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• Pawntrooper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38)
• Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut.
• Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup.
• Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Peasant Revolt Chess. Eight pawns vs. three knights and pawn.
• Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts . Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess.
• Pegniar Chess. Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
• Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board.
• Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces.
• Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32)
• Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game.
• Penta War . Huge game with five clans.
• Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319)
• Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
• PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons.
• Penthouse. Game like Chess and Makruk but on the half of chessboard with drops and full chess set used. (4x8, Cells: 32)
• Penturanga . contains rule file and 2 piece sets.
• Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46)
• Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10?
• Perfect 12 . 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board.
• Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array.
• Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect").
• Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
• Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
• Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf).
• Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares.
• Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66)
• Persian Chess. Persian Chess. (9x9, Cells: 85)
• Peruvian Army Chess. A second board has aircraft that can bomb the orthochess board.
• Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet . Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess.
• Peter Ganine's Superba Set. Photos of the Superba (a.k.a. Gothic) pieces designed by Peter Ganine.
• Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
• Petite Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board.
• Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Petty Chess . Chess on a 5 by 6 board.
• Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
• Pgn2fig . Word macros for converting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files to figurine algebraic notation using chess fonts for the figurines.
• Phalanx Chess. Introducing the Phalanx pawn that can swap place with piece in front (with zrf).
• Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece.
• Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Phased clocks. a set of Clocks for timing Games.
• Phi Chess. Large variant variant inspired by the golden ratio, Phi. (13x8, Cells: 104)
• Phi Chess with Different Armies. Missing description (13x8, Cells: 104)
• Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest.
• Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier.
• Philosopher's Chess Example Game. Missing description
• Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece.
• Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40)
• Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant.
• The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. Missing description
• Phoenix. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil.
• Photos of a Gala Set.. Missing description
• Photos of Korean Chess Players. Missing description
• Photos of Omega Chess. Missing description
• Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants . Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants.
• Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together.
• PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players.
• Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways.
• Pick the Piece Big Chess. In this customizable game, players decide on the pieces to fill two empty slots and those to be dropped during play. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Pick the Piece Big Chess. Players can choose to play with Gryphon, anti-Gryphon, SuperCannon, Flying Bomber, Ninja Pawns and many other diverse pieces.
• Pick the Piece Big Chess . Massive collection of games featuring dual path Sorcerer Snake; crooked slider: Octopus and much more.
• Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list.
• Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks.
• Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks.
• Piece Graphics Library by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Collection of piece graphics, specially made for use in Zillions-of-Games, by J.-L.Cazaux. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Piece Promotion Games. Two decimal variants: 'Shatranj Elephants' and 'Chaturanga'.
• Piece Promotion Games 2 . Missing description
• Piececlopedia Guidelines. Missing description
• PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• PieceEater Chess . Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece.
• Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pierre Menard's Chess Variant. As described by Jorge Luis Borges.
• Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf).
• Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Pillage . Featuring the unique Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities.
• Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities.
• Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121)
• Pillars of Medusa . Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games!
• Pillars of Medusa. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess with two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa, on Game Courier .
• Pillow Chess . Chess on a Pillow-shaped board.
• Pincer Pawn. Moves as rook, and takes by enclosing.
• Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces.
• Pink Panther Chess. Possess the Pink Panther diamond give your piece extra moves. (7x7, Cells: 49)
• Pinwheel Chess . Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board.
• Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf).
• Pioneers Chess. An elegant solution to draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
• PiRaTeKnIcS. Play this 44-squares chess variant in which pirates on ships fight each other on Game Courier.
• PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44)
• Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38)
• The Pit. A pit over which only one of the pieces may jump.
• The Pit . 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece.
• The Pit. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84)
• Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece.
• Pixelpusher variant: Almost chess. Missing description
• Pixelpusher variant: Amazon chess. Play Amazon Chess against a (weak) applet.
• Pixelpusher variant: Centerless chess. Play Centerless chess against a (weak) applet.
• Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Java applet for chess variant on a 37-square board.
• Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares against a (weak) applet.
• Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet.
• Pixelpusher variant: Dunsany Chess. Play Dunsany Chess against a (weak) applet.
• Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet.
• Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess.
• Pixelpusher: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet.
• The Pizza Kings . An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories.
• The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories.
• Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf).
• Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf).
• Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions.
• Plaid Chess. Progressive Grid chess.
• Planar 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field.
• Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Platform Chess . Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves.
