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Chess Variants, 50 variants on the game of chess. Information on a book. Author: Adrey Caljé.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Chess vs Strong Makruk. Chess against an enhanced Makruk army in an 8x8 board. By Albert Lee.
Chess with a Fool. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess with checkers added. Add checkers in front of the pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (Recognized!) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. Author: John Lawson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies: Cylindrical Cinders. Ralph Betza variant, in which the White Pieces have the advantage of treating the board cylindrically. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Extended Castle. Standard chess with extended castle rule, effectuating greater opening variance (with zrf). By M Winther.
Chess with Extra Bishops. FIDE Chess with Extra Pair of Bishops that Start from Same Square. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess with magical connections. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aleksandr Kostin.
Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chess with Promoters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Promoters. Each player has a piece which may promote the pieces of his opponent. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Quantum Bishops. Bishops move orthogonally along both paths and end up where a normal bishop would end up. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess with Reserves. Load your units during the game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: E. Slater.
Chess without pawns
. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Nick Bentley and Christian Freeling.
Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul Keres.
Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chess100. Piece positions are modestly randomized according to Arrangement Chess rules, castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess256. The pawns are randomized on the 2nd and 3rd rank. By M Winther.
Chess36. Game with invisible piece set up. By Joel .
Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess480. Fischer Random Chess with orthodox castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess484. Before play, certain pieces are regrouped, creating natural positions. Castling is retained (+ zrf). By M Winther.
Chess64. The piece array is moderately randomized according to Relocation Chess rules, castling is retained. By M Winther.
Chess960.com
. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Chess960x3. Variant of Chess960. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hadi Aireche.
Chessapawn. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Chessapawn
. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. By Robert Price.
ChessBreakTimes Chess. Chess with elements of chess-based RPG I slowly elaborate at this time. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
ChessCraft
. An Android app for playing Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
Chessence of Jim Winslow. Movement is dictated by relation to friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessgi
. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chessgi. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessling
. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Chessling
. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
ChessVariants.zrf. 17 variants in 1 file. By (zzo38) A. Black.
ChessWar
. Strategic game played with chess pieces. By Kalle Marjola.
Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Cheversi. A mix of chess pieces and reversi-like strategy. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Cheversi Solitaire. Solitaire version of Cheversi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chimera Chess. The highlight of this chess variant are the Chimera pieces, which are substantially enhanced versions of the orthodox Knight. By Albert Lee.
Chinese Checkers Chess
. Some pieces may make multiple jumps as in Chinese Checkers. By Ken Franklin.
Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Chivalrous Attrition
. Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William F. Bultas.
Chogi
. Cross between Shogi and Chess.
Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Choice chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gianni Cottogni.
Chu Shogi. Play this large Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller.
Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Monréal.
Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: George P. Spicas.
Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Michel Caillaud.
Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circular Chess
. D. Reynolds's Circular Chess, a modern version of a Byzantine variant (with zrf). By M Winther.
Circular Chess Tournament for 2005
. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament. Author: Dave Reynolds and Richard Orange.
Citadel. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karen Robinson.
Claustrophobia Chess. game is lost if King has no space to move. By Thomas .
Clear of knights chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Cleopatra Chess. Dan Troyka game, similar to Benedict Chess but with only one color-changing piece. Cleopatra "seduces" any piece she sees. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess
. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. By Dan Troyka.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent. By Fergus Duniho.
Closing Time. During certain turns, you must move pieces out of a central area of the board (`the pub'). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Co-Regal Chess. Take the enemy King/Queen and checkmate the remaining monarch to win. By Tank .
Coalition. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Codrus. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Kutasi Márton.
Colorbound. Missing description By Ed Friedlander.
Colorbound Chess. Pieces never change their squares’ color, so army is divided into two halves – attacking and defending. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Colorboundmost and Nearly Colorboundmost Chess. Games with all pieces either completely or almost completely colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Columbia Cannon. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Combat Chess II. A wargame-like chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Garwood.
Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Combining Knightmare Chess
. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. By Peter Aronson.
Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Commando Pawn Chess
. Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Communist Chess. When you capture an opponent's piece, you must destroy one of your own pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Companion chess. The Queen may have a companion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Piotr Smagacz.
