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- Imperial Chess Graphics. Graphics for Imperial Chess.
- Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez.
- Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board.
- Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board.
- Imperial Dragon . A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players.
- Imperial Dragon Chess. A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Imperial Hex Chess. Smaller hexagonal variant with new pieces. (Cells: 75)
- Imposter Chess. Play this game! Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways.
- Imposter Chess . Exchange captured pieces in order to move Kings in different ways.
- Improved Chess. An improvement of standard chess: a blocked pawn on the far side gets extra jump moves to empty squares (with zrf).
- In The Bin. Chess on a 9x9 board. Players select pieces from a bin. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- In-Yan. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Inchworm and Longworm Chess. Pieces move their heads to a new square, then move their tail to that square on a later move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Incognito Chess. In addition to the King, one Pawn is secretly royal.
- Index A to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter A.
- Index B to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter B.
- Index C 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by a-m.
- Index C 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter C followed by o.
- Index D to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter D.
- Index E to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter E.
- Index F to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter F.
- Index G to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter G.
- Index H to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter H.
- Index I to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters I to K.
- Index L to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter L.
- Index M to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter M.
- Index N to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter N.
- Index O to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters O and Q.
- Index P to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter P.
- Index page of The Chess Variant Pages. Our main index page.
- Index R to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter R.
- Index S 1 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by A-I.
- Index S 2 to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter S followed by K-Y.
- Index T to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letter T.
- Index U to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters U and V.
- Index W to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of Man and Beast pieces starting with the letters W to Z.
- Indian Chess. Some local variant rules from the colonial period.
- Indian/Turkish Grand Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board.
- Indistinguishable Chess. Player pieces indistinguishable from each other. Board squares are indistinguishable. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Indistinguishable Chess. All pawns and pieces appear the same in color and size, for both sides. The board has no 'dark' squares.
- Inertia Chess. Pieces continue to move in the same direction.
- An Inexpensive Method to Make Print and Play Chess Variants Sets. Chess Variants Print and Play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Infantry Chess. Small chess variant with short range pieces. (9x9, Cells: 43)
- Infantry Chess . Small chess variant with short range pieces.
- Infima. Missing description
- Infinite Board Chess. Imagine the board is an infinite grid.
- Infinite Chess . Link to publishers website.
- Infinite Chess. Chess on on infinite board.
- Infinite Chess. Extends Chess to larger, even infinite, boards. ()
- Infinite Chess Photographs. Photos of an Infinite Chess set.
- Infinite Recursion Chess. Another mega-chess type game. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- Infinite Ring Chess. Experimental variant with board shaped as ring. (16x4, Cells: 64)
- Influence Chess. Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer. (3x(4x7), Cells: 84)
- Influence Chess . Pieces on the top or bottom layer influence which chess pieces may move on the middle layer.
- Influenced 8-Leveled 3D Alice Chess. A combination of Influence and Alice Chess on a 3D board. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- Information on Chinese Chess playing cards. Missing description
- Information on historic chess variants. Missing description
- Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors.
- Insane . Pieces change to random type when they move.
- Insane. Pieces change to random type when they move. With program playing this variant.
- Insane. Units mutate randomly.
- Insane Flip Relay Shatranj. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Insane II. Units mutate randomly. This time, you know what the unit will become.
- Insane Ninja Chess . Featuring 2 pairs of powerful multi-directional leaping pieces capable of double capture.
- Insane Ninja Chess. Play this exciting chess variant featuring two pairs of unique multi-mode pieces: Insane Ninjas and Mad Leaping Ninja Guards.
- Insane Ninja Chess. Big board chess with dual range Camel's Leap Ninja Guards, and Insane Ninjas: powerful multidirectional short-range leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104)
- Insect Chess . On a 12x12 board. All pieces are insect and arachnid representations, with some unique pieces.
- Insect Chess. On a 12x12 board. All pieces are insect and arachnid representations, with some unique pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Inside-out chess. With two kings per player and squares with a square inside. (6x6, Cells: 44)
- Insurrection. Capturing causes promotion, demotion, or a coup in the opponent's ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Interactive 3D Chess Program. Missing description
- Interactive Diagram Piece Sandbox. A sandbox that allows you to try out your own pieces for Interactive Diagrams. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Interactive diagrams. Diagrams that interactively show piece moves.
