Chess. Introducing the Retiar, a bifurcating bounce-slider, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Hoplit Chess. Introducing the Hoplit, a very mobile modern relative of the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Hoplomach Chess. Introducing the Hoplomach, a dynamic bifurcation cannon, related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- 2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line. World Chess Variants Championship. By Stephen R. Stockman.
- Murmillo Chess. Introducing the Murmillo piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Secutor Chess. Introducing the Secutor piece, and new collision-capture, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Amiral Chess. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Helmsman Chess. Introducing the Helmsman and the bounce-move, whereby the piece deviates orthogonally. A very positional piece (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Howitzer Chess. Introducing another piece named Howitzer, a fearful form of cannon, on the H-board. For the advanced tactician. With zrf. By M Winther.
- Constable Chess. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf. By M Winther.
- Grenadier Chess. Introducing the Grenadier piece on an H-shaped board. A game for the attacking player. With zrf. By M Winther.
- Mortar Chess. Introducing another piece named Mortar, a form of cannon, on an H-shaped board. Positionally advanced. With zrf. By M Winther.
- Chinese Chess.. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
- HiddenLynx. A beautiful, user-friendly, Windows program for Chinese Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Mikko Oksalahti.
- Qianhong. Chinese Chess for Windows. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jeremy Craner.
- Club Xiangqi. An online club for playing Xiang Qi.
- Chess960.com. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
- Dragon Chess (tm). Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. By Lex Parker.
- 3D Chess. A true 3D version of chess. By Dan Beyer.
- Interactive 3D Chess Program. Missing description By Dan Beyer.
- Cazaux Chess. Some chess variants invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux, along with some others. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Optimized Chess - 8H x 10W. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Omega Man.
- N-Plus-K Queens Problem Page. Missing description By Doug Chatham.
- SMIRF. Program that plays various 8x10 chess variants. Author: Reinhard Scharnagl.
- Kriegspiel Referee. Program that serves as a Kriegspiel referee. Author: Mac . Inventor: Henry Michael Temple.
- The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. Missing description Author: Ann E. Moyer.
- Chess Detective: Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems. Missing description Author: David Li.
- Kriegspiel: Chess Under Uncertainty. Missing description Author: David Li.
- 3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
- First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1. Missing description Author: David Li.
- Xiangqi Syllabus on Cannon: Chinese Chess 2. Missing description Author: David Li.
- Shogi for Beginners. Missing description
- Shogi : Japan's Game of Strategy. Missing description Author: Trevor Leggett.
- Ancient Chess. Site dedicated to the history and evolution of Chess! Author: Rick Knowlton.
- Chinese Chess for Beginners. Missing description
- Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Missing description Author: R. C. Bell.
- New Rules for Classic Games. Missing description Author: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- 100 Other Games to Play on a Chessboard. Missing description Author: Stephen Addison.
- Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail. Author: David B. Pritchard.
- Oxford History of Board Games. Describes board games from their ancient inception to the present day. Author: David Parlett.
- Chinese Chess by H. T. Lau. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess. Author: H. T. Lau.
- Chinese Chess Pack. Contains a detailed play guide and strategic hints and tips for the game. Author: James Palmer.
- Korean Games. With Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan. Author: Stewart Culin.
- Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. This is THE reference book for chess variants! Author: David B. Pritchard.
- German Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
- Burmese Chess. Missing description Author: M Winther.
- 4-handed Shatranj. 4-handed Shatranj. Author: M Winther.
- FreePawnChess. Chess with more powerful pawns. By Ronald W Brierley.
- Oblong Shatranj with Die. Missing description Author: M Winther.
- 4-handed Chaturanga with dice. Missing description Author: M Winther.
- BlockChess. Decimal variant with standard pieces starting out in the corners. By Ronald W Brierley.
- Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
- Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Panos Louridas.
- Shamanic Chess. Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'. By M Winther.
- Medusa Shogi. Missing description Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Operational Chess 2. Large, wargame inspired variant with ranged pieces. By Andy Thomas.
- Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
- Shamanic Chess . Pieces may be transformed into 'Shamans'. By M Winther.
- Operational Chess. Wargame inspired variant played on a wide board. By Andy Thomas.
