Inventors Starting with K

• Max K. [info] Tiraspol chess. Variant in which pieces capture as the piece whose starting file they're in.
• Janevert Kaan [info] Fair-Chess. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. (8x8, Cells: 64) Fair-Chess . A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings.
• Leonard Kalich [info] Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Robert Kalin [info] Soul Reaver Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• U. N. Kamzolov [info] Chessball. Play football on a chessboard. (5x8, Cells: 40)
• PrinceJoli Kansil [info] Mexican Chess. Large variant from Mexico with 3,1 jumpers.
• Tucker Kao [info] Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces. Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces.
• Köksal Karakus [info] Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100) Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128) Bestormingsschaak. Grote schaakvariant met zwart in het midden en wit aan beide zijdes (Dutch Language), more...
• Abdul Karwatkar [info] Madrasi Chess. Units of opposite color and identical kind which attack one another cannot move.
• Andreas Kaufmann [info] Descent Chess. Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Descent Chess. Kaufmann's drop variant. Begins with only K + P + P. Recommendable! Descent Chess . Start with a King and two Pawns, then move or drop one of the remaining pieces., more...
• John Keeble [info] A Chess Problem with a Chancellor 3. Mate in two moves. Winner of tournament.
• Mike Kelley [info] Holochess . Holographic chess-like game played in Star Wars movie.
• Stephen Kennedy [info] Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board.
• Ron Kensek [info] Chaos. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers.
• Paul Keres [info] Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Rein Keulen [info] Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors.
• Bulat Khabibullin [info] Which & Whose. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Anatoly Khalfine [info] Toroidal Byzantine Chess. Circular chess modified to also be toroidal. (Cells: 64)
• Adrian King [info] Jupiter. Huge chess variant on 16 by 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) Jupiter (Revised). Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256) Many Worlds Chess. Large variant, inspired by the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics., more...
• Gavin King [info] Fleap. Pieces move as equihoppers, but become FIDE pieces after being captured. (5x9, Cells: 43) Motorotor. Variant where two platforms slowly orbit a central board. (11x11, Cells: 43) Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
• Steve Kirby [info] HexChess-Kirby's. Missing description (Cells: 313)
• peter kirk [info] chass. www.chass.info.
• Soren Kirk [info] Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Jeff Kiska [info] Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves. Enthralling Chess. A 32-turn variant in which pieces are 'enthralled', and then 'liberated' (ie. removed from the board). Arena Chess. Entry in the 32-move-maximum contest.
• L. U. Kisljuk [info] Crown. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal.
• Madoka Kitao [info] Dobutsu Shogi. The smallest Shogi variant made for kids to learn Shogi. (3x4, Cells: 12)
• Hafsteinn Kjartansson [info] Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64) Evochess. Evolutionary chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) Óskar's 3dchess. Missing description (5x(8x8), Cells: 320) , more...
• JT K [info] 8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different). Chessembly. Open Board Setup, Free Placement Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
• Florian Klachl [info] Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (4x(), Cells: 120)
• Reuben Klamer [info] 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!)
• Werner Kling [info] Chess Attack. Play this small 5x6 variant with Jocly.
• Hans Kluever [info] Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Dynamo Chess. Preset for Dynamo Chess.
• Jörg Knappen [info] 10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64) Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc. Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career., more...
• Jeff Knight [info] PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. Plunderchess. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board.
• Reiner Knizia [info] Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25)
• Rick Knowlton [info] Courier Chess - Rule Booklet - FREE DOWNLOAD. Easy to Print Concise Rule Booklet of the Medieval Courier Game. A World of Chess. Book on Chess variants and the history of Chess.
• Evan Koch [info] Cotati Chess. Promotion of a Pawn wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Robert Koernke Jr [info] Quadlevel 3D Chess. Four level 3d chess. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
• Robert Koernke Sr [info] Quadlevel 3D Chess. Four level 3d chess. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
• Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz [info] Three dimensional Chess: Kogbetliantz game. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) Kogbetliantz Game. One of the earliest 3D Chess games for the 8x8x8 playing field.
• Zbigniew Kokosiński [info] Asymmetrical chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player. Diagonal chess (well balanced). Diagonal chess with 7 fortified pawns.
• Redzo Kolakovic [info] Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) Chess-3. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
• George Koltanowski [info] Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Las Vegas Fun Chess. Java applet for Vegas Fun Chess, a dice-based variant. Vegas Fun Chess. Play Chess with a pair of Chess dice.
• Dr. Ritter von Korwin-Dzbanski [info] Viennese Chess. Start with a secretly made setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Aleksandr Kostin [info] Chess with magical connections. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Mikey Kousre [info] Pagan Chess. Game with two linked board, one for living pieces and one for dead pieces, and a special piece that can move between them. (11x7, Cells: 67)
• Max Koval [info] Trigonal Chess: Make Your Own Board to Play Chess On Triangles. SVG-quality PDF file containing instructions and game set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80) Irrational Chess. Chess game on an exotic board. (9x10, Cells: 66) , more...
• John Kramer [info] Duchess. For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board.
• Paul Kreutzer [info] 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) Back-to-Back Chess . Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board.
• Ejnar Kristensen [info] Kristensen's Game. A conscious attempt to restructure Chess from 1948. (9x9, Cells: 81) Kristensen's Game . A conscious attempt to restructure Chess from 1948.
• Peter Krystufek [info] Demi chess. Chess on a 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet. Demi Chess. Play this half-sized Chess variant on Jocly., more...
• Kirill Kryukov [info] 3x3 Chess. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces.
• Victor Anatolyevich Kupchenko [info] Shahrady. Chess with "passes". (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Andy Kurnia [info] Cycle Chess. Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. (6x6, Cells: 39) En Passant Chess. All pieces can be taken en passant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Flee!. Variant on 16 by 16 board with strong royal piece. (16x16, Cells: 256) , more...
• Todd Kurtzer [info] No Stress Chess. Chess with additional cards that tell which piece to move and how it moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Nicholas Kuschinski [info] Outer Space Chess. Space-themed game with hyperspace and regular space boards. (2x(5x8), Cells: 43)
• Shigenobu Kusumo [info] Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!) Mini Shogi. Play this smallest of Japanese Shogi variants on Jocly. Minishogi. A Minishogi association has existed, and may still exist, in Osaka.
• G. Kuzmichov [info] Active Chess. Two queens, 9x8.
• Robert Kydd [info] Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces.
• Matthew Kyle [info] Tipped Chess. Missing description (Cells: 113)