- Interchange Chess. Get as many of your own pieces to their destination squares on the other side of the board as possible. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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.
- InterGrid Chess. Pieces on corners and on centers of squares of 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 145)
- InterGrid Chess . Pieces on corners and on centers of squares of 8 by 8 board.
- Interloper Chess. Introducing the Interloper, a highly invulnerable attacking piece (with zrf).
- International Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- International Email Chess Club . Missing description
- International Fischer Random Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Internationalized Chinese Chess. Photos of a commercial Staunton set for playing Xiangqi, Janggi, and Chess.
- Interregnum Chess. No king or queen; win by promoting a pawn; captured units replaced.
- Interview with Ben Good. Interview with the winner of the 38-challenge.
- Interview with Darren Izzard. An interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares.
- Interview with David Li. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel.
- Interview with David Pritchard. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants.
- Interview with Hans Bodlaender. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages.
- Interview with James Ernest. Creator of Tishai.
- Interview with Jean-Louis Cazaux. An interview.
- Interview with Joao Pedro Neto. Winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 42 squares.
- Interview with Michael Adams. An Interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
- Interview with Peter Leko. An interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
- Interview with Ralph Betza. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'.
- Interview with Robert Abbott. An interview with the inventor of Ultima.
- Interview with Seth McGinnis. Interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 39 squares.
- Interview with Timothy Newton. An interview with the winner of the 84 Spaces Contest!
- Interview with Tony Quintanilla. Interview with the winner of the 41-square Chess Variant Competition.
- Interweave. Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Interweave . Game with elements of Checkers and Ultima where all pieces are colorbound and only capture pieces on the other color.
- Intrigue. Capturing a particular pawn places the enemy king on the board.
- Intrigue. Players each select a pawn which holds the king's secret position.
- Intrusive Squares. The board is split into 4 4x4 supersquares and reunited by 20 extra squares. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Invader Zim Chess. Chess based on the show, Invader Zim. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Invasion. A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-square board.
- Invasion. A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-squares board. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Invasion . A military inspired Chess variant played on an 84-squares board.
- Invent-and-Play. A design contest and a small PBEM tournament, combined!
- Inventor of Stratomic to appear at International Games Fest. Runing from February 27 to March 3, 2002.
- Inverse Capture Chess . Pieces are captured the way they move.
- Invisible King Chess. Opponent can't see where you moved your king to. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Invisible Man . Missing description
- IO Chess. Variant on 16 by 16 board with many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Iron Guard. Non-capturable guard replaces White queen.
- Iron Guard Chess. Instead of a queen, white has an Iron Guard who can move only to adjacent diagonal squares and cannot be captured.
- The Iron Knight. A number of variants with uncapturable pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Iron Knight. Non-capturable knight.
- Irrational Chess. Chess game on an exotic board. (9x10, Cells: 66)
- Irregular Quadrangle Chess. Chessboard of 96 quadrangles. (Cells: 96)
- Irwell. Gain an advantage by crowning your enemy. (8x10, Cells: 80)
- Isis and Cam. Two variants based on ancient English universities and the rivers near them. (6x8, Cells: 48)
- Island Chess. Some connections between squares are missing.
- Isle of Lewis Chess Men. Missing description
- Iss Jetan. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Iss Jetan . Missing description
- It's not a job for King. Two relatively modest games, playing with power and royality. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Italian Association of Chess Variants. Associazione Italiana Scacchi Eterodossi: the world leading Italian chess variant organization.
- Italian Miniature Chess. 5x5 game as played in Italy.
- Italian Miniature Losing Chess. 5x5 game as played in Italy.
- Italian Miniature Progressive Chess. 5x5 progressive game as played in Italy.
- Italian Progressive Chess. White moves once, black two times, white three times, etc. Check is only allowed at last move of series.
- Italian Progressive Chess. White moves once, black two times, white three times, etc. Check is only allowed at last move of series. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Italian Progressive Chess Game Positions. Problem based on an actual game position.
- Ito Shogi. Missing description (1x31, Cells: 21)
- Ito Shogi . Missing description
- Izzard, Darren. An interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares.