Complicacious Chess. Variant in which Chess piece change type. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Compromise Chess. Propose two moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Conditional Chess. In addition to a normal move, a player states a move that is executed if a certain condition holds. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Conditional Quantum Chess. You may move to two squares each turn, but only one is a real move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Configuration Chess
. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Configuration Chess. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
Confusion Chess 1b. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Confusion Chess1b
. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece. By Dan Troyka.
Conquer II. The goal of the game is to conquer the opponent's army and to add it to your own army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Conquer the opponent's army. Captured pieces change sides immediately, occupying the square the capturer moved from. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Conquest ®. A popular board game, designed and marketed by Donald Benge. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Kristianson.
The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
Contact Chess. Connecting pieces enhances movement, attack and defense. Powerful pawns and kings. By John Gallez.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong.
Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book! Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Contramatic Chess. This king can walk right into check! The goal for this king is to get checkmated. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Conversion Chess. A co-chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
Coregal Chess
. Both kings and queens are royal. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Corner Chess. Two or four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board with pieces starting in the corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Corridor Chess. FIDE but subtracting rook pawns and setting pieces up in house in middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cost Progressive Chess. Pieces cost varing amounts of movement points to move, and each turn you get more movement points to move them with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Evan Koch.
Countdown Queens
. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
Courier Chess. Play this historic Chess variant with Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
Coward Chess
. King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places. By Ken Franklin.
Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Crazyhouse No Retreat Morphy Chess
. Normal Crazyhouse except pieces cannot move backwards. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
CrazyKrieg. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
CrazyWar
. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Creating Hexagonal Board Graphics. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Marve Meirovitz.
Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David B. Pritchard.
Crowd Chess 1: Safety in Numbers. More pieces can occupy the same square - you can only form or move to a crowd by a non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crowd Chess 2: All Go Together. More pieces can occupy the same square and share the same fate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crown
. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal. Inventor: L. U. Kisljuk.
Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.
Crown Prince Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz.
Cruise Pawns. Pawns can shoot away like cruise missiles. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crushed Chess. After every 10 turns, the perimeter disappears. Author: Ben M Reiniger.
The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Culverin Chess
. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Dunn.
Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeremy Dunn.
The Custom Crushers. A 'build it yourself' Chess with Different Armies army inspired by the Corps from 12 Augmenters Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.
Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
Cutty Camels. Army for Chess with Different Armies that features Wizard from Omega Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
CwDA: the Shatranjian Shooters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Joe Joyce. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Joe Joyce.
Cylinder Chess. Play Cylindrical Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain.
Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect. Author: Ed Friedlander.
A Cylinder chess puzzle - 1. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. Piccinini.
A Cylinder chess puzzle - 2. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. W. Mongredien.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Fergus Duniho.
Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
d10 Chess. Roll a ten sided die (d10) every turn to determine which pieces may be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bruce Leban.
d4 d6 chess. Dice determine the number of steps you can move with your piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Maurice Dekker.
Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jens Baek Nielsen. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess
. You can see all of your pieces, but only those of your opponent that you attack. Author: Andreas Kaufmann. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess II. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dennis Merritt and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dennis Merritt.
Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Baek Nielsen.
Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
Dead Square
. When pieces take, the square becomes impassible and all surrounding pieces disappear. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jason Shields.
Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
Decisive Chess. Chess, but replacing draw rules with win/loss rules. By Iwer Sonsch.
Deep Blue versus Kasparov
. White and Black each have their own way of winning.
Defensive Chess. White king is not royal, and Red units (except king) cannot go beyond the midline. If White has not won by 50 moves, Red wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Delayed Chess
. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
Demi Chess. Weak short range pieces with less symmetry than some more familliar pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
DemiChess. Most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
DemiChess Revisited. Updated information on DemiChess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
DemiRifleChess. Rifle Chess where most pieces have about half the strength as in normal chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
The Demon Game. Larry Smith 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament
. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Deployment. The initial setup of the pieces is open but hidden from the other player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
Descent Chess. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andreas Kaufmann.
Descent Chess. Kaufmann's drop variant. Begins with only K + P + P. Recommendable! Author: M Winther. Inventor: Andreas Kaufmann.
Descent Chess Zillions file.
. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. By Andreas Kaufmann.
Desert Benedict Chess
. A hybrid of Desert Chess by Uwe Wiedemann and Benedict Chess by W.D Troyka. By Rich Hutnik.
Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Desert Pub Chess. A game with Desert Ferz and Desert Wazirs which make muliple captures by jumping. By Gary K. Gifford.
Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
Desertion Chess
. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. By Uwe Wiedemann.
Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
Diagonal Chess
. Board turned 45 degrees. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Howe.
Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns. By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
Diagonal Oblong Chess
. The board is an oblong on diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. By Shi Ji.
Diagonal Oblong Chess. The board is an oblong in diagonal direction. By Shi Ji. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Shi Ji.
Diagonal pawn chess. Pawns always move diagonally, whether capturing or not. By Joel .
Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Pieces start in two of the four by four quadrants of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ian Storz.
Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Different setup and pawn moves. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Storz.
Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics. By Fergus Duniho.
Diagram Editor with scalable graphics. An easy-to-use tool for drawing boards and pieces of any size and color. By H. G. Muller.
Diamond Chess. Based on orthodox chess but rotated 45 degrees (invented in 1886). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: A.K. Porterfield Rynd.
Diamondback Chess. Pieces start in corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mike Schneider.
Dice Chess
. Die roll determines which type of piece is moved. By Ronald Drinning.
Dice chess (wikipedia rules)
. Dice chess using 2 dice, wikipedia rules. Author: Kevin Pacey.
Dice Chess I. Move the unit indicated by the roll of a six-sided die. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dice Chess V. If you cannot move the unit shown on the six-sided die,. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul Movak.
Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. By George William Duke.
Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Dice-Money Chess. Earn money if you do what is written on the dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Diceless Chessgammon. Move all pieces off the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Different Armies
. Various black armies versus the standard white army. By Roger Cooper.
Different moving pieces
. Missing description Author: Andrew Juell.
Different Pawns Random Chess.
Missing description By Vitya Makov.
Dimension X, Problem # 7. An endgame problem for Dimension X, after Pawn g5-g6 who wins? By Gary K. Gifford.
Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) and Derrick Fernandez.
Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Discochess
. Distributed Chess. By Marc A. Donis.
Discreet Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel with no information about pawn captures or checks; win by capturing the opposing king. Author: Ed Friedlander.
The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Disguised King II. Win by capturing the secret royal pawn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Displaced Grid Chess. A Grid Chess variant that allows kings to visit corners, etc. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Grant.
Displacement Chess 2. Chess with flexible castling, reverse symmetry and no opening theory. By Charles Daniel.
Displacement Chess 2. The most logical step for the evolution of standard Chess: flexible castling and interchange of king and queen for one side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Charles Daniel.
Displacement Chess 2
. Chess with minor modifications and no opening theory! By Charles Daniel.
Divergent Dreamers. Army for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can only move when it has a neighbour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Divided Forces Chess. Half of your army starts on the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) and David Howe.
Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
DoGod Random. Pawns and pieces dispersed on first and second ranks. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Don't Cross Midnight. Chess on a rotating planet; units may not cross the International. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Claude Chaunier.
Doppelganger Chess. Pieces have their "doubles" (Doppelgangers). Capture an opponent's piece to make both disappear... uses a FIDE chess set. By Gary K. Gifford.
Doppelganger Chess. Pieces and their doppelgangers are connected for capture and promotion! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Double Hammer Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Double Move Chess #1. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Double Move Chess #2. Move twice per turn, win by capture not checkmate, check or mate ends turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double Move Chess #3. Move twice per turn with the same piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Double Moves. Move your opponent's pieces after moving your own. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ronald Drinning.
Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Soren Kirk.
Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Double-Ended Chess. Captures are by withdrawal and approach. By Peter Aronson.
Double-Pawn Chess
. Pawns may combine into Double-Pawns which move twice a turn. By Peter Aronson.
Doublebarrel Chess
. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Doublemove chess. Move twice per turn, with by King capture, not checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess
. All pieces may move twice when moving. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Douglas Modern chess. A chess variant with a more interesting start position, leading to more action. By Ian Douglas.
Dovecote Chess. One small non-rules tweak generally changes the character and pace of gameplay. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Dragon Chess. Regular chess army against a single, 3x3, unwieldy but powerful piece. By kittytac.
Dragon Wars. Multiple types of Dragon duke it out. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
Dragonet Chess. The Dragonet flies to any square queenwise, captures piece behind landing square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Dragoon Chess
. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. By NotCricket .