- World Xiangqi Federation. Missing description
- Go-Figure!. Webshop selling sets of Xiangqi (Chinese chess).
- Scacchi Eterodossi Club. Italian/English website for online playing of chessvariants. Author: Filiberto Pivirotto.
- Queens or Castles. Wizards promote by making an opponent's piece [or pawn] and themself vanish from the board. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Politically Correct Chess. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
- Historical Variants. Case Western Reserve University Medieval Society Games Page. Author: Jess Rudolph.
- Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside). Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland. Missing description
- Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jack V. Cheiky.
- American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
- 4-way chess by Taurus games. Commercial fourhanded chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen R. Stockman.
- American Chess. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
- Triangle chess. Link to Hungarian web page. By Sándor Nagy.
- Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. By Jack V. Cheiky.
- Baladãna. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'. By Martin Miller.
- Mob Strategy. Mob Strategy, The Takeover Game, presented by The Game Pile. By Jeff Rients.
- Piece Promotion Games. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces. By Tucker Kao.
- Emperor Raumschach. Variant of Dr. Fredinand Maack's Raumschach. By Larry L. Smith.
- Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces. By Robert Kydd.
- Three Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. By Dennis Matthews.
- Kozune. A game inspired by, and featuring elements of, Shatranj and Shogi. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joshua Morris.
- Verve. A real-time, hidden information, chess variant for playing online! By David Potter.
- Shatranj Elephants. Shatranj-like game, but with all short-range, limited-capturing pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Leapers Creeepers. Decimal variant with many leaping pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Zhou Xia. Two decimal variants played with very powerful Xiangqi-like pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and David Howe. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
- FlipChess. Chess variant in which pieces keep changing state. By M. El M. Messaoudi.
- Fool's Chess. One pawn is replaced by a Fool. By Danny Van den Berghe.
- G.U.E. 3D Chess. A 3D Chess game paying homage to those really great Zork adventures. By Larry L. Smith.
- Circular Chess Tournament for 2005. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament. Author: Dave Reynolds and Richard Orange.
- Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi. Historical ultra large Shogi variant. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry? By Blarney.
- Shogi Variants Site. Wikipedia dedicated to Shogi Variants. Author: Joseph Peterson.
- Grand Rider Chess. All pieces except the king are riders. By Larry Wheeler.
- Scatha. Simple open-source hexagonal chess playing engine. Author: Tord Romstad.
- Hexodus. Program that plays hexagonal chess (Glinski variant). Author: Grzegorz Sidorowicz.
- Royal Chess. Chess on an extended board with Royal Guard pieces added. By William A Curtis.
- ImmortalStarMasters. Multiplayer, hexagonal board for chess and checker games. Author: Ronald D. Planesi.
- Solitaire Laboratory. Michael Keller's Game and Puzzle Pages.
- Grand Shogi. Normal Shogi, but with extra pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
- CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Calculation of Piece Values . Link to an essay on attack values, material values, relative piece values. Author: Derek Nalls.
- MoQi. MoQi, or Demon Game, is played upon a 10x10 field. By Larry L. Smith.
- Royal Fury. A Futuristic Chessery Game - relaxed win rules. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- XieXie . Xiangqi Computer Program XieXieMaster 1.0.10 released! and Eugenio Castillo.
- Mindsports . Website of game inventor Christian Freeling, with online games. By Christian Freeling.
- XYMYX. Link to site where you can play this game! Inventor: Javier Ignacio Lizarzaburu.
- Jetan-Sarang . A large variation of Jetan. By James Killian Spratt.
- Synchronous Chess. Chess played with written simultaneous moves. By Ralf Hansmann.
- Witch's Chess . Two or three player hexagonal variant. By Ralf Hansmann.
- Sculptures by James Killian Spratt -- Three New Chess Variations . Beautiful chess sets created by a sculptor of three of his own Chess variations plus Jetan. Author: James Killian Spratt.
- Ultima. Robert Abbott's Ultima page. By Robert Abbott.
- PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
- Essentials of Chinese Chess and of Korean Chess . (Link.).
- 3D-Schach. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board.
- Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
- Kaissa . Decimal variant developed from descriptions in John Norman's Gor books. By Jeff Shaffer.
- Elephant Chess Club. Webshop selling internationalized Xiangqi and Shogi sets.
