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• Avalanche Chess 2. As before, except that the red king and queen are switched.
• AvantGarde Chess . A font-named variant that adds a Centaur and a Man to the standard setup.
• Avatar Chess. Game with avatars that can assume any piece of chess, depending on the fields of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Avatar Riff Riders. Overcome the reef on an Avatar basis. (11x11, Cells: 110)
• Average Game Ratings. An ordered list of the ratings for the games on this site.
• Avian Airforce . Experimental Rider/Leaper Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the Usual Four and Other Armies.
• Aviary. New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Aviary . New pieces with shogi elements and a bird theme.
• Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf).
• Aviation Chess. Knight pawns move and capture as bishops and can leap any number of units.
• Avon. Four-player game; two players sharing the White and two the Black pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80)
• AVP Episode 2. Very creative and fun contemporaneous take on Maharaja Chess.
• Award from ChessAward.Org. Chessvariants.com named 'Great Chess Resource'.
• Awards. Awards given to the Chess Variant Pages.
• Axis and Allies Chess. Diceless variant of Axis and Allies.
• Azchess. Variant of Grand Chess in which one amazon is added to each side.
• Azchess . Missing description
• Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Azchess (absolute symmery pawn protection). Adds cannons to Az Chess and reverses the positions of some of the pieces to maximize pawn protection.
• Azchessimp . Missing description
• Azerbaijan Chess . http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/79138?do=show;id=1659.
• Azerbaijan Chess. http://zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/73747?do=show;id=1659.
• AzsymChess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Azsymchess . Missing description
• Azsymchess pawns shuffler . Missing description
• Azsymchess1024 . Missing description
• Azsymchessdrop(Improved) . Missing description
• Azsymdrop(Updated)) . Missing description
• Baby Chess. Play this small 5x5 variant on Jocly.
• Babylonian Chess. Captures are determined by rolling dice. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• BacCanCat. 4-player variant with Cannons and Arrows, Cathedralling, and alternative ways to win. (16x16, Cells: 256)
• Bach Dang Chess . Game on board of 88 squares, with Ships and other special pieces and rules.
• Bach Dang Chess. On board with 100 squares, with crafts and other special pieces and rules. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Bachelor Chess . Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King.
• Bachelor Chess. Win by mating your opponent, or marrying off your King. (7x6, Cells: 42)
• Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen.
• Bachelor Chess. Play this game from the 42-square contest with the PBM system!
• Bachelor Hunterbeest. Hunterbeest without the Queen or Gnu - to start with... (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Bachelor Kamil. Play by E-mail! Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess.
• Bachelor Kamil. Combines ideas from Bachelor Chess and Wildebeest Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Bachelor Nearlydouble. Applying the Nearlydouble principle to Bachelor Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Bachelor Nimrod. Small variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of Knight. (6x6, Cells: 36)
• Back-to-Back Chess. Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board. (14x8, Cells: 100)
• Back-to-Back Chess . Both sides start "Back-to-Back", seperated by an uncrossable line on a specially-shaped 100 square board.
• Backgammon Chess. Play backgammon and chess game together. (8x8, Cells: 88)
• Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132)
• Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other!
• Backwards Stalemate Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Baladãna. The way figures can move is dynamic, determined by their 'powers'.
• Balaklava Chess. Many pieces have additional knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Balaklava Chess. All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves.
• Balaklava Chess . All non-royal units can make non-capturing knight moves.
• Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Balbo's Chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks.
• Balbo's Chess. Odd-shaped board, bishops as powerful as knights.
• Balbo's Chess . Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks.
• Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68)
• Balbo's Chess 2. Balbos Chess 2.
• Ball's AKA Military Chess . Variant on 10x10 board with military-themed short-range pieces where the goal is to occupy one of your opponent's center squares.
• Ballista Chess. game in which Ballistae give Pieces the ability to move across the Board. (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Bandit Chess. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 63)
• Bank Chess. Regular Chess only Drops come from Pocketings.
• Bank Chess . Put your assets on the bank for later use! 6 Variants.
• Bank of Scotland -- Main Branch. Progressive Variant where each check earns the player an extra move, and check ends turn.
