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- Mideast Chess. Cavalier (as Aanca-Gryphon) with Courtier (as zebras), castles (squirrels) and chevaliers (camels) with FIDE pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: John Mantle Green.
- Midgard Chess. Midgard Chess has two unusual shortrange pieces, the War Elephant and the War Machine. By David Paulowich.
- Mighty Lion Chess. Orthodox Western Chess but with one knight replaced by Chu Shogi Lion. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
- Millennium Chess Preset. This is the preset for Millennium Chess. Author: Rich Hutnik.
- Miller's Spherical Chess. Play this early adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Don Miller.
- Mimic Chess. Chess on a larger board with 3 new pieces with constantly changing movement capabilities. By Nick Wolff.
- Mimotaur Chess. Missing description Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Mini Hexchess. McCooey's Hexagonal Chess on smaller board. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
- Mini Thunder Chess. A small-scale hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
- Mini-POM (Mini Pillars of Medusa). On a 9 x 9 board and standard chess pieces, but with Morph replacing the Bishop adding the Medusa to the right of the King. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Miniature Chess. The smallest variant in which every legal move can be made as in FIDE Chess. Author: Jason Shields. Inventor: Martin Gardner.
- Minishogi. A Minishogi association has existed, and may still exist, in Osaka. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Armin Liebhart. Inventor: Shigenobu Kusumo.
- Mir Chess. Play this variant that is mid-powered between Chess and Shatranj. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Paulowich. Inventor: David Paulowich.
- Mitsugumi Shogi. Smaller variant of Suzumu Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By A. M. DeWitt.
- Moderate Progressive Chess. A player may move one more piece than his opponent just moved. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Modern Capablanca Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Modern Carrera's Chess. Play this modern version of Carrera's Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Sam Trenholme.
- Modern Chess. Play on Game Courier. Author: Jose Carrillo. Inventor: Gabriel Vicente Maura.
- Modern Courier Chess. Missing description Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Paul Byway.
- Modern drunk elephant shogi. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
- Modern Kamil. Game Courier preset for Modern Kamil, a game from Nuno Cruz with Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Modern Makruk. A fusion of Modern Chess and Makruk. By John Smith.
- Modern Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. By Joe Joyce.
- Modern Shatranj D & R. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Monadchess. 10 x 10 setup with Capablanca-esque pieces and cannons and extra pawns and pieces designed to make flanks safer. By Namik Zade.
- Monadchess II. Setup a little different from Monadchess... By Namik Zade.
- Monkey King Chess. Monkey King fights Goblin King on 44 squares board in game with oriental influences. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Gelman.
- More 10. Chessvariant on a board with 10 squares. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
- Mortal Chessgi. Play this Chessgi variant in which each capture decreases material. By Fergus Duniho.
- Mortal Shogi. Play this Shogi variant in which pieces may die. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri and Fergus Duniho.
- Motorotor. Play this small variant with a rotating board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Gavin King.
- MRC64. Modern Random Chess 64. By Jose Carrillo.
- Multimove FIDE Chess. Each turn utilizes a number of points that get applied to movement. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Howe.
- Multiple of 10 Checkmate. Variant where you can only checkmate or be checkmated on move 10, 20, 30, ect.. By Calvin Jack Pomerantz.
- Musketeer Chess. A game that adds extra pieces to Chess, playable online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Zied Haddad.
- Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ross Gillies.
- Mythical Fantasy Conquest. Play this large variant with new fantasy pieces! Author: Lim Ther Peng and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Lim Ther Peng.
- Nachtmahr. "Study game" with several different types of nightriders. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
- Nadvorney's Spherical Chess. Play Nadnorney's adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Leo Nadvorney.
- Nahbi Chess. Preset for Nahbi Chess. By Uri Bruck.
- Napoleonic Chess. Large chess variant with the `spirit of the Armies of the Napoleonic period'. Author: John Smith. Inventor: Tom Hartley.
