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Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant.
Avalanche Chess
. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns.
Avalanche Chess. This game is a Recognized Chess Variant.
Avalanche Chess 2. As before, except that the red king and queen are switched.
AvantGarde Chess
. A font-named variant that adds a Centaur and a Man to the standard setup.
Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Avatar Riff Riders. Overcome the reef on an Avatar basis. (11x11, Cells: 110)
Average Game Ratings. An ordered list of the ratings for the games on this site.
Avian Airforce
. Experimental Rider/Leaper Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the Usual Four and Other Armies.
Aviary
. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme.
Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf).
Aviation Chess. Knight pawns move and capture as bishops and can leap any number of units.
Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80)
AVP Episode 2. Very creative and fun contemporaneous take on Maharaja Chess.
Award from ChessAward.Org. Chessvariants.com named 'Great Chess Resource'.
Awards. Awards given to the Chess Variant Pages.
Axis and Allies Chess. Diceless variant of Axis and Allies.
Azchess
. Missing description
Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Azchess. Variant of Grand Chess in which one amazon is added to each side.
Azchessimp
. Missing description
Azerbaijan Chess. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/73747?do=show;id=1659.
Azerbaijan Chess
. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/79138?do=show;id=1659.
AzsymChess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Azsymchess
. Missing description
Azsymchess pawns shuffler
. Missing description
Azsymchess1024
. Missing description
Azsymchessdrop(Improved)
. Missing description
Azsymdrop(Updated))
. Missing description
Baby Chess. Play this small 5x5 variant on Jocly.
Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64)
BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bach Dang Chess. On board with 100 squares, with crafts and other special pieces and rules. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bach Dang Chess
. Game on board of 88 squares, with Ships and other special pieces and rules.
Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen.
Bachelor Chess. Play this game from the 42-square contest with the PBM system!
Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42)
Bachelor Chess
. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King.
Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72)
Bachelor Kamil. Play by E-mail! Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess.
Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72)
Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36)
Back-to-Back Chess
. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board.
Back-to-Back Chess. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100)
Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88)
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132)
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other!
Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Baladãna. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'.
Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves.
Balaklava Chess
. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves.
Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Balbo's Chess. Odd-shaped board, bishops as powerful as knights.
Balbo's Chess
. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks.
Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68)
Balbo's Chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks.
Balbo's Chess 2. Balbos Chess 2.
Ball's AKA Military Chess
. Variant on 10x10 board with military-themed short-range pieces where the goal is to occupy one of your opponent's center squares.
Ballista Chess. game in which Ballistae give Pieces the ability to move across the Board. (9x8, Cells: 72)
Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63)
Bank Chess
. Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants.
Bank Chess. Regular Chess only Drops come from Pocketings.
Bank of Scotland -- Main Branch. Progressive Variant where each check earns the player an extra move, and check ends turn.
Bank of Scotland -- Modern Branch. Progressive Variant where each check gives a player another move, and move is ended by check or move to defended square.
Bankhouse Chess. Missing description
Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules.
Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules.
Banzai Chess. Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina.
Barasi chess
. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards.
Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Barbershop Quartet. Toroidal Variant with Dual Direction Bishops.
Barc. Jumps as knight but only `narrow backwords' or `wide forwards'.
Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move.
Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move.
Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game.
Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description
Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Baseball Chess 2. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Baseball Chess Hits & HomeRuns. Missing description
Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156)
Basic Chess. Variable baseline chess without drawing lots. Restrict Rooks to a and h files, and King to d or e files.
Basilisk Chess. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists).
Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant.
Bastardo. 4-player game.
Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal.
Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant.
Bastille Chess
. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress.
Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular.
Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46)
Battery Chess. Battery Chess on the Game Courier.
Battle Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn.
Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84)
Battle Chieftain Chess
. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes.
Battle Line. A military-style variant with 48 pieces per side.
Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game.
The Battle of the Animals. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63)
Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270)
Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378)
Battle of the Six Armies. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A.
Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135)
Battle Room Chess. Win by getting four of your pieces in or around your enemy's gate.
Battlefront Chess. Game with standard pieces, 12 pawns, 2 Generals, the Archbishop, and the Chancellor. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
BCMShogi. A versatile and customizable Shogi program.