• Bank of Scotland -- Modern Branch. Progressive Variant where each check gives a player another move, and move is ended by check or move to defended square.
• Bankhouse Chess. Missing description
• Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules.
• Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules.
• Banzai Chess. Friendly pieces can be pushed and pushed pieces can bounce. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Barasi chess . Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards.
• Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Barasi Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards; pawns are Berolina.
• Barbershop Quartet. Toroidal Variant with Dual Direction Bishops.
• Barc. Jumps as knight but only `narrow backwords' or `wide forwards'.
• Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move.
• Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move.
• Bario. Pieces are undefined until they move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bario Shogi. A shogi game with pieces that can be change typed. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
• Barion. A variant of the chess variant Bario.
• Baroque Chess. Java applet that plays the game.
• Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Base Pieces and Templates.. Missing description
• Baseball Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Baseball Chess 2. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Baseball Chess Hits & HomeRuns. Missing description
• Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Baseline chess with Fischer rules. Start with dropping major pieces on baseline, a variant that uses rules from Fischer Random Chess but is not random. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Basic Bestiary. Like Wildeurasian Bestiary but without the Hopping-capture pieces. (13x12, Cells: 156)
• Basic Chess. Variable baseline chess without drawing lots. Restrict Rooks to a and h files, and King to d or e files.
• Basilisk Chess. Introducing the Basilisk cannon, with standard pieces (zrf exists).
• Bastardo. 4-player game.
• Bastardo. Cut-throat four-player variant.
• Bastardo for President. Cut-throat four-player variant where one of your pieces is secretly President and thus royal.
• Bastardo Hallowe'en. Halloween-themed cut-throat four-player variant.
• Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bastille Chess . Win by clearing your opponent's fortress.
• Batak Chess. Indonesian culture where chess is very popular.
• Battery Chess. Battery Chess on the Game Courier.
• Battery Chess. Chess on a Battery shaped board, with lots of batteries. (5x10, Cells: 46)
• Battle Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn.
• Battle Chieftain Chess . Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes.
• Battle Chieftain Chess. Warriors and a king fight on a board with walls and holes. (10x11, Cells: 84)
• Battle Line. A military-style variant with 48 pieces per side.
• Battle of Kings. You start with eight pawns. The rest chess pieces appear on the board during the game.
• The Battle of the Animals. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63)
• Battle of the Diagonals. Each player uses the three kinds of diagonal in different ways. (6x(9x9), Cells: 270)
• Battle of the Six Armies. Construction of board and pieces to play B6A.
• Battle of the Six Armies. Multiplayer with a trigonal board. (29x18, Cells: 378)
• Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135)
• Battle Room Chess. Win by getting four of your pieces in or around your enemy's gate.
• Battlefront Chess. Game with standard pieces, 12 pawns, 2 Generals, the Archbishop, and the Chancellor. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Battler Chess. Game with powerful King, and improved Bishops, Knights and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• BCMShogi. A versatile and customizable Shogi program.
• BD or Bede. A piece which has the combined movement of the bishop and the dabbabah.
• Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter.
• Bear Chess. Play Bear Chess, a popular Russian game, on Game Courier.
• Bear Chess. Russian variant with new piece.
• Beast Chess. Replace conventional pieces with those that look like animals. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Beastmaster Chess. Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces. (8x11, Cells: 84)
• Beastmaster Chess . Large chess variant with a fantasy theme, emphasizing leaping pieces.
• Beau Monde Chess. Large variant where pieces move with variations of the Queen move. (11x10, Cells: 100)
• Beautiful Beasts. A new team for Chess with Different Armies based on the Roc.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi) . 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences.
• Bede Chess. Missing description (9x11, Cells: 99)
• Bedlam . A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
• Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi.
• Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Beginners Chess. Missing description
• Beginners Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Behemoth Chess. Chess with a randomly moving, uncapturable Behemoth piece that can capture multiple pieces in a turn.
• Behemoth Loop Chess. Pieces captured by a randomly moving Behemoth can be dropped later. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Beirut Chess. One unit is secretly carrying a bomb.
