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007 Chess. 007 Chess involves three move per turn, including one of your opponent's pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
2 Pronged Chess. Each player makes "simultaneous" moves with 2 different pieces. By John Whelan.
21st Century Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff.
2x2x16 Race Chess. Race Chess on a 2-level circular board with Crooked Bishops and Queens. (2x(2x16), Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
3D Shogi
. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
3D Xiang Qi
. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
4 Armies. Four traditional armies with cardinals face off on the corners. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Patrick Riley.
44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
84 Spaces Contest: Prizes. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess)
. Design-your-own chess armies on a big board. By Glenn Overby II.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Glenn Overby II.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. By João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
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.
Accounting Chess
. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). By Dan Troyka.
Achernar
. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. By Roberto Lavieri.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. By Roberto Lavieri.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
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.
Advanced wizard chess. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Feng Jun.
AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Feng Jun.
Alekhine Chess. A 14 x 8 game expands the sides of Capablanca-esque board, adds two pairs of marshalls and cardinals and an amazon in the middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Michael Wortley Nolan.
Alekhine Chess
. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946. By Michael Wortley Nolan.
Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. By Roberto Lavieri.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
Altair
. Take a look at this sample game of Altair! Author: Roberto Lavieri and Jorge Guerra. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Amoeba. Jim Aikin's Amoeba on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Amphibian Chess
. Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
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-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check. Author: Fergus Duniho and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
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.
Anti-Relay Tutti-Frutti 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.
Arabian Nights Chess
. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Timothy R. Newton.
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. Author: Dominique Leste and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
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.
Archbishop Chess. Replace one of the marshalls from birds chess with a cardinal and you have Dominique Leste's Archbishop Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
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.
Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Jagger.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Australian Football Chess
. Game based on Australian Rules Football and Chess. By Robert Winkel.
Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Kamil. Play by E-mail! Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Charles Gilman. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Bank Chess
. Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Karl Scherer and Denis van Straten.
Bank Chess. Regular Chess only Drops come from Pocketings. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
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.
Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Battle Chieftain Chess
. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Craig Daniel.
Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84) By Craig Daniel.
Beastmaster Chess
. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. By Glenn Overby II.
Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi)
. 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. By Glenn Overby II.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi. By Fergus Duniho.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. By Tony Quintanilla.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Tony Quintanilla.
Bellows Chess
. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Benedict Chess
. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. By Dan Troyka.
Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Besiege Chess. Each side has two sets of armies, the black ones are in the middle and whites on top and bottom. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128) By Köksal Karakus.
Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! By Antoine Fourrière.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81) By Antoine Fourrière.
Bifocal Chess
. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! By Antoine Fourrière.
Big Chess. Ordinary chess pieces on an elongated 8 x 14 board with three times as many bishops and two times as many knights. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Bilateral Chess
. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. By Antoine Fourrière.
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.
Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43) By Timothy R. Newton.
Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
The Black Ghost. Betzan attempt to remedy White's first move advantage in FIDE by giving Black a noncapturing but capturable teleporting piece. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Black Hole Chess. Game with missing center and two extra spaces just behind the kings. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Blue Chess or Deep Blue Vs. Kasparov Chess. Tribute to a famous game with three shades of blue and different options for each player to achieve a win. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
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 Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent . Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Neal Turner.
Blue Chip Chess. Missing description By Neal Turner.
Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.
Bomberman Chess. Two "bombs" and a "defuser" spice up this 10 x 8 game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Boolean Rithmomachia. Missing description (4x(4x4), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Boolean Rithmomachia
. Missing description By Larry L. Smith.
Border Wars
. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
Border Wars II
. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
Borg Queen
. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup. By Fergus Duniho.
British Chess ZRF
. ZRF for British-themed variant with a royal Queen + Lions, Unicorns & Dragons. By Fergus Duniho.
Bushi shogi
. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai. By Georg Dunkel.
Bushi Shogi
. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Georg Dunkel.
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons. By Fergus Duniho.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tony Quintanilla.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Cannons and Crabs. Small board, cannons (alibaba-guards) and some centralized crabs (sergeant pawns) - promotion only to cardinal or marshall... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Canonical Chess Variants
. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. By Tony Paletta.
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. By Roberto Lavieri.