BD or Bede. A piece which has the combined movement of the bishop and the dabbabah.
Bear Chess. Russian variant with new piece.
Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter.
Bear Chess. Play Bear Chess, a popular Russian game, on Game Courier.
Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beastmaster Chess
. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces.
Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84)
Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. (11x10, Cells: 100)
Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi)
. 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences.
Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99)
Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi.
Bedlam
. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
Beginners Chess. Missing description
Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn.
Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb.
Belfry Chess. Introducing the belfry catapult.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn.
Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Bellows Chess
. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn.
Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39)
Benedict Chess
. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides.
Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides.
Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time.
Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders.
The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead.
Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns.
Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST.
Berolina Pawn. Pawn variant that takes straight and moves diagonally forward.
Berolina Plus Pawn. Improved Berlonia Pawn that can also capture to the side.
Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beryl Chess. Variant on board of 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
Besiege Chess. Each side has two sets of armies, the black ones are in the middle and whites on top and bottom.
Besiege Chess. Large variant with White on either side, Black in center.
Besiege Chess
. Large variant with White on either side, Black in center.
Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128)
Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.
Betza notation (extended). The powerful XBetza extension to Betza's funny notation.
Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels.
Betza's Flying Circus. Bombers and interceptors fly above the chess board.
Betza's Three Dimensional Chess Games. Several 3d-chess variants by Ralph Betza.
Betza, Ralph. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225)
Bibliografia scacchistica, annotata. Missing description
Bicapture Chess. You may capture, and be checked by, your own units.
Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers.
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81)
Bifocal Chess
. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece!
Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece!
Bifold Halfgi. Bifold pieces are able to combine with other same-colored bifold pieces and move as a single normal sized piece.
Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces.
Big Battle
. Large (10x10), commercial variant.
Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Big Battle. Large (10x10), commercial variant.
Big Board Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with individual opening setup. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Big Board Chess. Play Big Board Chess online with Game Courier.
Big Board Chess. Large set with setup phase.
Big Chess
. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops.
Big Chess. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. (14x8, Cells: 112)
Big Chess. Ordinary chess pieces on an elongated 8 x 14 board with three times as many bishops and two times as many knights.
Big Outer Chess
. Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the center.
Big Outer Chess. Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the centre. (12x12, Cells: 148)
Big Pawn Chess
. Missing description
BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121)
BigBangChess
. Chess with an expanding and contracting board.
Bigorra. A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bigorra. Game Courier Preset for Bigorra, a large CV, 80 pieces of 34 types on 16x16 sq. board. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256)
Bilateral Chess
. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle.
Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players.
Billiards Chess. Bishops and queens bounce off the edges.
Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Bingo Chess. A cross between Chess and Bingo. (Cells: 41)
Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43)
Bird Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Bird's Chess. Predecessor to Capablanca's Chess with Guard and Equerry.
Bird's Chess. Large variant by the grandmaster.
Birds and Ninjas. Two simple checkmate problems for the game.
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.
Birds and Ninjas. Immaculately balanced game features pieces with unique fly-over capture ability and short-range diagonal leapers.
Birds and Ninjas. Strategically rich chess-like game with powerful dual range orthogonal flying pieces, and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104)
The Birth of Fischer Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally.
The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description
Bishop Chess. Bishops do not capture and cannot be captured.
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description
Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bishop, Reflecting. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board.
Bishopper. Moves along diagonal line to first square after jumped over piece.
Bishops. four-player game.
Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132)
Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side.
Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games.
Bishops moving puzzle. Puzzle to move bishops across the board without attacking each other, as appearing in computer game The 7th Guest.
Bison. Makes (1-3)-jump or (2-3)-jump.
Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64)
Black and White Chess. Two moves per turn, the first from a white square, the second.
The Black Ghost. Betzan attempt to remedy White's first move advantage in FIDE by giving Black a noncapturing but capturable teleporting piece.
The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Black Hole Chess. Game with missing center and two extra spaces just behind the kings.
Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand.
Black Hole Chess. Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings. (9x11, Cells: 100)
Black Hole Chess
. Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings.
