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Play Chess Variants with Jocly. Missing description
Set 3 of 10x8 chess mating problems. Missing description
123123. Missing description
Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops.
Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets.
Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions.
"Ninth-Ray" Jetan. Missing description (5x20, Cells: 100)
007 Chess. 007 Chess involves three move per turn, including one of your opponent's pieces.
007 Chess. A variant where you also move your opponents pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64)
10 Minute Melee. Missing description
10-contest: Voting for group A. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
10-contest: Voting for group B. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
10-contest: Voting for group C. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
10-contest: Voting for group D. Automated poll for the chess variant design contest celebrating 10 years CVP: Please vote!
10-directionaI Chess
. Chess using the army invented by Jorg Knappen. It also includes his suggested variants of CwDA using his army.
10-directional Chess. Updated with rule-enforcing presets.
10-directional Chess. 10-directional pieces: an augmented Knight and a restricted Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64)
100 other games to play on a chessboard. Out of print book describing 100 games playable on a chessboard.
100 Other Games to Play on a Chessboard
. Missing description
100 Square Chess Variant Contest. Missing description
100 Squares for Chess and Damante
. Small book describing some decimal variants.
10x10 game with some popular pieces. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 104)
10x10 Multiple Knot Chess. Board in `mathematical shape'.
10x8 Chess mating problems. 10x Chess mating problems.
10x8 Variants. Missing description
12 Augmenters Chess. Each piece's movement capabilities is increased by ~4 squares.
12 Sharp Chess. 4-player versions of 10-or-more-file variants on cross-shaped boards. (12x12, Cells: 108)
12 Sharp Chess. Missing description
123'. 123'.
123456 Chess. Uses 2 dices for each player and 2 checkers for each player, in addition to normal chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
123456 Chess. Missing description
125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125)
16 Seasons Chess. 4-player variant combining FIDE and Leap Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
16Chess. Game with 4 royal pieces.
1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Missing description
1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Webpage of contest held in 2001/2002.
1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies - games in ro. Games played in 2001 in championship of Chess with DIfferent Armies.
1st WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
2 Jewels. Larger version of Pink Panther Chess with second jewel and common Thieves. (9x10, Cells: 90)
2 Level Guru Mahachaturaji. Enlarging the Guru Mahachatuaji board to go with the enlarged army. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200)
2 Pronged Chess. Each player makes "simultaneous" moves with 2 different pieces.
2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces that automatically flip into wyrd and not so strange counterparts. (10x8, Cells: 68)
2 Queen Rocky Horror Lycanthropic Chess. Featuring pieces with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
2003 Multivariant compiled ZRF
. All designs (except Extinction) to be used in upcoming tournament.
2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line
. World Chess Variants Championship.
2007-2008 Chess Variants Design Contest. Chess variant inventors gather round! We're doing it again! Exact nature of contest to be determined with YOUR help!!
21st Century Chess. Missing description
21st Century chess
. A Zillions file to play an updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters.
21st Century Chess. An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80)
2Choice Chess. You can tell opponent which pieces he can move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
2Hit Shogi. Shogi with 2 hits to destroy a piece, and drop pieces at start. (9x9, Cells: 81)
2nd WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. Missing description
2x2x16 Race Chess. Race Chess on a 2-level circular board with Crooked Bishops and Queens. (2x(2x16), Cells: 64)
3 Level 4 Player Variants. Putting 4 players on a 3d board usually used for 2. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
3 Man Chess
. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board.
3 Man Chess - Review. Review of commercial three player chess variant on round board.
3 Player Chess
. On a large (217 hexagon) board.
3 Strikes Chess. The first attack does not immediately remove pieces from the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3 to the 5. A 6-player variant on 3 overlapping 9x9 boards. (5x(11x11), Cells: 455)
3-D Chess Discussion Group
. Missing description
3-D Chess Federation Website
. Supports 3-D Chess play in its various forms.
