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Set 3 of 10x8 chess mating problems. Missing description By Sam Trenholme.
"Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100) By donald henry.
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10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104) By Daniil Frolov.
10x8 Chess mating problems. 10x Chess mating problems. By Sam Trenholme.
10x8 Variants. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
12 Sharp Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
123456 Chess. Missing description Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
2 Level Guru Mahachaturaji. Enlarging the Guru Mahachatuaji board to go with the enlarged army. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces that automatically flip into wyrd and not so strange counterparts. (10x8, Cells: 68) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line
. World Chess Variants Championship. By Stephen R. Stockman.
2007-2008 Chess Variants Design Contest. Chess variant inventors gather round! We're doing it again! Exact nature of contest to be determined with YOUR help!! By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75) By Bn Em.
3D Chess
. A true 3D version of chess. By Dan Beyer.
3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Joe Joyce.
3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess. By Joe Joyce.
3d Magna Carta Chess. Adding Barons and Dukes to Magna Carta Chess to commemorate 8th centenary of Magna Carta. (2x(5x8), Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
3to2. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. By Kevin Pacey.
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess using sixteen 4x4 boards & 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
45 or 46 Cell Contest - 2007 Design Contest. Quick contest for 45 or 46 cells. Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2007. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
47 Contest Results. Missing description By John Smith.
4D Quasi-Alice Chess. 8x8x2x2 four dimensional game with 32 pieces. (2x(2x(8x8)), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
5*4DChess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 140 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625) By Kevin Pacey.
6 by 10 Pawnless Half variants. Pawnless variants rearranging non-Pawn ranks of variants with 10 ranks by 10 or more files onto just 6 files. (6x10, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
6 Player Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description By Kuyan Judith.
64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
8x8 adaptation. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bas de Haas.
A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) By Graeme C Neatham.
A9 HexaChess Courier Preset. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
A9 HexaChess Zillions Zip
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Johnny Luken.
Accessory Chess
. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf). By M Winther.
Active King Chess. Each turn, one must move one's king in addition to moving other pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
Actualized Potential Chess. Pieces exist where they are but also all along their routes or points of attack. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf). By M Winther.
Adjutant Chess
. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf). By M Winther.
Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants). The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf). By M Winther.
Advancement Chess. kevintucker88. By Freederick .
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Chess
. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 4. More Alfaerie graphics! Author: Various.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 6. Missing description By Matthew La Vallee.
Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Aliens Vs Predators. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Aliens Vs Predators Episode II (L.Smith Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
All in 1
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Alpaca Chess
. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf). By M Winther.
Alseid Chess
. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Alternative Chess
. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
Amalgamated Chess. Missing description By James Gryphon.
Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Gryphon.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Namik Zade.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Amiral Chess
. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available). By M Winther.
ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier. By Daniil Frolov.
Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Stefanos Pantazis.
Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) By Graeme C Neatham.
Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Kieran Child.
Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Archabbott Chess. Introduces the Archabbott piece which moves like Bishop + Wazir + Dabbaba. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (3x(9x9), Cells: 243) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(10x10), Cells: 245) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 350) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(10x8), Cells: 320) By Charles Gilman.
Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 370) By Charles Gilman.
Armis
. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
Arrangement Chess
. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf). By M Winther.
Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Chess
. Includes new game that features dual path compound pieces: the Loony Snake Rook and the Insane Snake Bishop. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Chess. Fire-through rooks, mad leaping (camel-move) bishops and double-capture insane ninja knights with lion-like powers. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux. Two new pieces: dual path sliding Zebra + Bishop and a dual path sliding Camel + Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux. Featuring dual path Zebra / Camel crooked sliders compounded with Bishop / Rook. By Charles Daniel.
Asylum Redux
. Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns! By Charles Daniel.
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) By Graeme C Neatham.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Shatranj on a Hex board. By Graeme C Neatham.
AvantGarde Chess
. A font-named variant that adds a Centaur and a Man to the standard setup. By Peter Aronson.
AVP Episode 2. Very creative and fun contemporaneous take on Maharaja Chess. By Namik Zade.
Azchess. Variant of Grand Chess in which one amazon is added to each side. By Namik Zade.
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Azchess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azchess (absolute symmery pawn protection). Adds cannons to Az Chess and reverses the positions of some of the pieces to maximize pawn protection. By Namik Zade.
Azchessimp
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azerbaijan Chess
. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/79138?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
Azerbaijan Chess. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/73747?do=show;id=1659. By Namik Zade.