- Naydorian Chess. an hexagonal variant from the fictional realm of Shadowgard. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Near Chess Preset. This is the preset for Near Chess. By Rich Hutnik.
- Net Chess. Variant of InterGrid Chess. Move between intersections. By Tony Quintanilla.
- Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- New Age Chess. CDA variant substitutes Pushme-Pullyu as queen, and army with crabrooks, charging knights and waffles. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Andy Maxson.
- New Chess. Drop-chess with pawn relocation. Standard pieces and rules. Ideal for avoiding opening theory. By M Winther.
- New Renniassance Chess. Faster Game with new pieces... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Nightrider Armies. Nightriders replace rooks and nightrider compounds replace rook compounds in four variants. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Nilakantha's Intellectual Game. 17th or 18th century Indian chess variation. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
- Nine-Queen Chess. Queens are placed instead of Pawns. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Eric Beck.
- Ninjutsu (Claustrophobia 2). Win by invading palace or checkmate; new leaping pieces promote to gain more power. By Charles Daniel.
- Ninth Century Indian Chess. Differs from Shatranj in the setup and the Elephant's move. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
- Nonary Chess. King or queen are optionally swapped with a bishop before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Nuclear Chess. Play Nuclear Chess on the Play-By-Mail System! Author: Jason Shields and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Jason Shields.
- Nuclear Chess Play-By-Mail game. Examine this game! Author: Jason Shields and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Jason Shields.
- Nutty Shogi. Smaller version of Tenjiku Shogi on a 13x13 board. Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
- Oblong Chess 44. Based on the original oriental variant "Oblong Chess", a 16X4 Shataranj variant, but reducing the number of lines. Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
- Octopus Chess. Featuring the Sorcerer Snake, the Ninja Pawn, the Wazir Knight, the Ferz Knight and the Octopus. By Charles Daniel.
- Odin's Rune Chess. With pieces that were inspired by rune images and meanings.... By Gary K. Gifford.
- Omega Chess. This preset for Omega Chess enforces the rules and spots check, checkmate, and stalemate. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Omega Transplant. The Champion and Wizard from Omega Chess are transplanted to the board system and rules used for Birds and Ninjas. By Charles Daniel.
- Opulent Chess. Play this derivative of Grand Chess with additional jumping pieces (Lion and Wizard). By Greg Strong.
- Opulent Lemurian Shatranj. Joe Joyce's Shaman and Hero pieces are on a large board. By David Paulowich.
- Orphic Chess. Before the King is dropped the pieces can only capture. A very tactical and fast variant. By M Winther.
- Orphic Chess (with Elks). Before the King is dropped the pieces can only capture. A very tactical and fast variant, with Elks. By M Winther.
- Outback Chess. Play this game with new pieces on plus-shaped board. Winner of the 84-square contest! Author: Tony Quintanilla and Timothy R. Newton. Inventor: Timothy R. Newton.
- OverKnight Chess. Pawns are replaced by Knights, which promote. Author: Tony Quintanilla
- Oxybeles Chess. The Oxybeles can sling a piece to the farthest square in the movement direction (+zrf). By M Winther.
- Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. By Charles Daniel.
- Palace Revolution. Play this 44 square variant with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns with Game Courier. Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
- Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
- Panchimera. 33 pieces a side, includes all the knight augmented pieces. By Graeme C Neatham.
- Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) By Kevin Pacey.
- Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. By Kevin Pacey.
- Passed Pawns Chess. Passed Pawns Chess on 8 x 8 and 10 x 10 Boards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Patchanka. This is the Game Courier preset for Patchanka, a variant with several bi-compound pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Paulovits's Game. Istv. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Pawn Eaters. Win by capturing 8 pawns. Uses Shamanic Rooks, Pawn Eaters, Old Y Mover Elephants, and traditional Knights. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Pawnless vs. Pawnful FIDE. Which side do you think will win? The one with the queen or the one with the pawns? By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: George Whelan.
- Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10? Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
- Pick the Piece Big Chess. Players can choose to play with Gryphon, anti-Gryphon, SuperCannon, Flying Bomber, Ninja Pawns and many other diverse pieces. By Charles Daniel.
- Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities. By Charles Daniel.
- Pillars of Medusa. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess with two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa, on Game Courier . Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- PiRaTeKnIcS. Play this 44-squares chess variant in which pirates on ships fight each other on Game Courier. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Jagger.
- The Pit. A pit over which only one of the pieces may jump. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Daniel Roth.
- Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions. By M Winther.
- Playchess . Correspondence chess server. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
- Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier. Author: Antoine Fourrière and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière.
- Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Greg Strong.
- Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
- Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: George William Duke.
- Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Tucker Kao.
- Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Prime-Ministers Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king! By Charles Daniel.
- Prisoner's Escape. Object is to un-check your opponent; winner of first prize in 44 squares design contest. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Pseudo-Modern Random Chess. Missing description By Jose Carrillo.
- Pyrrhus Chess. The Pyrrhus moves like a king but paralyzes enemy pieces at queen's distance (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Quadruple Besiege Chess. Toroidal Variant with piece movements defined by stretches. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
- Quake Chess. Quake Chess on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Queen of the Night Chess. An over powered game on the Standard Board. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Queens or Castles. Wizards promote by making an opponent's piece [or pawn] and themself vanish from the board. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Querquisite Chess. The Whimsical Querquisite on the Game Courier. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
- Quintessential Chess. Game introducing Quintessential knight and Leeloo (Quintessential Queen). Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
- Racing Kings. Missing description By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Randomscorpions Chess. The Scorpions are randomly distributed on the 2nd and 3rd rank. Otherwise regular setup. By M Winther.
- Raptor Chess. Play game in which two pairs of dual mode fliers: the Raptors and the Birds create havoc on the board! By Charles Daniel.
- Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Raumschach (rules enforcing). Play Raumschach on Game Courier, with rules enforced. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Dr. Ferdinand Maack.
- Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. By Antoine Fourrière.
- Ready Chess. Play this game, where pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first! By Tony Quintanilla.
- Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available). By M Winther.
- Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf). By M Winther.
- Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Relativistic Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/boardrules.dir/relativistic.html. By Carlos Cetina.
- Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules. By M Winther.
- Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Remote Sensing 8 x 8. An 8 x 8 version of Remote Sensing. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Rennaissance Chess II. Missing description By Matthew La Vallee.
- Renniassance Chess. Also referred to as Rennchess, this is a famous, decades-old Tamerlane inspired variant. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Replacement Chess. Replace your opponent's men on the board after you capture them. Author: Kevin Pacey.
- Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
- Revised Chess. A revision of Fide-chess: a pawn on the seventh rank can also capture forwards. Makes chess much less drawish (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Richard's Play-By-eMail Server. Play any of 21 chess variants via email. By Richard Rognlie.
- Rifle Chess. Take a move to capture an enemy piece without moving the capturing piece. Author: Kevin Pacey. Inventor: W. B. Seabrook.
- Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board (includes mirror array and Push-Pullyu variants). Author: Peter Aronson and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Peter Aronson and David Howe.
- Rollerball. Chess race fight on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Rolling Kings. Play Rolling Kings online with Game Courier. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Romanchenko's Chess. FIDE Chess trainer Romanchenko shifted the FIDE board in the middle to help his students think for themselves. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: V. Romanchenko.
- Rose Chess. Grand Chess with Roses substituted for knights, Rose-Bishop for Cardinal, Rose-Rook for Marshall. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. By David Paulowich.
- Roswell Chess. Preset for alien game with abstract pieces that operate in unusual ways. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Rotation Chess. Every ten moves, switch sides with your opponent. How might you prepare for the demise of the pieces you are playing? Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good and Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Royal CannonChess. Pieces next to the king can capture forwards by a cannon leap. By M Winther.
