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Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidally interwoven board using same number of squares and pieces as FIDE Chess. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidal board using three warp lines with 8 corners tied together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Faceoff Chess.
Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
FAD. A piece which has the has the combined movements of the Ferz, Alfil and the Dabbabah. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
The Fair First Move Rule in Chess. Every turn you flip a coin to see who goes first. By Ralph Betza.
Fair-Chess 
. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. By Janevert Kaan.
- Fair-Chess. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Janevert Kaan.
- Fairy Eater Chess
. Game on a 9x9 board with fairy chess pieces. By Вадря Покштя.
Fairy Forsythe Edwards Notation and ffen2htm. A tool to make webpages with chess variant diagrams. Author: Andy Kurnia.
- Fairy Pieces part 1 . zillions file with many shogi pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Fairy Pieces Part 1. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Fairy-Max. Free open source chess variant software. By H. G. Muller.
- Fairy-Max. A chess engine configurable for playing a wide variety of chess variants. By H. G. Muller.
- FairyGen. Generator for end-game tables with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
- Falcon Chess. Play Falcon Chess on Game Courier! Author: George William Duke and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: George William Duke.
Falcon Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Falcon Chess. Game on an 8x10 board with a new piece: The Falcon. (10x8, Cells: 80) By George William Duke.
- Falcon Chess 100. Falcon Chess 100 is a variant of Falcon Chess played on a larger board with some different rules for the Pawns. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Falcon Chess 100. Falcon Chess played on an expanded board of a 100 squares with special Pawn rules. (12x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
- Falcon Chess RFNB. Falcon Chess with a new setup. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Falcon Chess RNFB. Falcon Chess with the formation Rook, Knight, Falcon, Bishop. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Falcon Chess Variants - Several. Some Different Setups with Falcon pieces, including with Capablanca pieces and Airplanes. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Peter Aronson.
Falcon Chess: Background and Patent Text Excerpts. With background summary of chess variants. By George William Duke.
- Falcon Chess: Passed Pawns, Scorpion and Dragon. Various passed pawns variants, and variants introducing scorpion and dragon. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Hex Falcon on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Falcon into the Hexagonal world. (Cells: 121) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Falcon Hexagonal Chess . Introducing the Hex Falcon. Author: Graeme C Neatham. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Falcon King Chess. A shortrange variant on an 8x8 board featuring a pair of royal Falcons. By Joe Joyce.
- Falcon Random Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
Fall 2004 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2004.
- Fall 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Falling Off. `Captured' pieces do not disappear, but get
momentum, and
can fall off the edge of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- FallingSnow . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Famicom PPU Chess. Game inspired by limitation of Famicom PPU. (10x10, Cells: 80) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Family Matters Chess . Chess variant of warring families on 41 and 64 square boards. By Tomas Forsman.
- Family matters chess (small). Variant on 41 square board. (Cells: 41) By Tomas Forsman.
Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
- Fanorona Chess . Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. By Peter Aronson.
- Fanorona Chess. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Peter Aronson.
- Fantastic XIII. This is the G.C. preset for Fantastic XIII, a bizarre CV,13 types of pieces on 13x13 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Fantasy Grand Chess. Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess . Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme. By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Giant Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Druid Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Dwarven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Elven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Evil Horde Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Human Army. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter S. Hatch.
- Farmer's Chess. Medieval four-sided variant; "Four Seasons Chess". Author: Ed Friedlander.
Fast Chess Contradance. Solitaire chess puzzle: four white and four black pieces must change places without attacking. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Karen Robinson.
- Fast Lane Chess. Pawns may underpromote before they advance to the opposite rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Fault Line. Fault Line. (8x6, Cells: 40) By Patrick Riley.
- Favorite Games. Chess variants favorited by our members. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Favorite Games of their Inventors. What the Chess variant inventors here consider their best work. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- FCC. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces. By Bruce R. Gilson.
- Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Feebback Chess . Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture. By Peter Aronson.
- Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Feeble Chess. Some Chess variants with weaker pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess . Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. By David Howe.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess. Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. (6x6, Cells: 36) By David Howe.
- Feedback to the Chess Variant Pages - How to contact us. Including information on editors and associate authors of the website.
- Feint Chess. Seven of each side's units can check but not capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Feint Chess. Every second piece is unable to capture - it just threatens. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Niemann.
- The Fellowship of the Ring . White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. By Robert Price.
- The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
- Fellowship of the Ring Puzzles. Several problems based on the Fellowship of the Ring variant. By Robert Price.
Fen2Diag . Word macros for generating diagrams using chess fonts for the board and pieces. Author: Alastair Scott.
- Ferz. Moves one diagonally. Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fetch Chess. Double-move game where the Cat (who may be a 3rd player) may or may not fetch your pawns back. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Feudal. The Game of Siege and Conquest, 3M Company - 1967. Author: Dennis Matheson.
- Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company. Author: David Howe.
- Feudal Chess. A 12x10 themed chess with variable armies. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Rupert Hickton.
- Feudal Chess. Four player game on 9x9. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- ffen2diag. A tool to make chess and fairy / variant chess diagrams. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- ffen2htm . A tool to make webpages with chess variant diagrams. Author: Andy Kurnia.
- Fiancé Chess. A 3-player variant with Kings and Queens starting far apart, inspired by Bachelor Chess. (12x12, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
- Fianchetto Chess. Bishops and Rooks exchange starting squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
- Fianchetto Chess. Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
- Fianchetto Chess . Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jack Middleman.
- Fibnif. Moves one diagonally or makes a forwards or backwards knight jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Fibonacci Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steve Costa.
- Fibonacci Chess. Players can make multiple moves per turn, the number determined by the fast growing Fibonacci sequence. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Bradley.
- Fidchell. Gary Gygax's Fidchell. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
- Fidchell. A large Great Chess variant with blended historical elements, invented for an RPG. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- FIDE Chess Kamil. FIDE Chess but with extra pawns, extra bishops and a store of superpowerful pieces waiting to replace the regular ones. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- FIDE Chess with Extra Pieces. FIDE Chess but with substitute pieces. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- FIDE Frolic. FIDE chess, but with each piece able to leap. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- The FIDE Laws Of Chess. The official rules of Chess from the World Chess Federation.
- FIDE-like rules for 3D Chess . (Link.). Author: Michael Klein and Jens Meder.
- Fidechel
. Unique styled chess pieces and 3D chess game in development. By Patrick Degan.
- Field Chess. On an 8x12 board with 8 extra pieces per side (Archers). (8x12, Cells: 96) By Peter E. Leyva.
- Fifo Chess. Each square acts as a First-In-First-Out queue. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- Fifo Chess. Multiple Occupier game where rule is that first one there is first one to be captured and to leave. "First In, First Out". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Fighting Chess. A reform to Chess that eliminates stalemate and strengthens some of the pieces. Author: Jeff Gibson. Inventor: Tony Berard.
- The Fighting Fizzies. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies. By Peter Aronson.
- The Fighting Fizzies . An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies. By Peter Aronson.
- Fighting Kings. The King has switched places with the King Pawn - The King is now a fighting piece. And the pawn must be protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Fighting Kings. Fighting Kings cannot be checked or checkmated; but a Royal Pawn can. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Fighting Kings and Throne Kings. Chess with a normal Fide King and a Fighting King immune from check and checkmate. A sister game to Fighting Kings. By Gary K. Gifford.
- File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
- Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
- Final Fight CCChess. Last word in CCChess. By Namik Zade.
- The Final Fight Chess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Finding ways to spin your games. After having moved, pieces change type in rotating order. By João Pedro Neto.