- J-Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board with jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Jabberwocky Chess. Chess with transformations of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Jack-Be-Nimble Chess. Jumping pieces have to learn how before they jump tall pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Jacks and Witches. Play this variant on 84 squares with special pieces and special squares!
- Jacks and Witches 84. Variant on 84 squares with special pieces and special squares. (12x8, Cells: 84)
- Jacks and Witches 84 . Variant on 84 squares with special pieces and special squares.
- Jai-Alai . A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball.
- Jai-Alai. A sports theme variant with three new pieces: the Superball, the Ball and the Diagball. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Jail Cell Chess. Large board with walls and jail cell areas. (14x20, Cells: 280)
- Janggi - opening setups. Explanation of setup for Korean chess.
- Janggi Positions. Missing description
- Janggi: Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Janggidosa . Korean Chess Playing Program.
- Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
- Janus Chess. Large board variant.
- Janus Chess. Play this variant with two extra pieces that move as a Bishop or Knight on Jocly.
- Janus Chess. Play Janus Chess on Game Courier.
- Janus Chess Blitz Tournament . Taking place in Saarbruecken on March, 1st 2002.
- Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess.
- Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Japanese Chess. Missing description
- Japanese Chess. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)
- The Japanese Heroes' Game. Missing description
- Javelin Chess . Pieces backed up by an extra row of single-capture Spearmen.
- Jedi Chess. Maharajah and the Sepoys modified with a Star Wars theme. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Jester Chess. Large variant, with four new pieces including Jester that imitates opponents last type of move. (10x11, Cells: 110)
- Jester Chess. The Jester is an 'anon' piece but similar to the 'Fool' - beautiful commercial wooden sets - a must have!
- Jester Chess. Featuring pieces that mimic last piece moved, archers that can either capture OR move. quadrapawns, and murray lions.
- Jester Chess: Cutouts. Pieces to print to make your own Jester Chess set.
- Jetan. Martian Chess.
- Jetan. Play Edgar Rice Burrough's Jetan (Martian Chess).
- Jetan . Martian Chess, coming from the book The Chessmen of Mars.
- Jetan - Martian Chess. Martian Chess, coming from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Jetan Jeddara. Large variant of Jetan.
- Jetan Jeddara. Large Jetan variant, with new pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192)
- Jetan Sarang. Play this large variation of Jetan!
- Jetan Variant Graphics. James Spratt's graphics for Jetan variant Game Courier presets.
- Jetan, ERB . Implements different possible rules for Jetan.
- Jetan, the game of. Extensive discussion of various versions of the rules of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Jetan-Sarang . A large variation of Jetan.
- Jetan: The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Book about jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Jewel: A Linked-series of Games. Missing description
- Jikaida. A large variant, taken from A Sword for Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer. (12x18, Cells: 361)
- Jinn Chess. Pieces start off the board, and game is divided into a placement phase and a traditional play phase. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Joari-Joara. West Indian variant in which you may capture a guarded piece if and only if the move gives discovered check.
- Jocly. An html-based web platform for playing 2-player abstract stategy games.
- Joe Joyce Hyperchess. Easy to play 3D Chess variant where pieces can act on small board or large board.
- John Savard's Three-Dimensional Chess. Missing description
- John Smith's Very Unofficial 47 Square Chess Variant Contest. Yes, just as the title says! I hope this is legal!
- Joker. Moves like last piece moved by the opponent.
- Joko Urtaroak . Modern large version of Game of Four Seasons; four player chess variant.
- Joko Urtaroak. Modern large version of Game of Four Seasons; four player chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Joshua's Chess . Missing description
- Joshua's Chess. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Journalist's Chess. Journalist is movable to any position but no capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Joust. Missing description
- Joust . Two knights. Squares cannot be revisited.
- Joust. Two knights. Squares cannot be revisited.
- Joust Chess. Rotating pieces, long range movement, adjacent capture, both in one turn using different directions.
- The Jovan Army. An army for Chess with Different Armies featuring heavy pieces that move forward slowly.
- Joyful Chess. One special square enhances a piece's powers, the other diminishes them.
- Judkin's Shogi. Small shogi variant on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Judkin's Shogi. Modern small shogi variant preset.
- Juggernaut Chess. Unstoppable destructive unit moves at random.