• Belfry Chess. Introducing the belfry catapult.
• Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn.
• Bellows Chess. The board expands and contracts from turn to turn. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Bellows Chess . The board expands and contracts from turn to turn.
• Ben 39. Pieces move on squares and corners of board with 37 fixed and two movable squares. (Cells: 39)
• Benedict Chess . Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides.
• Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides.
• Benedict Chess. Instead of being captured, enemy pieces switch sides. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bennie Prince's Chess. Units not under attack may be removed and returned, one at a time.
• Bent Riders. A discussion of pieces, like the Gryphon, that take a step then move as riders.
• The Bermuda Chess Angle. Pieces can vanish in a central grid (The Bermuda Chess Angle) depending on dice-determined coordinates. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Berolina Chess. Pawns move diagonally and capture straight ahead.
• Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Berolina Chess. Classic variant with different moving pawns.
• Berolina Grid Chess. Popular with NOST.
• Berolina Grid Chess. Combination of Berolina Chess and Grid Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Berolina Pawn. Pawn variant that takes straight and moves diagonally forward.
• Berolina Plus Pawn. Improved Berlonia Pawn that can also capture to the side.
• Berserker Pawns. Pawns may go berserk to protect their King and once per game in addition. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Beryl Chess. Variant on board of 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
• Besiege Chess . Large variant with White on either side, Black in center.
• Besiege Chess. Double height chess board, where black is surrounded by white. (8x16, Cells: 128)
• Besiege Chess. Each side has two sets of armies, the black ones are in the middle and whites on top and bottom.
• Besiege Chess. Large variant with White on either side, Black in center.
• Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.
• Betza notation (extended). The powerful XBetza extension to Betza's funny notation.
• Betza's Flying Circus. Bombers and interceptors fly above the chess board.
• Betza's Flying Circus. 4 Levels but only four pieces of two kinds can move on three of the levels.
• Betza's Three Dimensional Chess Games. Several 3d-chess variants by Ralph Betza.
• Betza, Ralph. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'.
• Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Beyond Omega. Large abstract variant with radial and oblique pieces requiring rotation. (15x15, Cells: 225)
• Bibliografia scacchistica, annotata. Missing description
• Bicapture Chess. You may capture, and be checked by, your own units.
• Bid Chess. Players bid for special pieces or powers.
• Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece!
• Bifocal Chess. A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece! (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Bifocal Chess . A game without capture : win by checkmate with a neutral piece!
• Bifold Halfgi. Bifold pieces are able to combine with other same-colored bifold pieces and move as a single normal sized piece.
• Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces.
• Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Big Battle. Large (10x10), commercial variant.
• Big Battle . Large (10x10), commercial variant.
• Big Board Chess. On a 10 by 10 board with individual opening setup. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Big Board Chess. Large set with setup phase.
• Big Board Chess. Play Big Board Chess online with Game Courier.
• Big Chess. Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops. (14x8, Cells: 112)
• Big Chess. Ordinary chess pieces on an elongated 8 x 14 board with three times as many bishops and two times as many knights.
• Big Chess . Chess variant on a 14 by 8 square board with extra Pawns, Knights and Bishops.
• Big Outer Chess . Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the center.
• Big Outer Chess. Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the centre. (12x12, Cells: 148)
• Big Pawn Chess . Missing description
• BigBangChess . Chess with an expanding and contracting board.
• BigBangChess. Pieces start off-board; the board expands and contracts during play. (11x11, Cells: 121)
• Bigorra. Game Courier Preset for Bigorra, a large CV, 80 pieces of 34 types on 16x16 sq. board. (16x16, Cells: 256)
• Bigorra. A 16x16 board chess with all pieces from my variants. (16x16, Cells: 256)
• Bigsiege Chess. Combining the length of Besiege Chess with the width of Doublewidth Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256)
• Bilateral Chess . Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle.
• Bilateral Chess. Game on 12x8 board adding Lions, switching Cannons, Wizards and pushing Elephants, but keeping the standard array in the middle. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players.
• Billiards Chess. Bishops and queens bounce off the edges.