- FireFighter Chess. A game where one piece is a secret fire fighter with special powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
- First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
- First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
- First GC Tournament Approval Poll Results. The latest results of the approval poll for selecting the games to be played in the first Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- First Syllabus on Xiangqi - Chinese Chess 1. Missing description Author: David Li.
First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1. Missing description Author: David Li.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess . David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess. Author: David A Wheeler. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess. Random symmetric starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Terumi Kaneyasu and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess . Play from a random setup. Author: Pierre Tourigny. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer Random Chess. Manual Procedure for Generating Piece Placements. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fischer Random Chess email Club . Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
Fischer Random Chess News. News on Fischer Random Chess. Author: Modest Solans. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
- Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
- Fischerandom Chess Resource Page . This page provide links, saved tournament games in PGN format, and downloads related to Fisher Random Chess.
- Fish Chess. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fish Chess . Pawns can move backwards without capturing. Author: Marek14 .
- Fish Chess I. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Fish Chess II. Pawns can move and capture backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Fishaway Chess. Giveaway lumberjack chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Five Classics of Fairy Chess. Missing description Author: T. R. Dawson.
- Five Star Chess I. You can also win by getting five of your own units in a new row. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Five Star Chess II. You can also completing a row of five units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Five Tigers . A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. Author: Robert Price.
- Five Tigers. A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
- Five Tigers Chess. Variant of Chinese Chess. Red can make two pawn moves per turn but. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Five Up. An improved version of Raumschach. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) By Jim Aikin.
- Five Up Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Five-Minute Poppy Shogi. Small shogi variant on a 4 by 5 board. (4x5, Cells: 20) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Oyama Yasuharu.
- Five-stars chess. One can also win by having five pieces in a row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
- Fivequarters. Four-player game on a cross-shaped board where most pieces can promote. (12x12, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
- Flamingo. (1,6)-jumper. Author: Ben Good.
- Flank Chess. Flank Chess with Achilles. (10x9, Cells: 90) By wdtr2.
- Flatstar. A fusion of two Jewish-themed variants. (13x10) By Charles Gilman.
- Fleap. Pieces move as equihoppers, but become FIDE pieces after being captured. (5x9, Cells: 43) By Gavin King.
- Flee!. Variant on 16 by 16 board with strong royal piece. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Andy Kurnia.
- Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces are external and can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Flexible Chinese Chess (F-Xiangqi). Xiangqi variant where the horses are initially external (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Flexible Palace and Flexible River Xiang Qi. Boundaries of Palaces and the River are determined by the location of the Advisors, Generals, Elephants, and Soldiers. (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
- Flight and Ferry. The gold dragon of Wessex fights the red one of Wales across the Bristol Channel. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
- Flip Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John William Brown.
- Flip Chess . Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John William Brown.
- Flip Chess and Flip Shogi. Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares. (7x6, Cells: 38) (Recognized!) By John William Brown.
- Flip Shogi. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John William Brown.
- FlipChess. Chess variant in which pieces keep changing state. By M. El M. Messaoudi.
- FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Masahiro Nakajima.
- Flipped-return Nichtschach. Pieces return as something else on the same 3d board. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
- Flipworld . Pieces are on both sides of a disc. Author: Dan Troyka.
- Flipworld. Pieces are on both sides of a disc. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84)
Floppy Board Tiles. An example of a chess variant board construction set. By David Howe.
- Floßschach. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
- Fluid Chess. Pieces can move into (or through or out of and into again) friendly pieces ("into" up to compounds). Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
- Fluid Chess. A modest variation allowing movement through friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
- 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.
- Flying Armies . Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Flying Armies2 . added 'MirChess32' zrf. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Flying Bombers Chess. This dual-range flying and jumping piece adds a new dimension to chess. Standard and large board presets. By Charles Daniel.
- Flying Bombers Grand Chess. The usual pieces in Chess are complimented by two Flying Bombers, which eliminate enemy pieces by flying over them! (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
- Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
- Flying Chess. Some pieces can fly. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Eltis.