• Platonic Chess. Platonic solids in a complete 10x10 chessboard.
• Plattraum. 2d variant which, like Raumschach in 3d, has three basic long-range pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91)
• Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against.
• Play.Chessvariants.com. The subdomain for playing Chess variants.
• Playchess . Correspondence chess server.
• PlayStrategy. Free site with open source code which lets you play several famous abstract board games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970.
• Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured.
• Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Plutonian Test Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes.
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)
• Pocket Knight Chess. Missing description
• Pocket Knight Chess II. Missing description
• Pocket Knight Chess III. Missing description
• 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 Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• 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 pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002.
• Pocket pieces thematic tourney - Awards. Winning problems in a chess problem design competition.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43)
• Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket.
• Pocket Shogi Plus. Shogi Like game with a pocket to store and move pieces.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality II: Revelation. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality III: Caissa's Comet. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality IV: Dialogue. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality IX: Sacrifice. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality V: The System. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VI: Promotion. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VII: Moving Pieces. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality VIII: The Pleiades. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality X: Seven Wonders. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XI: Pleiadic Dialogue. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XIII: Numerology. Missing description
• Poems on Falcon chess: Genesis, and The System. Missing description
• Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board.
• Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose.
• Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker.
• Pole Chess . F.I.D.E. chess with Pole piece added: from the SF/fantasy novel "Robot Adept".
• Pole Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Politically Correct Chess. Missing description
• Politically Correct Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
• 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.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant!
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant!
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1!
• Polyhedron Chess . Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess.
• Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (5x(), Cells: 300)
• Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.
• Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.
• Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces.
• Pompeii Chess. Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25)
• Pompeii Chess . Variant on board with 25 squares.
• Pool Chess . Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge.
• Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96)
• Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge.
• Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail.
• Popular Chess Variants. Missing description
• Popular Chess Variants. A review.
• Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Portugese Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where you move each piece at most once. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Portuguese Progressive Chess. Missing description
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board.
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board.
• Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,.
• Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece.
• Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Power Chess. Missing description
• Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. (5x7, Cells: 39)
• Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Powerchess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with additional queen and combination piece per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Powerchess . Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types.
• PowerChess . Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows.
• Pre-Chess. Place your first rank as you choose before the game begins.
• Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position.
• Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• 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.
• Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces.
• Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces.
• Presto Chess. First check by a unit which cannot be captured wins.
• Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight.
• The Prime Minister. Missing description
• Prime Ministers Chess. An adaptation of Gabriel Vicente Maura's 1968 Modern Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72)
• Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description
• Prime-Ministers Chess. Missing description
• Prime.Ministers Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.
• Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
• Prince . 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces.
• The prince's game. based off of quang trung chess. (8x9, Cells: 72)
• Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
• The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces.
• Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui . Printable Board and Pieces.
• Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king!
• Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46)
• Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84)
• Prisoner's Escape. Object is to un-check your opponent; winner of first prize in 44 squares design contest.
• Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44)
• Prisoner's Escape . Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess.
• Prisoners. Captured pieces move to second chess board.
• Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants.
• Privacy Policy. What information we keep about you and how we protect your privacy.
• Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal.
• Problemesis . Webmagazine on chess problems.
• ProCycle Chess. Individual pieces promote one by level after each played move.
• Programming Piece Movement in Game Courier. A tutorial on two different ways to program piece movement in Game Courier.
• Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive 007 Chess. Players play increasing numbers of moves each turn, but which color you move simply alternates.
• Progressive Absorption Chess. Very popular in Italy.
• Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Progressive Chess . A collection of variants with increasing numbers of moves each turn.
• Progressive Chess . An online guide to Progressive Chess.
• Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Progressive chess with random setups.
• Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive Losing Chess. Missing description
• Progressive Mutation Chess. Missing description
• Progressive Take-All Chess. Very popular in Italy.
• Progressive Writing Chess. You have to write more and more each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates.
• PromoChess . Everything but the king can power up.
• PromoChess. Everything but the king can power up. Mix of Japanese/Western/fairy pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
• Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
• Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position.
• Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation.
• Proselyte Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it.
• Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294)
• Protomorphic-Chess. Start with only kings (and pawns), pieces change to different type after move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Provocation Chess. Missing description
• Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
• Proximity Chess. Missing description
• Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pseudo-Modern Random Chess. Missing description
• Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board.
• Push Chess. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board.
