Inventors Starting with N

Leo Nadvorney [info] Spherical chess. Sides of the board are considered to be connected to form a sphere. (8x8, Cells: 64) Play Nadvorney's Spherical Chess on Game Courier. Play Nadnorney's adaptation of Chess to a spherical board on Game Courier.
Subrah Nagappan [info] Maniac: Chess and Chess Variants Program . Chess and Chess Variants Program.
Gyozo Nagy [info] Jinn Chess. Pieces start off the board, and game is divided into a placement phase and a traditional play phase. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Sándor Nagy [info] Chess Variants of Sándor Nagy. Link to Hungarian web page.
Masahiro Nakajima [info] FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece.
Derek Nalls [info] Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces. Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns. Zag-Zag. Piece moves vertically or along ne-sw diagonal., more...
J. L. Naylor [info] Neo Chess. Four player chess on 8 by 10 board from 1925. (10x8, Cells: 80) NeoChess. For four players on an 8x10 board.
Graeme C Neatham [info] A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169) Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295) Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127) , more...
E. Nebermann [info] Berolina Pawn. Pawn variant that takes straight and moves diagonally forward.
Joshua Nelson [info] Joshua's Chess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) Joshua's Chess . Missing description
Michael Nelson [info] Anti-Relay Chess. Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece. Colorful Osmosis Chess. All basic pieces are colorbound or colorwithching. (10x10, Cells: 100) Decima. Variant on 10 by 10 board where you win when you have 10 points on the 10th row. (10x10, Cells: 100) , more...
Vernon Nemitz [info] Combination Chess. Large chess variant with combination pieces.
João Pedro Neto [info] The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess. Several chess variants in the context of a Socratic dialog. Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights. Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
Marcello Netto [info] R-Chess . Captured pieces are held in reserve and then dropped.
Andrew P. Newton [info] Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Transporter Chess (84). Large variant with transporters and several new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 84) Wizard Chess. Variant on 12 by 7 board with fantasy pieces. (7x12, Cells: 84) , more...
Paul E. Newton [info] An Inexpensive Method to Make Print and Play Chess Variants Sets. Chess Variants Print and Play. (8x8, Cells: 64) Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Arabian Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84) , more...
Timothy R. Newton [info] Arabian Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84) Bipartite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43) Outback Chess. New pieces on plus-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 84) , more...
Tony Newton [info] Hand-Drawn Chess Variant Pieces. Creative and fanciful chess piece drawings.
Pham Hong Nguyen [info] Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess.
Glenn Nicholls [info] Tiger's-eye Opera. Missing description Aftershock. Missing description Chess from Draughts etc.. Missing description, more...
Jens Baek Nielsen [info] Darkness Chess. You have only limited information on where your opponents pieces are. (8x8, Cells: 64) Rooksquare Chess. Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Twiknight. Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...
Jens Niemann [info] Feint Chess. Every second piece is unable to capture - it just threatens. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Dans Niemmann [info] Warui-shogi. A morden twist on shogi and advance calculated attacks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Rob Nierse [info] Heaven. Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece. (Cells: 39) Neighbors. Try to capture the most pieces on a 42-square board completely filled with neutral pieces. (7x6, Cells: 42) Patricia. On a 5 by 5 board, with drops and changing pieces. (5x5, Cells: 25) , more...
Michael Wortley Nolan [info] Alekhine Chess. A 14 x 8 game expands the sides of Capablanca-esque board, adds two pairs of marshalls and cardinals and an amazon in the middle. Alekhine Chess. Named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946.
Adam Norberg [info] AAUUGHH! Chess. After every move, there's a 1 in 18 chance of the rules switching to another in a list of variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) King with a Shotgun. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) Rubble Chess. Pieces must clear out unoccupied squares before they can move through them. (8x8, Cells: 64) , more...