- Royal Court. Play Royal Court on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Sidney LeVasseur.
- Royal Magician's Chess. King and special magician piece earn the right to drop pieces when they venture out to the fourth, fifth and sixth ranks! Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Royal Pawn Chess. Same as FIDE Chess, except the pawns in front of the kings are royal, meaning the object is to checkmate them and not the king. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Royal Rumble. A 6 board all-out melee with random pieces, royals and starting positions. By Nick Wolff.
- The Royal Standard. Highly original game that introduced the famous windmill piece! Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
- Ruddigore Chess. Play this Chessgi variant where you can capture your own pieces, and every other turn you must capture or sacrifice a piece! Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
- Ryugi. 10x10 variant with Kirins, Marshalls, and Dragons, the latter which can move as a Bishop or as a Nightrider. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Sac Chess. Play classical chess along with classical compound pieces: amazons, chancellors, archbishops... Author: Carlos Cetina. Inventor: Kevin Pacey.
- Samarcanda. Zebras, Camels, Crooked Bishops, Squirrels and the FIDE Army populate this exciting game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
- Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. Author: Tony Quintanilla
- Save the Standard. Missing description By Graeme C Neatham.
- Schach-B. One selected from among the Fischer Random boards, also known as Fischer Random position # 542. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: M Winther.
- Schoolbook. This is a Game Courier preset for Schoolbook Chess. By Sam Trenholme.
- Scorpion Chess. Poisonous Scorpions instead of pawns. By M Winther.
- Secutor Chess. The Secutor is a bifurcation piece that must collide and deviate in order to capture (+zrf). By M Winther.
- Seenschach. Crooked Bishops, Reflecting Bishops, Harvesters and Hornets navigate around a giant central abyss. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
- Seeping Switchers - A Chess with Different Armies Variant. Chess with Different Armies variant with Panda, knight wazir, slip queen and a lame bent rider unicorn. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jörg Knappen.
- Seirawan Chess. Play this variant with extra pieces to drop into the game. By M Winther.
- Seirawan Chess. Normal rules, except two extra pieces can be introduced: Hawk and Elephant (with zrf). By Stephen R. Stockman.
- Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions. (9x9, Cells: 81) By A. M. DeWitt.
- Separate. FIDE Chess but with Queens starting trapped behind enemy lines. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Brian Wong and Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Separate Realms Chess. Pieces capture like normal FIDE pieces, but have limited moves that only take them to part of the board when not capturing. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Michael Nelson and Peter Aronson.
- Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. I G Shafran's Game on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
- Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Shanghai Palace Chess. Play this blend of Chinese, Japanese and Western Chess on Game Courier! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Shatra. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Shatranj. The widely played historic Arabian game, predecessor of modern chess. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Shatranj Al-Husun - Citadel Chess. Historical variant of Shatranj. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Shatranj Darwinian. A game that shows the evolution of today's classic pieces. Wazirs and Ferz evolve into modern pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Shatranj Kamil. Shatranj Kamil or "Perfect Chess" a historical variant combining alfils, camels rooks and ferz. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Shatranj Kamil (64). Modern Shatranj-based variant with new pieces. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Paulowich.
- Shatranj Kamil X. Shatranj Kamil, now with Chinese Cannons and Padwars (Jetan). By David Paulowich.
- Shatranj of Troy. A Shatranj variant with Shogi-like drops, a Trojan Horse (with 6 pieces inside). By Gary K. Gifford.
- Shatranji. Chessgi with Shatranj pieces. By Fergus Duniho.
- Shatranjian Dragon Shogi. Shatranjian Shogi with pawn promotes to Dragons and capture revert to pawns. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Shatranjian Shogi. Ferz and wazir, dabbaba and elephant offset each other in this new Shatranj drop game. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Shock Troops. System of chess with standard board and pieces, but with new leaping pieces entering during play. By Charles Daniel.
