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4 Armies 
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81Dojo. The International Shogi Server.
84 Spaces Contest. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Play this variation on the Play-by-Email system!
Abstract Chess Pieces. Icons of chess and chess variant pieces.
Advancer. Moves like a Queen, but captures by approach.
AISE. Italian Association of Chess Variants.
- Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player.
- Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant.
- Alibaba.
Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally.
Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
- Alice Chess. Play this classic variant in which pieces switch between boards whenever they move. (Recognized!)
- Alice Chess . New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards.
All Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played.
- All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
- Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Amazon Chess. Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess.
Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces.
- Anti-Chess. Lose all your pieces to win.
- Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check.
Approval Poll for 1st Game Courier Tournament. Vote for the games you would like to play in a multivariant Game Courier tournament.
- Approval Poll for Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games you want in the third Game Courier tournament.
- Archbishop. Moves as bishop or as knight.
- Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces.
- Assimilation Chess . Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces.
- Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Assimilation Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart.
- Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board.
Average Game Ratings. An ordered list of the ratings for the games on this site.
- Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68)
- Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
BCMShogi. A versatile and customizable Shogi program.
- Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi.
- Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Bedlam . A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
- Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns.
- Big Board Chess. Play Big Board Chess online with Game Courier.
- Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally.
- Black Hole Chess . Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings.
- Board Space. Website and app for playing abstract strategy board games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Bomberman Chess Photographs. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers.
- Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup.
- British Chess ZRF . ZRF for British-themed variant with a royal Queen + Lions, Unicorns & Dragons.
- Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal adaptation of Chess with horizontal ranks. (8x12, Cells: 84)
- Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons.
- Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Cambaluc Chinese Chess Photos. A commercially produced Chinese Chess set with Staunton pieces.
- Cannon. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.
- Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess.
- Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess on the Play-by-Mail system!
- Capablanca's Chess Photographs. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant.
- Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight.
- Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement.
Cavalier Chess. Play Cavalier Chess with Jocly.
- Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement.
- Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cavalier Chess Photographs. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement.
- Centaur. Moves as Knight or Man. AKA Crowned Knight.
- Champion. Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally.
- Chancellor. Moves like rook or as knight.
- Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!)
- Check, or Combination Chess. Pieces may combine in couples and triplets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Checkers. The most popular game besides Chess played on the same board.
- Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer.
- Chess for Three. A 3-player variant on an unusual board.
- Chess on the Dot. Play this adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Putting together a set of materials for playing several different Chess variants.
- Chess Variant Inventors. Find out which inventors have the most games listed here.
Chess Variant Pages: Privacy Policy. Missing description
- Chess Variant Pages: Terms of Service. What is expected of members and visitors.
- Chess Variant Problems on Game Courier. Solve Chess Variants Problems Composed with Game Courier.
- Chess Variants PBM Instructions. Help page for the Chess Variants Play-by-Mail system.
- Chess Variants Training. A site that helps you improve at Chess variants.
- Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (Recognized!)
- ChessCraft. An Android app for playing Chess variants.
- Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
- Chessgi. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi.
- Chinese Chess. Play Xiang Qi, the Chinese form of Chess.
- Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Circular Chess. PBM Preset for Circular Chess.
- Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent.
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess.
- Colossus. 10x10 chess with 4 Rooks, 4 Knights, 4 Bishops, 10 Pawns, 1 Queen and 1 King!
- Commoner. Moves to any adjacent square, like a King, but not royal.
- Complicacious Chess. Variant in which Chess piece change type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 84 spaces.. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe.
- Courtyard Photographs. Photo's of constructed set of 40 squares variant.
- Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crowned Knight. Moves as Knight or Man. Also known as Centaur.
- Crowned Rook. Moves as Rook or Ferz. Also known as Dragon King.
- Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected.
- Delegating Chess. 84 square variant in which pieces delegate moving powers.