- Juggernaut Chess. Roll a die each turn to determine the move of the all-capturing Juggernaut.
- Jumping Chess. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Jumping Chess. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10.
- Jumping Chess . Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10.
- Jumping Chess Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see a sample game.
- Jumping Knights Chess. Nightriders replace Knights and War Machines have also been added to Jumping Chess.
- Jumping Knights Chess. Nightriders replace Knights and War Machines have also been added to Jumping Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- The Jungle Game. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63)
- Jungle game. Photo's of a home made set.
- Jungles and Mountains Chess. Bull-Dozers must clear through jungle brush and Engineers must make passages through mountains to free up piece movement.
- Jungles and Mountains Chess. Chess with hindering terrain that must be removed to free up piece movement. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Junta Chess. The king and his knights are the junta.
- Jupiter. Huge chess variant on 16 by 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Jupiter (Revised). Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Jurassic Chess. Game with unusual movements, a river, and bridges. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Jurassic Chess. Dinosaur based chess variant played with regular chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Just a funny board with 40 squares. A board with 40 squares without rules. (Cells: 40)
- Juxtaposition Chess. Pawns and Pieces switch places with pseudo-pieces throughout the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Juxtaposition Chess. Normal moves, plus pawns switch places with stones; pieces switch places with flags.
- K4 . Missing description
- K4Flying . Missing description
- Kagamigi. Shogi variant featuring pieces biased toward the center. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Kaiserspiel. Play the this 19th century variant, a.k.a. The Emperor's Game, on Jocly.
- Kaissa . Decimal variant developed from descriptions in John Norman's Gor books.
- Kamikaze Chess . Capturing pieces also are removed.
- Kamikaze Chess. Capturing pieces also are removed.
- Kamikaze Chess. Capturing pieces also are removed.
- Kamikaze I. Capturing units are removed, except kings.
- Kamikaze II. Capturing units are removed, kings may not capture.
- Kamikaze III. If the lone queen checks, she wins.
- 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.
- Kangaroo. Moves on Queen lines to first square after second jumped over piece.
- Kangaroo (Newton). compound of Knight and Alfil.
- Kangaroo Chess. Row of kangaroos behind the pawns behind the pawns. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Kansas Progressive Chess. Missing description
- Kaos: The Game . Multiplayer game on a 7x7 board.
- Kar Ouk. A variation of Khmer Chess (.rar unix archive file).
- Karma Chess . A piece that has captured an opponent's piece is turned into one of better quality.
- Kasparov's Premiere at Shogi. Chess world champion plays a game of Shogi.
- Keeps and Moats Chess. Computer Game -- beta test demo.
- Keeps and Moats Chess . A four player chess variant.
- Keltic Chess. Adapted orthochess on a 43-square, fidchell-inspired board. (9x7, Cells: 43)
- Keyles. Large variant with special king capture rule. Variant of Quex. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Khmer Chess:Kar Ouk . First check the opponent's Khun (King) , you win the game.
- Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes.
- Ki Shogi. Variant of Shogi played without a board, and pieces are cubes.
- Kibitzing Vox Populi Chess variant. Rules for turning kibitzing into a game unto itself.
- Kick the King. What happens if we remove check and stalemate rules and win by taking the king?
- Killer Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Kilyow. Invented by Furugouri Akio(古郡章雄) in 1991.
- King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction.
- King and Pawns. White moves twice but has only king and pawns.
- King and Queen . Variant on cross-shaped board with 39 squares.
- King and Queen. Variant on cross-shaped board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39)
- King Arthur's Chess 72. Chess on a round board,. The odd number of files allows the Bishops to access every cell on the board - not colour-bound. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- King Arthur's Chess 72 . Chess on a round board,. The odd number of files allows the Bishops to access every cell on the board - not colour-bound.
- King Battler. King usually moves as a queen.
- King Friday XIII Chess. Flexible castling, promotion to opponent's pieces, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King of the Hill. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King of the Hill. Be the first player to get your King to the top of the hill! (19x19)
- King of the Ladder Tournament Rules. Ideas for rules to mix variants together in one game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King Support Chess. Revised Chess intended to be clearer and less drawish. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King to Bunker Leap. Play this exciting version of Pre-Chess using new king safety rules.