- Flying Chess . Some pieces can fly. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Eltis.
- Flying Dutchman. Win by Reaching Port. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
- FlyingDaggers . Large variant with long leaping pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Flyover Shogi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (Cells: 162) By Charles Gilman.
- Flyover Xiang Qi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (18x20, Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
- Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. Author: William Lee Sims. Inventor: Cameron Hendricks.
- Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: William Lee Sims. Inventor: Cameron Hendricks.
- Folding Magnetic Chess. fold between D&E files, play on both sides. Author: Deep Thought.
- Follow the King!. Pieces must make the same move as their King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ed Pegg Jr..
- Font: Draughts . True type font with symbols for draughts/checkers pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fool's Chess. One pawn is replaced by a Fool. By Danny Van den Berghe.
- Fool's Hexagonal Chess. designed to be a close (the closest?) hexagonal equivalent to orthodox chess. (Cells: 96) By Graeme C Neatham.
- Fool's Hexagonal Chess Courier Preset. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
A fool's mate in Capablanca's chess. Example of fool's mate when playing Capablanca's chess. Author: David Paulowich. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
- Foolish King Chess. Players have different armies and victory conditions. White has a fool for a king. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Patrik Hedman.
- FoolsHexagonalChess zrf zip file . Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
- Football Chess. Pieces interact with a ball and each side tries to get the ball into the opposing goal. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
- Football Chess . A Football/Soccer game played with Chess pieces. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
- Football Chess. A Football/Soccer game played with Chess pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
- Force Field Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Douglas Yale Kaplan Seiden-Sacharovich.
- ForChess. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
- Forchess . Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. By Tom Rogers.
- Forchess . Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
- Foreign Policy Chess. Chess variant on 8 by 8 board with armies of unequal strength. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
- Foreign Policy Chess. Peacekeepers are a third army. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
- fortress. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
- Fortress. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
- Fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Fortress of the Witch. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
- Fortresses. Odd shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- A forum at chessvariants.com. A new place to discuss chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Forward Chess . Download these files to play Forward Chess with Zillions of Games! By Michael Nelson.
- Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
- The Forward FIDEs. A team for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can advancer easier than retreat. By Ralph Betza.
- Forwards Chess. A variation of FIDE Chess where pieces only move forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
- Four Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrick Riley.
- Four dimensional chess . Pieces travel in time. (Link.). (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Four Double-Acts Chess. Specifically long- and shart-range versions of the Friend, Joker, and Orphan. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
- Four File Chess. Variant on 4 by 10 board. (4x10, Cells: 40) By Kris Barski.
- Four Handed Chess (I). Information on different variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Four Handed Chess II. More variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped boards. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Four Handed Chess III. An all fight all variant of four handed chess on plus-shaped board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Elliott Loeb.
- Four Handed Perspective Chess. Missing description
- Four Handed Roman Chess. 4 player chess variant with additional new piece. By Mark Woodall.
- Four Player Chess. One of many possible setups. Capture an opponent's king and control the remaining units. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Four Player Chess III. Another popular setup for four players. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Four Player Shogi. Variant of Shogi for four players. (15x15, Cells: 189)
- Four Row Chess. Missing description (Cells: 208) By Eric S. Clayton.
- Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Four Towers. Irregular board with special tower squares upon which pieces can combine with each other or detach from each other. (Cells: 85) By Jim Aikin.
- Four-Fold Chess. Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) By Larry L. Smith.
- Four-Handed Chess -- Standard. Four handed chess on plus-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Four-handed Chess by Capt. George Hope Verney. Missing description Author: George Hope Verney.
- Four-Handed Elephant Chess. A 4-Player (2 Team) game based on 3-Elephant Chess and 4-handed chess. (11x11, Cells: 97) By Gary K. Gifford.
- Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess. By Stephen R. Stockman.
- Fox. Doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca. By Tim Stiles.
- Fractal Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 80) By Stephane Burkhart.