• Billiards progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Binary 1010. Pieces alternate with their binary counterpart in regard to turning off and on. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Bingo Chess. A cross between Chess and Bingo. (Cells: 41)
• Biparite Chess. Small chess variant with two phases. (5x7, Cells: 43)
• Bird Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
• Bird's Chess. Predecessor to Capablanca's Chess with Guard and Equerry.
• Bird's Chess. Large variant by the grandmaster.
• Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Birds and Ninjas. Immaculately balanced game features pieces with unique fly-over capture ability and short-range diagonal leapers.
• Birds and Ninjas. Strategically rich chess-like game with powerful dual range orthogonal flying pieces, and short-range diagonal leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104)
• Birds and Ninjas . Featuring the Flying Bombers that fly over to capture, and the short-range Ninja Guards that capture two enemy pieces at once.
• Birds and Ninjas. Two simple checkmate problems for the game.
• The Birth of Fischer Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bishogi. An attempt to take the FIDE army further towards Shogi than Chessgi does. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally.
• The Bishop Adjustment Rule. Missing description
• Bishop Chess. Bishops do not capture and cannot be captured.
• Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bishop Knight Morph Factor. Missing description
• Bishop, Reflecting. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board.
• Bishopper. Moves along diagonal line to first square after jumped over piece.
• Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132)
• Bishops. four-player game.
• Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side.
• Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games.
• Bishops moving puzzle. Puzzle to move bishops across the board without attacking each other, as appearing in computer game The 7th Guest.
• Bison. Makes (1-3)-jump or (2-3)-jump.
• Bizarro Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 64)
• Black and White Chess. Two moves per turn, the first from a white square, the second.
• The Black Ghost. Betzan attempt to remedy White's first move advantage in FIDE by giving Black a noncapturing but capturable teleporting piece.
• The Black Ghost. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Black Hole Chess. Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings. (9x11, Cells: 100)
• Black Hole Chess. Pieces moved to the center four squares of the board fall into your hand.
• Black Hole Chess. Game with missing center and two extra spaces just behind the kings.
• Black Hole Chess . Variant on board with 100 squares with hole in middle of board, combination pieces and hiding squares for kings.
• Black Holes. On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport. (5x8, Cells: 40)
• Black Holes . On 5 by 8 board with holes as pieces which also can be used for transport.
• Black Holes. Sample game 1.
• Black Holes. Sample game 2.
• Black Holes. Sample game 3.
• Black Holes. Sample game 4.
• Black Swan. Pieces are replaced by Black Swans with unpredictable outcomes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Blackburne's Proposal. QR becomes a marshall, QB becomes a pegasus, and KB becomes a queen are enhanced.
• Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win.
• Blackjack Chess. Reduce the point value of your pieces to exactly 21 points and win the game. Or do it the old-fashioned way.
• Bland Chess. Chess, but with no diagonal movements (aside from that built within the Knight).
• Bland Chess. Chess with no diagonal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bland Chess 46. A 46 square variant of Bland Chess. Allows for War Machine, Knight, and/or Modern War Machine use.
• Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46)
• Blender Chess. Bishops, Knights and Rooks can merge and separate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
• Blind Shogi. Missing description
• BlindChess. A blindfold program (optional board), good for training (DOS freeware).
• Blindfold. Shareware program. Visualize and remember a sequence of chess positions.
• Blindfold Chess. One of the oldest chess variants, where one of the players is blindfolded (zrf available).
• The Blindly Game . Missing description
• Blizzard Chess . Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry (with all patch levels).
• Blizzard Chess. Chess, as if it had been developed by the software industry.
• Blizzard Chess. What would Chess be like if it had been developed by the computer industry?
• Blockade Chess. Missing description
• BlockChess. Decimal variant with standard pieces starting out in the corners.
• Blocschach. Not only is the size of the back rank squared, so is its composition. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
• Blood Brothers Chess. Pieces defend others of their kind regardless of location.
• Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions.
• Blue Chess or Deep Blue Vs. Kasparov Chess. Tribute to a famous game with three shades of blue and different options for each player to achieve a win.