• Pushmi-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal.
• Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60)
• PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pyramid Chase. Chase on a pyramid, 561 hexagons.
• Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (4x(), Cells: 120)
• Pyrrhus Chess. Introducing the terrible Pyrrhus that can paralyse enemy pieces with its gaze (with zrf).
• Pyrrhus Chess. The Pyrrhus moves like a king but paralyzes enemy pieces at queen's distance (with zrf).
• QB Goes East 162 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using double sets on 2 9x9 boards. (Cells: 162)
• QB Goes East 98 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using single sets on 2 7x7 boards. (Cells: 98)
• Qianhong. Chinese Chess for Windows.
• Qiube. Xiang Qi variant with Fortresses expanded from square to cube. (3x(9x10), Cells: 126)
• Quad-Square Chess . Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two.
• Quad-Square Chess. Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two. (7x8, Cells: 38)
• Quadaptation. Use commanders to recruit better pieces. Capture your opponents commander and they lose.
• Quadd Shogi. Shogi with 4 squares for each one space in normal Shogi. (18x18, Cells: 324)
• Quadlevel 3D Chess. Four level 3d chess. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
• Quadruple Besiege Chess. Toroidal Variant with piece movements defined by stretches.
• Quadruple Besiege Chess. A variant on a "finite but unbounded" board comprising two FIDE boards notionally joined on every edge. (Cells: 128)
• Quake Chess. Quake Chess on the Game Courier.
• Quake Chess. Earthquakes over the board. (8x6, Cells: 46)
• Quang Trung Chess. The 10th edition.
• Quang Trung Chess (4th edition). Variant with standard equipment, with different moving pieces, and elements of Xiangqi and FIDE-chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Quang Trung Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made Quang Trung set.
• Quang Trung Chess, 2nd edition . On 10 by 10 board with seven mostly new pieces.
• Quang Trung Chess, 2nd Edition. On 10 by 10 board with seven mostly new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Quantimex. Principles of Quantum Mechanics applied to Ultima on an hexagonal board. (Cells: 91)
• Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Quantum Chess. Chess meets Quantum Physics.
• Quantum Chess. Chess with a quantum mechanical twist.
• Quantum Chess. Pieces may teleport, provided their start and end squares are unobserved.
• Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards.
• Quapent. Missing description
• Quark Chess. Missing description
• Quarter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Quarterboard. Small variant with no pawns and piece drops, inspired by Chess and Shogi.
• Queen. Moves across unobstructed orthogonal or diagonal line.
• Queen Odds Chess. White starts without the queen.
• Queen of the Night Chess. An over powered game on the Standard Board.
• Queen's Quadrille. Chesslike form of the famous 15-16 puzzle.
• Queenmania. A game with 11 queens and enhanced pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Queens. A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Queens (conquer style). A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Queens and Pawns . Try to arrange nine Queens and a Pawn on a standard Chess board so that none of them attack each other.
• Queens II. Game with 11 queens and no pawns. (12x10, Cells: 120)
• Queens Left Chess. Black king and queen reverse position in setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Queens or Castles. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Queens or Castles. Wizards promote by making an opponent's piece [or pawn] and themself vanish from the board.
• Queens or Castles. Wizards promote by making an opponent's piece [or pawn] and themself vanish from the board.
• Querquisite. A piece whose move changes depending on the file on which it starts its move.
• Querquisite Chess. The Whimsical Querquisite on the Game Courier.
• Querquisite Chess. Features the whimsical, irregular Querquisites,. (8x10, Cells: 72)
• Quest Chess. Missing description
• Quest-Chess. Players make 10 moves per turn but opponents get chance to react on checks and taking of pieces in between. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Questions and answers: Shogi. Shogi FAQ.
• Quex. Large variant on 10 by 10 board with 11 different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Quick Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
• Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme.
• Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Quintanilla, Tony. Interview with the winner of the 41-square Chess Variant Competition.
• Quintessential Chess. Game introducing Quintessential knight and Leeloo (Quintessential Queen).
• Quintessential chess. Large chess variants, with some pieces moving with a sequence of knight moves in a zigzag line. (10x10, Cells: 84)
• Quintessential Chess . Large chess variant, with some pieces moving with a sequence of Knight moves in a zigzag line.
• Quivira Font. Unicode, TrueType font containing historical chess piece characters.