- Shogi. Play the Japanese form of Chess, in which captured pieces can be dropped back as your own. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Shogi with Impassable Kings. A modest fix to Shogi that makes impasses impossible. By Fergus Duniho.
- Shogi-of-Chesstonia. 9 x 12 Shogi Variant that includes a Queen and some Modern Shatranj Pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
- SHORANJI. 9 x 10 variant of Six Fortresses Short Range which allows pawns to have an initial 2-step move. By Gary K. Gifford.
- SHORANJI Maximus. 9 x 12 variant of Six Fortresses Short Range. 2-Step pawn initial move option. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Shosu Shogi. 10x10 Shogi variant with Queens and more powerful promoted pieces. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Simpleton's Chess Preset. This is an even simplier version of Simplified Chess. By Rich Hutnik.
- Sissa Chess. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
- Six Fortresses. Capture Fortress to releases free pieces to drop. Imposter Kings will complicate checkmates. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Six Fortresses Short Range. A variation of Six Fortresses using short-ranged pieces. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Skica. 10x10 with Ski pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daniel Zacharias.
- Sky. Brilliant original game by Christine Bagley-Jones. Pieces promote through a succession of odd leapers eventually to a rooks. Author: Christine Bagley-Jones and Joe Joyce. Inventor: Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Slide Chess. Variant on 44 squares with moving cages. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
- Smaller Alice Chess. Missing description Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
- Smess. Play this old Parker Brothers game in which arrows direct movement. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
- SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. By Kevin Pacey.
- Sorcerer Chess. Big board chess featuring the Sorcerer (Zebra compund) and the Conjurer (Camel compound). By Charles Daniel.
- Sosarian Chess. 12x8 Game with Capablanca-type pieces plus two lions. By Greg Strong.
- SpaceWar. SpaceWar. By Joe Joyce.
- SpaceWarp44 Chess. 44 square board has warp squares that allow a teleport to another warpsquare. By Jeff Rients.
- Spacious Cannoneers vs Betza's classic armies. Several presets featuring Spacious Cannoneers vs Colorbound Clobberers, Nutty Knights and Remarkable Rookies. By Carlos Cetina.
- Spacious Torus Chess. Toroidal 8 x 8 using "spacious" FIDE pieces which require the next square beyond to be empty to either move or capture. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jianying Ji.
- Spartan Chess. The spartan army with 2 Kings and novel pieces fights against the persians (standard chess army). By Nick Wolff.
- Spartan Chess 28. Small board game created as simple diversion by brilliant hexagonal chess inventor Graeme C. Neatham. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Graeme C Neatham.
- Split Phase Tri-Plane. 3 Boards. Captured pieces split for use on other boards occupied only by kings. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess and reintroducing a unique old piece with zone of influence. By Vitya Makov.
- Squirrels and Camels Chess. Squirrels camels and renn cavaliers along with FIDE pieces and guards on this 10 x 10 board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- SSShess. Attempt at optimal setup with the most popular in the West and in the East chess pieces with the optimum piece density. By Namik Zade.
- Star Pool Chess. Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge. By Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson.
- Stealth Ninja Chess. Features a Drop Zone and diverse pieces such as Ninja Guards, Ninja Warriors, Stealth Gryphon, Anti-Gryphon, and Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
- Stones and Relays. Pieces get to re-originate from neutral relay squares they attack. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Storm the Ivory Tower. Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess by email. By Fergus Duniho.
- Stuck in the Middle with You. 3 Different Boards and 3 Different Armies! By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Suffocation Chess. FIDE setup with new capture. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tarun Moni.
- Summoner's Chess. Pieces are created and improved through the use of cards. By Michael Schmahl.
- Super Knights Chess 2. The Archbishop and Chancellor are complimented by a Ferz Knight, a Wazir Knight and Ninja Pawns. By Charles Daniel.
