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1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Webpage of contest held in 2001/2002.
1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies - games in ro. Games played in 2001 in championship of Chess with DIfferent Armies.
- 38-Challenge: Index page. Missing description
- 39-Challenge: Index page. Missing description
4-way chess by Taurus games. Commercial fourhanded chess variant.
- 40-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 40-squares chess variant design contest: Winners. Missing description
- 41-squares chess variant design contest. Contest rules.
- 41-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 42-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 43-squares chess variant design contest.. Missing description
- 44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.
- 84 Spaces Contest. Information/proposal on judgement of the contest.
- 84 Spaces Contest. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
- 84 Spaces Contest - Jury members. Please consider becoming a judge for the 84 squares contest!
- 84 Spaces Contest: Prizes. Missing description
A Chaturanga Problem by Bas de Haas. Mate in two moves, following Chaturanga rules.
Abbott, Robert. An interview with the inventor of Ultima.
- Absolute checkless chess. No piece may cross a square where it gives check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Alapo. Game with abstract pieces. Reach opponents first row on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- All-mate Chess. Pieces are captured by having them `checkmated'. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Almost chess. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Amazon chess.
Queen may also move as a knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Amazone schaak. Dames kunnen ook als paard zetten (Dutch Language)
- Archchess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Arnhem Chess. Game on board of 38 squares. (6x7, Cells: 38)
- Arnhem Chess Game 1. Moves of Arnhem chess game from 1998 tournament of 38 squares variants.
- Aronson, Peter. Interview with the winner of the 44 squares contest.
- Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Atlantis Chess. Instead of moving, a player may remove an square from the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Atlantis schaak. In plaats van een gewone zet mag een speler ook een veld van de rand van het bord wegnemen (Dutch Language)
- Atoomschaak (Atomic Chess). Stukken ontploffen wanneer ze slaan: alle stukken op grenzende velden verdwijnen ook (Dutch Language)
- Avalanche Chess. This game is a Recognized Chess Variant.
- Balbo's chess. Board with a strange shape designed to make Bishops stronger in relation to Rooks. (Cells: 68)
- Barasi Chess. Game named after inventor with Berolina pawns can also move backwards; other pieces can only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Barasi Schaak. Pionnen bewegen anders (Dutch Language)
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)
- Baroque/Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Baseline chess. Start chess with main pieces in different order on baselines. Overview of several variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Battle of the Animals. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63)
- BD or Bede. A piece which has the combined movement of the bishop and the dabbabah.
- Bennekom Double Move Chess. Move twice per turn with the same piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Bennekom Dubbele zet schaak. Elke beurt mag tweemaal met hetzelfde stuk gezet worden (Dutch Language)
- Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- 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 Roosterschaak (Berolina Grid Chess). Combinatie van Roosterschaak met Berolina pionnen (Dutch Language)
- Berolina Schaak. Pionnen slaan recht en zetten schuin (Dutch Language)
- Betza, Ralph. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'.
- Bilateral Group Simultaneous Chess. Simultaneous chess, but with two groups of rotating players.
- Bilaterale Groepssimultaan Schaak. Twee teams spelen op verschillende borden; elke speler zet steeds een zet op het volgende bord (Dutch Language)
- Bird's Chess. Chess variant on 10 by 8 board from 19th century England. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Bishopper. Moves along diagonal line to first square after jumped over piece.
- 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.
- Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Bodlaender, Hans. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages.
- Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board.
- Bosma chess. King that is attacked three or more times is not considered to be in check. Fairy chess problem theme.
Braintv: A Korean chess TV channel. KoreanChess.
- Bughouse. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
- Bughouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Burmese Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Byelorussian Cheskers. Crossover between chess and Russian draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Byzantijns of Rond Schaak. Historische variant of rond bord. (Dutch Language)
- Byzantine chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
- Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Camel. An elongated Knight making a (3, 1) leap.
- Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
- Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set.
- Cazaux, Jean-Louis. An interview.
- Chameleon (2). Change movement abilities after every movement.
- Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Changgi. Koreaans schaak (Dutch Language)
- Chaturanga. De allereerste versie van het schaakspel. (Dutch Language)
- Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Checkless Chess. Giving check without mate is not allowed. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Checkmate Sliding Puzzle. Slide squares in this puzzle such that the black king becomes mated.
- Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Cheshire kat schaak (Cheshire Cat Chess). Velden verdwijnen nadat een stuk ze verlaat. (Dutch Language)
- Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
- Chess - the Speed Game. Photo's of set.
- Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chess 960. Randomized setup; also known as Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chess Chaos. Announcement of pack of cards that affect chess.
- Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322)
- Chess Equalizer Dice. Photo's of dice with chess symbols.
Chess FAQ. Frequently asked chess questions.
Chess font: Chess Utrecht 
. Stylized chess font (true type).
Chess in the Round. A commercial variant on a round board.
- Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Chess on a board with 37 squares. Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. (Cells: 37)
- Chess Players Statue (Photo). Missing description
- A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Chess problem from 19th century.
- A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Mate in two moves. Winner of tournament.
- Chess Problem with a Nightrider. Missing description
- Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Mansubat: Ancient and interesting shatranj puzzles.
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: A modern exercise?. This old and simple shatranj problem uses only modern pieces and rules.
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check!. Old shatranj problem of a form, typical for many such problems (mansubat).
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. Missing description
- Chess problems of 1001 years ago: The right way to check. Old shatranj problem in which one must determine in what order white must check black.
- Chess problems: A proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position.
- Chess set: a very cheap set. Photo's of a set bought for a quarter of a Dutch guilder, with some silly variants playable with the set.
- Chess set: Abstract pieces. Photo's of chess set with geometric forms for pieces.
- Chess set: Abstract set from Poland. Photo's of chessset.
- Chess set: Human figures. Photo's of chess set with human figures as pieces made by mrs. Bodlaender-Groote.
- Chess set: Portable plastic set. Photo's of cheap portable plastic chess set.
- Chess set: Set from Poland. Photo's of a wooden painted chess set from Poland.
- Chess set: Small wooden set. Photo's of small round wooden chess set.
- Chess Stamps from Laos. Stamps with historical paintings of chess variants.
- Chess Utrecht . Stylized chess font, true type.
- Chess Utrecht. A True Type chess font.
- Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chess-Battle. War variant from the Soviet-Union, 1933. (12x12, Cells: 128)
- CHESSapeak. Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160)
Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Four player chess variant.
- Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players.
- Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Recognized!)
- Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Recognized!)
- Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant.
- Chessball. Play football on a chessboard. (5x8, Cells: 40)
- Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Chesshousers. A review.
- Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces.
- Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany.
- Chex: photo's. Photo's of a chess variant formed of cards with chess piece symbols.
- Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)
- Choice chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem.
- Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem.
- Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Circe schaak. Geslagen stukken komen weer op hun beginpositie (Dutch Language)
- Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (16x4, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. (10x10, Cells: 104)
- Coherent Chess. Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Color Chess. Chess variant on board with 39 squares with five different colors. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Compromise Chess. Propose two moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Condi Chess. Speed chess with the clock twelve meters from the board.
- Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant.
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 41 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 42 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 43 squares. Missing description
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.
- Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 84 spaces.. 84 Spaces Contest begins!
- Contest: Hexagonal chess problem solving, 2001. Missing description
- Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book!
- Copyright and the Chess Variant Pages. Missing description
- Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Counsellor Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!)
- Courier Chess. A painting of a Courier Chess game by the famous Dutch painter Lucas van Leyden, from 1510.
- Crab. Jumps as knight but only `narrow forwards' or `wide backwards'.
- Crazy Lightning Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes.
- Crooked Bishop. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline.
- CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules.
- A Cylinder chess puzzle - 1. Missing description
- A Cylinder chess puzzle - 2. Missing description
Dabbaba. Freeware program playing chess and a number of chess variants.
- Dabbabah. Historical piece leaping two squares horizontally or vertically.
- Damschaak (checkers chess). Stukken mogen alleen vooruit, totdat ze op de achterste rij geweest zijn (Dutch Language)
- Dark Chess variants. Possible other rules for Dark(ness) Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Demi chess. Chess on a 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32)
- Diagonal Quadrant Chess. Pieces start in two of the four by four quadrants of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Diana. Chess on a 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Dilaram's Legacy. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Easy shatranj problem with a story about two kings and their kingdoms attached to it.
- Dilaram's problem. Chess problems of 1001 years ago. Famous old shatranj problem.
- The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Djambi. Four player variant with different taking rules and special central square. (9x9, Cells: 1)
- Dodl schach: photo's. Photo's of a very small chess variant set.
- Dodl-schach. A truly small variant. (6x4, Cells: 24)
- Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant.
- Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Double chess. Two sets of pieces on 16 by 12 board. (16x12, Cells: 192)
- Double Skak. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Dragonchess. Commercial large chess variant. (16x10, Cells: 124)
- The Duke of Rutland's Chess. Large variant from 18th century England. (14x10, Cells: 140)
Dunsany Chess . 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces.
- Dunsany's Chess. 32 pawns play against a full set of pieces.
Dutch translations on the Chess Variant Pages. Missing description
- Dynamo Chess. You pull and push pieces around and off the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Les Échecs Hexagonaux de Glinski. Missing description
- The Eight Queens problem. Put eight queens on the board such that no one attacks another.
- Enemy Progressive chess. Make one normal move and an increasing number of moves with enemy pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Eric's Great chess. Modern variant on historic large chess variant. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Euchess. Grand chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Excess en Superschaak. Nieuwe soorten stukken in fraai ontwerp (Dutch Language)
- Exchess Set. New chess pieces that can be used in combination with Staunton chess pieces.
- Exclusive Chess. Mate is only allowed if there is a unique way to do so.
- Express Chess. Information on commercial chess variant with cards instead of board and pieces. ()
- Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- FAD. A piece which has the has the combined movements of the Ferz, Alfil and the Dabbabah.
- Fast Chess Contradance. Solitaire chess puzzle: four white and four black pieces must change places without attacking.
- Ferz. Moves one diagonally.
- ffen2diag. A tool to make chess and fairy / variant chess diagrams.
- Fibnif. Moves one diagonally or makes a forwards or backwards knight jump.
- Fibonacci Chess. Players can make multiple moves per turn, the number determined by the fast growing Fibonacci sequence. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fischer Random Chess. Manual Procedure for Generating Piece Placements.
- Fischer Random Schaak. Begin met een willekeurige beginopstelling (Dutch Language)
- Fish Chess. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Five-Minute Poppy Shogi. Small shogi variant on a 4 by 5 board. (4x5, Cells: 20)
- Five-stars chess. One can also win by having five pieces in a row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Flip Chess . Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares.
- Flying Chess. Some pieces can fly. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- Font: Draughts . True type font with symbols for draughts/checkers pieces.
- Football Chess. A Football/Soccer game played with Chess pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football.
- Fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192)
- A forum at chessvariants.com. A new place to discuss chess variants.
- Four Handed Chess (I). Information on different variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped board.
- Four Handed Chess II. More variants of four handed chess on plus-shaped boards. (Cells: 160)
- Four Handed Chess III. An all fight all variant of four handed chess on plus-shaped board.
- Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Franklin Grand Chess. On 10 by 10 board with combination pieces and random setup. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Free-for-All Chess. Player's may move either their own or their opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
French Defences 3Nd2: book review. Book on chess opening by chess grandmaster Lev Psakis.
- French revolution chess. Advanced pawns threaten the noble pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gala. Medieval game of German farmers. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Gala set photos. Missing description
- Gebalanceerd omwisselschaak (Balanced Swap Chess). Een beurt bestaat uit een gewone zet en het omwisselen van twee stukken (Dutch Language)
- Giraffe. Makes (1,4)-jump.
- Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Glinski's Hexagonaal Schaak. Veel gespeelde variant op bord met zeshoekige velden (Dutch Language)
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- Gnus. Makes (1-2)-jump or (1-3)-jump.
- Go with chess pieces. Generalization of go-rules using chess pieces. (19x19, Cells: 361)
- Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards.
- Good, Ben. Interview with the winner of the 38-challenge.
- Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)
- The Grand Crossing. Win by moving your king to the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Grasshopper. Moves along queenlines to first square after jumped over piece.
- Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers.
- Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Greek Progressive Chess. Make at most one move more than your opponent in his last turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Grid Chess. Always move to a different 2 by 2 square part of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Grootschaak. Bekende variant op 10 by 10 board met combinatiestukken (Dutch Language)
- Guard Chess, or Islandic Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Half Bughouse. Another name for Anywhere Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hand Shogi. Modern shogi variant with many pieces to drop. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Hans Bodlaender resigns as editor-in-chief. Missing description
- Haynie's Hexagonal Chess. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91)
- Haynie's Oblong Chess 128. Variant on double size chess board. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Haynie's Primary Chess. On 6 by 6 board without knights. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Hecatomb. Each player has 31 queens and one king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Helping us Maintain this Site. Information on how you can help us maintain this site.
- Helpmate in Two. Missing description
- Heraldic chess. Chess with cards and dice.
