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P.O.C.: Progressive 007 Chess. Which pieces one moves are determined by throwing dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Bill Taylor.
Pachessi. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
Pachessi
. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. By Peter Aronson.
Pacific Chess. Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pacific Chess
. Variant on ten by ten board. Author: Marek14 .
Pacifist Chess. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
Paco Shako. Pieces coexist peacefully on target square after capture. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Felix Albers.
Padwar qi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Pagan Chess. Game with two linked board, one for living pieces and one for dead pieces, and a special piece that can move between them. (11x7, Cells: 67) By Mikey Kousre.
Paired Piece Tunnelchess. A new approach to the Tunnelchess first rank. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
Palace. 7x7 board with a 3x3 Palace at the centre, where King promotes to Queen. By Albert Lee.
Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. By Charles Daniel.
Palace Ninja Guards
. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. By Charles Daniel.
Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
Palace Revolution. Play this 44 square variant with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns with Game Courier. Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
Palace Revolution. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Peter E. Leyva. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
Palace Shogi. A complicated hybrid of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and Chess. By Silvia Hollinshead.
Paladin. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Paletta's Modest ARRAY variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Paletta's Modest CAPTURE RULE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Paletta's Modest GOAL variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Paletta's Modest MOVEMENT RULE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Paletta's Modest PAWN variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Paletta's Modest PIECE variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Paletta's Modest TURN variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Paletta.
Palindromic Chess. Play until the position on the board is the reversed of the starting postion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) and Becca Rabong. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
Panal: a hexagonal chess
. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. By Glenn Overby II.
Panal: a hexagonal chess. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
Pancake. A piece that moves and captures like a non-royal King or a Nightrider-style cannon. By Ralph Betza.
Panchimera. 33 pieces a side, includes all the knight augmented pieces. By Graeme C Neatham.
Panchimera. all the king's horses - a variant that doubles the number of each FIDE piece and then adds the knight augmented pieces. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Graeme C Neatham.
Pandemonium. Capablanca chess + Crazyhouse. By Daphne Snowmoon.
Panoply. A large hexagonal game with unusual pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
PantherChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Panthers per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
Pao.
Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
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.
Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Parachess. Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72) By Tony Paletta.
Parachess
. Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. By Tony Paletta.
Parachute Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing or threatening pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
Parachute Chess. Landing units may not attack any opposing unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Paradigm Chess30. Chess with Dragon Bishop and 30 positions. By Craig Willenberg and Lourenzo Van Niekerk.
Paragi. Shogi without drop rule + Strong pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
Parallel Worlds Chess. Three Boards. Two have the regular setup, while the third. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Paramount Parafigures. An army where some pieces are triply-divergent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. By Kevin Pacey.
Parsi Chess. 19th century southern Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
Particle Collision Chess. Taken pieces leave energy on the board that can be transformed into `mass': pieces. Author: João Pedro Neto. Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
Partner Chess. Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
Partnership Chaturanga. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Parton, V.R.. A page with information on V.R. Parton. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68) By Ralph Betza.
PASGL 312 Notation. A way to represent PASGL 312 Chess board positions. By John Lawson.
Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c. Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Passed Pawns Chess. Passed Pawns Chess on 8 x 8 and 10 x 10 Boards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke.
Passed Pawns Chess. A Decimal Falcon Chess Variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
Passed Pawns, Scorpions and Dragon. More Falcon Chess Variants. By George William Duke.
Passive ultima. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Patchanka. This is the Game Courier preset for Patchanka, a variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Patchanka. Decimal variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Patricia. On a 5 by 5 board, with drops and changing pieces. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Rob Nierse. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
Patricia. Construct a stalemate puzzle. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
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) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
Patrol Chess. A unit may not capture or give check unless it is supported. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
Patrol chess. More problems from CCM. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
Patt-Schach. Start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Patt-schach (Stalemate chess). Players start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pattern Chess. Use and overcome the pattern. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
The Pattern Game
. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
The Pattern Game. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
Patzer Chess. If you can check, you must do so. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Paul Schooling's Chess. Units transform when they capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Paul Schoolong's chess
. Missing description By Yu Ren Dong.
Paulovits's Game. Istv. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Paulovits's Game. Paulovits's chess variant, c. 1890, featuring leaping pieces Pasha and General (with zrf). By M Winther.