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
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. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Reinhard Scharnagl.
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy
. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
CDA: Meticulous Mashers. ...every piece very nearly matches the corresponding piece from FIDE-chess, both in value and in general characteristics. - RB. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
The Central Squares. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (3x(6x6), Cells: 100) By João Pedro Neto.
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Champion. Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho.
Changling Chess
. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. By Karl Scherer.
Chaos Chess
. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
chass
. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
Chaturanga 4-84
. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
Cheer Chess
. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. By Ken Franklin.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination
. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
Chess 68. FIDE Chess with setup inspired by Omega Chess, to allow two modest new corner pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess 69
. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. By Gerd P. Degens.
Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Chess 960. Play Fischer Random Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Chess Cubed
. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. By Larry L. Smith.
Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
Chess for Three
. A 3-player variant on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess for Three
. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
CHESS MORALITY XIV: Pleiadic Dialectic. 14th poem in Chess Moralities series. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XV: Piece Offering. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Olympic
. Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Doug Vogel has placed the standard 32 chess pieces in the center of a 12x12 board. Author: David Paulowich. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
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. 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 Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. Play this 8x10 game with three new pieces. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Game that introduced rose and knight-camel-zebra... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
Chess on the Rainbows. Six different colors light up the board. You have to keep a piece on each color throughout... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Chess on the Rainbows
. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board.
Chess Plus Plus Deck
. Chess with special cards. Free!! By James Hutchings.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Putting together a set of materials for playing several different Chess variants. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Pages Membership. Missing description Author: David Howe.
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 Terrain. Play Greg Strong's Chess with Terrain on Game Courier. By Greg Strong.
Chessence of Jim Winslow. Movement is dictated by relation to friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (2x(10x10), Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourrière.
Chessquarters. Variants obtained by rearranging the quarters of the chessboard. (Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
ChessV
. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC. Author: Greg Strong.
Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (3x(5x5), Cells: 43) By Jared B. McComb.
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.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chex: photo's. Photo's of a chess variant formed of cards with chess piece symbols. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chezzle
. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces. By Jarrod Aden.
Chogo-44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: David Jagger.
Chogo44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. (7x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
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.
Circular Chess, Improved. Circular Chess where Bishops and Queens are crooked, and all Pawns go in the same direction. (2x16, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
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.
Cobra Chess
. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
Cobra Chess. Link featuring piece that occupies four squares at once, the cobra, moves like a rook but can leap over friendly pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
Coherent Chess. Coherent Chess on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Color Chess. Freeware program playing variant on 36 colored squares. By Maarten Bodlaender.
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.
Complete Permutation Chess. Game with all possible combinations of Falcon, Rook, Bishop and Knight on the back row. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Peter Aronson and George William Duke.
Complete Permutation Chess. Carrera pieces given additional falcon movement ability are added to wide 8 row board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke and Peter Aronson.
Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces. By Travis Compton.
Connect Shoot Kill
. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
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.
Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
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.
Countdown Queens
. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game.
Courier 'de la Dama'
. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. By Nuno Cruz.
Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
Crooked Queen. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline or like a Rook. By Ralph Betza.
Cross-Eyed Chess
. Two player variant on cross-shaped board. Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
Cross-Eyed Chess. Two player variant on cross-shaped board. (12x12, Cells: 84) By Uri Bruck.
Crossover Chess. Two player variant with crossshaped board. (12x12, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x(4x4), Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Curved Space. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Jens Baek Nielsen. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
Dai-Ryu Shogi. Large Shogi variant with new pieces. (9x16, Cells: 144) By Jared B. McComb.
Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dennis Merritt and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dennis Merritt.
Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
DCP.WOZ Chess. Large variant with unorthodox pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90)
Deep Blue versus Kasparov
. White and Black each have their own way of winning.
Delayed Chess
. Only see your opponent's moves that are two moves old. Author: Karl Scherer. Inventor: Peter Obermair.
Delegating Chess
. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
Delegating Chess. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers. (7x12, Cells: 84) By João Pedro Neto.
Delta PI
. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme.
Demi Chess. Weak short range pieces with less symmetry than some more familliar pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Deneb
. Special pieces and winning conditions. By Roberto Lavieri.