- Heraldic chess dice. Photo's of dice with chess symbols from Heraldic chess set.
- Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by taking a pair of pieces that started on the same line in the opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hexagonal chess - names of squares. Missing description
- Hexagonal chess - problem 3. Mate in two moves hexagonal chess problem.
- Hexagonal chess - problem 4. Mate in two moves hexagonal chess problem.
- Hexagonal chess - problem solving contest 2001. Missing description
- Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. Classical variant of Glinski. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- Hexagonal Chess, Haynie's. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91)
- Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant.
- HEXchess Review. Review of HEXchess.
- Highcastle Chess. All pieces can castle. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Highlander Chess. Instead of taking, pieces can be challenged with dice; winning piece absorbs powers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Historische Schaakvarianten Special. Nummer van tijdschrift van Motiefgroep Schaken over schaakvarianten (Dutch Language)
- History of the Chess Variant pages. Missing description
- Hits to The Chess Variant Pages. Some access statistics of this website.
- House of Kay. Company selling a circular chess board.
- HP-minichess. Small chess variant that could be played against a pocket calculator. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Hyperchess. Photo's of hexagonal chess variant from 1971.
- Hyperchess. At the beginning of the game, you specify pieces that disappear from the board and reappear at a later turn.
- Indiaas of Turks Grootschaak. Historische variant op bord van 10 by 10 velden. (Dutch Language)
- Infinite Chess. Chess on on infinite board.
- Infinite Chess Photographs. Photos of an Infinite Chess set.
- Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors.
- Insane. Pieces change to random type when they move. With program playing this variant.
- Interview with Ben Good. Interview with the winner of the 38-challenge.
- Interview with Darren Izzard. An interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares.
- Interview with David Li. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel.
- Interview with David Pritchard. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants.
- Interview with Hans Bodlaender. An interview with the founder of the Chess Variant Pages.
- Interview with Jean-Louis Cazaux. An interview.
- Interview with Joao Pedro Neto. Winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 42 squares.
- Interview with Ralph Betza. An interview with the `Grandmaster of Chess Variant Design'.
- Interview with Robert Abbott. An interview with the inventor of Ultima.
- Interview with Seth McGinnis. Interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 39 squares.
- Interview with Tony Quintanilla. Interview with the winner of the 41-square Chess Variant Competition.
- Izzard, Darren. An interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares.
- Janggi - opening setups. Explanation of setup for Korean chess.
- Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!)
- Japanese Chess. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)
- Jetan - Martian Chess. Martian Chess, coming from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Joker. Moves like last piece moved by the opponent.
- Judkin's Shogi. Small shogi variant on 6 by 6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- The Jungle Game. Simulated conflict between animal kingdoms. (7x9, Cells: 63)
- Kaartschaak (Card chess). Kaarten worden gedraaid: rode kaart: wit zet; zwarte kaart: zwart zet. (Dutch Language)
- Killer Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- King. Royal piece moving one in arbitrary direction.
- King's Color. Pieces move depending if they are on the same color squares as the king in hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91)
- Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Kings and Pawns. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. (7x8, Cells: 56)
- Knight (a.k.a. Horse). Makes a (1,2)-jump.
- Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Korean Chess: photo's. Photo's of Korean chess set with plastic pieces.
- Korean Chess: photo's (2). Photo's of original Korean chess set.
- Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) (Recognized!)
- A Kriegspiel problem. Missing description
- A Kriegspiel problem. A Kriegspiel mate in two with solution.
- Kung Fu Chess. Simultaneous movement in chess variant as an action and thinking game.
- Lance. Moves one or more squares straight forward.
- Lawine schaak (Avalanche Chess). Naast een gewone zet schuif je een pion van de tegenstander een naar voren (Dutch Language)
- Leo. Moves on queen lines, but must jump once when taking.
- Les Échecs Berlinois. Les Pions avancent en diagonale et prennent droit devant eux. (French Language)
- Les Échecs Doubles. Missing description
- Les Échecs jusqu'à Extinction. La victoire s'obtient en capturant toutes les pi (French Language)
- Les Échecs Marseillais. Chaque camp joue deux fois de suite. (French Language)
- Les Grands Échecs. La populaire variante d (French Language)
- Li, David. Interview with the author about his books on Kriegspiel.
- Link to: Rainbowchess. Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board.
- Lion (2). Moves on queen-lines but must jump exactly one piece. Appears in fairy chess problems.