- Demotion Chessgi . Chessgi variant limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
- Demotion Chessgi. a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
- Devingt Chess. Game Courier to play Devingt Chess, on a 10x10 board with Sages (=Camels).
Diagram Designer. Lets you display diagrams without uploading any graphics.
- Diagrammatic Shogi Pieces. Icons of shogi pieces in diagram style.
- Double Chess. FIDE Chess x 2(with extra queen replacing what would be an extra king).
- Double Move Double Chess. Play this double move variant that uses two Chess sets with Game Courier. (8x16, Cells: 128)
- Double Moves. Move your opponent's pieces after moving your own.
- Doubles Chess. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board.
- Dragon Horse. Moves as Bishop or Wazir.
- Dragon King. Moves as Rook or Ferz. AKA Crowned Rook.
- Duel Chess. PBM Preset for 43-space variant played on two boards.
- Eight Stone Chess Photographs. Additional photo's of set of Eight Stone Chess.
- The Elephant. Jumps two diagonally (see Alfil).
- Embassy Chess. Play this modern Bird's Chess variant based on the setup of Grand Chess.
- Embassy Chess. Play Embassy Chess with Jocly.
- Embassy Chess. A 10x8 variant based on Grand Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Empress. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
- Empress. Fairy Chess name for Rook+Knight compound.
- Episcopal Chess. Play this symmetric version of Chess online.
- Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess.
- Eurasian Chess . Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess.
- Experiments in Symmetry. Several experimental games to test whether perfect symmetry makes a game better.
- Extinction Chess. Win by capturing every piece of the same type. (Recognized!)
- Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Extra Move Chess. Move twice per turn with Extra Move Chess.
- Extra Move Chess ZRF . Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games.
- Fall 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2005.
- Favorite Games. Chess variants favorited by our members.
- Favorite Games of their Inventors. What the Chess variant inventors here consider their best work.
- Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.
- Ferz. Moves one diagonally.
- FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- First GC Tournament Approval Poll Results. The latest results of the approval poll for selecting the games to be played in the first Game Courier tournament.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!)
- Fischer Random Chess email Club. Missing description
- Font Settings.
Change your fonts for viewing this site.
- Fusion Chess . Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart.
- Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart.
- Fusion Chessgi . A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
- Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
- Fusion Diamond 41 . A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.
- Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41)
- Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.
- GAME Code Tutorial. Tutorial on how to program a game for Game Courier.
- Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.
- Game Courier. PHP script for playing Chess variants online.
- Game Courier Developer's Guide. Learn how to design and program Chess variants for Game Courier.
- Game Courier History. History of the Chess Variants Game Courier PBM system.
- Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier.
- Game Courier Ratings. Calculates ratings for players from Game Courier logs. Experimental.
- Game Courier Settings Files. Keep track of all the settings files you have written for Game Courier.
- Game Courier Tournament #1. A multi-variant tournament played on Game Courier.
- Game Courier Tournament #2. Sign up for our 2nd multi-variant tournament to be played all on Game Courier.
- Game Courier Tournament #2 Approval Poll. Vote for which games you would like to play in the second Game Courier Tournament.
- Game Courier Tournament #2 Preference Poll. Rank the candidates for the next Game Courier tournament in order of preference.
- Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games should be in the third Game Courier tournament.
- Game Courier Tournament #4: An Introductory Semi-Potluck. A tournament to feature games good for introducing people to Chess variants.
- Game Courier User's Guide. How to play games with the CV Play-by-Mail system.
- Games for Game Courier. The many games you can play online with Game Courier.
- Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels. German book on the history and literature of Chess (German Language) (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Giraffe. Makes (1,4)-jump.
- Go. Play Go with Game Courier.
- Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards.
- Gothic Chess. A 10x8 variant using the same rules and equipment as Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Cavalier Chess . The decimal version of Cavalier Chess.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. Decimal variant with Cannons and Cavalier Chess pieces.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. Play Grand Cavalier Chess with Jocly.