3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess
. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
3-Dimensional Eight Level Chess
. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
3-Player Chess I. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 75)
3-player Honeycomb Chess. A variant on a hex-prism board with the hex boards as levels instead of ranks to allow three players. (5x(), Cells: 180)
32-Turn Challenge. Missing description
32-Turn Challenge Index Page. Missing description
32-Turn Contest Results. Missing description
38-Challenge: Index page. Missing description
39-Challenge: Index page. Missing description
3D Arimaa
. 3D Arimaa - Arimaa meets Raumschach.
3D Chess. Play 3D Chess in your browser with Jocly.
3D Chess
. A true 3D version of chess.
3D Chess 4 Cubed
. Three dimensional chess on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.). (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
3D Chess Webpage, the
. An improved version of Raumschach. (Link.).
3D Chess, a Different Way of Looking at It. A scheme for a geometric translation of 2d piece moves into 3d.
3D Great Shatranj. a simple approach to 3D chess.
3D Great Shatranj. A simple approach to 3D chess. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
3d Magna Carta Chess. Adding Barons and Dukes to Magna Carta Chess to commemorate 8th centenary of Magna Carta. (2x(5x8), Cells: 80)
3d Minishogi. A variant originally devised for a contest that never materialised. (3x(3x5), Cells: 45)
3d offset chess. Chess variants, invented by Ralph Betza, on non-cubic three dimensional boards.
3D Set Photographs. Missing description
3D Shogi
. Three dimensional version of Japanese Chess.
3D Xiang Qi
. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess.
3D-chess FAQ file. Information on the classic 5x5x5 three dimensional chess game. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
3D-Schach
. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board.
3D8 Chess: The Official Ruleset
. 3D Chess using 8 stacked standard sets.
3D8L Chess
. TRUE 3D Chess on an 8 x 8 x 8 board.
3FewShogi Chess. Like Chess but 3 Shogi per side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
3to2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
3to2. Missing description
3x3 Chess
. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces.
4 Armies. Four traditional armies with cardinals face off on the corners.
4 Armies
. Each player controls two armies.
4 Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100)
4 Faces. 2d multiplayer variant based on a feature of Tunnelshogi. (9x9, Cells: 45)
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100)
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range.
4 Linepiece Fusion. Variants in which straight linepieces get to fuse with Crooked or Bent ones. (9x8, Cells: 72)
4 Linepiece Hex Chess. Hex Chess with yet more kinds of radial path. (Cells: 91)
4 Player Chess
. Commercial four player chess variant.
4 x 4 x 8 Tri-dimensional Chess. Missing description (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
4 x 4 x 8 Tridimensional Chess. Clever 3-D variant, closer to Raumschach, but according to Gilman, solves some of Raumschach's design flaws.
4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess played with 96 pieces.
4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess using sixteen 4x4 boards & 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256)
4-handed Chaturanga with dice
. Missing description
4-handed Shatranj
. Shatranj for Four.
4-Player Pothole Chess. Bulldozers and cars and other vehicles are pieces in 4-player chess variant. (7x7, Cells: 39)
4-way chess by Taurus games
. Commercial fourhanded chess variant.
40-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
40-squares chess variant design contest: Winners. Missing description
41-squares chess variant design contest. Contest rules.
41-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
42-Square Design Contest Results. The results of the contest to design a Chess Variant on 42 squares are now official.
42-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
43-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.
45 or 46 Cell Contest - 2007 Design Contest. Quick contest for 45 or 46 cells. Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2007.
47 Contest Results. Missing description
4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4.
4D Hexagonal Chess. 4D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Hyperchess4. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 361)
4D Quasi-Alice Chess. Four dimensional 8x8x2x2 game that's rather like Alice Chess.