Black Holes. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. (5x8, Cells: 40)
Black Holes
. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport.
Black Holes. Sample game 1.
Black Holes. Sample game 2.
Black Holes. Sample game 3.
Black Holes. Sample game 4.
Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced.
Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blackjack Chess. Reduce the point value of your pieces to exactly 21 points and win the game. Or do it the old-fashioned way.
Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win.
Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight).
Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46)
Bland Chess 46. A 46 square variant of Bland Chess. Allows for War Machine, Knight, and/or Modern War Machine use.
Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Blind Shogi. Missing description
BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware).
Blindfold. Shareware program. Visualize and remember a sequence of chess positions.
Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available).
The Blindly Game
. Missing description
Blizzard Chess
. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels).
Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry?
Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry.
Blockade Chess. Missing description
BlockChess. Decimal variant with standard pieces starting out in the corners.
Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
Blood Brothers Chess. Pieces defend others of their kind regardless of location.
Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions.
Blue Chess or Deep Blue Vs. Kasparov Chess. Tribute to a famous game with three shades of blue and different options for each player to achieve a win.
Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blue Chip Chess. Missing description
Blue Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent .
Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides.
Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Board and Table Games (From Many Civilizations). Missing description
Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Missing description
Board Image Utility. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions.
Board Space. Website and app for playing abstract strategy board games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Boardgaminginfo.com. Site that has information on how to play board games.
Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. A collection of SVG piece images.
Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. The SVG files used in Bob's library of pieces.
Bodlaender, Hans. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages.
Bodyguard Chess. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available).
Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb.
Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available).
Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode.
Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board.
Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists).
Bomber Chess I. Pawns can be made to explode.
Bomber Chess II. Pawns can be made to explode, and always explode when.
Bomber Chess III. Pawns and pieces can be made to explode.
BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
BomberChess
. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares.
Bomberman
. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers.
Bomberman Chess. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Bomberman Chess. Two "bombs" and a "defuser" spice up this 10 x 8 game.
Bomberman Chess Photographs. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers.
Bookie Chess. An online game generator which combines chess and gambling.
Books on Kriegspiel. Missing description
Boolean Rithmomachia. Missing description (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
Boolean Rithmomachia
. Missing description
Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces.
Booster Chess
. Pawns push friendly pieces.
BordahBee. A two-move, two-board game with restrictions for the second move according to the first move.
BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42)
Border Wars
. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi.
Border Wars II
. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects.
Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44)
Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess.
Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64)
Bosma chess. King that is attacked three or more times is not considered to be in check. Fairy chess problem theme.
Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
Bottleneck Chess. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41)
Bottleneck Chess
. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board.
Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces.
Bowman. Moves as knight, and takes a piece that is an additional knightsmove in same direction away.
BrainKing.com. Play by email site that lets you play several chess variants.
Braintv: A Korean chess TV channel. KoreanChess.
Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup.
Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brawl Chess. Chess on a 12x12 board loaded with powerful pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brett Rules
. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition.
Brett rules
. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition.
Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction.
Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards.
The Bridge 41. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41)
The Bridge41
. 41 square board with bridge in the middle.
Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board.
The British Chess Variant Society. Missing description
British Chess ZRF
. ZRF for British-themed variant with a royal Queen + Lions, Unicorns & Dragons.
Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
Brotherhood Chess
. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind.
Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind.
Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind.
Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72)
Brouhaha. Preset for Brouhaha, a game that brings the ruckus!
Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Play this wide hexagonal variant with Jocly.
Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal adaptation of Chess with horizontal ranks. (8x12, Cells: 84)
Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's.
Brutalis
. A program that helps to solve helpmates, with options for composing.
Buccaneer Chess. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available).
Buczo's Chess. Large board game with extra Knights and underpromotion available on 8th and 9th ranks.
Buffalo. Triple compound leaper.
Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other.
Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
Bughouse Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner.
Bughouse Chess. Two boards. Units captured move to opposite board. Popular variant.
Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bughouse Links. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources.
Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
Bughouse.net. Extensive website with information on Bughouse.
Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Building a Tridimensional Chess Board. Missing description
Building an 8 by 8 by 8 board. On how to design a three dimensional chess board.