- Super Knights Grand Chess. Two Chancellors, One Archbishop, no knights and Amazon among Bishops, Rooks... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Charles Daniel.
- Super Maharadscha. The Maharaja in Maharaja and the Sepoys is thought to be inferior: What if you added the camel move? Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Namik Zade.
- Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
- Swedish Cannon Chess. Mats Winther's new piece and game on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Mats Winther.
- Swedish Chess. Drop chess with regular pieces. Pieces dropped can relocate friendly pawns. By M Winther.
- Swedish Hopper Chess. Features the Swedish Hopper. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece. By Tony Quintanilla.
- Symchess. 10 x 10 setup with Capablanca-esque pieces and camels or fils. By Namik Zade.
- Symmetric Chess. Play chess with a couple of queens flanking the king. By Carlos Cetina.
- Symmetric Sissa. Missing description By Carlos Cetina.
- Symmetron! 112. Large version of Symmetron!, with a third modifier. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.
- Symmetron! 44. Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Antoine Fourrière and Roberto Lavieri.
- Take Over Chess. Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
- Takeover Chess Play-By-Mail game. Examine this game played in the Invent and Play contest! Drawn. Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
- A Tale of Two Countries. This is a small diceless wargame. By Joe Joyce.
- Tamerlane Chess. Chess game said to have been favored, perhaps even invented, by ruler Timur the Lame in the 14th c. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Tamerlane II. Cazaux's modern take on Tamerlane Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- TamerSpiel. Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants. Author: Tony Quintanilla and Eric V. Greenwood. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Tandem-84. Jim Aikin's Tandem-84 on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
- Tango Chess. Using triangulators that move as bishops and different types of pawns that can be repositioned by side spacious wazirs. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Templar Chess. Play Templar Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- TenCubed Chess. Play TenCubed Chess on Game Courier. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Paulowich.
- Tenjiku Shogi. Four hundred year old, large, historical variant of Shogi. Author: A. M. DeWitt.
- Tepuy. Play Tepuy, a territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing! Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
- Terachess II. A summit with 26 different pieces on a 16 x 16 board. There are 64 pieces per side of 26 different types. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Teramachy. Teramachy is the child of Metamachy with 12 rows and Terachess with 16 columns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- TessChess. 4D chess featuring symmetrically-moving pieces. By Ben M Reiniger.
- Texarkana. Colorbound pieces have non-capturing, square-creating wazir move which they can use to switch to an alternate universe. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- The Secret Invisible Pass Chess. Missing description By Namik Zade.
- The Travelers. Unorthodox game, very different from Western Chess: A very complex and deep game of apparent simplicity. By Roberto Lavieri.
- Third runner. Missing description By Daniil Frolov.
- Threat Chess, Attackers Chess and Victims Chess. Missing description By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Threatened Pawn Chess. Pawns start in threatened positions. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Sydney Schultz.
- Three Elephants Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - Protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's! Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing K to K8 wins by Thronemate, too. By Kevin Pacey.
- Thronschach. Immobilizer, knight-wazir, bishop-ferz, cardinal and two ways of winning, one by occupying "throne". Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Glenn Overby II.
- Thunder Chess. Play this hybrid of Fusion, Assimilation, and Metamorph Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
- Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
- Tiled Squares Chess. Play this game, where you drop tiles to create the board as you play! By Tony Quintanilla.
- Tiling Rider Chess. This game was inspired by tiles seen in many bathrooms and sidewalks. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Tim's 3D Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player. Author: Kevin Pacey. Inventor: Tim O'Lena.
- Time Travel Chess. Play Time Travel Chess on the Game Courier! Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
- Time Travel Chessgi. One can travel backwards or forwards in time, bringing along all one's possessions. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Timurid. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid (std), one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Timurid Babur. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Babur, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Timurid Mirza. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Mirza, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Timurid Samarkand. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Samarkand, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Titan Chess. In which, a new class of pieces such as Quad Bomber, Flying Bomber, and Raptor possess a unique fly-over capturing mechanism. By Charles Daniel.
- Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
- The Toddler. Large variant with powerful pieces and an intricate net of protections. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Jean-Yves Boulay.
- Tonight. Superstrength double moving knight pieces and king that can create squares for itself to move in limited area. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Torus Chess. Besiege Chess re-visualized, specifically as Torus Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Torus Standard. Uses the ordinary FIDE pieces on 8 x 8 board but configured in such a way as to permit the board to be toroidal! Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Karl Fischer.
- Toulousain Chess. Jean-Louis Cazaux's 12 x 12 chess variant dedicated to his town of Toulouse. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Towers Chess. Play Towers Chess on Game Courier. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Alex Wood.
- Transcendental Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Max Lawrence.
- Transmitter Chess. Drone pieces have no movement until activated by Transmitters. By Gary K. Gifford.
- Tree Garden Chess. Zebras, camels, cardinals, marshalls negotiate around a central lacuna. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: William Overington.
- TreeLeaders Chess. Preset for Treeleaders Chess (invented by Erez Schatz). Author: Uri Bruck. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
- Tripunch Chess. Superpowerful composite pieces play on the FIDE board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
- Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. and Tony Quintanilla.
- Troitzky Chess. Where the mate by two knights is possible. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Paul Byway.
- Trophy-Hunt Chess. Squirrels and Elephants instead of Kings, Queens and Bishops. Author: Tony Quintanilla
- Turkish Chess. The small version of Giant Chess. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third out of six variations on Great Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. Play this variation of Great Chess by e-mail! Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation V. Large variant with three new pieces. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation VI. Large variant adding an Archbishop and a General (Amazon). Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
- Turret Chess. The Turret catapult can sling any piece above its head, and let it land on an enemy piece (+ zrf). By M Winther.
- Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Philip M. Cohen.
- Twilit. Knight Ferzes, Knight Wazirs and their complements, in the form of Fye'tins and Templars. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Twin Knights. Pairs of Knight-Ferzes, Knights and Knight-wazirs on small board with holes in it. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Twinmove Chess (uncompelled). Double move variant where a pawn can, optionally, be moved first. By M Winther.
- Twinmove-Chess (compulsory). Double move variant where a pawn must be moved first. (This is like a pistol held to your head.). By M Winther.
- Two Pipe Chess. Play this game from the 41-square contest on the PBM system! By Doug Chatham.
- U-Chess. Play Unambiguous Three-Symbol Chess online. Author: Fergus Duniho.
- Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
- Undecided Chess. Undecided Pawns change into orthodox pieces by moving like them. By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
- Unicorn Chess. Unicorn Chess with one queen, two cardinalriders and two marshalls. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Paulowich.
- Unicorn Great Chess. Enjoyable game: Great Chess pawn structure encloses two half-ducks - "lions" - with exciting bishop-nightrider - "unicorn.". Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Paulowich.
- Univers Chess. Play this Carrera's Chess variant with no unprotected Pawns on Game Courier. By Fergus Duniho.
- Universal Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSuniversalchess. By Carlos Cetina.
- Valiant Chess. Knight pawns at the fifth rank have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf). By M Winther.
- Vanguard Chess. Game Courier preset for Vanguard Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Bob Greenwade.
- Vegas Fun Chess. Play Chess with a pair of Chess dice. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
- Venomous. Play this new large board system of chess with the Sissa, Sorcerer Snake and Ninja pawns. By Charles Daniel.
- Very Heavy Chess. Play Very Heavy Chess on Game Courier. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Victorian Chess. Play Victorian Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Paulowich and John Kipling Lewis.
- Viking Chess. Play Viking Chess online with Game Courier. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Tomas Forsman.
- Voidrider Chess. A 43 square variant with movable spaces. By Fergus Duniho.