4D Quasi-Alice Chess. 8x8x2x2 four dimensional game with 32 pieces. (2x(2x(8x8)), Cells: 256)
4x16 Race Chess Revisited. New version of race chess on circular 4 by 16 board. (16x4, Cells: 64)
5*4DChess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 140 pieces. (5x(5x(5x5)), Cells: 625)
52Chess. A piece may teleport to the square corresponding to a drawn card.
6 by 10 Pawnless Half variants. Pawnless variants rearranging non-Pawn ranks of variants with 10 ranks by 10 or more files onto just 6 files. (6x10, Cells: 60)
6 Player Complex Allegiance Chess. Missing description
6 Ranks, remaining variants. Extrapolations from the Diana/Los Alamos/Haynie's Primary family of variants. (6x6)
64 triangles. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
65 Square Chess. FIDE chess but pretend there's another square smack dab in the middle.
The 65th Square
. Website of Ethan Hunt.
6hess. Each piece moves 6 times before disappearing.
8-Piece Chess. (Queen's Army chess, all 8 Back Rank Pieces different).
81Dojo
. The International Shogi Server.
84 Spaces Contest. Information/proposal on judgement of the contest.
84 Spaces Contest. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
84 Spaces Contest - Jury members. Please consider becoming a judge for the 84 squares contest!
84 Spaces Contest: Prizes. Missing description
88 Hexagons Chess. Hexagonal chess on chessboard with 88 hexagons.
8x8 adaptation. Missing description
8x8 Heart Chess. Chessboard in form of heart.
8x8 Hyperbolic Chess. Mathematician Missoum has a board based on hyperbola.
8x8 Reversible Stairs-Chess. Chessboard looks like stairs.
8x8 Spider Web Spiral Chess. Board in shape of spider web.
9x9 Squares Rotating Chess. Usual set of pieces in different setup and changed movement on 9 by 9 board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules.
A Little Old Chess Poem. A short poem on the war of Kings.
A9 HexaChess (Imperial Grand HexaChess). Large variant of Grand Hexachess. (Cells: 169)
A9 HexaChess Courier Preset. Missing description
A9 HexaChess Zillions Zip
. Missing description
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)
Abagoren Macedonian Chess
. Missing description
Abalonian Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Abbott's New Card Games (book information). Information on a book describing Ultima, and eight card games.
Abbott, Robert. An interview with the inventor of Ultima.
Abbott, Robert
. Logic Mazes: Website of Robert Abbott.
ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces.
ABC Chess. A variant with 8 armies of pieces generated by combining 1, 2 or 3 simpler pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess)
. Design-your-own chess armies on a big board.
Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121)
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Play this variation on the Play-by-Email system!
Aberg's variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Absorption Chess. Capturer gains movement abilities.
Absorption Chess. Pieces gain the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Absorption Chess II. Capturer gains movement abilities. This applet extends this to kings and pawns.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
Abstract Chess
. Pieces are really by stacks of stones of different heights, with their move depending on the number of stones.
Abstract Chess. Pieces are represented by stacks of different heights.
Abstract Chess Pieces. Icons of chess and chess variant pieces.
Abstract Games. Magazine covering various abstract games.
Abstract Games
. Web site of Mark Thompson.
Abstract Games Club
. Missing description
Abstract Games Magazine
. Missing description
Accelerated Chess. White makes one move at first and then each player makes either a capturing move or two non-capturing moves.
Accelerated Chess. Two non-capturing moves, or one capturing move, each turn.
Accelerated Chess. Accelerating chess with a new board. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Accelerated Constable-Spiel. Chess on a 16x8 board with an assortment of pieces. (16x8, Cells: 128)
Accelerated Constabulary Chess. Chess on an 8x10 board with several compound piece types added. (8x10, Cells: 80)
Accessory Chess
. A drop variant with one or two external pieces per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available.
Accessory Chess (with Divaricator). Drop chess with external piece. The Divaricator can capture by withdrawing in an oblique angle (+zrf).
Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64)
Accounting Chess
. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns).
