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"Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100) By donald henry.
007 Chess. A variant where you also move your opponents pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mason Green.
10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104) By Daniil Frolov.
10x10 Multiple Knot Chess. Board in `mathematical shape'.
12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares. By Andrew L Smith.
12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125) By Charles Gilman.
16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces. By Zhedric Meneses.
2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
2 Pronged Chess. Each player makes "simultaneous" moves with 2 different pieces. By John Whelan.
21st Century Chess. An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80)
2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2Hit Shogi. Shogi with 2 hits to destroy a piece, and drop pieces at start. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3 Player Chess
. On a large (217 hexagon) board. By Dennis Matthews.
3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75) By Bn Em.
3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
4 Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Patrick Riley.
4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
4 Linepiece Fusion. Variants in which straight linepieces get to fuse with Crooked or Bent ones. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
4 Player Chess
. Commercial four player chess variant.
4-Player Pothole Chess. Bulldozers and cars and other vehicles are pieces in 4-player chess variant. (7x7, Cells: 39) and Seth Blanchard. and Seth Blanchard.
4-way chess by Taurus games
. Commercial fourhanded chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen R. Stockman.
4x16 Race Chess Revisited. New version of race chess on circular 4 by 16 board. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
52Chess. A piece may teleport to the square corresponding to a drawn card. By Kevin Pacey.
6 by 10 Pawnless Half variants. Pawnless variants rearranging non-Pawn ranks of variants with 10 ranks by 10 or more files onto just 6 files. (6x10, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
6 Ranks, remaining variants. Extrapolations from the Diana/Los Alamos/Haynie's Primary family of variants. (6x6) By Charles Gilman.
64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). By JT K.
8x8 adaptation. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
8x8 Heart Chess. Chessboard in form of heart.
8x8 Hyperbolic Chess. Mathematician Missoum has a board based on hyperbola.
8x8 Reversible Stairs-Chess. Chessboard looks like stairs.
8x8 Spider Web Spiral Chess. Board in shape of spider web.
9x9 Squares Rotating Chess. Usual set of pieces in different setup and changed movement on 9 by 9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Glenn Overby II.
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Hans Aberg.
Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
Accelerated Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Kevin Pacey.
Accelerated Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with several compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Accessory Chess
. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Ackanomic Party Chess
. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game. Author: Uri Bruck.
Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game. Author: Uri Bruck.
Action Man's Chess. A small (5x6) board and simple pieces ensures lots of easy-to-understand action. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Francois Tremblay.
Adjutant Chess
. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Este.
Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42) By Luiz Carlos Campos.
Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles W. Stinson.
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406) By (zzo38) A. Black.
AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Airplane Chess
. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf). By M Winther.
Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Köksal Karakus.
Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Johannes Tranelis.
Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Thomas .
Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army. By Ralph Betza.
Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'. By Ralph Betza.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Doug Chatham.
All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Chris Taylor.
All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Alpaca Chess
. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
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.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Alternative Chess
. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks. By Ralph Betza.
Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board. By Albert Lee.
Amazons
. Amazons and a computer version. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Pegg Jr.. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabrice Liardet.
American Chess
. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win. By Andy Thomas.
Amiral Chess
. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
Amoeba. Small variant with 38 movable squares. (7x7, Cells: 38) By Jim Aikin.
Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Amphora. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Andromi
. Game with simple rules. Inventor: Ronald D. Planesi.
Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces. Author: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Angel Chess
. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf). Author: M Winther. Inventor: L. P. D'Autremont.
Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Greg Strong.
Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Annan Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Kieran Child.
Anti-Chess
. Lose all your pieces to win. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
Anti-Magnetic Chain Chess. Pieces that moved must have a chain of `anti-magnetic interaction' with their own king. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Anti-Relay Chess. Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece. By Michael Nelson.
Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Anywhere Chess and Variations. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. With several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
Apocalypse. Small variant of knights and pawns; objective is to take all pawns. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: C. S. Elliott.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.
Arabian Nights Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84) Author: Paul E. Newton. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dominique Leste.
Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Dominique Leste.
Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Cyrus Arturas.
Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves. By Jeff Kiska.
Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42) By David Howe.
Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hector H. Carreño.
Arimaa
. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Riessen.
Armis
. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions. Author: Ben M Reiniger and Vladimir . Inventor: Vladimir .
Arnhem Chess. Game on board of 38 squares. (6x7, Cells: 38) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Arrangement Chess
. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens. By Albert Lee.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
Assassination Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with teleporters and assassins. (10x10, Cells: 100) and Seth Blanchard. and Seth Blanchard.
Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ismael Santos.
Assideum
. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.
Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gerben Dirksen.
Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Nassah Bey Taher.
Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Erez Schatz.
Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent. By Terry H. Jones.
Attrition Chess. Played on an 11x10 board, each player starts with 33 pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) By Nathan James.
Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniel Hollombe.
Aviation Chess
. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Axis and Allies Chess. Diceless variant of Axis and Allies. By David A. Harrell.
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Bach Dang Chess. On board with 100 squares, with crafts and other special pieces and rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Vu Q Vo.
Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Doug Chatham.
Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Charles Gilman.
Back-to-Back Chess. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100) By Paul Kreutzer.
Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132) By Greg Strong.
Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Baladãna
. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'. By Martin Miller.
Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: M G Balbo.
Ballista Chess
. game in which Ballistae give Pieces the ability to move across the Board. (9x8, Cells: 72) By NeodymiumPhyte.
Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63) By Patrik Hedman.
Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules. By A. M. DeWitt.
Banzai Chess. Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincenzo Rapisardi.
Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Paul Barasi.
Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alex . Inventor: Panos Louridas.
Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Barion
. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ken Regan.
Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
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.
Basilisk Chess
. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Bastardo
. 4-player game.
Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) By Craig Daniel.
Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
The Battle of the Animals. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Battle of the Six Armies
. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A. By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378) By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Modest Solans.
Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Mikhail Sosnovsky.
Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. (11x10, Cells: 100) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc. By Jörg Knappen.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn. By Donald Seagraves.
Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
Belfry Chess
. Introducing the belfry catapult. By M Winther.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39) By Ben Good.
Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edmund Hebermann.
Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Beryl Chess. Variant on board of 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Alexandre Muñiz.
Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128) By Köksal Karakus.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers. By Roger Cooper.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) By Antoine Fourrière.
Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces. By David Howe.
Big Battle
. Large (10x10), commercial variant. By M. K. Morrison.
Big Board Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with individual opening setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Alfred Schönfelder.
Big Chess. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. (14x8, Cells: 112) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Big Outer Chess. Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the centre. (12x12, Cells: 148) By Peter Blanchard.
BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Graeme C Neatham.
Bigorra. A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourrière.
Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Eshuis.
Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fabio Forzoni.
Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
Bingo Chess. A cross between Chess and Bingo. (Cells: 41) By Doug Chatham.
Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43) By Timothy R. Newton.
Bird Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and John Gollon. Inventor: Henry Bird.
Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132) By Edwin J Wilhelm.
Bishops
. Commercial four-player game. By Edwin J Wilhelm.
Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Black Hole Chess. Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings. (9x11, Cells: 100) By David Short.
Black Holes. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. (5x8, Cells: 40) By Juraj Lörinc.
Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black and Gary K. Gifford.
Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Blindfold Chess
. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Neal Turner.
Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides. By George William Duke.
Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.
Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Bodyguard Chess
. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available). By M Winther.
Bolyar Chess
. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available). Author: M Winther.
Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bruce Harper.
Bombardier Chess
. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). By M Winther.
BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Adam Norberg.
Bomberman Chess. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80)
BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44) By Jared B. McComb.
Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Gerd P. Degens.
Bosworth
. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
Bottleneck Chess. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41) By Köksal Karakus.
Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces. By sam tenka.
Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Brawl Chess. Chess on a 12x12 board loaded with powerful pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Kevin Pacey.
Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Pivovarov.
Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
The Bridge 41. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41) By Hubert Lamontagne.
Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal adaptation of Chess with horizontal ranks. (8x12, Cells: 84) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.
Buccaneer Chess
. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available). By M Winther.
Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Bughouse Links
. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources.
Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
Bughouse.net
. Extensive website with information on Bughouse.
Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Bureau-Spiel. Chess on a 24x8 board with an assortment of pieces, many powerful. (24x8, Cells: 192) By Kevin Pacey.
Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bushi shogi
. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai. By Georg Dunkel.
Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points. By Ralph Betza.
By Rook Or by Crook. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. (Cells: 42) By Jeff Rients.
Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: N. N. Grushevsky.
Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: John Ayer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
Cai Qi
. Chesslike game on circular board. Inventor: Patrick Hassel Zein.
Caïssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Michael Asher.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tony Quintanilla.
Camel Decimal Chess. Decimal Chess with Camel. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Camelopard Chess. Game with Camelopards. (12x12, Cells: 144) By HaruN Y.
Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Zeitlin.
Cannibal Chess. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Peter Michaelsen.
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By A. M. DeWitt.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42) By David Short.
Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Tony Paletta.
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Relocation Chess
. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career. By Jörg Knappen.
Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. By Ralph Betza.
Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Thomas Cameron.
Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe.
Cardinal Super Chess Home Page
. Link to company site.
Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Castalia Chess
. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Éric Angelini.
Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Cat's Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Cataclysm. Large board game with short-range pieces designed to be dramatic without being overly complicated or dragging on too long. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Greg Strong.
Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Catastrophic 8x8 Chess. Mathematician Missoum gives a new type of chessboard.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Queen Chess. Queen rides a horse and therefore it passively moves as Knight (but captures as usual). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Princess Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Centaurs and Princesses (archbishops) added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) By John William Brown.
Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
Central Point Chess. Small 7x7 game with different pieces. By QIDb602.
Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup. By Carlos Cetina.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Christian Freeling.
Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.
Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christian Freeling.
Chamaeleon
. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. Inventor: Wolfgang Großkopf.
Chameleon. Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
Chameleon Chess. On each turn the rank of the moved piece changes. By Sergey Sirotkin.
Chameleon Chess. Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. (6x7, Cells: 42) By P. D. Magnus.
Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
Champagne Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with ferfils and dragons added. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chance Chess Co.
. Web site.
Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Changi with diagonal pieces. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Chaos
. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers. Inventor: Ron Kensek.
Chaos Chess. Pieces are placed randomly everywhere on the board before the game starts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Allen Jett.
Chaos Chess
. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
Chaotenschach. Players start the game by making a secret setup on their own half of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Chariots. Standard pieces start as pairs with shared capabilities, but can separate and recombine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Jagger.
Charismatic Chess. x5 speed up your chess game! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen Inventor: Danielle Allen.
Chassyrinth
. A 'color-attribute' based hexagonal chess variant. Inventor: Kumar Yelubandi.
Chatter Chess. Variant based on the idea of line chatter where rider pieces can switch to other friendly pieces' lines of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chaturanga
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Chaughts. A mixture of chess and international draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Hedden.
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
CHECK 11. 11 different original factions, chosen secretly, each with extra powers when few pieces remain. By Paul Thierry TESSA.
Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Richard D.B.M. and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard D.B.M..
Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
Checkless Chess. Giving check without mate is not allowed. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chesh
. 3 player, hexagonal chess.
Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
Chesimal Fusion I. Missing description (16x12) By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals: Autonomous Multi-unit Pieces. self-contained autonomous multi-square pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination
. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Chesquerque. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Chess 112. Large variant on an 8x12 board. (14x8, Cells: 112) By Carl Wenrich.
Chess 121. Large chess variant with Demo Dos-program. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Russell Grigsby.
Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerhard Josten.
Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Johnny Luken.
Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess 66. Board based on the 8x8 arrangement - with the difference that 66 fields are now available. (8x8, Cells: 66) By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess 68. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68)
Chess 69
. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess 911. 9x9 board plus corner squares, compounds, and special diagonals. (9x9, Cells: 85) By Persian Chess.
Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Chess 99
. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered. By Claude Lapointe.
Chess and a Half. Game with extra leapers. By sirius628.
Chess And Physics. Several chess variants based on physics. Author: João Pedro Neto. Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group. Author: Jouni Tolonen.
Chess Cards. Cardgame with chess flavor. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Chaos. Announcement of pack of cards that affect chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
Chess for Three
. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
Chess for Three
. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
Chess for Three
. A 3-player variant on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess II. Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jesse A. Obligacion.
Chess in a Klein bottle. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in a Moebius Strip. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in a Toroidal Board. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in the Fast Lane. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. (8x8, Cells: 41) By Francois Tremblay.
Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
Chess Jester
. 4-player variant with two new pieces. Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364) By Jeremy Cooper.
Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Chess Legions
. Decimal variant with extra, exotic pieces. By Morien Wyn Jones.
Chess New. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 64) By Hector Quintana.
Chess of Amazons. Chess played on a 10x10 board with all FIDE pieces, but extra pawns, and the Amazon piece from the Game of Amazons. By paculino.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a board with 37 squares. Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. (Cells: 37) Author: Alfred Pfeiffer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chess on a Cylindrical Board. 8 by 14 board in with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped. Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourrière.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By David Howe.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Chess on multiple chess boards. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Ralph Betza.
Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
Chess on a Tesseract. Chess played over the 24 two-dimensional sides of a tesseract. (24x(5x5), Cells: 504) By Bob Greenwade.
Chess on an Infinite Plane. Chess game with no boundaries (infinite board), and Guard, Chancellor, and Hawk. () By V. Reinhart.
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
The Chess Plus Deck
. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards.
Chess Plus Plus Deck
. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.