Deneb. Now you can play Deneb on the Play-By-Mail system! Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Deneb. Special pieces and winning conditions. (7x9, Cells: 63) By Roberto Lavieri.
Deneb Play-By-Mail game. Observe this game being played in the Invent and Play contest! Turn 4. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
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.
Desert Benedict Chess
. A hybrid of Desert Chess by Uwe Wiedemann and Benedict Chess by W.D Troyka. By Rich Hutnik.
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.
Diffusion Chess. Creative attempt by Alexander Munoz to combine Chess and Go. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
Diplomat Chess
. Round-board variant with a Diplomat to suborn opponents. By Carlos Martin-Fuertes.
Diplomat Chess. Round-board variant with a Diplomat to suborn opponents. (Cells: 43) By Carlos Martin-Fuertes.
Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) and Derrick Fernandez.
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 Alternate Chess
. Game played on two boards with object to checkmate either King. Inventor: Ken Franklin.
Double Chess. FIDE Chess x 2(with extra queen replacing what would be an extra king). Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: David Short.
Double Diamond. Pieces start diagonally across from one another and pawns move diagonally. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Double EIGHTEEN-STONE chess. David Short combines his Double Chess with Jim Aikin's Eight-Stone Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Short.
Dragon Chess (tm)
. Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. By Lex Parker.
Dragoon Chess
. An attempt to make Chess more strategic by making pieces more mobile. By NotCricket .
dUchess. Chess on two levels. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Eric S. Clayton.
Duel Chess. Captured pieces are sent to a separate Duel board to see who is eliminated and who returns. (2x(5x7), Cells: 43) By Erez Schatz.
Dueling Archbishops. Chess variant on 2 by 3 board. (2x3, Cells: 6) By Jason D. Wittman.
Dueling Archbishops. Chess game with only six cells but with a piece that morphs into four different forms. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
Duggan's Fantasy Chess (revised). Revised and Improved version of fantasy Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sean Christopher Duggan.
Dune Chess
. Chess variant based on the Dune novels of Frank Herbert. By Larry L. Smith.
Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three players. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three or six players. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Ecumenical Chess. Set of Variants incorporating Camels and Camel compound pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Ecumenical Chess. Ecumenical Chess features three variants with camel-bishop, camel-rook knight-camel compounds. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Eight-Stone Chess. Players can move neutral stones as well as pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Elephant Hunt
. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. By Freederick .
Elephant Hunt. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Freederick .
Elephant Hunt. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Freederick .
Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. (4x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Ben Good.
Elevator
. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ben Good.
Embassy Chess. Play this modern Bird's Chess variant based on the setup of Grand Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Kevin Hill.
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.
En passant Chess
. Orthodox chess on a shortened board of only 7 rows. Encourages more en passant moves.
En Passant Chess of Ingo Althofer. This is just FIDE Chess, but with board contracted by one row. Try it out. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
English Random Chess. Play this game with standard chessmen on a 10x10 board, with randomized piece setup. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Benjamin Clarke.
English Random Chess. Standard chessmen on a 10x10 board, with randomized piece setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Benjamin Clarke.
Epsilon Eridani. 44-square version of Achernar. (9x5, Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
Epsilon Eridani
. A 44-square version of Achernar. By Roberto Lavieri.
Eric's Great Chess. Eric Greenwood shortens by two rows the familiar ancient Great Chess board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Etcetera
. This variant has some elements of Chinese Chess. Also, pieces cannot capture pieces of their own type. By Roberto Lavieri.
Etcetera. This variant has some elements of Chinese Chess. Also, pieces cannot capture pieces of their own type. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Roberto Lavieri.
Euchess. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Eurasian Chess
. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
Evolution Chess
. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. By Harvey Patterson.
Evolution Chess. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Harvey Patterson.
Excelsior. At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. (2x(8x8), Cells: 84) By Este.
Excelsior
. At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Este.
Exhausted King. Win by giving permanent check. . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Express Chess. Information on commercial chess variant with cards instead of board and pieces. () Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bill Jemas.
Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Miguel Villa.
Extended squares Chess. Some areas of adjacent squares of the board can be seen as one cell. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Extreme 3D Chess Game. 8x8x8 3D Chess with linear, planar and cubic moves; and power absorption. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Larry L. Smith.