Achernar
. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess.
Achernar. ACHERNAR is a mix of the game ALTAIR and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Ackanomic Party Chess
. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
Ackanomic PartyChess. Multiplayer chess inside a `Nomic' game.
Across the Board : The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems. Short information on book of J. Watkins, with puzzles about the chessboard.
Action Man's Chess. A small (5x6) board and simple pieces ensures lots of easy-to-understand action. (5x6, Cells: 30)
Active Chess. Two queens, 9x8.
Active King Chess. Each turn, one must move one's king in addition to moving other pieces.
Actualized Potential Chess. Pieces exist where they are but also all along their routes or points of attack.
Actuated Rotating Center Chess. Center rotates, you choose when and how.
Adams, Michael. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
Adjutant Chess. Regular chess with extended castling, and extra corner squares. Makes new strategies possible (+zrf).
Adjutant Chess
. Introducing the Adjutant that can slide like a queen, but on the same square colour only (with zrf).
Adjutant Chess (with Adjutants). The Adjutant, besides sliding on the diagnals, can slide on the orthogonals by ignoring the other colour (+zrf).
Advance Chess. Pawns begin on third and sixth ranks.
Advanced Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Advanced Wizard Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board with fantasy chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Advanced wizard chess. Missing description
Advancement Chess. kevintucker88.
Advancer. Moves like a Queen, but captures by approach.
Afterlife Chess. A game based on Ancient Egyption mythology, played on four boards totaling 42 squares. (Cells: 42)
Aftershock. Missing description
Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers.
Agincourt. Decimal variant with Archers. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Ai Ai
. Ai Ai is a Java general game playing programme, with many chess variants.
Aieirping Chess. Missing description (29x14, Cells: 406)
AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64)
AIGO Chess. Adds cannons to fianchetto positions of FIDE Chess.
Aikin, Jim
. Website of Jim Aikin.
Air Attack Chess. Missing description
Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72)
Airplane Chess
. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf).
Airplane Chess. R. W. Schmittberger's Airplane Chess on the Game Courier.
Airplane Chess. Airplanes move as queens any distance, capturing by landing just beyond an enemy unit.
AISE. Italian Association of Chess Variants.
Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72)
Ajax Chess
. Missing description
Ajax Chess. All pieces have can play one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100)
Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops.
Ajax Modern Random Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers.
Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80)
Akenhead's Chess. Chinese pieces and Berolina pawns.
Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player.
Al-ces
. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player.
Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alapo
. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board.
Alapo. Simplified game.
Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
Alapo. A small chesslike game.
Alapo 8x8. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
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.
Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 1. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 2. More Alfaerie graphics, plus a preview of the new Alpha Variant font.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 3. More chess variant graphics based on the Alpha chess font.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 4. More Alfaerie graphics!
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 5. Many new designs, several shogi variant based pieces.
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 6. Missing description
Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant.
Alfonso X book
. Website with pictures from historical book on games.
Alibaba. Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally.
Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Alibishogi. Variant with Shogi-style promotion and drops themed on Alibaba and 40 Thieves. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Alice Chess. Play this classic variant in which pieces switch between boards whenever they move. (Recognized!)
Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
Alice Chess
. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move.
Alice Chess. Looking-glass boards. Extremely popular variant.
Alice Chess
. New Alice Chess ZRF plays Alice Chess on two boards.
Alice chess against normal chess.. Alice's Army.
Alice Chess II. Alice Chess with armies starting on opposite boards.
Alice Raumschach. Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
Alice Raumshach
. Combining the Raumschach and Alice chess variants.
Alien and Predators Symmetric. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Aliens Vs Predators. Missing description
Aliens vs Predators. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Aliens Vs Predators Episode II (L.Smith Version). Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
The All Around Allstars. A set of chess pieces with different movement, that can be matched against `The Fabulous FIDEs'.
All Games on Game Courier. A listing of Chess variants for Game Courier, ranked by number of times played.