• Blue Chip Chess. Missing description
• Blue Chip Chess. A chip, moved each turn by the players, denotes a square where pieces may not go to. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Blue Chip Chess. Fun variant where each turn you get to create an off-limits square for your opponent .
• Blue Queen on 64 and 80. Blue Queen belongs to both sides.
• Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Blunderbuss Chess. Pieces are poorer shots than in Rifle Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Board and Table Games (From Many Civilizations). Missing description
• Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Missing description
• Board Image Utility. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions.
• Board Space. Website and app for playing abstract strategy board games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Boardgaminginfo.com. Site that has information on how to play board games.
• Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. The SVG files used in Bob's library of pieces.
• Bob Greenwade's SVG Library. A collection of SVG piece images.
• Bodlaender, Hans. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages.
• Bodyguard Chess. A 9x9 variant, with a Bodyguard and two Kwaggas per side (zrf available).
• Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb.
• Bolyar Chess. A historical variant, native to Bulgaria, with imaginative rules (zrf available).
• Bomb Chess. Queen's Rook moves as king and can explode.
• Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board.
• Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists).
• Bomber Chess I. Pawns can be made to explode.
• Bomber Chess II. Pawns can be made to explode, and always explode when.
• Bomber Chess III. Pawns and pieces can be made to explode.
• BomberChess . A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares.
• BomberChess. A pawn may be exploded, removing pieces on all 8 adjacent squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bomberman . Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers.
• Bomberman Chess. Two "bombs" and a "defuser" spice up this 10 x 8 game.
• Bomberman Chess. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Bomberman Chess Photographs. Variant on 8 by 10 board with bombs and diffusers.
• Bookie Chess. An online game generator which combines chess and gambling.
• Books on Kriegspiel. Missing description
• Boolean Rithmomachia . Missing description
• Boolean Rithmomachia. Missing description (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
• Booster Chess. Pawns push friendly pieces.
• Booster Chess . Pawns push friendly pieces.
• BordahBee. A two-move, two-board game with restrictions for the second move according to the first move.
• BordahBee, A Two-Board Game (two 8x8 boards). Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
• Border Wars . Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi.
• Border Wars. Game played on the 42 edges of a grid, with elements of Shogi and XiangQi. (Cells: 42)
• Border Wars II . Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects.
• Border Wars II. Game played on line edges with Shogi-like aspects. (Cells: 44)
• Borderline. Without pawns, with only one king, capturing opponent's pieces is omitted. (7x7, Cells: 49)
• Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess.
• Borg Queen. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64)
• Bosma chess. King that is attacked three or more times is not considered to be in check. Fairy chess problem theme.
• Bosworth. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
• Bottleneck Chess. Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board. (Cells: 41)
• Bottleneck Chess . Most pieces start the game locked up in two bottleneck parts of the board.
• Bovine Chess. chess variant to illustrate new alternative notation for fairy pieces.
• Bowman. Moves as knight, and takes a piece that is an additional knightsmove in same direction away.
• BrainKing.com. Play by email site that lets you play several chess variants.
• Braintv: A Korean chess TV channel. KoreanChess.
• Brand X Random Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup.
• Braves' Chess. Solves the problem of draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Brawl Chess. Chess on a 12x12 board loaded with powerful pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Breakthrough Chess. Pieces must "break through" a zone of neutral blocks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Brett rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition.
• Brett Rules. Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Brett Rules . Different mobility of queens, rooks, and bishops and a different winning condition.
• Brickchucking Chess. Pieces can only move forward, but attack the king in any direction.
• Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards.
• The Bridge 41. 41 square board with bridge in the middle. (5x9, Cells: 41)
• The Bridge41 . 41 square board with bridge in the middle.
• Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board.
• The British Chess Variant Society. Missing description
• British Chess ZRF . ZRF for British-themed variant with a royal Queen + Lions, Unicorns & Dragons.
• Brookschach. 3d variant with three unconconventional subsets of Queen move. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
• Brotherhood chess. Pieces cannot take pieces of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind.
• Brotherhood Chess . A piece cannot capture one of its own kind.