- King to Bunker Leap . Includes Shuffle Chess and pre-Chess with new “bunker leap” king safety rules.
- King to Bunker Leap. King can jump over own pieces to reach 1 of 2 bunker positions in Shuffle Chess or Pre-Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King with a Shotgun. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King with a Shotgun . Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture.
- King with a Shotgun Chess. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Rook capture.
- King with a Shotgun Chess II. Twice each game, the King can make a non-moving Queen capture.
- King's Color. Pieces move depending if they are on the same color squares as the king in hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91)
- King's Corner Chess. Random setup with kings in opposite corners.
- King's Court. Variant on 8 by 12 board with Chancellors and Jesters. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- King's Court . Variant on 8 by 12 board with Chancellors and Jesters.
- King's Court Pictures. Photo's on modern oblong 12 by 8 chess variant based on Courier chess.
- King's Dimension . 3D chess variant from prototype Macingtosh program. (Link.). (3x(8x6), Cells: 128)
- King's Fortress Chess. Random setup with king's in opposite corners and extra pawns.
- King's Guard Chess. Missing description
- King's Guard Chess. Pawns move like kings and only Pawns may capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King's Leap Chess. Variants with Chancellors (Knight+Rook) and old Russian Queens (Knight+Queen).
- King's progressive chess. Players may make a number of moves in a turn, depending on row where king is on. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- King's Reincarnation. Captured Kings return to the board, but at a price.
- King's Reincarnation. Captured Kings return to the board, but at a price. 2 versions of play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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.
- King's speech. 360 random positions with the King always exposed and vulnerable.
- King-Power. garr8903.
- Kingchess. Players may drop groups of unplaced pieces instead of moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Kingdom Chess. Large variant with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Kingdom of distorting mirrors. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- Kinging shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Kinglet. Play Kinglet, where you win by capturing all pawns.
- Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent.
- Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Kinglet . Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent.
- Kingmaker Chess. The first pawn to reach the opposite rank promotes to the enemy king.
- Kings. A modest variant with more than one king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Kings. Kings on the Game Courier.
- Kings and Pawns. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. (7x8, Cells: 56)
- Kings and Pawns . Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing.
- Kings castle. Crack the castle - Lancer to the front. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Kings Court . Commercial chess variant on 12 by 8 board based on the historical Courier chess.
- Kings Court Photographs. Photo's of oblong 12 by 8 chess variant.
- Kings or Lemmings?. Normal chess except that a player can produce clones of his king.
- Kings Reincarn. II - Altered States Variant. Captured Kings return to the board by replacing a friendly piece and moving as it did.
- Kingsmen. 9x9 board with two extra Bishops. Pieces gain the King's moveset upon reaching the last three ranks.
- KingSwap!. A solitaire swap puzzle to escort your lazy King. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Kinzoku. Small variant for little ones, is based on Dobutsu but is very different from it. (3x5, Cells: 15)
- Kira Chess/Kira Shogi. "Kira" and "L" pieces which is not known by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Klin Zha . Chesslike game played by Klingons from Star Trek on triangular board.
- Klin Zha . Chesslike game played by Klingons from Star Trek on triangular board.
- Klin Zha. Chesslike game played by Klingons from Star Trek on triangular board. (Cells: 81)
- Klin Zha . The Authorized Klin Zha Homepage.
- Klin Zha 3D . A three dimensional form of Klin Zha.
- KMF's 12x12 Dozenal Chess. Adds rifle-capturing archers and royalty-inheriting princes.
- Knavish Chess. Variant using square-board analogues to 6-way hex-board Dabbabas. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Knavish Shatranj . Shatranj style game on 8x8 board.
- Knavish Shatranj. Shatranj with Knaves and Debtors. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Knight (a.k.a. Horse). Makes a (1,2)-jump.
- Knight Chase. Game played on with two Knights on a Chessboard with differing goals. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Knight Court. Mate the knight with three pieces per player on a three by three board.
- Knight Court. Mate the knight with three pieces per player on a three by three board. (3x3, Cells: 9)
- Knight Court Chess. When you take an opponent's piece, he gets to drop it back on the board. Object: Checkmate knight.
- Knight games (improved). Missing description
- Knight Mare. A large variant with several promotion levels. (11x11, Cells: 120)
- Knight Odds Chess. White starts without the queen's knight.