All in 1
. Missing description
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description
All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90)
All the King's Men
. Page describing variant chess pieces.
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!)
All the Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
All The Way Chess. Pieces must move as far as they can when moved.
All-In Chess. You may move either side's units.
All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64)
All-Mate Chess. Capture a piece only by rendering it unable to avoid FIDE capture.
All-round King. Things you must do with the king changes during the game: normal king transfors into ani-king and others. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alliance Chess. Two boards, four players, team wins by checkmating the primary player.
Allthought Chess. Variant of Thinktank Chess with Berolina Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Almost Chess. The queen may move as a knight or rook but not as a bishop.
Almost Chess
. One queen has combined rook and knight moves.
Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alpaca Chess
. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf).
Alpaca Chess. An Alpaca, worth two pawns, is added to the standard piece context (with zrf).
Alpha Centauri. A very complex game, somewhat exotic, with some elements from Rococo. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Alpha Variant Font. Preview of the new Alpha Variant font along with new Alfaerie graphics.
Alphabetical Index. Search links to the Chess Variant Pages broken down alphabetically.
Alseid Chess
. Introducing the Alseid, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can kidnap piece behind a screen (zrf exists).
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Altair
. Take a look at this sample game of Altair!
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor.
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor.
Alterga. Alternate movement chess variant. Pawns remain the same. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alternate Promotion Chess. Pieces promoted at one end of the board are promoted further at the other. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alternating Chess III. Each side alternates between moving pawn and piece.
Alternation Chess. You alternate your moves with a partner.
Alternative Chess
. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available.
AlterWay. Shareware program. Find a sequence of moves taking all black pieces.
AltOrth Hex Chess. Hexagonal variant using pieces moving only one way along each orthogonal. (11x11, Cells: 91)
AltOrth with Further Piece Types. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91)
AltOrth with Hopping and Crooked pieces. Extending the AltOrth interpretation of hex cells to further variants. (11x11, Cells: 91)
Amalgamated Chess. Incorporates some aspects of historical variants, but uses only usual equipment. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Amalgamated Chess. Missing description
Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
The Amazon Army. One player has an Amazon (a queen with knights move) and handicapped rooks.
Amazon Chess. Play this game in which the Queen can also move as a Knight on Jocly.
Amazon Chess. Well known old variant with amazons instead of Queens in FIDE Chess.
Amazon Chess. The queen may also move as a knight.
Amazon chess. Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess.
Amazon Grand Chess. A combination of Grand Chess and Amazon Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Amazon Knights Chess. The queen may also move as a knight, and rooks and bishops.
Amazone Chess
. Queen may also move as a knight.
Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board.
Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Amazons
. Amazons and a computer version.
Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins.
Ambi-Chess. Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn.
Ambi-Chess
. Large board with two kings, move a member of each of two armies each turn.
Ambi-Chess II. Missing description
Ambiguous Chess. A modest variant, similar to Refusal Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
American Chess
. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win.
American Chess
. Large variant. Remove Generals from center columns to win.
American Chu Shogi Association
. Missing description
American Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, 2 players move w/o knowing the moves of the opponent, but know where P's can capture & what enemy fo.
Amiral Chess
. Introducing the Amiral piece and the bounce-capture method on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
Amoeba. Jim Aikin's Amoeba on the Game Courier.
Amoeba. Small variant with 38 movable squares. (7x7, Cells: 38)
Amontillado. Pieces have combined `halfling' powers, going half the usual distance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Amphibian Chess
. Pieces capture by leaping when there's a square past the target, or by replacement when the target is on the edge.
Amphora. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40)
Amphora
. Chess variant inspired by game of Stone Warriors on wine bottle shaped board with 40 squares.
An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
Analysis of 3x3 Chess
. A complete analysis of Chess on a three by three board with FIDE pieces.
Anatomy of a Preset: Chess. Detailed explanation of the code used to enforce the rules of Chess in Game Courier.