Fair-Chess
. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. By Janevert Kaan.
Fair-Chess. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Janevert Kaan.
Falcon Chess 100. Falcon Chess played on an expanded board of a 100 squares with special Pawn rules. (12x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
Fanorona Chess. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Peter Aronson.
Fanorona Chess
. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. By Peter Aronson.
Fetch Chess. Double-move game where the Cat (who may be a 3rd player) may or may not fetch your pawns back. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Feudal Chess. A 12x10 themed chess with variable armies. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Rupert Hickton.
Fibonacci Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Steve Costa.
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.
First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
First Contact
. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
Fischer Random Chess
. David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess. Author: David A Wheeler. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
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. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Terumi Kaneyasu and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.
Fivequarters. Four-player game on a cross-shaped board where most pieces can promote. (12x12, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Fleap. Pieces move as equihoppers, but become FIDE pieces after being captured. (5x9, Cells: 43) By Gavin King.
Flipworld. Pieces are on both sides of a disc. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84)
Flipworld
. Pieces are on both sides of a disc. Author: Dan Troyka.
Floßschach. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jörg Knappen.
Flux 4x4x4 Chess
. 3D variant where pieces, excepting the King, can only exist on the field for a specific number of turns at a time. By Larry L. Smith.
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.
Four Handed Roman Chess
. 4 player chess variant with additional new piece. By Mark Woodall.
Fox. Doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca. By Tim Stiles.
Free Chess. Dissociate movement-abilities from physical pieces. The opening setup is an empty board. (13x13, Cells: 156)
Free-form 4x4x4 Chess
. 3D variant based upon several ideas by V. R. Parton for Chess-play on smaller fields. By Larry L. Smith.
French Defences 3Nd2: book review. Book on chess opening by chess grandmaster Lev Psakis. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
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. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
Fugue
. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. By Michael Nelson.
Full House. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Topher Gayle.
Furious Courier. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and Crooked Bishops. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart. By Fergus Duniho.
Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time. By Fergus Duniho.
Game Courier History. History of the Chess Variants Game Courier PBM system. By Fergus Duniho.
The Game for the Trees. Pieces grow on the board, occupying multiple squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Ganymede Chess. Mark Hedden's idea for "a large chess variant with many weird pieces...which wouldn't seem too different from orthodox chess". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Mark Hedden.
General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Birds' Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Dominique Leste.
General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Bird's Chess. Author: Dominique Leste and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
Geodesic Chess
. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. By Jack V. Cheiky.
Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279) By Jack V. Cheiky.
Gess. Combines GO with Chess: Invention of Archimedeans Mathematics Society, discussed by Ian Stewart in Scientific American. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
Giant Chess. 16 x 16 variant with lots of powerful pieces and the unique four square occupying Dev piece which is not easy to capture. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Giant-King Chess. Kings take up four squares each, all of which must be attacked to check. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Robert Shimmin.
Gifford Graphics for Pillars of Medusa. Missing description Author: Gary K. Gifford.
Gifford's Catapults of Troy GIF Pieces. Missing description Author: Gary K. Gifford.
Gigachess. With 20 different pieces on a 14 x 14 board, this is the latest in a sequence from Shako to Tamerlane II to Perfect 12. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Gigachess. Play this large 14x14 variant on Jocly. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Gigachess. On 14 by 14 board with 20 different pieces. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Glacial Shift. 4-player game played with Icehouse pieces with Shogi-style captures and where the same piece moves differently for each player. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
A Glossary of Basic Chess Variant Terms. Missing description Author: John William Brown and The Chess Variant Pages.
Goldchess and Silverchess. Standard board and setup, but new moves for pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Gothic Chess. Play this variation of Capablanca's Chess on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Ed Trice.
Gothic Chess. A 10x8 variant using the same rules and equipment as Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ed Trice.
Gothic Evolution Chess
. Missing description By Harvey Patterson.
Grand Cavalier Chess. Play Grand Cavalier Chess with Jocly. By Fergus Duniho.
Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Grand Warp Point Chess. Using normal chess pieces, plus two warp points, on a 10 x 10 board where pawns can take large initial steps. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jason Shields.
Grandkingdom Chess. A decimal variant with several powerful pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Lim Ther Peng.