• Brotherhood Chess. A piece cannot capture one of its own kind.
• Brouhaha. Preset for Brouhaha, a game that brings the ruckus!
• Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72)
• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Play this wide hexagonal variant with Jocly.
• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's.
• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal adaptation of Chess with horizontal ranks. (8x12, Cells: 84)
• Brutalis . A program that helps to solve helpmates, with options for composing.
• Buccaneer Chess. Introducing the Buccaneer and the bounce-move, whereby the piece bounces diagonally away from its course (zrf available).
• Buczo's Chess. Large board game with extra Knights and underpromotion available on 8th and 9th ranks.
• Buffalo. Triple compound leaper.
• Bug Eyed Monster Chess. A non-royal unit may make any move which, in FIDE chess, some other.
• Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
• Bughouse Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner.
• Bughouse Chess. Two boards. Units captured move to opposite board. Popular variant.
• Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bughouse Links. Comprehensive list of Bughouse resources.
• Bughouse Spartan Chess. streetmansd. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
• Bughouse.net. Extensive website with information on Bughouse.
• Builder chess. Introducing the Builder. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Building a Tridimensional Chess Board. Missing description
• Building an 8 by 8 by 8 board. On how to design a three dimensional chess board.
• Building chess. Add a square after every move.
• Building Chess. Variant that starts with a board of 25 squares, but each player adds a square after their move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bulgarian Chess. Web page in Bulgarian with an English version of the page. Slow.
• Bull's eye. Upgrading of the possibilities to move within the Bull's eye to make the game more dynamic. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Burden of royality. Missing description
• Burden of the royality. Inspired by Evolution Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bureau-Spiel. Chess on a 24x8 board with an assortment of pieces, many powerful. (24x8, Cells: 192)
• Burmese Chess. Sittuyin preset uses a mix of equivalent pieces from Alfaerie Set.
• Burmese Chess. Missing description
• Burmese Chess. Most popular form in Burma.
• Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Bushi Shogi. Extremely small shogi variant played with cube pieces.
• Bushi shogi. Shogi variant on a two-square board! Bushi means Samurai.
• Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Butterfly Chess. Game with Butterflies (not Ns), Advancers (not Qs) & Flying Dragons added.
• Butters Chess. Capture by moving adjacent rather than by displacement.
• Buypoint Chess. Buy your fighting force - each piece costs a number of points.
• By Rook Or By Crook . Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares.
• By Rook Or by Crook. Chess in the round on a hexagonal board with 42 trapezoidal squares. (Cells: 42)
• Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Byelorussian Cheskers . Crossover between chess and Russian draughts.
• Byelorussian Chesskers. Pieces promote to "Damkas" in this Chess Checkers Hybrid.
• Byzanatine Chess. Circular 16x4 Shatranj variant.
• Byzanatine Chess II. A different account of the old circular game.
• Byzantine Chess. Play this historical circular variant with Jocly.
• Byzantine Chess . A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board.
• Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
• Byzantine Chess endgames. Queen vs Pawn. Endgame analysis for historic round chess variant.
• Byzantine Chess Theory. Towards the theory of Byzantine Chess.
• Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Cagliostro's Chess. Savio Cagliostro of Okeechobee Florida invented this variant in latter quarter of 20th c. Adds extra cardinal and amazon to capa.
• Cai Qi. Chesslike game on circular board.
• Caïssa. Christian Freeling's game with a royal queen.
• Caïssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49)
• Caïssa Britannia. Play this British-themed game with royal Queens plus Lions, Unicorns, and Dragons.
• Caïssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Calculation of Piece Values . Link to an essay on attack values, material values, relative piece values.
• Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel.
• Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9)
• Calorie Chess. Pieces have a limited amount of calories to move with, and have resorted to cannibalism! (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Cambaluc Chinese Chess Photos. A commercially produced Chinese Chess set with Staunton pieces.
• Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Cambodian Chess . Mysterious 9x9 "Cambodian" Chess game that seems unknown in Cambodia.
• Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game.
• Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap.
• Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces.
• Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Camel Decimal Chess. Game Courier preset for Camel Decimal Chess, a 10x10 chess with Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Camel Decimal Chess. Decimal Chess with Camel. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Camelopard Chess. Game with Camelopards. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Camelrider Chess. P. Aronson's big-board variant with regular pieces and Camelriders.
• Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately.
• Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not.
• Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively.
• Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Cannibal Chess . Pieces get the powers of a piece they take.
• Cannibal Chess. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Cannon. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.
• Cannon Chess . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces.
• Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons.
• Cannon Shogi . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces.
• Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons.
• Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons.
• Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Cannono. Pieces move by bifurcation, but capture normally. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Cannonrider Chess. The Cannonrider moves differently depending on square colour: on white squares as a Nightrider; else as a Chinese Cannon.
• Cannons and Crabs. Small board, cannons (alibaba-guards) and some centralized crabs (sergeant pawns) - promotion only to cardinal or marshall...
• Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42)
• Cannons and Crabs . A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers).
• Cannons of Chesstonia . Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play.
• Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons on the sides of the board can "fire" new pieces into the game.
• Cannons of Chesstonia. Cannons launch a Pawn, Wazir, Ferz and Stone to increase strategical and tactical play. (12x8, Cells: 80)
• Canoness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently-shaped board. (10x10, Cells: 88)
• Canonical Chess Variants . A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess.
• Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Canonness Chess. Chess with Cannons and Canonesses (Vaos) on a differently shaped board.
• Canopus . Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid.
• Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel.
• Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules!
• Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44)
• Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster.
• Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster.
• Capablanca Chess program. A DOS program for Capablanca's chess, based upon GNU chess.
• Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess.
• Capablanca Relocation Chess. The Capablanca piece array can in one move be rearranged, creating 144 different board positions (with zrf).
• Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces.
• Capablanca Shatranj. Where Cardinal and Marshall are replaced by their moderate short range leaper counterparts.
• Capablanca Shatranj. Capablanca Chess with Chancellor and Archbishop replaced by Shatranj type pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess with Jocly.
• Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess on the Play-by-Mail system!
• Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
• Capablanca's chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
• Capablanca's Chess Photographs. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant.
• Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional.
• Capatomic Random Chess. Variant that combines Capablanca Random and Stratomic Chess.
• Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose.
• Capped Pawns (Bemützte Bauern). Pawns have a double step once in their career.
• Capricorn Chess. Missing description
• Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
• Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.
• Captain's Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Captive Kings. Created to obtain more wins and less draws with an anti-chess chess rule.
• Capture or kill. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42)
• Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game.
• Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Capture-the-flag Chess . A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board.
• Capture-the-King. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one.
• Carbery. game for fantasy thing.
• Card Bet Chess. Betting chess with cards telling you which moves are OK. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
• CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
• CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
• CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values.
• Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight.
• Cardinal Chess. Just like orthodox Western "Mad Queen" Chess only substituting knight-bishop compound for Mad Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Cardinal Chess. Just like the usual Western contemporary, only replacing Mad Queen with Bishop Knight compound.
• Cardinal Super Chess Home Page. Link to company site.
• Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set.
• Cardmate . Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games.
• Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Carnage . Features new pieces that attack by detonation, withdrawal, approach, and immobilization.
• Carnage. Combines Rococo type gameplay with Chess on a large board with augmented knights and ninja pawn drops.
• Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Carnivore Chess. Each turn, also move an uncapturable predator.
• Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba.
• Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617.
• Carrera Drop Chess. Game with extra cannons.
• Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Carrera's Chess. Play this 10x8 historical variant on Jocly. (10x8, Cells: 80)
• Carrousel Chess. Circular chess using reflecting bishops & squirrels, not Bs & Ns.
• Carrousel Chess. Game with 32 pieces. (16x4, Cells: 64)
• Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44)
• Cashew Shogi. Many pieces must promote on capture, and some can multi-capture. (13x13, Cells: 169)
• Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Castalia Chess. Introducing the Castalia, which moves like a queen but cannot capture. Instead it can magnetically dislocate pieces (zrf exists).
• Castle Chess . White must prevent black from castling.

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