- Knight Relay Chess. Knights confer their movement ability on units they defend. Popular variant.
- Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Knight Scattering Chess. Knights can neither capture nor be captured, but instead can move opposing pieces a Knight's move away.
- Knight Shogi . Black player lacks two Lances, one Bishop, as well as one Rook; however, his Kinghts and Promoted-Kinghts could also move like K.
- Knight Supreme Chess. Rooks and Bishops are replaced by Knights in the opening array.
- Knight-Pawn Chess. Elegant chess game with knight-pawns that can move as pawns midway up the board if they find themselves behind it.
- Knight-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights.
- Knight-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Knight-Riding Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Knight-Tac-Toe . Win by placing 3 pieces in a row.
- Knight-Tac-Toe. Small variant with only kings and knights where you must get three pieces in line in the center of the board. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Knightless symmetric chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- The Knightliest Black Hole. Knighted pieces on a constantly diminishing board.
- Knightliest Black Hole . Knighted pieces on a constantly diminishing board.
- Knightmare Chess. The American version of Tempete sur l'Echiquier.
- Knightmare Chess. A review.
- Knightmare Chess Page. Steve Jackson Games' page on Knightmare Chess.
- Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Knightmate. Play Knightmate, where you win by mating the Knight.
- KnightMate Chess. The knight, not the kings, is royal.
- Knightmate-Relay Chess . Played with a royal-knight and special movement rules for pieces a knight's move away.
- Knightrider Bouncy Chess. Diagonal runners bounce off the walls; knights are knightriders.
- Knightrider Bouncy Chess II. Pieces bounce off of walls, Knightriders can't capture each other.
- Knights Chess. Rooks, Bishops, and Queens can also move as knights.
- Knights Chess games. Missing description
- Knights games . Missing description
- Knights of the Round Table. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Knights Tour . Try to solve the knights tour problem with Zillions of Games.
- Knightsbridge. 14 knights against 14 knights on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Knightsbridge . 14 knights against 14 knights on a 7 by 7 board.
- KnightSweeper . Single player game similar to the Minesweeper computer game.
- Knockoff Chess. Chess with pieces that push each other around and off the board.
- Knot Chess. Board in shape of geometric knot.
- Kobayashi Maru. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess.
- Kobayashi Maru Variant of ST3D Chess . A variant set of rules for playing chess using the 3 dimensionsal set featured on the TV series Star Trek.
- Kobayashi Maru Variant of Star Trek 3-D Chess. A variant set of rules for playing chess using the 3 dimensionsal set featured on the TV series Star Trek. (7x(), Cells: 64)
- Kobayashi Maru Variant of Star Trek 3-D Chess. A variant set of rules for playing chess using the 3 dimentional set featured on the TV series Star Trek.
- Kogbetliantz Game. One of the earliest 3D Chess games for the 8x8x8 playing field.
- Koksal Karakus' En Passant Chess -. All pieces have the en passant option.
- Koksal Karakus's Blog on Chess Variants. Missing description
- Koksal's Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.
- Kokusai Sannin Shogi. Three-handed Shogi variant. (Cells: 127)
- Konigsritter. Four-player game on curiously-shaped board with one player having a different army than the others.
- KonoSuba Chess variant. Missing description
- Koopa Chess. Form of chess based on the Mario Brothers series of video games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Korean Carrera. Missing description (15x10, Cells: 150)
- Korean Chess . An extensive description of Korean Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Korean Chess. Korean Chess: presentation plus a strong Zillions implementation.
- Korean Chess. Play Korea's regional Chess variant on Game Courier.
- Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea.
- Korean Chess Photos. Photos of a traditional Korean Chess set on a homemade board.
- Korean Chess: photo's. Photo's of Korean chess set with plastic pieces.
- Korean Chess: photo's (2). Photo's of original Korean chess set.
- Korean Games. With Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan.
- Korean Random Chess. A Korean Chess variation with a random setup and a few new rules. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Korean Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like a friendly piece directly behind it. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Korean vs Western Chess. Red pieces are from Korean Chess, black pieces are from Western Chess.
- Korkser Chess. Local rules in parts of Germany.
- Korkser Chess II. Same as Korkser Chess, but without initial double pawn moves.