Great Herd. Large variant with Camel, Zebra, Bison, Gnu and Gazelle pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Greener Chess. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- and your pieces are stronger there too. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Gridlock. Large, wargame inspired variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Paul Leno.
Grolman Chess. Game with sequential movement of pieces of the same color. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Вадря Покштя. Inventor: Lev Vladimirovich Grolman.
Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
Grotesque Chess. Play this variant of Capablanca's Chess that leaves no Pawns unprotected. By Fergus Duniho.
Grotesque Chess. Play Grotesque Chess with Jocly. Author: Fergus Duniho and The Jocly Team. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Fergus Duniho.
Gufuu Shogi
. Tiny variant on a 2x3 board with four pieces. By Georg Dunkel.
Guide des échecs exotiques et insolites. French book describing many variants of chess. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Half Chess of Ralph Betza. Exactly like halfling chess, only the knights are replaced by crabs, making them more compatible with half moving rider pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Halloween Knight Court. Halloween-themed variant on a tiny board. (3x3, Cells: 9) By Jason D. Wittman.
Halloween Knight Court
. Halloween-themed variant on a tiny board. By Jason D. Wittman.
Hammer Chess. FIDE but with gnus instead of knights, cardinals instead of bishops and enhanced pawns. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Hand-Drawn Chess Variant Pieces. Creative and fanciful chess piece drawings. By Tony Newton.
Hanga Roa
. Play Hanga Roa with Zillions of Games! Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger and Hernán Marcelo Domínguez Placencia.
Hanga Roa. Play Hanga Roa on Game Courier! Author: Tony Quintanilla and Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger. Inventor: Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger and Hernán Marcelo Domínguez Placencia.
Hanga Roa. A chess variant inspired by the people of Easter Island. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Hernán Marcelo Domínguez Placencia and Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger.
Herb Garden Chess
. Variant on 7 by 12 board with additional combination pieces. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: William Overington.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess
. Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Play this game from the 84-square contest on the Play-By-Mail system! By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
Heroes Hexagonal Chess Zillions Saved Game
. Download this file to see the sample game. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 spaces. By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. By Fergus Duniho.
Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. By Fergus Duniho.
Hexagonal Hole Chess. Hexagonal variant using new pieces, holes, and barriers. (Cells: 91) By Gary K. Gifford.
Hexagonal Hole Chess. A hexagonal variant of Hole Chess. Engineers can move holes and barriers. Teleporters can relocate enemy pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
Hexagonal Round Chess. Combined Byzantine Chess with Rex Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess
. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess
. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier! Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Compressed Chess. Hexes Chess on a squared off, reduced size board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Compressed Chess
. Link: This version of Hexagonal Chess has rotated cells so that the angles point up and down. By Mike Layfield.
Hexetera
. Download Hexetera for ZOG! Also includes the game in squares: Etcetera! By Roberto Lavieri.
Hexetera. Play Hexetera on the Game Courier! Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Hexetera. Small hexagonal variant with some elements of Chinese Chess. (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
Hexofen
. 91-cell hexagonal variant with three knights and parallel pawn rows. Author: Daniil Frolov.
Hippodrome. Solitaire game using a small board. Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
Hippodrome. Solitaire game using a small board. (4x4, Cells: 16) By Andy Lewicki.
Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive. Author: David Howe.
Hobgoblin Chess. Inchworm crowd-forming magnetic mutating lunar-hallway exploding-Pawn Chess; an extreme game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jack Masters. Inventor: Simon Vertigo.
Hockey Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Chuck S Smith.
Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. (7x10, Cells: 44) By Gary K. Gifford.
Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Honeycomb Chess. This variant uses a board of hex-prism cells and two sets of FIDE pieces. (Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
Hopgi
. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. By Peter Aronson.
Hopgi. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. (7x7, Cells: 43) By Peter Aronson.
Horus. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. (7x7, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
Horus
. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. By Peter Aronson.
Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By John Leslie.
Humpmitregi. Larger Shogi variant with more powerful diagonal pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
Hydra Chess
. Captured pieces return. Regrown pieces will be of lesser value. By Karl Scherer.
Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (4x(), Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Hyperchess
. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
Hypnotic Chess
. You may move opposing pieces your pieces attack. By Dan Troyka.