AzsymChess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess pawns shuffler
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchess1024
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymchessdrop(Improved)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Azsymdrop(Updated))
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
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Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Muhammad Hidayat.
Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Charles Gilman.
Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! By Greg Strong.
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132) By Greg Strong.
Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63) By Patrik Hedman.
Barbershop Quartet. Toroidal Variant with Dual Direction Bishops. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
Barion
. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
Barion
. A variant of the chess variant Bario. By M Winther.
Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
Baseball Chess 2. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By George William Duke.
Baseball Chess Hits & HomeRuns. Missing description By George William Duke.
Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
Basilisk Chess
. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Battery Chess. Battery Chess on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Battle Line. A military-style variant with 48 pieces per side. By Joe Joyce.
Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270) By Charles Gilman.
Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378) By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle of the Six Armies
. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A. By Graeme C Neatham.
Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
Battle Room Chess. Win by getting four of your pieces in or around your enemy's gate. By John Smith.
Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99) By Patrik Hedman.
Beginners Chess. Missing description By Stephane Burkhart.
Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
Belfry Chess
. Introducing the belfry catapult. By M Winther.
Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Graeme C Neatham.
BigBangChess
. Chess with an expanding and contracting board. By Graeme C Neatham.
Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Charles Gilman.
Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Gary K. Gifford.
Birds and Ninjas
. Two simple checkmate problems for the game. By Charles Daniel.
Birds and Ninjas. Strategically rich chess-like game with powerful dual range orthogonal flying pieces, and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
Birds and Ninjas. Immaculately balanced game features pieces with unique fly-over capture ability and short-range diagonal leapers. By Charles Daniel.
Birds and Ninjas
. Featuring the Flying Bombers that fly over to capture, and the short-range Ninja Guards that capture two enemy pieces at once. By Charles Daniel.
The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side. By Albert Lee.
Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight). Author: Gary K. Gifford.
Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black and Gary K. Gifford.
Bland Chess 46. A 46 square variant of Bland Chess. Allows for War Machine, Knight, and/or Modern War Machine use. Author: Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford and (zzo38) A. Black.
Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Bob Greenwade.
BlindChess
. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware). By M Winther.
The Blindly Game
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
BlockChess
. Decimal variant with standard pieces starting out in the corners. By Ronald W Brierley.
Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides. By George William Duke.
Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Board Image Utility
. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions. By Graeme C Neatham.
Bodyguard Chess
. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available). By M Winther.
Bombardier Chess
. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). By M Winther.
BordahBee. A two-move, two-board game with restrictions for the second move according to the first move. By Gary K. Gifford.
BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board. By M Winther.
Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
Brouhaha. Preset for Brouhaha, a game that brings the ruckus! By Greg Strong.
Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) By Greg Strong.
Buccaneer Chess
. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available). By M Winther.
Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Steven Streetman.
Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.
Burden of royality. Missing description By Freederick .
Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set. By Charles Daniel.
Butterfly Chess. Game with Butterflies (not Ns), Advancers (not Qs) & Flying Dragons added. By Kevin Pacey.
Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
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Cagliostro's Chess. Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee Florida invented this variant in latter quarter of 20th c. Adds extra cardinal and amazon to capa. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Camelrider Chess. P. Aronson's big-board variant with regular pieces and Camelriders. Author: M Winther. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon. By M Winther.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. (12x8, Cells: 80) By Gary K. Gifford.
Cannons of Chesstonia
. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons on the sides of the board can "fire" new pieces into the game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Canoness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 88) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Canonness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently shaped board. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Capablanca Relocation Chess
. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf). By M Winther.
Capablanca Shatranj. Where Cardinal and Marshall are replaced by their moderate short range leaper counterparts. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca Shatranj
. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Patrik Hedman.
Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gardiner.
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vitya Makov.
Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops. By Charles Daniel.
Carnage
. Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization. By Charles Daniel.
Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons. By Namik Zade.
Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64) By Kevin Pacey.
Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.
Castalia Chess
. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Castle Chess. As Fide-chess, but with extended castle: the king may jump three squares (with zrf). By M Winther.
Cat's Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Cataclysm. Large board variant with exciting, strategical play, and many powerful short-range pieces. By Greg Strong.
Cataclysm. Large board game with short-range pieces designed to be dramatic without being overly complicated or dragging on too long. (12x16, Cells: 192) By Greg Strong.