• R-Chess. Chess as Rhombus. (21x17, Cells: 213)
• R-Chess . Captured pieces are held in reserve and then dropped.
• Rabbit. A doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca.
• Race Chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Racing Kings. Missing description
• Racing Kings Chess. Kings race from Rank 1 to Rank 8.
• Radical Chess . Commercial chess variant with 16 different pieces.
• Radioactive Queen Chess. White has a little diff in setup, but great diff in the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Raft Chess. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Raichu Shogi. A variant of Chu Shogi in which capturing a Lion grants you an extra turn. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Ramayana Chess. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. (Cells: 84)
• Ramayana Chess . Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic.
• Rampage Chess. Any unit may move to any square that is guarded.
• Random Files Chess I. Move from a random file if you can.
• Random Files Chess II. Move to or from a random file if you can.
• Random Move Number Chess. A die now controls the number of moves a player makes each turn. Luck and skill required to win! (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Random Pieces. A 20 game match is played, with each player receiving a number of pieces equal in value to the game number. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Random Pieces Chess. Best of 20 rounds with armies of varying strengths.
• Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (4x(9x9), Cells: 324)
• Random Transposal Chess. Use dice to swap pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Random-Drop Chess . Missing description
• Randomscorpions Chess. The Scorpions are randomly distributed on the 2nd and 3rd rank. Otherwise regular setup.
• Rank and File Chess. Move from Most Crowded Row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Rank behind Rank . 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board.
• Rank-behind-Rank Chess. 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board. (6x12, Cells: 72)
• Rapid Fire Chess. A unit captures all the units it attacks, without moving.
• Raptor Chess. 104 square large board game with complimentary diagonal and orthogonal flying pieces each with dual mode capture abilities. (10x10, Cells: 104)
• Raptor Chess . Two pairs of complimentary flying/leaping pieces: the Raptors and the Flying Bombers change the nature of the game.
• Raptor Chess. Play game in which two pairs of dual mode fliers: the Raptors and the Birds create havoc on the board!
• Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (5x(7x7), Cells: 140)
• Raumschach . The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5.
• Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present".
• Raumschach. Play this 3D variant from the early 20th century on Jocly.
• Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!)
• Raumschach (rules enforcing). Play Raumschach on Game Courier, with rules enforced.
• Raumschach - picture from the book. Pictures from book on Raumschach from beginning 20th century.
• Raumschach Photograph. Photo of a hand-built set by James Trimm.
• Raumschach: the Thoroddsen board. Build your own 3d chessboard.
• Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider.
• Raven Chess. Kings move like queens and leap over friendly pieces, but cannot move through check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Ravioli Chess . Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges.
• Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (2x(8x8), Cells: 100)
• Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges.
• RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25)
• Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board.
• Re-Ghost Chess. The last captured piece turns into leaping transparent ghost and isn’t able to capture but still can check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Ready Chess. Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Ready Chess. A move must be used to restore a unit's ability to capture, except for the king.
• Ready Chess . Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first.
• Ready Chess. Play this game, where pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first!
• Real chess. Players start with placing their major pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reality check. Remember the opposite site of flippable pieces. (Cells: 39)
• Realm chess. Board is divided into realms and multiple pieces can move into and out of a realm in one turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Rebel Chess. King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Rebel Chess . King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side.
• Rebel Fury. A Variation of V.R. Parton's Royal Fury. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Rebel Fury . Missing description
• Rebellion chess. Besides normal moves, you can move a piece of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• rec.games.chinese-chess FAQ. Missing description
• Recapitulative Chess. Variant where the Queen, Rook and Bishop have their older moves until promoted. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Recaptureless Chess. A unit which has just captured is itself invulnerable to capture for the move.
• Recognized Chess Variant: Magnetic Chess. Missing description
• Recognized Chess Variants. Index page listing the variants we feel are most significant. (Recognized!)
• Recognized Variants of the Month . Game Pak I. (Recognized!)
• Record Chess. Try to reach a position in as little moves as possible.
• Recruiter Chess. Capturer recruits on adjacent squares.
• Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Rectangular Cubic Chess. Experimental variant on 3d shaped board. (6x(), Cells: 72)
• Recycle Chess. You may capture your own units and replace them on the board.
• Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Red Castle Chess. Red king and QR cannot move except to castle, which wins for Red.
• Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool.
• Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x(4x6), Cells: 96)
• Reduced Endgame Chess. Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reduced Endgame Chess . Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames.
