The Board: Standard Tag

Description

These games may be played on the regular 8x8 Chess board. Some historical games may have been played on an uncheckered board, but that isn't relevant. Checkering is just a decoration that helps players and isn't relevant to board dimensions.

Tagged Pages

• Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Assimilation Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Assimilation Chess and Fusion Chess. Pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Brotherhood Chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chaturanga - Four Kings - Double Mate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Chess And Physics. Several chess variants based on physics. (1)
• Combo Modern Day Chess. Guard replaces the Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. (1)
• Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Create Member Submitted Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own items to the site! (1)
• Dealer's Chess. Armies are chosen by dealing special cards. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Duck Chess. A Duck that must be moved by both players can block your moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (1)
• Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers. (1)
• Heavy Gravity Chess. Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Lemurian Shatranj. 8x8 variant that features short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Metamorph Chess. Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess. (1)
• Metamorphin' Fusion Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess. (1)
• Midgard Chess. Midgard Chess has two unusual shortrange pieces, the War Elephant and the War Machine. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Mir Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Mystery Chess. An imperfect information variant you can play online with Game Courier. (1)
• Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces. (1)
• Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Rifle Chess. Take a move to capture an enemy piece without moving the capturing piece. (1)
• Shatar. Mongolian chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
• Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Tags Listing. A listing of the tags used on our pages. (1)
• Teleport Chess. Each non-pawn, non-king piece may teleport once per game. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing King to K8 wins too, by Thronemate. (1)
• Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing K to K8 wins by Thronemate, too. (1)
• Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (64x(8x8)) (1)
• Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Two Kings Chess. The queen is replaced by a second king. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
• Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)

Parents

• Board - Parent tag for noting characteristics of the board

Children

• 3DChess Game On Two Boards - Played On A 3D chess board
• Chess