- Fractal Chess . Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
- Fraction Shogi. Shogi with fractional moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
- Fragnurasian Qi. A two-River variant with the whole of two identical Wildeurasian Qi sets minus the second King. (13x15, Cells: 195) By Charles Gilman.
- Frankfurt Chess. Capturer becomes a unit of the type captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Franklin Grand Chess. On 10 by 10 board with combination pieces and random setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ken Franklin and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ken Franklin.
- Franklin Grand Chess . On 10 by 10 board with combination pieces and random setup. By Ken Franklin.
- Freak Chess. Bishops on starting square, other pieces start on random squares and place your King on your first turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. S. Ellis.
- Freakshow Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
- Free Castling Chess. Game using old liberal Italian castling rules. Author: Ed Friedlander.
- Free Castling Rule. Less restrictive castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
- Free Chess. Dissociate movement-abilities from physical pieces. The opening setup is an empty board. (13x13, Cells: 156)
- Free Choice Chess. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces. By Bruce R. Gilson.
- Free Choice Monadchess . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Free Corners chess . In the corners of seven by seven board, three squares form together one field. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
- Free corners chess. In the corners of seven by seven board, three squares form together one field. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Free Placement. Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roger Cooper.
- Free Placement Chess. Choose your own starting position. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roger Cooper.
- Free Placement chess . Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Roger Cooper.
- Free-For-All Chess. Move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
- Free-for-All Chess. Player's may move either their own or their opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jed Stone.
- Free-form 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant based upon several ideas by V. R. Parton for Chess-play on smaller fields. By Larry L. Smith.
- FreePawnChess. Chess with more powerful pawns. By Ronald W Brierley.
- French books on chess variants. Missing description Author: Joseph Boyer.
- French Defences 3Nd2: book review. Book on chess opening by chess grandmaster Lev Psakis. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- French Revolution Chess. Short game with your pawns facing the enemy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- French Revolution Chess . Advanced pawns threaten the noble pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- French revolution chess. Advanced pawns threaten the noble pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Friend. Moves as any friendly piece that guards it. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: David L. Brown.
- The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland. Missing description
- Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
- Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board. By Kevin Pacey.
- Froghouse. Like Bughouse except each team has a Black, White, and Green. Green goes "in between", namely after white but before black. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jordan Lampe.
- From Stalemate to Checkmate. Missing description By Glenn Nicholls.
- Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
- FTM Chess: Follow the Mover. After a normal move, you may move a piece to the vacated square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
- Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
- Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
- Fugue . Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. By Michael Nelson.
- Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
- Full Cavalry. Rooks are replaced by Lancers and castling is still legal. By JT K.
- Full Double Chess . 32 pieces each, including all combinations of the basic Chess pieces, on a 16x8 square board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
- Full Double Chess. 32 pieces each, including all combinations of the basic Chess pieces, on a 16x8 square board. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Sergey Sirotkin.
- Full House. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Topher Gayle.
- Full house hexagonal chess. Hexagonal game with 50 pieces. By Kevin Pacey.
- Full house hexagonal chess. Game with 50 pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Kevin Pacey.
- FullBoard Chess . Missing description By Ken Franklin.
- Fuller's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture as knights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: F. G. Fuller.
- Fun-in-a-Box Chess. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat. By David Howe.
- Fun-In-A-Box Chess . Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Howe.
- The Funny Games . Missing description By Namik Zade.
- Furious Courier. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and Crooked Bishops. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
- Fusion Chess . Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Chess A. Pieces merge and separate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Chess B. Pieces merge and separate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Chessgi . A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Diamond 41 . A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. By Fergus Duniho.
- Fusion Mitregi. Shogi board, camps full of Mitregi 1st/2nd rank pieces that can combine pairwise. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
- Fussball Chess . Win by moving a piece to the starting square of the king of the opponent. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
- Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Future Chess. With extra empty corner squares. Pieces can be relocated before play begins. Creates immense strategical variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
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