- Lion (Murray). Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally or captures on neighboring square.
- Los Alamos Schaak. Op een bord van 6 bij 6 velden. (Dutch Language)
- Los Alamos variant. Chess on a 6 by 6 board from the early days of computing. (6x6, Cells: 36) (Recognized!)
- Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Lumberjack. Pieces move depending on the column they are on. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Macrochess. Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube.
- Madhouse Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Magnetic Xiangqi set. Photo's of a magnetic Chinese chess set.
- The Maharaja and the Sepoys. Powerful lonely king against a full set of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Makruk (Thai chess). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Marinelli's three-handed chess, or Triple Chess. Historic chess variant for three players. (Cells: 136)
Mark Davis's Chess Designs. With a round chess board.
- Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Marseillais Schaak. Iedere beurt doet een speler twee zetten (Dutch Language)
- Martian Chess. Two or four player strategic game with chess elements played with Looney piramids. (4x8, Cells: 32)
- Martian Chess, Jetan. Large variant from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Mastering Chechmates, by Neil McDonald. A review of a book.
- Mate in two moves. Old mate in two problem from 1859.
- McCooey's Hexagonal chess. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- McGinnis, Seth. Interview with the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 39 squares.
- Mecklenbeck Chess. Pawns can promote on the sixth row.
- Meta-Chess. Book review.
- Metapontum. Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board.
- Microshogi. Small shogi variant on a 4 by 5 board. (4x5, Cells: 20)
- Mideast chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board, inspired by ancient Tamerlane chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Military Chess. 19th century commercial chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Mini Slanted Escalator Chess. Chess on smaller asymmetric board. (8x6, Cells: 44)
- Minishogi. On a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) (Recognized!)
- Miscellaneous Chess FAQ. Some answers to some frequently asked questions about chess and trivia.
- Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Modern chess puzzle. Mate in one with piece of combined bishop/knight move from Modern Chess.
- Moebius Chess. The board is a Moebius ring.
- Morley's Chess. Boards with enlarged sides.
- Murray Lion. Jumps two orthogonally or diagonally or captures on neighboring square.
- Mushroom. Jumping piece whose destination squares form a mushroom pattern.
- Neo Chess. Four player chess on 8 by 10 board from 1925. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Neto, Joao Pedro. Interview with Joao Pedro Neto.
- New Rules for Classic Games. A review.
- New sets of Exchess (Superchess). Announcement of sets of chess variant pieces.
- New-Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- News on Superchess. A championship in combination with Corus chess, and a third set of pieces.
- Nightrider used in a chess problem. Missing description
- Nine square Chess. With additional `Joker' piece on nine by nine board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- No Stress Chess. Chess with additional cards that tell which piece to move and how it moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- No-Chess. Forbid one move to your opponent each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Not a Dodgson System Chess. Four player variant, using Alice chess movement. Win by taking most of the eliminated players pieces. (2x(7x6), Cells: 84)
- Novo Chess. War game chess variant from the Netherlands, 1937. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Oblong chess. Variant of Shatranj, played on a four by sixteen sized board. (4x16, Cells: 64)
- Octahedral Chess. 3d-board in octahedral form. (9x(), Cells: 340)
- Official Football Chess. Variant from the 1960's with pieces replaced by football players. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares.
- Omega Chess set Photos. Missing description
- One dimensional Chess Variants. A page detailing some one dimensional chess variants.
- Paard in de zak. Spelers hebben extra paard dat in plaats van gewone zet ingezet mag worden (Dutch Language)
- Pacific Chess. Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Patricia. On a 5 by 5 board, with drops and changing pieces. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Patricia. Construct a stalemate puzzle.
- Patrol chess. In order to capture or give check, a piece [including kings] must be `observed' by another piece of the same player. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Patt-schach (Stalemate chess). Players start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote.
- Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
- 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
- Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100)
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. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares 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: 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: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet.
- Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Playchess. Correspondence chess server.
- Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)
- Popular Chess Variants. A review.
- Preferred format of HTML code. Our guidelines on writing HTML code for submissions to our site.
- Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants.
- Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal.
- Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position.
- Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Queen's Quadrille. Chesslike form of the famous 15-16 puzzle.
- Queens Left Chess. Black king and queen reverse position in setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Questions and answers: Shogi. Shogi FAQ.
- Quintanilla, Tony. Interview with the winner of the 41-square Chess Variant Competition.
- Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!)