- Cazaux, Jean-Louis. Website of Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Cazaux, Jean-Louis . Books by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Nuclear Chess . Program that plays Nuclear Chess on Linux or Mac OS X. Author: Harald Bartel. Inventor: Jason Shields.
- Wise Board Editor . Interactive online chessboard. Author: Michal Ryszard Wojcik and Michal Stanislaw Wojcik.
- ChessMaker. A simple program for creating Chess diagrams. Author: Mark Alexander.
- Chess Jester. 4-player variant with two new pieces. Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
- Prince . 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
- Chess for Three. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
- Radical Chess . Commercial chess variant with 16 different pieces. Inventor: Daryl Fazekas.
- Rutherford's 1-dimensional Shogi. Modern one-dimensional chess variant, based upon Shogi. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jonathan H Rutherford.
- Ancient Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
- Fischer Random Chess email Club . Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
- SchemingMind.com Internet Correspondence Chess Club . Missing description Author: Austin Lockwood.
- Chess On Stamps. Web site devoted to postage stamps on Chess themes. Author: Fabio Coracini Ollita.
- Chess Plus Plus Deck. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
- Logic Mazes. Logic Mazes: Website of Robert Abbott. Author: Robert Abbott.
- Double Alternate Chess. Game played on two boards with object to checkmate either King. Inventor: Ken Franklin.
- 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.
- Polyhedron Chess . Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces. Author: Derek Nalls and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Derek Nalls.
- Trans-Dimensional Chess . Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels. By Larry L. Smith.
- Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces. By Derek Nalls.
- Analysis of 3x3 Chess. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces. Inventor: Kirill Kryukov.
- Exchequer 3D Chess. Expensive three dimensional chess variant. Inventor: Rick Hewson.
- Startchess.com . Chess search engine.
- Origami Chess Set . Missing description Author: Joseph Wu.
- Chezzle. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces. By Jarrod Aden.
- Pillars of Medusa . Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games! Author: Jason Jakupca. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Australian Football Chess. Game based on Australian Rules Football and Chess. By Robert Winkel.
- Chess Variant Applets. Ed Friedlander's Chess variants applet site. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
- Torus and Klein Bottle Games . Missing description Author: Jeff Weeks.
- Delta PI. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme.
- Hexes Chess . Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&. By Mike Layfield.
- Transporter Pad. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Kobayashi Maru. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Warp Factor. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Imposter Chess . Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways. Author: Laila W. Stefan and Andrew Newman. Inventor: Laila W. Stefan.
- R-Chess . Captured pieces are held in reserve and then dropped. By Marcello Netto.
- Planar 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field. By Larry L. Smith.
- Trek71 Chess . All pieces on the lefthand-side are shown as black, but do not change owners, and vise-versa. By Ken Franklin.
- Free-form 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant based upon several ideas by V. R. Parton for Chess-play on smaller fields. By Larry L. Smith.
- Flux 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant where pieces, excepting the King, can only exist on the field for a specific number of turns at a time. By Larry L. Smith.
- Wa Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on an 11 by 11 board. (Link.).
- Tori Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (Link to Roger Hare's shogi site.).
- Tai Shogi. Very large Shogi variant.
- Dai Shogi. Shogi variant on 15 by 15 board. (Link.).
- Off Board Chess Pieces. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
- SphereChess . Downloadable files to play a spherical chess variant. By Lukas A. Saul.
- Gothic Evolution Chess . Missing description By Harvey Patterson.
- Fischer Random Chess . David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess. Author: David A Wheeler. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- 3D8 Chess: The Official Ruleset. 3D Chess using 8 stacked standard sets.
- Shatranj Plus . Play four large historical variations of Shatranj including Tamerlane Chess! Author: Malcolm Maynard.
- Fischerandom Chess Resource Page . This page provide links, saved tournament games in PGN format, and downloads related to Fisher Random Chess.
- Hiashatar . Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side. Author: L. U. Kisljuk.
- Dune Chess. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. By Larry L. Smith.
- Shogi Variant Software . Index of shogi variant software (in Japanese). Author: Edward Strickland.
- Kings or Lemmings?. Normal chess except that a player can produce clones of his king.
- Emperor of China. A Chess and Halma mixed game. By Vincent Everaert.