Building chess. Add a square after every move.
Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Burden of royality. Missing description
Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bureau-Spiel. Chess on a 24x8 board with an assortment of pieces, many powerful. (24x8, Cells: 192)
Burmese Chess. Most popular form in Burma.
Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set.
Burmese Chess. Missing description
Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bushi shogi. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai.
Bushi Shogi. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces.
Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Butterfly Chess. Game with Butterflies (not Ns), Advancers (not Qs) & Flying Dragons added.
Butters Chess. Capture by moving adjacent rather than by displacement.
Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points.
By Rook Or by Crook. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. (Cells: 42)
By Rook Or By Crook
. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares.
Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Byelorussian Cheskers
. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts.
Byelorussian Chesskers. Pieces promote to "Damkas" in this Chess Checkers Hybrid.
Byzanatine Chess. Circular 16x4 Shatranj variant.
Byzanatine Chess II. A different account of the old circular game.
Byzantine Chess
. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board.
Byzantine Chess. Play this historical circular variant with Jocly.
Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
Byzantine Chess endgames. Queen vs Pawn. Endgame analysis for historic round chess variant.
Byzantine Chess Theory. Towards the theory of Byzantine Chess.
Cagliostro's Chess. Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee Florida invented this variant in latter quarter of 20th c. Adds extra cardinal and amazon to capa.
Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Cai Qi. Chesslike game on circular board.
Caïssa. Christian Freeling's game with a royal queen.
Caïssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons.
Calculation of Piece Values
. Link to an essay on attack values, material values, relative piece values.
Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel.
Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9)
Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cambaluc Chinese Chess Photos. A commercially produced Chinese Chess set with Staunton pieces.
Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Cambodian Chess
. Mysterious 9x9 "Cambodian" Chess game that seems unknown in Cambodia.
Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game.
Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Camel Decimal Chess. Decimal Chess with Camel. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Camel Decimal Chess. Game Courier preset for Camel Decimal Chess, a 10x10 chess with Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Camelopard Chess. Game with Camelopards. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Camelrider Chess. P. Aronson's big-board variant with regular pieces and Camelriders.
Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately.
Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not.
Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively.
Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cannibal Chess
. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take.
Cannibal Chess. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cannon. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.
Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons.
Cannon Chess
. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces.
Cannon Shogi
. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces.
Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons.
Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon.
Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42)
Cannons and Crabs. Small board, cannons (alibaba-guards) and some centralized crabs (sergeant pawns) - promotion only to cardinal or marshall...
Cannons and Crabs
. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers).
Cannons of Chesstonia
. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons on the sides of the board can "fire" new pieces into the game.
Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. (12x8, Cells: 80)
Canoness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 88)
Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Canonical Chess Variants
. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess.
Canonness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently shaped board.
Canopus
. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid.
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72)
Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel.
Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules!
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44)
Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster.
Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster.
Capablanca Chess program. A DOS program for Capablanca's chess, based upon GNU chess.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess.
Capablanca Relocation Chess. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf).
Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces.
Capablanca Shatranj. Where Cardinal and Marshall are replaced by their moderate short range leaper counterparts.
Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess with Jocly.
Capablanca's chess
. Version using Alfaerie graphics.
Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess on the Play-by-Mail system!
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
Capablanca's Chess Photographs. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant.
Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional.
Capatomic Random Chess. Variant that combines Capablanca Random and Stratomic Chess.
Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose.
Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career.
Capricorn Chess. Missing description
Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
Captain Spalding Chess
. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72)
Captive Kings. Created to obtain more wins and less draws with an anti-chess chess rule.
Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42)
Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game.
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)
Capture-the-flag Chess
. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board.
Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one.
Carbery. game for fantasy thing.
Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100)
CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight.
Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound.
Cardinal Super Chess Home Page. Link to company site.
Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set.
Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Cardmate
. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games.
Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops.
Carnage
. Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization.
Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Carnivore Chess. Each turn, also move an uncapturable predator.
Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba.
Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617.
Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons.
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64)
Carrousel Chess. Circular chess using reflecting bishops & squirrels, not Bs & Ns.
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44)
Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169)
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