- Grand Cavalier Chess Photographs. Photo's of home made set of large chess variant.
- Grand Chess. Decimal variant with Cardinals and Marshalls.
- Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board.
- Gross Chess. Play this 144 square variant online with Game Courier.
- Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Gross Chess . Play this 144 square variant with Zillions of Games.
- Grotesque Chess. Play Grotesque Chess with Jocly.
- Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Grotesque Chess. Play this variant of Capablanca's Chess that leaves no Pawns unprotected.
- Halfgi. A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Handmade Magnetic Chinese Chess Set. Photo's of Xiangqi set made from magnetic chess and checkers sets.
- Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.
- Hex Shogi . A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.
- Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 spaces.
- Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41)
- Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board.
- Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board.
- Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91)
- Hexagonal Chess (Glinski). Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Recognized!)
- Hexagonal Chess (McCooey). Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Recognized!)
- Hexagonal chess: Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagonal Board. Files and directions for making a hexagonal chess board.
- Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons.
- HiddenLynx. A beautiful, user-friendly, Windows program for Chinese Chess.
- Holy War . Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares.
- Holywar. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. (6x6, Cells: 40)
- Holywar Photographs. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares.
- Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. Photos of pieces made from computer printed stickers on foam board.
- Homepage. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.
- Honorable Horse. Moves forward as a Knight.
- Hostage Chess . Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped.
- Hostage Chess. Play this Chessgi-like game in which no pieces change sides. (Recognized!)
- House of Staunton Chess Variant Kits. Photos of Chess variant pieces sold by the House of Staunton.
- How to Design and Post Your Own Game. A reference for those who want to post their own games here.
- How to Enforce Rules in Game Courier. A tutorial on programming a rule-enforcing preset in the GAME Code language.
- How to Make Your Game Display Legal Moves in Game Courier. A Game Courier Tutorial.
How to Play Chess: The Rules. YouTube Video on How to Play Chess.
- How to Program Multi-Move Variants for Game Courier. A tutorial with examples borrowed from code for Marseillais Chess and Extra Move Chess.
- How to Program Piece Drops for Game Courier. A tutorial on including Shogi-style piece drops in a Game Courier preset.
- HTML vs Markdown. A style guide to using Markdown or HTML on this site.
- Iconographic Chinese Pieces. Icons of Xiangqi pieces in Western style.
- Interdependent Chess . A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces.
- Interdependent Chess. A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces. (6x7, Cells: 42)
- Interdependent Chess. A 42 square variant in which pieces borrow capturing ability from other pieces.
- Internationalized Chinese Chess. Photos of a commercial Staunton set for playing Xiangqi, Janggi, and Chess.
- Italian Association of Chess Variants. Associazione Italiana Scacchi Eterodossi: the world leading Italian chess variant organization.
- Janggi: Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Janus Chess. Play Janus Chess on Game Courier.
- Japanese Chess. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)
- Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant.
- Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction.
- King's Run . An entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run.
- King's Run. An entry for the 32-turn contest that is based on Logan's Run.
- Kings Court Photographs. Photo's of oblong 12 by 8 chess variant.
- Knight (a.k.a. Horse). Makes a (1,2)-jump.
- Korean Chess. Play Korea's regional Chess variant on Game Courier.
- Korean Chess Photos. Photos of a traditional Korean Chess set on a homemade board.
- Large Chess ZRF . ZRF for Capablanca's Chess plus variants: Bird's, Aberg's, Grotesque, Univers, Embassy, Janus, Archbishop, New Chancellor + more.
- Leo. Moves on queen lines, but must jump once when taking.
- Lion (2). Moves on queen-lines but must jump exactly one piece. Appears in fairy chess problems.
- Lion Chess. Replaces the riders in Chess with hoppers.
- Login. Sign in to the Chess Variant Pages.
- Mad Chess (Steel=White). Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board.