- Koval's Hexagonal Chess. Game Courier Preset to play Koval's Hexagonal Chess.
- Koval's Hexagonal Chess. A new way to play chess on hexagonal cells.
- Kozeriai. A 5x7 variant of Shogi. (5x7, Cells: 35)
- Kozune. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Kozune. A game inspired by, and featuring elements of, Shatranj and Shogi.
- Kozune. Missing description
- Kozune vs FIDE. Missing description
- Kozune vs FIDE. Missing description
- Kozune Western . Missing description
- Kramnik plays Thai Chess. Two sample games of Thai Chess, one by Chess world champion Kramnik.
- Krieg. Two player game on a four-by-four board. Article. (4x4, Cells: 16)
- Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent.
- Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) (Recognized!)
- Kriegspiel. Problem solving competition.
- Kriegspiel - Cincinnati Style. A description of Kriegspiel as played in Cincinnati in the 1970's, with a discussion of why those particular rules were used.
- Kriegspiel - positions for solving. Five kriegspiel problems.
- Kriegspiel - positions for solving 2. More kriegspiel problems.
- A Kriegspiel problem. Missing description
- A Kriegspiel problem. A Kriegspiel mate in two with solution.
- Kriegspiel problems. Two problems to solve.
- Kriegspiel Referee. Program that serves as a Kriegspiel referee.
- Kriegspiel Zillions v 2.0 file . Zillions file to play Kriegspiel against the computer. The human player's pieces are not hidden.
- Kriegspiel: Chess Under Uncertainty. Missing description
- 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.
- Kung Fu Chess . On a 14x10 board, the pieces in this variant are based on Kung Fu martial arts styles of combat.
- Kung Fu Chess . Simultaneous movement in chess variant as an action and thinking game.
- Kung Fu Chess. On a 14x10 board, the pieces in this variant are based on Kung Fu martial arts styles of combat. (14x10, Cells: 140)
- Kuniegit. Each player has two knights and two warriors on standard chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Kuuzen Dai Shogi. Dai Shogi with different promotions, invented by Eric Silverman. (15x15, Cells: 225)
- Kylatori Sunset. Small variant combining replacement, custodian and coordination capture. (6x8, Cells: 48)
- Kyoshogi . Variant of Shogi on a 10x10 board.
- Kyoto Shogi. Modern 5x5 Shogi variant where pieces promote and unpromote with every move.
- Kyoto Shogi and Hex Kyoto Shogi . Small shogi variants. (Link.).
- Kyou Shogi. Modified Chu Shogi with pieces from and inspired by Tenjiku Shogi, featuring jumping pieces and Fire Demons. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- l. Missing description
- L Shaped Chess. 2 player variant with some elements of 4-player ones. (7x7, Cells: 45)
- L'univers des Echecs. Rules and background on a number of variations of chess.
- Ladder Chess. Chess variant on a `skewed' board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40)
- Ladder Chess . Chess variant on a `skewed' board with 40 squares.
- Ladder Chess. Non-competing 40 Square contest entry with scaling board.
- Ladder Shogi. Shogi variant on 10 by 10 board where pieces climb the social ladder by multiple promotions. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Ladies and Generals. Missing description (6x(6x9), Cells: 324)
- Ladon Chess. Introducing the Ladon, a short-range piece that can repel any other piece, and also capture this way (zrf available).
- Ladorean Chess. Another 10 x 8 Fergus Duniho variant with marshall and cardinal.
- Ladorean Chess - Shaco Ladorean. Variation on Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Lag Chess. The last move made by your opponent is not known to you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Lambeth Conference. Bishops bounce off the walls.
- Lance. Moves one or more squares straight forward.
- Lancelot. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- LancerChess. a basic Western chess game, featuring Lancers in place of knights.
- LancerChess (or LeopardChess). Missing description
- Lancers Chess. chess with lancer piece, lancers instead of knights.
- Landing force shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Lao Tzu Chess. www.schemingmind.com. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Laquear Chess. Introducing the Laquear, that captures like a bishop, but moves by the collision method (zrf available).
- Large Chess ZRF . ZRF for Capablanca's Chess plus variants: Bird's, Aberg's, Grotesque, Univers, Embassy, Janus, Archbishop, New Chancellor + more.