Paulowich's Chancellor Chess. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
Paulowich's Chancellor Chess
. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Paulowich.
Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Pawn (Xiangqi). Moves and captures one square straight forward.
Pawn Blackhole Chess. Each side is split into two and grouped into corners. Pawns play towards the center. Author: Nemo Thorx. Inventor: Nemo Thorx and Adam Corbally.
Pawn Chess. Pawns promote to first piece captured by opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black.
Pawn Collector Chess. Pick up counters on the empty squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing 8 pawns. Uses Shamanic Rooks, Pawn Eaters, Old Y Mover Elephants, and traditional Knights. By Gary K. Gifford.
Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing all your opponent's pawns. Game includes ancient Y-movers, Shaman Rooks, and Pawn-Eaters. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Pawn Less Chess. New pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Uri Bruck.
Pawn Less Chess
. Different pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. By Uri Bruck.
Pawn Massacre Chess. Black pieces start behind white pawns and vice versa. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
Pawn Massacre Chess. Non-pawn pieces swap initial ranks. By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
Pawn Odds Chess. White starts without the king's bishop's pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pawn Progression Chess. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pawn Pusher Chess
. Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Pawn Shogi. Experimental shogi variant with different types of pawns. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Pawn Shooter Chess. Defeat your opponent by shooting pawns at them! (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Pawn Vault Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
Pawn-Only Chess. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Pavel Tikhomirov.
Pawn-Only Chess
. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. Author: Marek14 .
Pawn-Only Chess
. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Pawnier Chess. Missing description (11x9, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
Pawnless vs. Pawnful FIDE. Which side do you think will win? The one with the queen or the one with the pawns? By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Pawns-to-Kings Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Pawntrooper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Prosser.
Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) By Philip John Brady.
Peanut Chess
. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Philip John Brady.
Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: George Whelan.
Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: George Whelan. Inventor: R. L. Frey.
Peasant Revolt Chess. Eight pawns vs. three knights and pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. L. Frey.
Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts. Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess. Author: Peter Aronson.
Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game. By Larry L. Smith.
Penta War
. Huge game with five clans. By Joost Aan de Brugh.
Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) By George Marino.
PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons. By Graeme C Neatham.
Penthouse. Game like Chess and Makruk but on the half of chessboard with drops and full chess set used. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Lev Grigoriev.
Penturanga
. contains rule file and 2 piece sets. By Graeme C Neatham.
Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46) By Graeme C Neatham.
Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Perfect 12
. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10? Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. By Köksal Karakus.
Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect"). Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Perfect Chess
. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
Perimeter Chess
. Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66) By Martin Janecke.
Persian Chess. Persian Chess. (9x9, Cells: 85) By Anooshiravan Ahmadi.
Peruvian Army Chess. A second board has aircraft that can bomb the orthochess board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet. Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess. Author: Peter Chatterton. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
Peter Ganine's Superba Set. Photos of the Superba (a.k.a. Gothic) pieces designed by Peter Ganine. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Derick Peterson.
Petite Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Petty Chess
. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
Pgn2fig
. Word macros for converting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files to figurine algebraic notation using chess fonts for the figurines. Author: Alastair Scott.
Phalanx Chess. Introducing the Phalanx pawn that can swap place with piece in front (with zrf). By M Winther.
Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece. By Simon Edward Jepps.
Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Phased clocks. a set of Clocks for timing Games. By Glenn Nicholls.
Phi Chess. Large variant variant inspired by the golden ratio, Phi. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
Phi Chess with Different Armies. Missing description (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
Philosopher's Chess Example Game. Missing description By Darren Izzard.
Philosophers Chess
. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece. Author: Fergus Duniho and Jens Markmann. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Darren Izzard.
Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. Missing description Author: Ann E. Moyer.
Phoenix. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil. Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Photos of a Gala Set.. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Photos of Korean Chess Players. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Photos of Omega Chess. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants. Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants. Author: Lex Kraaijeveld.
Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Inventor: Dan Brown.
PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Inventor: Dan Brown.
Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways. By Ralph Betza.
Pick the Piece Big Chess
. Massive collection of games featuring dual path Sorcerer Snake; crooked slider: Octopus and much more. By Charles Daniel.
Pick the Piece Big Chess. Players can choose to play with Gryphon, anti-Gryphon, SuperCannon, Flying Bomber, Ninja Pawns and many other diverse pieces. By Charles Daniel.
