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3 Man Chess. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board.
3 Man Chess - Review. Review of commercial three player chess variant on round board.
32-Turn Challenge. Missing description
- 32-Turn Contest Results. Missing description
- AIGO Chess. International chess with Cannon pieces added. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 1. Set of chess variant graphics based on Eric Bentzen's Chess Alpha font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 2. More Alfaerie graphics, plus a preview of the new Alpha Variant font.
- Alfaerie Variant Chess Graphics: Expansion Set 3. More chess variant graphics based on the Alpha chess font.
- All the King's Men. Remake of Parker Brothers game Smess, but with a serious look. Arrows on squares determine the directions pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Alpha Variant Font. Preview of the new Alpha Variant font along with new Alfaerie graphics.
Archbishop. Moves as bishop or as knight.
- Arena Chess 42. A non-competing entry in the 42 Squares contest. (Cells: 42)
Arena Chess 42 
. Game with two boards totaling 42-squares where pieces captured on the large board move to the small board.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Bifold Halfgi. A variant of Halfgi, but with half-sized pieces.
Bifold Halfgi. Bifold pieces are able to combine with other same-colored bifold pieces and move as a single normal sized piece.
- Big Outer Chess . Large variant with concentric circles on the board, so there is less concentration on the center.
- Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
- Capablanca's chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- 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)
- Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight.
- Centennial Chess . 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix.
- Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix.
Centennial Chess Photographs. 10x10 board, Shogi-like pieces.
- Chancellor. Moves like rook or as knight.
- Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics.
- ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination. A combination of the classic chess and Risk.
- Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game.
- Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80)
- Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added . On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces.
- Chess Piece Discs. Chess variant pieces on wooden discs.
Chess Rules for Kids. An illustrated guide to the rules of chess for children.
Chess Variant Pages Membership. Missing description
- Chess Variant Pages Rating System. Missing description
- Chess with Different Armies . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Chess with Different Armies. A Ralph Betza personal favorite: Features series of armies with approximately the same strength as the FIDE army. (Recognized!)
- A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory.
- Chess37. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37)
- Combination Chess. Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. (Cells: 39)
- Combination Chess . Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence.
- The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Missing description
- Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances.
- Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Courrier Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Create Member Submitted Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own items to the site!
- Create Member Submitted Zillions Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own Zillions files to the site!
- Cycle Chess . Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special.
- Dave's Example Game. This is Dave Howe's example of a user-posted game. (2x2, Cells: 4)
- Diagonal Chess. Board turned 45 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Divided Forces Chess. Half of your army starts on the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Eight Stone Chess . On an 8 by 9 board with eight neutral stones.
- Eight Stone Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Eight-Stone Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made chess variant set for Eight-Stone Chess.
- Empress. Fairy Chess name for Rook+Knight compound.
- Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess . Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess. Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company.
Floppy Board Tiles. An example of a chess variant board construction set.
- Fun-in-a-Box Chess. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
- The Game of the Three Kingdoms. Another variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135)
- The Game of Three Friends. A variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135)
- General Comments Page. Page for making general comments.
- Grand Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set.
- Grande Acedrex . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Greg White's Chess Variants. Missing description
Growing and Shrinking. Playing with the Size of Chess Pieces.
- Heaven . Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece.
- Helping us Maintain this Site. Information on how you can help us maintain this site.
- Heraldic Chess Review. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess.
- Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive.
- Horse Chess-Nut. Horse statue with two chess problems painted on it.
- Infinite Recursion Chess. Another mega-chess type game. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- 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)
- 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.
- King and Queen . Variant on cross-shaped board with 39 squares.
- King's Court Pictures. Photo's on modern oblong 12 by 8 chess variant based on Courier chess.
- 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)
- Knight-Tac-Toe . Win by placing 3 pieces in a row.
- Los Alamos Chess . Chess on a 6x6 board.
- Maelstrom . All 64 squares of 8 by 8 board are initially filled with pieces.
- Magician Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Marshall. Moves like rook or as knight.
- Mega-Chess. A chess game where each piece is a chess game! (64x(8x8), Cells: 4096)
- Mimics. Several pieces that can imitate the movement of other pieces.
- Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj.
- Monochrome Chess. All pieces are the same color. Players move pieces on their side of the board.
- Multimove Chess.
Players spend points to make multiple moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Nahbi Chess . Variant on 10 by 10 board with equator, Nahbi's and Archers.
- Nomic Chess. Combination of Peter Suber's Nomic with Ralph Betza's Chess For Any Number of Players.
- Omega chess . Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares.
- Omega Chess Review. Review of commercial Chess variant set.
- Paladin. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
- Palindromic Chess. Play until the position on the board is the reversed of the starting postion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list.
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!
- Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,.
- Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
- 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.
- Quad-Square Chess. Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two. (7x8, Cells: 38)
- Quang Trung Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made Quang Trung set.
- Reduced Endgame Chess. Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description
- Review: Heraldic Chess. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess.
- Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set.
- Review: Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games.
- Robber-Baron . Which of the seven robbers is the robber-baron?
- Rococo. Animated piece movement diagrams.
- RSS Feed. Chess Variant Pages RSS Feed.
- San-kwo-k'i. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135)
- Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (9x(8x8), Cells: 576)
- Shatranj . Version with fancy graphics.
- Shifting Chess. Variant inspired on shifting puzzles; one can move pieces of the board. (8x8, Cells: 56)
- Shogi . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Shogi Pieces. Graphics of shogi pieces and symbols.
- Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Square graphics: more fantasy pieces. Images of some fantasy pieces for the creation of diagrams.
- Taikyoku Photographs. Missing description
- Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Tamerlan Chess . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Tamerlane Chess . A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj.
- Tapestry Chess. Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. (6x6, Cells: 41)
- A Taxonomy. Categorizing several types of pieces.
- The chess variant pages: Offline Version. Read this website without an internet connection.
- The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Brief descriptions or definitions of terms, phrases and named related to Chess variants.
Timur's Chess: Sample Game 1. A sample game of Tamerlane Chess.
Tony Quintanilla is a new Father!. Our Chess Variant Pages editor's new creation!
- Twelve Mutation Chess. Variant that uses 12 mutators that may be activated or deactivated during the game.
- Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Ultima Pieces. Illustrated guide to how Ultima Pieces capture.
- Ultima with Alternate Graphics . Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability.
- Unreliable Delivery Chess. Pieces may get delayed before they arrive at their destinations.
- UTF Conversion Page. Page for documenting UTF conversion issues.
- Viennese Chess, or Viennese Kriegspiel. Start with a secretly made setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Vyremorn Chess Pictures. Photo's of large chess variant.
- Weakest Chess . Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities.
- Xhatranj . An exotic variant of Shatranj with more powerful pieces.
- Xhess . Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons.
- Xhess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Xhess. Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Xiangqi . Western Style. Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Zeitgeist.. Variant with simultaneous movement.
- Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games.
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