- Mad Chess (Stone=White). Chess variant with unequal armies on 10 by 10 board.
- Mad Queen Shogi. Play this new Chess/Shogi hybrid on Game Courier.
- Magnetic Chess . Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets.
- Magnetic Piece PNGs. Magnetic style Chess Variant Piece Images in PNG format.
- Maharaja. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
- Mammoth Chess. Large Variant. (10x10, Cells: 96)
- Man. Moves to any adjacent square, like a King, but not royal.
- Mao. Moves as knight but cannot jump.
- Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (Recognized!)
- Marshall. Moves like rook or as knight.
- Metamachy. Play this large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces.
- Metamorph Chess. Play this variant in which pieces frequently promote or demote.
- Metamorph Chess. Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Metamorph Chess . Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces.
- Metamorphin Assimilation Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.
- Metamorphin Fusion Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess.
- Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.
- Metamorphin' Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess.
- Miller's Spherical Chess. Play this early adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier.
- Mini Thunder Chess. A small-scale hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (6x7, Cells: 42)
- Mini Thunder Chess . A small-scale hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess.
- Mini Thunder Chess. A small-scale hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess.
- Mir Chess. Play this variant that is mid-powered between Chess and Shatranj.
- Modern Carrera's Chess. Play this modern version of Carrera's Chess on Game Courier.
- Modern Carrera's Chess. Play Modern Carrera's Chess with Jocly.
- Mortal Chessgi . A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material.
- Mortal Chessgi. A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Mortal Chessgi. Play this Chessgi variant in which each capture decreases material.
- Mortal Shogi. A Shogi variant in which pieces aren't all immortal. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Mortal Shogi. Play this Shogi variant in which pieces may die.
- Motif Piece Set. Icons of chess and chess variant pieces.
- Motif Shogi Pieces. Motif style Shogi pieces made from photos of wood.
- Motorotor. Play this small variant with a rotating board.
- Musketeer Chess. A game that adds extra pieces to Chess, playable online with Game Courier.
- Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier.
- Nadvorney's Spherical Chess. Play Nadnorney's adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier.
- National Standard Chinese Pieces for Chinese Chess and Variants. Icons for pieces of Xiangqi and variants using the official Red China standard font.
- New Recognized Variant Poll for Spring 2006. Vote for our next new recognized variant before the end of Spring.
- Ninny chess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.
- NOST. kNights Of the Square Table.
- Omega Chess. This preset for Omega Chess enforces the rules and spots check, checkmate, and stalemate.
- On Designing Good Chess Variants. Design goals and design principles for creating Chess variants.
- Paladin. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
- Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.
- Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote.
- Peter Ganine's Superba Set. Photos of the Superba (a.k.a. Gothic) pieces designed by Peter Ganine.
- Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece.
- Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant.
- Piececlopedia. An encyclopedic reference on Chess variant pieces.
- Piececlopedia Guidelines. Missing description
- Play.Chessvariants.com. The subdomain for playing Chess variants.
- 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.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier.
- Poll for April 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for April, 2005.
- Poll for February 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for February, 2005.
- Poll for January 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2005.
- Poll for January 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2006.
- Poll for June 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for June, 2006.
- Poll for November 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for November, 2004.
- Poll for October 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for October, 2004.
- Preference Poll for 1st GC Tournament. Rank your preferences for which games you would like to play in the first Game Courier tournament.
- Preference Poll for Third Game Courier Tournament. Sign up for the 3rd Game Courier tournament by voting in this poll.
- Preferred format of HTML code. Our guidelines on writing HTML code for submissions to our site.
- Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
- Privacy Policy. What information we keep about you and how we protect your privacy.
- Programming Piece Movement in Game Courier. A tutorial on two different ways to program piece movement in Game Courier.
- PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Qianhong. Chinese Chess for Windows.