- Raumschach - picture from the book. Pictures from book on Raumschach from beginning 20th century.
- Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Real chess. Players start with placing their major pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Recognized Chess Variant: Magnetic Chess. Missing description
- Record Chess. Try to reach a position in as little moves as possible.
- Refusal Chess. Refuse your opponent to make certain moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Refusal chess. A problem.
- Regeln des Schachspiels. Missing description
- De regels van het schaakspel. Missing description
- Les règles des Échecs. Missing description
- Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Repeating Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Results of finals voting of the 10-contest. Who won the contest celebrating 10 years of this website?
- Review: 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles. Book of Fred Wilson and Bruce Alberston to train chess combination skills.
- Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. Missing description
- Review: Chesshousers. Review of computer game.
- Review: HEXchess. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant.
- Review: Meta-Chess. Missing description
- Review: New Rules for Classic Games. A review.
- Review: Popular Chess Variants. A review.
- Review: Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess. A review.
- Review: Winning Chess - Tactics and Strategies. Review of a Chess book.
- Review: Winning Chess Piece by Piece. Review of a Chess book for children.
- Review: Zillions-of-Games. Missing description
- Revolver Practice: A Chess Problem. White mates in 21 moves on board in shape of revolver.
- Rifle Chess. Pieces are taken by shooting: capturing without moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Rithmomachia. Information on Rithmomachia. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Rokeerschaak (Castle Chess). Win door lang te rokeren (Dutch Language)
- Romulan Chess. Kriegspiel variant: played with a referee where pieces cloak and uncloak. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Rooksquare Chess. Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Roosterschaak (Grid Chess). Het bord is verdeeld in delen van 2 by 2 velden; een stuk moet altijd naar een ander deel gaan (Dutch Language)
- Rose chess. Hexagonal chess variant, with additional variants, from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91)
- Rotation Chess. Every 10th move, the board is turned around. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Round chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64)
- Royal Chess. Variant on ten by eight board. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Rules for the 84 Spaces Contest. Contest held in 2002.
- Rules of Chess. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 1. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 2. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 3. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 4. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 5. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 6. Missing description
- Rules of Chess 7. Missing description
- Rules of Chess: Castling FAQ. Frequent asked questions about castling.
- Rules of Chess: Check, Mate, and Stalemate. Answers to frequently asked questions.
- Rules of Chess: En passant capture FAQ. Answers to some questions about the en passant capture rule.
- Rules of Chess: Kings and check. Answers to frequently asked questions on the rules of chess regarding kings and check.
- Rules of Chess: Knights. FAQ on therules of chess regarding knights.
- Rules of Chess: Pawns FAQ. Rules of promotion and movement of pawns explained.
- The Rules of Chess: Perpetual Check. Explanation of perpetual check with an animated diagram.
- Rules of Chess: Queen FAQ. Soms answers on questions on the rules of chess, regarding queens.
- Rules of Chess: The 50 moves rule. Answer to a frequently asked question on the rules of chess.
- Russian fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192)
- Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess. A review.
- De Schaak Variant Pagina's. Home page van De Schaak Variant Pagina's (Dutch Language)
- Schaakgi (Chessgi). Geslagen stukken kunnen als versterkingen worden ingezet (Dutch Language)
- Schachdame. Variant between Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Schachen - Chess me. Commercial chess variant with board and pieces replaced by cards.
- Schada - Het Wereld Spel. A crossover between Chess and Draughts from the 1930's. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Schaken zonder schaak (Checkless Chess). Het is verboden te tegenstander schaak te geven, tenzij je mat geeft (Dutch Language)
- Self Eliminator. You are allowed to take your own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Self's three-handed chess. 19th century chess variant for three players. (Cells: 144)
- Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- shat2diag2. A tool to make uncheckered chess and fairy / variant chess diagrams.
- Shatar. Mongolian chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Shatranj. Veelgespeelde Arabische voorloper van schaken uit 5e tot 9e eeuw na Christus. (Dutch Language)
- Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Shatranj Kamil I. Large shatranj variant with new piece: camel. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Shatranj Kamil II. Large historic shatranj variant with new piece: dabbabah or war machine. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Shatranj Problems. Mansubat: Chess Problems of 1001 years ago.
- Sho Shogi. Historic predecessor of shogi. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Shogi. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!)
- Shogi FAQ. Questions and answers about Shogi (Japanese Chess).
- Shogi Set. Photo's of wooden Shogi (Japanese chess) set.
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