- Vortex Chess. Similar to Warp Point Chess only with "portals" that are more dynamic and split between the two players... Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Robert LeRoy.
- WAD Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with WADs (Champions) added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
- Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added. By Kevin Pacey.
- Walkers and Jumpers. Joe Joyce's multidimensional game on the Game Courier. Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Joe Joyce.
- The War of World`s Warriors Chess. Logical continuation of Clash of Civilizations Chess, optimizes piece density within limits of 50% +/- 2. By Namik Zade.
- Warlord. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Battle Line. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Civil War. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Clash of Arms. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warlord: Lakes. Missing description By Joe Joyce.
- Warp Point Chess. Play this game! Knights are replaced by Warp Points that other pieces can move between. By Jason Shields.
- Wide Chess. Chess with 2 types of non-colourbound elephants added on a 12x8 board using fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wide Nightrider Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Nightriders, Champions and fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wide SOHO Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Archbishops, Marshalls, Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. By Kevin Pacey.
- Wild Babur. This is a Game Courier preset for Wild Babur, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wild Kingdom. Battle for jungle dominance with your own army of animals, each with special abilities. By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Kingdom Chess. Missing description By Nick Wolff.
- Wild Mirza. This is a Game Courier preset for Wild Mirza, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wild Samarkand. This is a Game Courier preset for Wild Samarkand, one of the variants from the Timurid Family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wild Tamerlane Chess. Game Courier Preset to play Wild Tamerlane Chess, a fury on 11x11 board. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wild Timurid. This is a Game Courier preset for Wild Timurid, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Wildebeest Chess. Stars the Wildebeest which moves as knight or camel. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
- Wildeurasian Qi. Variant on 10 by 10 board combining ideas of several existing variants. Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
- Wives and Guards. FIDE setup with additional pieces to offset white's first move advantage - two ferzes + two wazirs against two guards. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric V. Greenwood.
- Wizard Chess. Missing description Author: Daniil Frolov. Inventor: Paul E. Newton and Andrew P. Newton.
- Wizard's War. Play this game with piece-creating Wizards and a board divided into arena and enchanted sections! Author: Tony Quintanilla and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
- Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. By Fergus Duniho.
- Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with two special spaces. By John Smith.
- Wreckage!. Introducing the dual mode Flying Guillotine, the Detonator that destroys adjacent pieces, and the advancer / withdrawer Dragon. By Charles Daniel.
- Wuss. Introducing the weakening Wuss piece, which must move when attacked but can not capture. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- X Chess. Hourglass shaped board with piece density of nearly 50%, and diagonal pieces. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
- Xhatranj. Contemporary shatranj with more advanced pieces including interesting hook movers. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Howe and Christine Bagley-Jones.
- Xhess. Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: David Howe.
- Xiang Hex. Play this hexagonal adaptation of Chinese Chess on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
- Xorix Shogi. Automated, rule-enforcing preset for playing Xorix Shogi on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black.
- Yáng Qí. Westernized adaptation of Chinese Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
- Yangsi. A very playable chess variant with 12 different pieces on a 10x10 board. By A. M. DeWitt.
- Yapsan's Spherical Chess. Play this early adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Peter Yapsan.
- Zanzibar-S. A large CV with 72 pieces of 17 different types. Bigger than Metamachy. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Zanzibar-XL. Beyond Metamachy. 80 pieces of 19 different types, with historical lineage. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- zephyr chess. quinquereme chess with squirrels, airplanes, and renn cavaliers! By Andy Maxson.
- Zeppelin Chess. The Zeppelin flies directly to any empty square orthogonally, captures piece before landing square (+zrf). By M Winther.
- ZigZag Madness. Introducing the 2-path bent riders: the ZigZag Bishop and ZigZag Rook. By Charles Daniel.
- Zone X. Chess with a special central Zone, a new piece, and new moves. Author: Roberto Lavieri and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
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