- Quantum Chess. Chess meets Quantum Physics.
- RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Reroute66. A simpler game using the same board as Gerd Degens' Chess66. (10x8, Cells: 66)
- Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66)
Review: Roundtable Chess. Review of multiplayer Chess variant set on a round board.
- Ribbon Boards. Make light, handsome, reshapable Chess variant boards out of Christmas ribbons.
- Roman Chess . Commercial chess variant on 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added.
- Romanchenko's Chess. FIDE Chess trainer Romanchenko shifted the FIDE board in the middle to help his students think for themselves.
- Rook (a.k.a. Chariot). Moves across unobstructed orthogonal line.
- Roundtable Chess. A review.
- Rules for the 84 Spaces Contest. Contest held in 2002.
- Rules of Chess: Check, Mate, and Stalemate. Answers to frequently asked questions.
- Rules of Chess: En passant capture FAQ. Answers to some questions about the en passant capture rule.
- Rules of Chess: Pawns FAQ. Rules of promotion and movement of pawns explained.
- Rules of Chess: The 50 moves rule. Answer to a frequently asked question on the rules of chess.
- Secret Intelligence Chess. A game of secrecy, disinformation, and detection. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Seirawan Chess. It's Chess with the option to drop some additional pieces on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sentai Chess. Chess variant inspired by Power Rangers; precursor to Fusion Chess.
- Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the early Soviet Union.
- Shatra. Old game from the Altai from Russia, on special shaped board with draughts-like capture.
- Shatranj. The widely played historic Arabian game, predecessor of modern chess. (Recognized!)
- Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Shatranji. Chessgi with Shatranj pieces.
- Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Shogi. Play the Japanese form of Chess, in which captured pieces can be dropped back as your own. (Recognized!)
- Shogi . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Shogi. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)
- Shogi with Impassable Kings. A modest fix to Shogi that makes impasses impossible.
- Shogi, Mortal Shogi, and Kamikaze Mortal Shogi . Play Shogi and a couple variants with diminishing pieces.
- Shogi, Mortal Shogi, and Kamikaze Mortal Shogi . Optimized ZRFs for Japanese Chess and some recent variants.
- Shogi: Cut-Out Symbolic Shogi Pieces. Make your own Shogi set.
Shop for Board Games. Selected board games and board game search results on Amazon.
- Shop for Chess Books. Selected Chess books and Chess book search results from Amazon.
- Shop for Chess Variants. Chess variant equipment and books from Amazon.
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- Silver General. Shogi piece that moves one square diagonally, or forward.
- Simple Marseillais Chess . Simplified version of Marseillais Chess.
- Smegi. Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi. (5x8, Cells: 40)
- Smegi . Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi.
- Smegi Photographs. Photo's of small chess variant, a hybrid of Smess and Shogi.
- Smess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.
- Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Smess. Play this old Parker Brothers game in which arrows direct movement. (Recognized!)
- 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.
- Spherical chess. Sides of the board are considered to be connected to form a sphere. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Squarcle Chess . Orthogonal pieces travel in square loops, diagonal pieces reflect.
- Squirrel. Jumps two orthogonally, two diagonally, or like a knight.
- ST3DRoth. Charlie Roth's Revision of Star Trek 3D Chess.
- Stanley Random Chess. Missing description
- Star Trek 3D Chess for Tournaments. A variation of Star Trek 3D Chess designed for tournament play.
- Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Storm the Ivory Tower . Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess with Zillions of Games.
- Storm the Ivory Tower. Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess by email.
- Summer 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Summer 2005.
- Tags Listing. A listing of the tags used on our pages.
- Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Templar Chess. Play Templar Chess on Game Courier.
- Terror. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
- The Chess Variants Game Courier FAQ. Answers to various questions about Game Courier.
- The Fairychess Include File for Game Courier - A Tutorial. How to use the fairychess include file to program games for Game Courier.