Pick the Piece Big Chess. In this customizable game, players decide on the pieces to fill two empty slots and those to be dropped during play. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Pick-the-Team chess
. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Piece Graphics Library by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Collection of piece graphics, specially made for use in Zillions-of-Games, by J.-L.Cazaux. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Piece Promotion Games. Two decimal variants: 'Shatranj Elephants' and 'Chaturanga'. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Piece Promotion Games 2
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Piececlopedia.
An encyclopedic reference on Chess variant pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Piececlopedia Guidelines. Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
PieceEater Chess
. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. By Peter Aronson.
Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Pierre Menard's Chess Variant. As described by Jorge Luis Borges. By Jeff Rients.
Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf). By M Winther.
Pillage
. Featuring the unique Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Sergey Sirotkin.
Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Gary K. Gifford.
Pillars of Medusa. Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games! Author: Jason Jakupca. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Pillars of Medusa. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess with two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa, on Game Courier . Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Pillow Chess
. Chess on a Pillow-shaped board. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Grant Cairns.
Pincer Pawn. Moves as rook, and takes by enclosing. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Pink Panther Chess. Possess the Pink Panther diamond give your piece extra moves. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Charles Gilman.
Pinwheel Chess. Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board. By C. George Boeree.
Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf). By M Winther.
Pioneers Chess. An elegant solution to draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Guillermo Alcántara.
PiRaTeKnIcS. Play this 44-squares chess variant in which pirates on ships fight each other on Game Courier. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Jagger.
PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38) By R Stephen Chafe.
The Pit. A pit over which only one of the pieces may jump. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Daniel Roth.
The Pit
. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. By Daniel Roth.
The Pit. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Daniel Roth.
Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece. By M Winther.
Pixelpusher variant: Almost chess. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Pixelpusher variant: Amazon chess. Play Amazon Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pixelpusher variant: Centerless chess. Play Centerless chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Java applet for chess variant on a 37-square board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
Pixelpusher variant: Dunsany Chess. Play Dunsany Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess.
Pixelpusher: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
The Pizza Kings
. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Walter Weiss.
Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf). By M Winther.
Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf). By M Winther.
Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. By M Winther.
Plaid Chess. Progressive Grid chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
Planar 4x4x4 Chess. 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field. By Larry L. Smith.
Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Platform Chess
. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. By Robert Price.
Platonic Chess. Platonic solids in a complete 10x10 chessboard. By Albert Lee.
Plattraum. 2d variant which, like Raumschach in 3d, has three basic long-range pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Play Mischia online with Game Courier. A small chess variant on a 6x6 board that plays similar to chess. (6x6, Cells: 36) By William Wragg.
Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against. By H. G. Muller.
Play.Chessvariants.com. The subdomain for playing Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Playchess. Correspondence chess server. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
PlayStrategy. Free site with open source code which lets you play several famous abstract board games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Ploy
. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
PlunderChess. Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
Plutonian Test Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes. By Steven Streetman.
Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pocket Knight Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pocket Knight Chess II. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pocket Knight Chess III. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
Pocket Mutation Chess
. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. By Michael Nelson.
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
Pocket pieces thematic tourney - Awards. Winning problems in a chess problem design competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière.
Pocket Polypiece Chess 43
. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. By Antoine Fourrière.
Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourrière.
Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket. By wdtr2.
Pocket Shogi Plus. Shogi Like game with a pocket to store and move pieces. By wdtr2.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality II: Revelation. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality III: Caissa's Comet. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality IV: Dialogue. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality IX: Sacrifice. Missing description By George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality V: The System. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VI: Promotion. Missing description By George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VII: Moving Pieces. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality VIII: The Pleiades. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality X: Seven Wonders. Missing description By George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XI: Pleiadic Dialogue. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. Missing description By George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XIII: Numerology. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Poems on Falcon chess: Genesis, and The System. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board.
Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose. Author: calebmcc111. Inventor: Samay Raina.
Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker. By Susannah Thorarinsson.
Pole Chess
. F.I.D.E. chess with Pole piece added: from the SF/fantasy novel "Robot Adept". Author: Malcolm Webb. Inventor: Piers Anthony and Malcolm Webb.
Pole Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Piers Anthony.