• Reenterent Chess. There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area. (5x8, Cells: 41)
• Reenterent Chess . There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area.
• Reenterent Chess - prototype board. Missing description
• Reflecting Bishop. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board.
• Reflection teammate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to checkmate.
• Reform chess. Book on chess on smaller boards with many training positions.
• Reform Chess I. Load your own units.
• Reform Chess II. King and Queen Pawns are special.
• Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available).
• Reformed Chess. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf).
• Reformed Courier-Spiel. Begnis's attempt to reform the Courier-Spiel proposed by H.C. Albers in 1821. (12x8, Cells: 96)
• Reformed Courierspiel. Play this modern version of an historic game on Jocly.
• Refreshing Bubble Fizz Chess. When a piece moves, he can create a bubble. Pieces in bubbles cannot move for three turns, but may make two non-capturing moves.
• Refusal Chess. You may refuse one enemy move per turn.
• Refusal Chess. Refuse your opponent to make certain moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Refusal chess. A problem.
• Refuse Once Chess. You may refuse one enemy move per game.
• Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf).
• Regenbogen . Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits.
• Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44)
• Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf).
• Regimental Chess . Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
• Regulator Chess. Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move. (6x7, Cells: 42)
• Regulator Chess . Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move.
• Reiwa Dai Shogi. Variant of Dai Shogi with better piece balancing. (15x15, Cells: 225)
• Relative Lumberjack. Pieces move the same as other pieces in its file. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist.
• Relativistic Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/boardrules.dir/relativistic.html.
• Relay Chess. Pieces inherit the ability of friendly pieces they are in the attack range of. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reldoub. Game with river, relays, walls, and fractions. (11x11, Cells: 121)
• Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules.
• Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf).
• The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces.
• A Remarkable Rookies Game. A sample game featuring the Remarkable Rookies vs the Fabulous FIDEs.
• Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color.
• Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Remote Sensing 8 x 8. An 8 x 8 version of Remote Sensing.
• Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured.
• Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Renezan's Chess . Proprietary game, Bi Triad, 1993. Inspired by Wildebeest Chess.
• Renezans Chess. 9x9 game with gnus and central powerup square.
• Renezans Chess. Proprietary game, 9x9, in which the occupant of the center.
• Rennaissance Chess II. Missing description
• Renniassance Chess . Game played on several sizes of large board with 68 pieces per side.
• Renniassance Chess. Also referred to as Rennchess, this is a famous, decades-old Tamerlane inspired variant.
• Renniassance Chess. With 68 pieces on board of 12 by 12. (12x10, Cells: 120)
• Rental Chess. You must pay rent for the squares where your pieces are: centre squares are more expensive. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Repatriation Chess. Pairs of captured units are returned to the board.
• Repeating Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Replacement Chess. Replace your opponent's men on the board after you capture them.
• Report on 41-square Chess Variant Competition. Missing description
• Reproduction chess. The Queen is pregnant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66)
• Reroute66. A simpler game using the same board as Gerd Degens' Chess66. (10x8, Cells: 66)
• Reserve Chess. Units may be removed from the board and dropped back in later.
• Reservists' doublechess. Each side has 16 non-pawn pieces, split among 10 types.
• Results of finals voting of the 10-contest. Who won the contest celebrating 10 years of this website?
• Retiar Chess. Introducing the Retiar, a bifurcating bounce-slider, on an H-board (zrf available).
• Retreating Chess. Pieces must fall back one square after each move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Retro Chess. A chess game progresses backwards from an empty board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Retrochess. Play chess from the end of the game backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• The Retrograde Analysis Corner . Website with much information on retrograde chess problems.
• Rettah. Different setup and powerfull king. Taking obligatory when in check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Rettah Chess. King can move as any piece but must capture its attacker.
• Revelation Chess. The object is to obtain four knights of your color on the board.
• Revenge of the King. http://xn--perlebr-bxa.de/2010/02/Vergeltung-des-K%C3%B6nigs. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reverse Symmetry. Missing description
• Reversi Chess. Pieces closed in on a line can be converted to the other side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Reverso Chess. White king and queen are reversed in the initial position.
• Review New Submissions. A listing of all submissions still awaiting editorial approval.
• Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description
• Review: 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles. Book of Fred Wilson and Bruce Alberston to train chess combination skills.
• Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. Missing description

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