Ancient Bulgarian Chess
. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ancient Chess
. Site dedicated to the history and evolution of Chess!
Ancient world war. Play this game on Game Courier.
Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Andernach. The capturing piece changes colors.
Andernach Chess. Pieces change side when taking.
Andernach-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over changes color.
Andromi
. Game with simple rules.
Andy's Chess. Missing description
Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces.
Anemic Chess. Rule-Enforcing Preset for Jaguaribe's short-range variant.
Angel Chess
. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf).
Angel Chess. 9x8 board. Angels (Q+N) are difficult to exchange.
Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91)
Annan Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Annan Shogi
. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it (and similar variants).
Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king.
Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king.
Announcement Circular Chess World Championship 2004. Missing description
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins
. Missing description
Antarctic Chess or Predators and Penguins. Penguins seek safety at the ice-pack's centre. Can the Predators stop them? (Cells: 295)
Antelope. Makes (3,4)-jump.
Anti-Check Chess. Variation of Anti-King Chess II. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Chess
. Lose all your pieces to win.
Anti-Gravity Chess
. Pieces that move repel other pieces.
Anti-Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Gravity Chess. A newly-moved unit repels the nearest unit along each.
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Anti-King Chess
. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked.
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it!
Anti-King Chess I. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked.
Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check.
Anti-King Chess II. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked.
Anti-Magnetic Chain Chess. Pieces that moved must have a chain of `anti-magnetic interaction' with their own king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved repel and attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Anti-Magnetic Chess
. Pieces that move repel pieces like magnets.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Like colors attract, opposites repel, along orthogonal lines.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Four anti-magnetic chessproblems.
Anti-Magnetic Chess. Some AntiMagnetic Chess Games.
Anti-Prechess. The opponent must place your piece on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
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.
Anti-Relay Tutti-Frutti Chess
. Anti-relay is when a piece loses a movement capability it normally does have due to its position relative to another piece.
Anticipation Chess. Commit after moving to which kind of unit you will move next.
Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Antipodean Chess. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away.
Antipodean Chess II. Captured units move, if possible, to the square four ranks and four files away. This can queen a pawn.
Anywhere Chess. Missing description
Anywhere Chess
. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board.
Anywhere Chess and Variations. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. With several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Apocalypse. Small variant of knights and pawns; objective is to take all pawns.
Apocalypse Mini-Chess. Miniature version with four horsemen.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
Apothecary Chess-Modern. Large board variant obtained through tinkering with known games.
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.
Aquachess. One level underwater, one on the surface, and one in the sky, with many strange pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
Arabian Nights Chess. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets. (11x9, Cells: 84)
Arabian Nights Chess
. Large modern variant of historic Shatranj, with more pieces and flying carpets.
Arabian Nights Chess. Paul Newton's game on the Game Courier.
Arch Courier. Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier and Courier Spiel Chess.
Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights.
Arch-Chancellor Chess. Uses Archbishops instead of Bishops and Chancellors instead of Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Archabbott Chess. Introduces the Archabbott piece which moves like Bishop + Wazir + Dabbaba.
Archbishop. Moves as bishop but can make reflection at side of board.
Archbishop. Moves as bishop or as knight.
Archbishop Chess. Variation of Janus Chess and Bird's Chess with two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80)
Archbishop Chess. Replace one of the marshalls from birds chess with a cardinal and you have Dominique Leste's Archbishop Chess.
Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Archchess. Late 17th chess variant from Italy on large board with pieces which include modern queen and squirrel.
ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Archimedes Chess. Capture by attacking an enemy unit with two of yours.
ArchMage Chess. 10x10 30v30 Fantasy Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Archoniclastic Chess. Pieces are augmented on squares of their color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arena Chess. Entry in the 32-move-maximum contest.
Arena Chess. 32-turn variant in which pieces must initially move into a special area, and then always make capturing moves.