Catalonia. Cooperative variant where the players are trying to form chains while the board is getting bombarded. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
CC chess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CC chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCC - The Clash of Civilizations Chess. ...two Chess Armies made from (some of) the most popular pieces used in Western and Eastern Chess games. By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCC-FF(updated) with zrf.file. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCChess - shuffle version. A few different imaginings of CCChess. By Namik Zade.
CCChess Final Fight. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
CCChess new generations. Missing description By Namik Zade.
CCCHess,Demon Vs Super Symchess. Pieces from Demon Chess face off against those from Super Symchess. By Namik Zade.
CCChess-FF(In-Yan variant). Missing description By Namik Zade.
CDA Variant: Fighting Fizzies. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
CDA: Demi-Rifle Army. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
CDA: Pizza Kings. Experimental CDA army, submitted half in jest, with pieces whose movement imitates their shape. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Lawson.
CDA: Spacious Cannoneers. Spacious pieces combine with Vao and Pao pieces for Betzan Chess with Different Armies Variant. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Cellular Chess. Play Cellular Chess at Game Courier. By Carlos Cetina.
Cellular Chess. One step towards Joe Joyce's ideal of playing chess on an 100x100 board. (30x30, Cells: 900) By Carlos Cetina.
Centaur Chess
. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as Knights. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. All pieces except Pawns move backwards as a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Centaur Chess. Pieces move backwards as Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Central Rotational Chess. Plays like chess except the center (4 squares) rotate after each move and kings must be captured (instead of mated). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
Cetran Chess 2. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
CGNP chess. A game with Knightly Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chafl. combines Chess with Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Chameleon Chess Redux. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Goss.
The Chance Game
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Changi with diagonal pieces. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Chaotic Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Patrik Hedman.
Charge Chess
. Pieces must move forwards or sideways until they hit the last row. By Jeremy Pflasterer.
Charge of the Light Brigade. Seven knights fight 3 queens, and usually win! (8x8, Cells: 64) By H. G. Muller.
Chaturaji modern-variant (4-handed Chaturanga without dice)
. Missing description By Emmanuel Baud.
Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones.
Cheaters' Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Checker-capture Chess. Pieces can capture as in checkers game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Checkers with Bosses. Checkers variant with different types of pieces. Game's main feature are Bosses. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Chennis. Kyoto-Shogi-inspired variant (with alternating piece sides), with a tennis theme. By Daniel Lee.
Chesimal Fusion I. Missing description (16x12) By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals I. This game introduces "Chess Animals", independent groups of chess pieces that act as one large multi-square piece. By Joe Joyce.
Chesimals: Autonomous Multi-unit Pieces. self-contained autonomous multi-square pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
Chess 1010. Game played with 40 pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.
Chess 25 (Fischer Placement Chess). Swap king and/or queen before play begins. Follows FRC rules (with zrf). By M Winther.
Chess 256. The Chess experience upscaled to a larger board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Johnny Luken.
Chess 4.5. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess 911. 9x9 board plus corner squares, compounds, and special diagonals. (9x9, Cells: 85) By Persian Chess.
Chess 99
. Game with 9 pawns and a paladin. The objective is to capture the opponent's king. Many rules altered. By Claude Lapointe.
Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
Chess Kingdom. 4-player variant, on a 20x20, plus-shaped board. Standard pieces. (20x20, Cells: 364) By Jeremy Cooper.
Chess Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with dragon horse and dragon king movements for bishops and rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Chess Legions
. Decimal variant with extra, exotic pieces. By Morien Wyn Jones.
Chess Morality XIX: Shadow-Chess. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVIII: The Falcon Heresies. Missing description Author: George William Duke.
Chess on a Mass Transit System. Missing description By Doug Chatham.
Chess on a Soccer Ball
. Chess played on the 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons of a soccer ball. By David Cannon.
Chess on a Soccer Ball. Missing description (Cells: 32) By David Cannon.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. By Joe Joyce.
Chess on Two Boards. Chess on Two Boards. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256) By Joe Joyce.
Chess problem - joke. chess problem-joke. By Namik Zade.
A Chess Variant Making Off.. Missing description By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
Chess Variant Pages Rating System. Missing description By David Howe.
Chess Variant Score Notation Book
. Chess score notation book for 100 square chess variants. By Simon Edward Jepps.
Chess Variants, 50 variants on the game of chess. Information on a book. Author: Adrey Caljé.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
Chess vs checkers. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
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 Periods
. A Turn-related variant of Los Alamos Chess. Players may play with many modest variants. By Yu Ren Dong.