Hypnotic Chess. You may move opposing pieces your pieces attack. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Illusionary Piece Chess. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Imperial Cheops
. Played on a pyramid field of thirteen 3x3x3 cubes. Inspired by a description in Frank Herbert's novel Dune. By Larry L. Smith.
Imperial Chess. Play this large variant with new pieces and victory by capture of royal pieces! Author: Tony Quintanilla and James Killian Spratt. Inventor: James Killian Spratt.
Imperial Chess. Large variant with new pieces and victory by capture of royal pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By James Killian Spratt.
Imperial Chess Graphics. Graphics for Imperial Chess. Author: James Killian Spratt.
Imposter Chess. Play this game! Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Laila W. Stefan. Inventor: Laila W. Stefan.
Imposter Chess
. Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways. Author: Laila W. Stefan and Andrew Newman. Inventor: Laila W. Stefan.
Infantry Chess. Small chess variant with short range pieces. (9x9, Cells: 43) By Erez Schatz.
Infantry Chess
. Small chess variant with short range pieces. Author: Uri Bruck. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
Infinite Ring Chess. Experimental variant with board shaped as ring. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Influence Chess. Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. (3x(4x7), Cells: 84) By Samuel H. Bell.
Influence Chess
. Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Samuel H. Bell.
Inside-out chess. With two kings per player and squares with a square inside. (6x6, Cells: 44) By Maarten Bodlaender.
Invasion. A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-squares board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Invasion. A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-square board. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Invent-and-Play. A design contest and a small PBEM tournament, combined! Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Inverse Capture Chess
. Pieces are captured the way they move. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Isis and Cam. Two variants based on ancient English universities and the rivers near them. (6x8, Cells: 48) By Charles Gilman.
Island Chess
. Some connections between squares are missing. By Karl Scherer.
Jacks and Witches. Play this variant on 84 squares with special pieces and special squares! By Antoine Fourrière.
Jacks and Witches 84. Variant on 84 squares with special pieces and special squares. (12x8, Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourrière.
Jacks and Witches 84
. Variant on 84 squares with special pieces and special squares. By Antoine Fourrière.
Jai-Alai
. A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball. By Roberto Lavieri.
Jai-Alai. A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Jörg Knappen.
Jester Chess. Featuring pieces that mimic last piece moved, archers that can either capture OR move. quadrapawns, and murray lions. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Thomas Havel.
Jetan Sarang. Play this large variation of Jetan! Author: James Killian Spratt and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: James Killian Spratt.
Jetan Variant Graphics. James Spratt's graphics for Jetan variant Game Courier presets. Author: James Killian Spratt.
Jetan-Sarang
. A large variation of Jetan. By James Killian Spratt.
Jinn Chess. Pieces start off the board, and game is divided into a placement phase and a traditional play phase. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gyozo Nagy.
Joe Joyce Hyperchess. Easy to play 3D Chess variant where pieces can act on small board or large board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
Joko Urtaroak
. Modern large version of Game of Four Seasons; four player chess variant. By Glenn Overby II.
Joko Urtaroak. Modern large version of Game of Four Seasons; four player chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Glenn Overby II.
Jumping Chess. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10. By Peter Aronson.
Jupiter (Revised). Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) By Adrian King.
Jurassic Chess. Game with unusual movements, a river, and bridges. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andrew Wong.
Jurassic Chess. Dinosaur based chess variant played with regular chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Arvind Pillai. Inventor: Tarun Gupta and Arvind Pillai.
Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Roberto Lavieri.
Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Roberto Lavieri.
Kangaroo (Newton). compound of Knight and Alfil. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Timothy R. Newton.
Karma Chess
. A piece that has captured an opponent's piece is turned into one of better quality. By Karl Scherer.
Keltic Chess. Adapted orthochess on a 43-square, fidchell-inspired board. (9x7, Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes. By Larry L. Smith.
Ki Shogi
. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes. By Larry L. Smith.
King Arthur's Chess 72
. Chess on a round board,. The odd number of files allows the Bishops to access every cell on the board - not colour-bound. By David Cannon.
King Arthur's Chess 72. Chess on a round board,. The odd number of files allows the Bishops to access every cell on the board - not colour-bound. (9x8, Cells: 72) By David Cannon.