- Large Nahbi Chess. Preset for Large Nahbi Chess.
- Large Nahbi Chess. Missing description (10x12, Cells: 120)
- Large Variant 99 Contest Index Page. Missing description
- Large Variants in the Historic North European Style. Missing description ()
- Larger Wildeurasian variants. increasing the 2+2+1 piece groups from three to five or six. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Las Vegas Fun Chess. Java applet for Vegas Fun Chess, a dice-based variant.
- Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move.
- Laser Chess. Shoot lasers in chess variant from computer program.
- The Last Mourning. On board with 38 squares and Jesters. (Cells: 38)
- Last Move. Shareware program. Add a king to make a mate position.
- Last Rook Chess. King and last remaining rook are both royal.
- Latrumcolorum Chess. Piece caught between two opponent pieces is moved by him. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Latrunculi duo milia et septum. Chess with rook/ferz & bishop/wazir substitutes for rooks and bishops.
- Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Latte Chess. Alternative starting position, with each player having 4 rooks/bishops/knights, 1 king and queen, and 8 pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Leandro's Chess. You can move any number of units one time each per turn, providing.
- Leandro's Chess. You may make a non-capturing move with each of your pieces in one turn, or make a normal capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Leandro's Chess. You may make a non-capturing move with each of your pieces in one turn, or make a normal capturing move.
- Leandros Chess . You may make a non-capturing move with each of your pieces in one turn, or make a normal capturing move.
- Leap Chess. Game with mandatory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares. (6x8, Cells: 44)
- Leap Chess . Game with manditory captures and other Checkers-like elements on a board of 44 squares.
- LeaperChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Knights per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor.
- Leapers chess. a game with many leapers. (8x6, Cells: 44)
- Leapers Chess. Played upon a 10x10 field with all the pieces having leaping capability.
- Leapers Chess. Decimal variant with additional leaping abilities for each of the pieces.
- Leapers Creeepers. Decimal variant with many leaping pieces.
- Leapers Creeepers. Featuring compound long leapers of giraffes, zebras and camels.
- Leapfrog Chess. The pawn can leap over any man in its initial two-step move (with zrf).
- Leaping/Missing Bat Chess. Large variant on a 16x12 board with many fairy pieces. (16x12, Cells: 192)
- Lecce's Chess. semi-chess with a big army. (4x8, Cells: 32)
- Left-Right Chess. A large variant with some pieces that move as a Rook only left or right.
- Legan's Chess. Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves.
- Legan's Chess . Normal set and board, different setup and pawn moves.
- Legan's Fortress Chess . On an `I` shaped board.
- Legler's Chess. Modest 1926 variant using an Archbishop and a Chancellor. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Legler's Chess . Modest 1926 variant using an Archbishop and a Chancellor.
- Leko, Peter. An interview about a Fischer Random Chess match.
- Lemniscate Chess . Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol).
- Lemniscate Chess. Chess played on a Lemniscate board (in the shape of an infinity symbol). (18x4, Cells: 72)
- Lemurian Shatranj . Missing description
- Lemurian Shatranj. 8x8 variant that features short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Lemurian Shatranj. Lemurian pieces which utilize either or both types of their possible moves, possibly changing direction after the first.
- Lene Hau Chess. Pieces take several turns for doing one move, going only one square per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Lengthleaper Hex Chess. The hex-prism geometry has surprisingly many equal-length compound leapers. (4x(6x9), Cells: 136)
- Leo. Moves on queen lines, but must jump once when taking.
- Leo Chess. The Queen is replaced by a Leo, which must leap over a screen to capture.
- Leto Chess. Introducing the Leto, a doubly telekinetic piece, very versatile (with zrf).
- Letter Chess. Pieces are a diagram that shows a letter and their movement capabilities. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Levantine Chess. One unit is immune to capture if it is not attacking.
- Levitating Kings. Kings can levitate orthagonally or diagonally over a line of friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Li, David. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel.
- Liars Chess. You may lie about the move you have made.
- Lias's Proposal. Pawns may move, but not capture, one square sideways.
- Lichen Chess. Pieces are modular, and each piece may contain fragments belonging to both players.
- Lichess. Internet chess server featuring a few variants as well.
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