Drawless Chess
. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael D. Ward.
Drawless Chess. Simple rules are added to make draws impossible. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Ward.
Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). By M Winther.
Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
DUAL RING Tournament Format. Tournament format for handling uneven number of players. By Rich Hutnik.
Duck Chess. A Duck that must be moved by both players can block your moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Tim Paulden.
Duck Soup Chess. Pawns on turnwise randomly determined colored squares cannot be taken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess. Game where usual pieces become mercenaries, horsemen, golems, assassins and adapts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy chess variant. By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Duluth chess. 5 minor changes to Western Chess that can affect all stages of the game. By Jeff Johnson.
Duluth Chess. 5 minor changes to Western chess that can affect all stages of the game. Author: Jeff Johnson.
Dune Chess
. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. By Larry L. Smith.
Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Dutch Chess
. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Dutch Chess. Pawns start on the back ranks and move as queens. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dutch Chess. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gerben Dirksen.
Dynamic Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant with free setup. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess. Author: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
Dynasty Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben M Reiniger.
E-Chess. The chess pieces appear on the board during the game. By Вадря Покштя.
Each Piece Once Chess. Each turn, move as many as all your pieces, but only once! By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
echess. (Micro) Evolutionary CHESS game. By bp .
Echo Chess I. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Echo Chess II. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Eclipse Chess. Units in the eclipse zone cannot move or give check. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Ed's Chess Applet. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Edge Chess
. Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. Inventor: Mitch Martin.
Edge Chess
. Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Mitch Martin.
Edgehog Chess. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
Edgehog Chess. Queens may move only to or from edges of the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Driver.
Edgehog Chess
. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
Eight Kings. Each player has eight kings and wins by mate or stalemate one of the kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Elephant Chess. Featuring the time-honoured Burmese Elephant. By M Winther.
Elk Chess. The double-barrelled Elk moves differently depending on square colour. By M Winther.
Elk Chess (with Scorpions). Poisonous Scorpion pawns combined with the restive Elk, that changes with the colour of the square. By M Winther.
Elkrider Chess. Elkrider plus regular pieces. The Elkrider moves like a Nightrider if standing on white squares, otherwise it moves like a Rook. By M Winther.
Elven Chess. Play this 10x10 variant with a double-capturing piece on Jocly. Author: H. G. Muller and Michel Gutierrez. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Emperor of China
. A Chess and Halma mixed game. By Vincent Everaert.
Emperor of China. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vincent Everaert.
Empire Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like queens but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.
Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Jason Shields.
Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
En Passant Chess. All pieces can be taken en passant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Kurnia.
En Passant Chess. All pieces have the en passant option. Koksal Karakus version. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Endgame. Players start out with 16 pawns and gain pieces via promotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jorge Nuno Silva.
Enemy Progressive chess. Make one normal move and an increasing number of moves with enemy pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Enep. An experimental variant with enhanced knights and an extra pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Aurelian Florea.
Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Energizer Chess. Chess on a normal board with an Archbishop and a Chancellor added. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
English Progressive Chess. White moves once, black twice, white three times, etc. Series ends when a check is given. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
English Progressive Chess. Missing description Author: Ed Friedlander.
Enhanced Pawn Chess (EPC). Pawn upgrading by extended capturing possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerd P. Degens.
Enochian Chess. Four-player team variant of the Golden Dawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Rients.
Entangled chess. Game inspired by the physical phenomenon of quantum entanglement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Theodoros Papadopoulos.
Entropy Chess. Every move, you may move an enemy piece to an unattacked square. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
Equalized Shatranj. Basic weak moves of ancient pieces are compensated by their numbers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Equinox chess. A game with well crafted openings. By Joel .
Euqorab. Anti-Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
European Chess. A multiplayer, different armies form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. By Peter Aronson.
Evolution Chess. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Harvey Patterson.
Evolution Chess
. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. By Harvey Patterson.
Exclusive Chess. Mate is only allowed if there is a unique way to do so. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Theodor Steubel.
Execute the Game
. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. By Davey W Drehs.
Exhausted King. Win by giving permanent check. . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Exile Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Exinox Chess. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
Exinox Chess. Normal chess set, new type of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Expansion chess. Get points per each your piece on other half of board to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Miguel Villa.
Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. Varghese.
Extended squares Chess. Some areas of adjacent squares of the board can be seen as one cell. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Extinction Chess
. Download this file to see this game played in the 2003 Multivariant Tournament! Author: Michael Nelson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Extinction Chess. Win by capturing every piece of the same type. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
Extra Move Chess. Move twice per turn with Extra Move Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Extra Move Chess ZRF
. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. By Fergus Duniho.
Extrapawn Chess. Standard chess with one extra pawn per player in the reserve (with zrf). By M Winther.
Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidal board using three warp lines with 8 corners tied together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidally interwoven board using same number of squares and pieces as FIDE Chess. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Fair-Chess. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Janevert Kaan.
Fair-Chess
. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. By Janevert Kaan.
Fairy Pieces part 1
. zillions file with many shogi pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Fairy-Max
. Free open source chess variant software. By H. G. Muller.
Fairy-Max. A chess engine configurable for playing a wide variety of chess variants. By H. G. Muller.
FairyGen. Generator for end-game tables with fairy pieces. By H. G. Muller.
Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Falcon King Chess. A shortrange variant on an 8x8 board featuring a pair of royal Falcons. By Joe Joyce.
Fall 2004 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2004.
Falling Off. `Captured' pieces do not disappear, but get momentum, and can fall off the edge of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Favorite Games. Chess variants favorited by our members. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Favorite Games of their Inventors. What the Chess variant inventors here consider their best work. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Fearsome Chess. Fear is the main rule. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Feebback Chess
. Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture. By Peter Aronson.
Feeble Chess
. Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Feeble Chess. Pieces are weak as they must use a turn to change direction or flip between taking and non-taking mode; includes Weakest Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Feint Chess. Every second piece is unable to capture - it just threatens. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jens Niemann.
The Fellowship of the Ring
. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. By Robert Price.
The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Fellowship of the Ring Puzzles. Several problems based on the Fellowship of the Ring variant. By Robert Price.
Fetch Chess. Double-move game where the Cat (who may be a 3rd player) may or may not fetch your pawns back. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Fianchetto Chess. Bishops and Rooks exchange starting squares. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
Fianchetto Chess
. Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jack Middleman.
Fianchetto Chess. Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper. Inventor: Jack Middleman.
Fibonacci Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steve Costa.
Fibonacci Chess. Players can make multiple moves per turn, the number determined by the fast growing Fibonacci sequence. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Bradley.
FIDE
. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
FIDE Chess Kamil. FIDE Chess but with extra pawns, extra bishops and a store of superpowerful pieces waiting to replace the regular ones. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
FIDE Chess with Extra Pieces. FIDE Chess but with substitute pieces. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
FIDE Frolic. FIDE chess, but with each piece able to leap. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Fifo Chess. Each square acts as a First-In-First-Out queue. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Fifo Chess. Multiple Occupier game where rule is that first one there is first one to be captured and to leave. "First In, First Out". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Fighting Chess. A reform to Chess that eliminates stalemate and strengthens some of the pieces. Author: Jeff Gibson. Inventor: Tony Berard.
Fighting Kings. The King has switched places with the King Pawn - The King is now a fighting piece. And the pawn must be protected. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Fighting Kings. Fighting Kings cannot be checked or checkmated; but a Royal Pawn can. By Gary K. Gifford.
Fighting Kings and Throne Kings. Chess with a normal Fide King and a Fighting King immune from check and checkmate. A sister game to Fighting Kings. By Gary K. Gifford.
File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
FireFighter Chess. A game where one piece is a secret fire fighter with special powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
First GC Tournament Approval Poll Results. The latest results of the approval poll for selecting the games to be played in the first Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fischer Random Chess
. Play from a random setup. Author: Pierre Tourigny. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fischer Random Chess
. David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess. Author: David A Wheeler. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fischer Random Chess. Random symmetric starting positions. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Terumi Kaneyasu and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fischer Random Chess. Manual Procedure for Generating Piece Placements. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Fischer Random Chess email Club
. Missing description Author: Fergus Duniho.
Fischer Random Chess News. News on Fischer Random Chess. Author: Modest Solans. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.
Fish Chess. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Fish Chess
. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. Author: Marek14 .