Politically Correct Chess. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
Politically Correct Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
Poll for April 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for April, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll for February 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for February, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll for January 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll for January 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll for June 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for June, 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll for November 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for November, 2004. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll for October 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for October, 2004. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1! Author: David Howe.
Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (5x(), Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Greg Strong.
Polymorph Chess
. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. By Greg Strong.
Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Pompeii Chess. Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25) By Dan Troyka.
Pompeii Chess
. Variant on board with 25 squares. By Dan Troyka.
Pool Chess
. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail. Author: David B. Pritchard.
Popular Chess Variants. Missing description Author: David B. Pritchard.
Popular Chess Variants. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Portugese Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where you move each piece at most once. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Portuguese Progressive Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: George William Duke.
Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. By George William Duke.
Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Spicer and Michael Chamberlain. Inventor: Peter Spicer.
Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,. By David Howe.
Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Potential/Demotion Chess
. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. By Peter Aronson.
Power Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. (5x7, Cells: 39) By Ronald Hoekstra.
Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.
Powerchess. Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types.
Powerchess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with additional queen and combination piece per player. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer.
PowerChess. Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows. Inventor: Gerd P. Degens.
Pre-Chess. Place your first rank as you choose before the game begins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Preference Poll for 1st GC Tournament. Rank your preferences for which games you would like to play in the first Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Preference Poll for Third Game Courier Tournament. Sign up for the 3rd Game Courier tournament by voting in this poll. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Preferred format of HTML code. Our guidelines on writing HTML code for submissions to our site. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces. By Tucker Kao.
Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tucker Kao.
Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lawrence Crane.
Presto Chess. First check by a unit which cannot be captured wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
The Prime Minister. Missing description Author: Jose Carrillo.
Prime Ministers Chess. An adaptation of Gabriel Vicente Maura's 1968 Modern Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Prime-Ministers Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Prime.Ministers Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Primitive Chess
. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
Prince. 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) Author: Gavin Smith and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
The prince's game. based off of quang trung chess. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Andy Maxson.
Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
The Princess and The Warrior
. Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui. Printable Board and Pieces. Author: Jan Horinek.
Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king! By Charles Daniel.
Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84) By Steve Costa.
Prisoner's Escape. Object is to un-check your opponent; winner of first prize in 44 squares design contest. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Prisoner's Escape
. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. By Peter Aronson.
Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
Prisoners. Captured pieces move to second chess board. By Ronald Drinning.
Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Privacy Policy. What information we keep about you and how we protect your privacy. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Problemesis.
Webmagazine on chess problems.
ProCycle Chess. Individual pieces promote one by level after each played move. By Ken Franklin.
Programming Piece Movement in Game Courier. A tutorial on two different ways to program piece movement in Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen.
Progressive 007 Chess. Players play increasing numbers of moves each turn, but which color you move simply alternates. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Progressive Absorption Chess. Very popular in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Progressive Chess
. A collection of variants with increasing numbers of moves each turn. Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
Progressive Chess. An online guide to Progressive Chess. Author: Doug Hyatt.
Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Progressive chess with random setups. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrea Mori and Alessandro Castelli.
Progressive Losing Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Progressive Mutation Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Progressive Take-All Chess. Very popular in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Progressive Writing Chess. You have to write more and more each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates. Author: Ed Friedlander.
PromoChess. Everything but the king can power up. Mix of Japanese/Western/fairy pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Glenn Overby II.
PromoChess
. Everything but the king can power up. By Glenn Overby II.
Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Promoter Chess.
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:/CUSTOM_XSSoj_END. Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabio Forzoni.
Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By João Pedro Neto.
Promotions & Demotions
. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By João Pedro Neto.
Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tibor Orban.
Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation. Author: Glenn Overby II.
Proselyte Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command!. Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it. Author: David Howe.
Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294) By Charles Gilman.
Protomorphic-Chess. Start with only kings (and pawns), pieces change to different type after move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Provocation Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
Proximity Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Pseudo-Modern Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Push Chess. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Push Chess
. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Pushmi-Pullyu.
Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60) By John Smith.
PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Pyramid Chase. Chase on a pyramid, 561 hexagons. By Florin Lupusoru.
Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (4x(), Cells: 120) By Florian Klachl.
Pyrrhus Chess. The Pyrrhus moves like a king but paralyzes enemy pieces at queen's distance (with zrf). By M Winther.
Pyrrhus Chess. Introducing the terrible Pyrrhus that can paralyse enemy pieces with its gaze (with zrf). By M Winther.
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