Chess with Different Periods. Missing description (6x6, Cells: 36) By Yu Ren Dong.
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 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 wickets. The wicket is behind the King's 1. (8x8, Cells: 66) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess With Wizards. Chess with Wizards on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Chess with Wizards. A Decimal Chess Variant with Antoine Fourri. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
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/Aces. A large Chess variant based on modern FIDE chess pieces as well as on traditional ancient pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Andreas Bunkahle.
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.
Chess400. Piece setup is randomized according to Configuration Chess rules, producing 400 modest, mostly non-mirrored, positions (+ zrf). By M Winther.
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.
Chess8400. Fischer Random Chess ina 9x9 Board. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jose Carrillo.
Chess960.com
. Talk about Chess960 with other members. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Chess960x3. Variant of Chess960. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hadi Aireche.
Chesscala. Missing description (6x8, Cells: 48) By Francois Tremblay.
ChessCraft. Missing description (Cells: 64) By Changcai Chen.
Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By JT K.
Chessicons
. Set of chess piece and related chess icons. Author: Peter Wong.
Chevron Ranks. Pieces use the "ranks" based on the Glinkshy/McCooey analogues to FIDE Pawn ranks. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
chexx. Another variant of hexagonal chess. (Cells: 63) By Dmitriy Golub.
Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
Chieftain Chess. Missing description (16x12, Cells: 192) By Joe Joyce.
Chieftain Chess. Large variant using 4 royal pieces with command control, multi-piece moves and pieces that may shift direction as they move. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
Chigorin Chess. Knights and Chancellor vs. Bishops and Queen. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: 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.
Chinese Chess.
. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
Chinese court. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
Chogi. A step further further to shogi from chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Christmas Tree Chess. Missing description (6x(11x11), Cells: 126) By Daniil Frolov.
Citadel - 8 & 9 rank. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72) By Glenn Nicholls.
The Clash of Civilization Chess (Shuffle Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Civilizations Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Civilizations Chess (Updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
The Clash of Continents Chess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Clash of the Civilizations Chess - new setup. Clash of theCivilizations -new setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Classic Average. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Kuyan Judith.
Classic sum. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
Classic sum - light version. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
. Second edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, now arranged by category. Author: David B. Pritchard and John Beasley.
Claustrophobia. Played utilizing 46 squares of a chessboard, using new unique pieces, all of which can be represented by the standard pieces. (5x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
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.
College Mess. Smess variant played using a Smess board & set. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Kevin Pacey.
Colossus
. With twice the number of Rooks, Bishops and Knights. Also includes 5 new variants with exotic pieces. By Charles Daniel.
Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
Colossus. 10x10 chess with 4 Rooks, 4 Knights, 4 Bishops, 10 Pawns, 1 Queen and 1 King! Author: Charles Daniel and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Charles Daniel.
Colour Chess. Pieces paint the squares they leave, allowing other pieces to move as them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Columbiad Chess.
. Introducing the Columbiad, combining a cannon and a Cannonrider, on an H-board (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Command and Maneuver: A Tale of Two Countries. This is a diceless wargame,. (24x12, Cells: 288) By Joe Joyce.
Commodore Chess. Featuring the Commodore piece (also called Leo) on a Gustavian board. By M Winther.
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.
Compact Hex Chess. 2 normal hex armies on a board reduced to sides of length 5. (9x9, Cells: 61) By Charles Gilman.
Companion Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 96) By Kuyan Judith.
Complex Allegiance Chess (6 player). Missing description By Kuyan Judith.
The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Conclave Ecumenical Chess. Large variant with wide variety of Rook and Bishop compounds. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
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. King and queen swap with other pieces before play begins - enormous variety! (with zrf). By M Winther.
Configuration Chess
. Some pieces are rearranged before play begins, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf). By M Winther.
Connected Chess. Pieces are removed when they are no longer adjacent to any other piece. By Dan Troyka.
Constable Chess
. Introducing the Constable piece on an H-shaped board. A game for attacking players. With zrf. By M Winther.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Copper, Silver, Gold: An Indestructible Metallic Alloy. Game with indestructible metallic alloys. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
A Cornucopia of 9x9 Corner variants. The title speaks for itself. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Corral Chess. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. (2x(5x9), Cells: 46) By Doug Chatham.
Corral Chess.. Force the opponent to the center in this 45/46 Cell Contest entry. By Doug Chatham.
Correlator Chess
. Introducing the Correlator which captures by correlating with the king (with zrf). By M Winther.