Fish Chess I. Pawns can move backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Fish Chess II. Pawns can move and capture backwards. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Five-stars chess. One can also win by having five pieces in a row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces are external and can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Flexible Chess (F-chess)
. The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Floßschach. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Fluid Chess. A modest variation allowing movement through friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
Fluid Chess. Pieces can move into (or through or out of and into again) friendly pieces ("into" up to compounds). Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
Fluidity chess. No displacement capture, all non-royal pieces take by cutting through or bypassing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Flying Armies
. Missing description By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Flying Armies2
. added 'MirChess32' zrf. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Flying Dutchman. Win by Reaching Port. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. Author: William Lee Sims. Inventor: Cameron Hendricks.
Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: William Lee Sims. Inventor: Cameron Hendricks.
Folding Magnetic Chess. fold between D&E files, play on both sides. Author: Deep Thought.
Follow the King!. Pieces must make the same move as their King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ed Pegg Jr..
Fool's Chess
. One pawn is replaced by a Fool. By Danny Van den Berghe.
For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
Force Field Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Douglas Yale Kaplan Seiden-Sacharovich.
Forchess
. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. By Tom Rogers.
Forchess
. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
ForChess. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tom Rogers.
Foreign Policy Chess. Peacekeepers are a third army. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
Foreign Policy Chess. Chess variant on 8 by 8 board with armies of unequal strength. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Fortress
. Each player has an extra piece off board which cannot be captured or moved. By Ronald Drinning.
Forward Chess
. Download these files to play Forward Chess with Zillions of Games! By Michael Nelson.
Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
Forwards Chess. A variation of FIDE Chess where pieces only move forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Freak Chess. Bishops on starting square, other pieces start on random squares and place your King on your first turn. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. S. Ellis.
Free Castling Chess. Game using old liberal Italian castling rules. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Free Castling Rule. Less restrictive castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
Free Placement. Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roger Cooper.
Free Placement chess
. Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Roger Cooper.
Free Placement Chess. Choose your own starting position. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roger Cooper.
Free-For-All Chess. Move either side's units. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
Free-for-All Chess. Player's may move either their own or their opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jed Stone.
FreePawnChess
. Chess with more powerful pawns. By Ronald W Brierley.
French Defences 3Nd2: book review. Book on chess opening by chess grandmaster Lev Psakis. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
French Revolution Chess. Short game with your pawns facing the enemy. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
French revolution chess. Advanced pawns threaten the noble pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
French Revolution Chess
. Advanced pawns threaten the noble pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Froghouse. Like Bughouse except each team has a Black, White, and Green. Green goes "in between", namely after white but before black. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jordan Lampe.
Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
FTM Chess: Follow the Mover. After a normal move, you may move a piece to the vacated square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi.
Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
Fugue
. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. By Michael Nelson.
Full Cavalry. Rooks are replaced by Lancers and castling is still legal. By JT K.
Full House. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Topher Gayle.
FullBoard Chess
. Missing description By Ken Franklin.
Fuller's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture as knights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: F. G. Fuller.
Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
Fussball Chess
. Win by moving a piece to the starting square of the king of the opponent. Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
Gadsden's Toroidal Chess. Edges of the board are considered to be adjacent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Richard Gadsden.
GAME code generation. A tutorial on using the Play-Test Applet for automating Game Courier presets. By H. G. Muller.
GAME Code Tutorial. Tutorial on how to program a game for Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier. PHP script for playing Chess variants online. By Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier Settings Files. Keep track of all the settings files you have written for Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier Tournament #4: An Introductory Semi-Potluck. A tournament to feature games good for introducing people to Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier User's Guide. How to play games with the CV Play-by-Mail system. Author: Fergus Duniho.
The Game for the Trees. Pieces grow on the board, occupying multiple squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
The Game of Nemoroth. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Gaugamela Chess. Asymmetric warfare that mirrors the famous battle of Gaugamela. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Geographical Chess Notation. A new notaional system for Chess variants. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Ghast knights. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Ghost Chess. The ghosts of captured units reappear. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
Ghost King Chess. The king can roam the board as an almost unkillable ghost. (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Gilman's Modest Variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Give & Take Chess. After setting up pieces, players must capture each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Thompson.
Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
Giveaway Chess Puzzle
. Computer game that you have to lose all of your own pieces to win. By (zzo38) A. Black.
Gladiator Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
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