Arena Chess 42
. Game with two boards totaling 42-squares where pieces captured on the large board move to the small board.
Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42)
Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169)
Argess. White and Black have different starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arimaa
. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers.
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings.
Armamentist Race Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 116)
Armie making. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Armies of Faith 1: The Dawn of Civilisation. The first in of a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (3x(9x9), Cells: 243)
Armies of Faith 2: Later Antiquity. The second in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(10x10), Cells: 245)
Armies of Faith 3: Assimilation. The third in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 350)
Armies of Faith 4: Schism. The fourth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256)
Armies of Faith 5: Spiritual and Temporal. The fifth in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (4x(10x8), Cells: 320)
Armies of Faith 6: After Empire. The last in a series of 3d variants themed on various religions of history. (5x(), Cells: 370)
Armis
. 100 square board with 15 piece types.
Armor Chess. Personal shields protect pieces from one of the 8 directions.
Arnhem Chess. Game on board of 38 squares. (6x7, Cells: 38)
Arnhem Chess Game 1. Moves of Arnhem chess game from 1998 tournament of 38 squares variants.
Aronson, Peter. Interview with the winner of the 44 squares contest.
Arrangement Chess. Swap king & queen before play begins. With mirrored kings and non-mirrored queens (with zrf).
Arrangement Chess
. The players take turns to relocate the king and the queen, thus enhancing opening ramification (with zrf).
Arrow Pawn Chess. Pawns do not promote but have expanded moves.
The Art of Shogi. Information on book on Shogi.
Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens.
Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen.
Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Assassination Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with teleporters and assassins. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster?
Assault&Siege. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Assideum
. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving 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 Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces.
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)
Assymetrical diagonal chess. Diaonal chess (well balanced) variant with 8 pawns per player.
Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43)
Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board.
Asteryx Chess. Sample Game.
Asylum Chess. Fire-through rooks, mad leaping (camel-move) bishops and double-capture insane ninja knights with lion-like powers.
Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: fire-through rooks, double-capture knights, leaping bishops. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Asylum Chess
. Includes new game that features dual path compound pieces: the Loony Snake Rook and the Insane Snake Bishop.
Asylum Redux. Featuring dual path Zebra / Camel crooked sliders compounded with Bishop / Rook.
Asylum Redux. Two new pieces: dual path sliding Zebra + Bishop and a dual path sliding Camel + Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Asylum Redux
. Introducing the Loony Snake Rook and Insane Snake Bishop. Also starring the dangerous and superfast Ninja Pawns!
Asymmetric Chess. Chess with alternative units but classical types and mechanics. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj
. Missing description
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. The most ambitious in a series of new games Joe Joyce is introducing with powerful short range compound double jumpers.
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Hexagonal Shatranj - the short-range project goes six-sided. (13x13, Cells: 127)
Atlantean Coffee House Shatranj. Grand Shatranj on a Hex board.
Atlantic Graphics. Chess font that supports fairy pieces.
Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Atlantis Chess. You may sink an edge square instead of moving a unit.
Atlantis Chess
. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board.
Atlantis Puzzles, Games and Art
. Missing description
Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Atomic Pawn Chess. One time in ten, a pawn explodes just after moving.
Attendance Chess. 10 piece types that can move to 10 squares each, mostly. (10x10, Cells: 100)
AtTENdance Chess
. Missing description
Attending Pawns. Pieces have their personal pawn assistent.
Attrition Chess. Played on an 11x10 board, each player starts with 33 pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110)
Augmented Chess. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Augmented Chess
. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set.
Augmented Different Knights. Knights receive different additional movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Augmented Half Chess. Pieces can go half as far, but then are augmented with additional movement possibilitie. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Australian Football Chess
. Game based on Australian Rules Football and Chess.
Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Avalanche Chess. Advance the opponent's pawns. Popular variant.
Avalanche Chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (Recognized!)
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.
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