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4 Armies 
. Each player controls two armies.
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. 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 . 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.
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 . A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
- Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph 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. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons.
- 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. 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 . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement.
- 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. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!)
- Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (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. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi.
- Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board.
- 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. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent.
- Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts.
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. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. (Recognized!)
- Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) (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. a Chessgi variant which is limited to 32 turns by demotions and the removal of Pawns.
- Demotion Chessgi . Chessgi variant 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. Move twice per turn with Extra Move Chess.
- Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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
- Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fusion Chess . Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart.
- 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. (Cells: 41)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. Play Grand Cavalier Chess with Jocly.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. Decimal variant with Cannons and Cavalier Chess pieces.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- 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 this variant of Capablanca's Chess that leaves no Pawns unprotected.
- Grotesque Chess. Play Grotesque Chess with Jocly.
- Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- 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. (6x7, Cells: 42)
- 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.
- 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. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Kamikaze Mortal Shogi. Send your Kamikazes on suicide missions in this Shogi variant.
- 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.
- 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. Variant in which pieces transform by fixed rules into other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. (6x7, Cells: 42)
- 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. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Mortal Chessgi . A Chessgi game in which captures reduce material.
- Mortal Chessgi. Play this Chessgi variant in which each capture decreases material.
- Mortal Shogi. Play this Shogi variant in which pieces may die.
- Mortal Shogi. A Shogi variant in which pieces aren't all immortal. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- 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 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 . 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. Play the Japanese form of Chess, in which captured pieces can be dropped back as your own. (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.
- Shop for Games. Selected games and search results for games from Amazon.
- 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 . Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess with Zillions of Games.
- Storm the Ivory Tower. Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess by email.
- Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- 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.
- Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91)
- 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!)
- 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. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Univers Chess. Play Univers Chess with Jocly.
- Univers Chess. Play this Carrera's Chess variant with no unprotected Pawns on Game Courier.
- 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. A Knight/Camel compound from Wildebeest Chess.
- Wildebeest Chess. Variant on an 10 by 11 board with extra jumping pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110) (Recognized!)
- Wildebeest Chess. Stars the Wildebeest which moves as knight or camel.
- 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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