- Makruk and Sittyuin. Zillions file to play Burmese Chess and Thai Chess. Author: Malcolm Maynard.
- Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
- Gufuu Shogi . Tiny variant on a 2x3 board with four pieces. By Georg Dunkel.
- Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet . Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess. Author: Peter Chatterton. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
- Hexes Compressed Chess . Link: This version of Hexagonal Chess has rotated cells so that the angles point up and down. By Mike Layfield.
- Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
- Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui . Printable Board and Pieces. Author: Jan Horinek.
- The Circular Chess Society. Homepage of British organization playing Circular Chess. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
- Stability Chess. Designed to minimize the first-move advantage by white, maximize fairness, and simplify the rules of chess. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Various.
- Island Chess. Some connections between squares are missing. By Karl Scherer.
- Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
- Different Armies. Various black armies versus the standard white army. By Roger Cooper.
- Chess Cubed. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. By Larry L. Smith.
- Octa-Ashtapada. 8x8x8 variant with powerful armies and the potential for multiple royal pieces per side. By Larry L. Smith.
- Chess 69. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
- BrainKing.com. Play by email site that lets you play several chess variants. By Filip Rachunek.
- Holochess . Holographic chess-like game played in Star Wars movie. By Mike Kelley.
- Michael's Chess. An elaboration of Lord Dunsany's Chess with varying Pawn sides. By Roger Cooper.
- PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Inventor: Dan Brown.
- Mad Mate . Wooden set for chessgi: captured pieces change hands and can be used as reinforcement. Inventor: Alex Randolph.
- Cai Qi. Chesslike game on circular board. Inventor: Patrick Hassel Zein.
- String Chess. A one-dimensional variant with a fairy theme. Author: Mathew M. Burke. Inventor: Aaron Hall.
- Powerchess . Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types.
- Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
- Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game. By Larry L. Smith.
- The Shogi Foundation. Organization selling books on Shogi and a portable shogi set.
- Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts . Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess. Author: Peter Aronson.
- Chaturanga. Computer game that plays Chaturanga and many other variations.
- ThaiBG . Thai language site (with limited English) where you can play Makruk and Thai Checkers on-line. Author: Ben Good.
- Chess on the Rainbows. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
- Desert Benedict Chess. A hybrid of Desert Chess by Uwe Wiedemann and Benedict Chess by W.D Troyka. By Rich Hutnik.
- Delayed Chess. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
- 3D Xiang Qi. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- 3D Shogi. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- Keeps and Moats Chess . A four player chess variant. Inventor: Matt Worden.
- Chaos Chess. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
- Deep Blue versus Kasparov. White and Black each have their own way of winning.
- Kogbetliantz Game. One of the earliest 3D Chess games for the 8x8x8 playing field. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz.
- Millennium Chess . Commercial variant on 15 by 8 board with almost twice the normal set of pieces.
- Korean vs Western Chess. Red pieces are from Korean Chess, black pieces are from Western Chess.
- En passant Chess. Orthodox chess on a shortened board of only 7 rows. Encourages more en passant moves.
- Imperial Cheops. Played on a pyramid field of thirteen 3x3x3 cubes. Inspired by a description in Frank Herbert's novel Dune. By Larry L. Smith.
- Metapontum . Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
- Mouse and Elephant . Large variant of the Jungle game. Inventor: Ulrich Roth.
- Dragoon Chess. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. By NotCricket .
- Zillions of Games. Game package for Windows that allows you to play nearly any abstract board game or puzzle in the world.
- Time Traveler's Chess. Chess pieces may travel backwards in time. By Danny Purvis.
- Quang Trung Chess. The 10th edition. By Vu Q Vo.
- Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
- Circular Chess. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software. By Alan Mattlage and Martin Mattlage.
- Bughouse Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. Author: Karl Scherer.
- Pinwheel Chess . Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board. By C. George Boeree.
- Games by Karen Deal Robinson. Website describing original game inventions of Karen Robinson. By Karen Robinson.
- Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes. By Larry L. Smith.
- Four Handed Roman Chess. 4 player chess variant with additional new piece. By Mark Woodall.
- Bushi Shogi. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Georg Dunkel.
- Combination Chess. Large chess variant with combination pieces. By Vernon Nemitz.