- The History of Chess Variants. A brief history of Chess variants from Chaturanga to the 21st century.
- The Nishiki-teki font's Chess variant characters. A listing of Chess variant piece characters in the Nishiki-teki font.
- The showpiece script. A script for displaying individual piece images with some modifications.
- Three Player Chess. Commercial Chess variant for three players.
- Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91)
- Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players.
- Thunder Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess.
- Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (64x(8x8))
- Thunder Chess. Play this hybrid of Fusion, Assimilation, and Metamorph Chess.
- Touranian International . 10x10 Chess variant.
- Traditional Chinese Pieces for Chinese Chess and Variants. Icons of pieces for Xiangqi and variants using a Chinese font.
- Traitor Chess. Some of your pieces are traitors and can suddenly be controlled by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Transcendental Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup on Game Courier.
- Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (7x(), Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- U-Chess. Play Unambiguous Three-Symbol Chess online.
- Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (Recognized!)
- Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. Also called Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Ultima AI Pieces. Concept art for a set of figurine pieces for Ultima. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Unicode Fonts with Chess Piece Images. Images of how the Unicode Chess piece characters are displayed in different fonts.
- Unicorn Chess . 10x10 variant with a new piece that moves as a Bishop or a Nightrider.
- Unicorn Great Chess. Enjoyable game: Great Chess pawn structure encloses two half-ducks - "lions" - with exciting bishop-nightrider - "unicorn.".
- Univers Chess. Play this Carrera's Chess variant with no unprotected Pawns on Game Courier.
- Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Univers Chess. Play Univers Chess with Jocly.
- USCF. United States Chess Federation. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking.
- Vegas Fun Chess. Play Chess with a pair of Chess dice.
- Victorian Chess. Play Victorian Chess on Game Courier.
- Voidrider Chess. A 43 square variant with movable spaces. (7x9, Cells: 43)
- Voidrider Chess . A 43 square variant with movable spaces.
- Voidrider Chess. A 43 square variant with movable spaces.
- Voting on the contest to design a 10-chess variant. Voting rules and grouping of the games in four sets.
- Western Shogi Pieces. Icons of shogi pieces in western style.
- What is a Chess variant?. An essay on what distinguishes a Chess variant from other games.
- Where Can I Play Chess Variants?. Collected resources on where to play Chess variants.
- Which Chess Variants are Best?. Our collected resources for helping you find the best Chess variants.
- Who is Responsible for the Chess Variant Pages?. The editors, past editors, contributors, and inventors behind this site.
- Wildebeest Chess. Stars the Wildebeest which moves as knight or camel.
- Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!)
- Winter 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Winter 2005.
- Winter 2006 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Winter 2006.
- Wizard. Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump.
- Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Wormhole Chess . When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together.
- Wormhole Chess. When a piece leaves a square, it `folds' together.
- Xhess Photographs. Photo's of large chess variant.
- Xiang Hex. Play this hexagonal adaptation of Chinese Chess on Game Courier.
- Xiangqi. Photos of a Chinese Chess set made from poker chips and posterboard tiles.
- Xiangqi (象棋): Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Xiangqi Database. A large collection of Xiangqi games.
Xiangqi problem. A complicated Xiangqi problem.
- Xiangqi.com Chinese Chess. A server for playing Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) online.
- Xorix Shogi. Automated, rule-enforcing preset for playing Xorix Shogi on Game Courier.
- Xorix Shogi Pieces. Hexadecimal, diagrammatic pieces for Xorix Shogi.
- Yáng Qí. Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Yáng Qí. Westernized adaptation of Chinese Chess.
- Yang Qi . Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess.
- Yáng Qí - Oriental Graphics . Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess.
- Yapsan's Spherical Chess. Play this early adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier.
- Your Neighbors. Find members of this site who live in your neighborhood.
- Zillions of Games. It can play an endless variety of abstract board games, and we have a large collection of Chess variants you can play on it.
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