Corrugated Chess. A minimally-3d answer to the problem of symmetric-array 9-file variants. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Cosmic Chess. Macrocosm and microcosm. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Smith.
Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Evan Koch.
Courier Chess (modified). Missing description (8x12, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess - Modified. Fourth and Fifth Courier Chess variant modifications.... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
Courier Chess Moderno. A modern variant of the historical variant Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Jose Carrillo.
Courier de los Combinados. Variant with the most Basic Combinations of Knight, Camel, FIDE pieces, with ferzes, wazirs and guards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
Courier de los Combinados. A cross between Courier de la Dama and Wildebeest Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
Courier Elephant. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
Courier Eurasion Chess
. Eurasian Chess meets Courier-Spiel. By Graeme C Neatham.
Courier Leapale. Extrapolating Courier Kamil to 3 dimensions. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
Coward Chess
. King captures usual/moves a sq. only by switching places. By Ken Franklin.
Crab Chess (Chess4). Blocked flank pawns are have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
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.
Creating Hexagonal Board Graphics. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Graeme C Neatham.
Critters: Chesimals III. Chesimals redesigned. By Joe Joyce.
Crooked Board Chess. Variant on a board of standard size but odd shape. (8x12, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Crooked Chess. Chess variant with pieces inspired by the Sissa piece. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Crossbishop Chess
. Introducing the Crossbishop piece, with interesting cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crossbishop_Chess (8x10)
. A big-board variant featuring the new Crossbishop piece, an advanced cannon relative (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Crossover-piece Dual Direction Variants. Variants adding different moves in the dual direction to already dual pieces. () By Charles Gilman.
Crossrook Chess
. Introducing the Crossrook, a versatile piece with cannon capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
The crushing conquerers. another experimental chess with different armies army. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
Cube Shogi. Shogi with cube-shaped pieces. By John Smith.
Cube-Surface Board Chesses. Missing description (6x(8x8), Cells: 384) By Kuyan Judith.
Culverin Chess
. Introducing the Culverin cannon, which is dropped among standard pieces (zrf exists). By M Winther.
Culverin Chess. The Culverin is a cannon that can move like a king but must jump to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
Cupid Chess 3. Pieces trace out geometrical patterns suggested by the way they are designed. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Custodian Chess. A combination of Chess and ancient Tafl games. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Daniil Frolov.
CwDA: the Shatranjian Shooters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Joe Joyce. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Joe Joyce.
Cyclohex. 3-player round hex variant. (24x5, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
Czech Chess. Drop pawns by checking the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
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D B Extreme ! (Doppelganger BordahBee Extreme). Doppelganger BordahBee Combo with Very High Capturing Potential. By Gary K. Gifford.
Dada. The colorbound chess variant. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Dada. The colorbound chess variant. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Dai Dai Shogi Western. Missing description (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Eduard Werner.
Dartboard Chess. circular all-three-compounds variant, with different orthogonal ranges on different files. (5x20, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Dead Ringers Chess. Double chess game with twin pieces that are captured simultaneously. (2x(8x8), Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
Decay Shogi. Pieces decay if held too long. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Decimal Quadruple Besiege. Army based on Échecs De L'Escalier arranged on enlarged Quadruple Besiege board. (20x20, Cells: 200) By Charles Gilman.
Delta88 Chess. Chess on a Trigonal Board. (11x8, Cells: 88) By Graeme C Neatham.
Delta88 Chess
. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
Delta88 Chess. trigonal chess using an hexagonal-lattice board. By Graeme C Neatham.
Deluxe Chess. http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/index.html. By Stephen R. Stockman.
The Demon Game. Larry Smith 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
The Demon Game. 10 x 10 game with extra Capablanca pieces. Author: Nick Wolff. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
Denver Chess Club Chigorin Chess Tournament
. I'm sponsoring my first local chess variants tournament. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
Dervish Chess
. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. By Benoit Dauphin.
Dervish Chess. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Benoit Dauphin.
Dervish Chess. Large variant with a great variety of pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Benoit Dauphin.
Descent Chess. Kaufmann's drop variant. Begins with only K + P + P. Recommendable! Author: M Winther. Inventor: Andreas Kaufmann.
Desert Oasis Chess. A large variant with 2 types of repeat jumpers, plus Knights, and Camels. (12x12, Cells: 144) 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.
Desert Pub Chess. A game where Desert Wazirs & Desert Ferz capture by jumping. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
Diagonal 3D Chess. Missing description (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Dan Beyer.