King's Leap Chess. Variants with Chancellors (Knight+Rook) and old Russian Queens (Knight+Queen). By David Paulowich.
Kings or Lemmings?
. Normal chess except that a player can produce clones of his king.
Knight Court Chess. When you take an opponent's piece, he gets to drop it back on the board. Object: Checkmate knight. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jason D. Wittman.
KnightSweeper
. Single player game similar to the Minesweeper computer game. By Michiel de Bondt.
Kobayashi Maru
. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. By Larry L. Smith.
Korean vs Western Chess
. Red pieces are from Korean Chess, black pieces are from Western Chess.
Kozeriai. A 5x7 variant of Shogi. (5x7, Cells: 35) By Jan Paerke.
Kriegspiel Zillions v 2.0 file
. Zillions file to play Kriegspiel against the computer. The human player's pieces are not hidden. By Andreas Kaufmann.
Kuniegit. Each player has two knights and two warriors on standard chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Danny Purvis.
Kylatori Sunset. Small variant combining replacement, custodian and coordination capture. (6x8, Cells: 48) By Tim Stiles.
Ladder Chess. Non-competing 40 Square contest entry with scaling board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Lag Chess. The last move made by your opponent is not known to you. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Large Variants in the Historic North European Style. Missing description () By Charles Gilman.
Leandro's Chess. You may make a non-capturing move with each of your pieces in one turn, or make a normal capturing move. By Tony Quintanilla.
Leap Chess
. Game with manditory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares. By Ken Franklin.
Leap Chess. Game with mandatory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares. (6x8, Cells: 44) By Ken Franklin.
Leapers Chess
. Played upon a 10x10 field with all the pieces having leaping capability. By Larry L. Smith.
Leapers Chess. Decimal variant with additional leaping abilities for each of the pieces. By Larry L. Smith.
Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess
. All pieces are colorbound, and switch boards rather than switching color. By Peter Aronson.
Lions and Dragons Chess
. Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. By Tony Quintanilla.
Lions and Dragons Chess. Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
Lions and Dragons Chess
. Download this file to see this sample game. Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
Lions and Unicorns Chess. With the 16 standard pieces and 4 powerful leapers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By David Paulowich.
Lions and Unicorns Chess. Play this large Chess variant with Lions and Unicorns. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Paulowich.
LiQi
. Very Strong Chss. By Larry L. Smith.
LiQi. Very Strong Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Loonybird. Pieces on a seven by seven board move differently when they take. Author: John Smith. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Los Alamos Extinction Chess With Bunkers. On 6 by 6 board with two additional 2 by 2 bunkers, and extension chess rules. (2x(6x6), Cells: 44) By Doug Chatham.
Los Alamos Extinction Chess with Bunkers
. On 6 by 6 board with two additional bunkers, and extension chess rules. By Doug Chatham.
Los Alamos Vierschach. Four player variant of small variant Los Alamos Chess. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Jörg Knappen.
Luotuoqi (Camel Chess)
. Chess variant designed by committee. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Various.
Luotuoqi (Camel Chess). Fun contest: Help us create a new chess variant by committee. Author: Glenn Overby II.
Mad Elephant Chess. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Mad Scientist Chess. Fetch me the Pawn, Igor! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Magi
. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. By Neal Meyer.
Magi. On 10 by 10 board with new pieces and different outcome rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Neal Meyer.
Magi - A Chess Variant. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Neal Meyer.
Magic Carpet Chess. Each player has a magic carpet to move a non-King to any empty square on the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Denis van Straten and Karl Scherer.
Magic Ring Chess. Each player has a magic ring which will give the piece wearing it additional powers of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
Magnetic Chess: 4 sample games. Missing description Author: Jim Aikin. Inventor: João Pedro Neto and Claude Chaunier.
Mainzer Schach. 11 x 8 variant with two Januses and one Marshall, and different setup. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
Mainzer Schach. Large variant with Janus, Marshall, and different setup. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Jörg Knappen.
Mallett Chess. Play this small variant known in Zillions as Knights vs Bishops 5x4 on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Jeff Mallett.
Mamra Chess
. Adds the Mamra, a piece that only Pawns may capture. By George Tsavdaris.