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.
Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics. By Fergus Duniho.
Diamond Chess. Chess on a Diamond board. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Diamond Chess 306. Missing description (22x24, Cells: 306) By David Cannon.
Diamond Chess 306. A large variant inspired by Tony Paletta's PARACHESS and Fergus Duniho's ASSIMILATION FUSION CHESS. By David Cannon.
Diamond Ring Chess. Courier-style pieces to diamond-shaped camps on a toroidal wraparound board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
Dice Landing Chess.
Few pieces in play at the opening. Roll a dice to get other pieces joining the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jishan Zhang.
Dice-Money Chess. Earn money if you do what is written on the dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Dimachaer Chess. The Dimachaer is a gladiator bifurcation piece that must collide to move (+zrf). By M Winther.
Dimachaer Chess
. Introducing the Dimachaer, a bifurcation piece that always lands on the diagonal second leg (zrf available). By M Winther.
Dimension X. Unusual transdimensional pieces interact with FIDE Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Dimension X. Chess on two planes - one with the usual chess pieces, the other with spooky trans-dimensional pieces with strange interactions. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Dimension X, Problem # 7. An endgame problem for Dimension X, after Pawn g5-g6 who wins? By Gary K. Gifford.
Dipole Chess. A cross between Chess and the game Dipole by Mark Steere. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rich Hutnik.
Directed Alice Chess III. 3-board Alice. By Joe Joyce.
Directed Alice III
. a 3-board Alice Chess variant. By Joe Joyce.
Disintegration Chess. Pre-set for the game of disintegrating kings, rooks, fye'tins, and pawns. By Gary K. Gifford.
Disintegration Chess. Win by disintegrating 3 Kings and having 1 left. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Gary K. Gifford.
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.
DoGod Random. Pawns and pieces dispersed on first and second ranks. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Donkey Chess. Grand Chess with Donkeys instead of Knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Doppelganger BordahBee. A combination of BordahBee and Doppelganger Chess. By Gary K. Gifford.
Doppleganger Bordahbee & DB Extreme. A cross between Doppelganger and Bordahbee - Choose the "normal" or "extreme" variant (with twice the capture power). (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) By Gary K. Gifford.
Double Cross Besiege. A spinoff from Besiege Chess using FIDE-size armies. (8x16, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
Doublebarrel Chess
. Introducing the Doublebarrel piece, a lethal cannon relative with amazing tactical capabilities (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Doublecannon Chess
. Introducing the Doublecannon piece, a strong cannon relative with breathtaking tactical capabilities (Zillions file exists). By M Winther.
Doublecannon-Chess (8x10)
. A big-board variant featuring the amazing new piece, the Doublecannon (Zillions file downloadable). By M Winther.
Doubly Nested Chess. A variant hiding FIDE Chess on a Dabbaba binding. (17x17, Cells: 285) By Charles Gilman.
Dr. Who Chess. Variant based on the popular TV seiries. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
Dragonet Chess. The Dragonet flies to any square queenwise, captures piece behind landing square (with zrf). By M Winther.
Dream Chess 46. 46-squasre variant played from opposite corners of a FIDE board with the other corners removed. (8x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Gilman.
Dream Chess 47. 47-square variant played from opposite corners of a 7 by 7 board with the other corners removed. (7x7, Cells: 47) By Charles Gilman.
Dromedary Chess. Pieces adjacent to the King can leap like a Dromedary (Camel). By M Winther.
Drop Super Symchess (Updated)
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Droppable Xiangqi. Another variant of Xiangqi with droppable pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
DropSSShess
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Dual Chess
. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. By Antoine Fourrière.
Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. By Antoine Fourrière.
Dual Chess. A more Chess-like variant featuring the Marshall and the Cardinal. (16x8, Cells: 100) By Antoine Fourrière.
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.
The Duel
. Two hoppers eliminate squares as they go and compete against one another. By Namik Zade.
The Duel II
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Dunkeys
. Missing description By Namik Zade.
Duplication Chess. Twice per game, move a piece with duplication. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Dürer's Chess. Dürer's Chess, played on a board of 151 tessellating pentagons and diamonds. (Cells: 151) By David Cannon.
Durerschess
. Dürer's Chess is played on a tiling of tessellating pentagons and diamonds, first described by Albrecht Dürer in 1525. By David Cannon.
Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess. Author: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa. Inventor: Hans Kluever.
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