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3 Man Chess
. Commercial three player chess variant on a round board. Author: David Howe.
3 Man Chess - Review. Review of commercial three player chess variant on round board. Author: David Howe.
4 Player Chess
. Commercial four player chess variant.
4-way chess by Taurus games
. Commercial fourhanded chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Stephen R. Stockman.
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Abstract Games Magazine
. Missing description
Air Attack Chess. Missing description By Stephen R. Stockman.
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!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
Armis
. 100 square board with 15 piece types. By Armis Game.
Assideum
. Game on 8 by 8 board with differenly moving pieces. Author: Doug Garand.
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Barca. Twelve animals fight over watering holes in nice looking commercial game. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Caldwell.
Beyond Chess (tm). Commercial variant with dynamic board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: David Crockett.
Big Battle
. Large (10x10), commercial variant. Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
Big Battle. Commercial chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Milne. Inventor: M. K. Morrison.
Big Battle
. Large (10x10), commercial variant. By M. K. Morrison.
Bishops. Rules of Play. (12x12, Cells: 132) By Edwin J Wilhelm.
Bishops
. Commercial four-player game. By Edwin J Wilhelm.
Bollwerk 178. Occupying the opponent’s end field with a piece or a bomb. By Stefan Bogdanski.
Bosworth
. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for two to four players using cards as pieces.
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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) Author: David Howe.
CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cardinal Super Chess Home Page
. Link to company site.
Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chance Chess Co.
. Web site.
Chaos Chess
. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules.
chass
. www.chass.info. By peter kirk.
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination
. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
Chess - The Speed Game
. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game. Author: David Howe.
Chess Cubed on Steam
. Chess on a Puzzle Cube with standard pieces and rotations. By Ethan W.
Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (6x(4x4), Cells: 96) By Robert J. Bell.
Chess Empire. Large four player chess variant. (20x20, Cells: 322) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Harry Jackson.
Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
Chess for Three
. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
Chess for Three
. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. By James Killian Spratt.
Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
Chess in the Round
. A commercial variant on a round board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess Jester
. 4-player variant with two new pieces. Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
CHESSapeak
. Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Four player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chesshousers. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
ChessMage (tm)
. A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. By David L. Smith.
cHEXx
. Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
Chinese Chess by H. T. Lau
. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess. Author: H. T. Lau.
Chinese Chess for Beginners
. Missing description
Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Choiss. First place your squares, then your pawns, then your pieces, then move. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Circular Chess
. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software. By Alan Mattlage and Martin Mattlage.
Colour Chess and Lure
. Chess Variant where the board is different every time you play, and you can control what pieces your opponent can move next. By Chad W Smith.
Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Leonard Kalich.
Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller and N. Maddox.
Cross Chess
. Game played on a cross-shaped board. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x(4x4), Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
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Deception Chess. Each piece has two identities, Cloak and concealed Base. By Greg Shanker.
Delta PI
. Commercial chess variant with science fiction theme.
Deluxe Chess. http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/index.html. By Stephen R. Stockman.
Devingt Chess. Decimal chess with 20 pieces per side including Sages (moving as Camels). Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Leopold de Labrousse.
Diamond Chess II. Game on diamond-shaped board with 98 triangular cells. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bart D. Follis and James G. Chapman.
Diplomatic Mission
. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
Djambi
. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Machiavellian Chess. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
Dodl-schach. Photo's of Dodl-schach: a very small chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Doubles Chess
. A four-player game for two teams on an unusual board. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Rick Gillespie and Henry Rolling.
Dragon Chess (tm)
. Commercial board game played on a large board with a new piece -- the Dragon. By Lex Parker.
Dragonchess. Commercial large chess variant. (16x10, Cells: 124) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lex Parker.
Duchess
. For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players on a rose-shaped board. and John Kramer.
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Echos. Transform your non-attacked, non-royal units as you like. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vladimir Pribylinec.
Edmarks' Strategy Challenges II Program
. On their Website, you can download a demo that allows you to play the Jungle game against a human opponent on a PC.
Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants. By Emmanuel Baud.
Evo
. Game with chess-variant elements. Inventor: Giardino Italiano.
Exchequer
. Commercial 3d chess variant on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.).
Exchequer 3D Chess
. Expensive three dimensional chess variant. Inventor: Rick Hewson.
Exchess Set. New chess pieces that can be used in combination with Staunton chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
Execute the Game
. Pieces have unique abilities and uses dice-based combat. By Davey W Drehs.
Express Chess. Information on commercial chess variant with cards instead of board and pieces. () Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bill Jemas.
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Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission
. Cooperative chesslike games. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
Feudal. The Game of Siege and Conquest, 3M Company - 1967. Author: Dennis Matheson.
Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company. Author: David Howe.
Fidechel
. Unique styled chess pieces and 3D chess game in development. By Patrick Degan.
First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1
. Missing description Author: David Li.
FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Masahiro Nakajima.
Football Chess - Photo's. Chinese game of Snakes and Ladders type, with little in common with either Chess or Football. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Lennert.
Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess. By Stephen R. Stockman.
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Global Chess
. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks.
Global Chess. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (2x(), Cells: 64) Author: Robert LeRoy.
Gothic Chess. A 10x8 variant using the same rules and equipment as Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ed Trice.
Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
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Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
HEXchess Review. Review of HEXchess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hexes Chess
. Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&. By Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess
. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess
. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier! Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive. Author: David Howe.
Horseman's Chess. Game where pieces mount and dismount. By Frank MacCrory.
House of Kay
. Company selling a circular chess board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Hyperchess
. Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.).
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Icehouse
. Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
Imperial Chess I. Four-player game on circular board, also called Chez. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
Imperial Chess II. Standard array with extra Pawns on a round board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Chris Fanning.
Imperial Chess III. Four-player all-against-all game on a cross-shaped board. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Calkoviks and Jeff Knight.
Infinite Chess
. Link to publishers website.
Infinite Chess Photographs. Photos of an Infinite Chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Information on: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rein Keulen.
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Jester Chess
. The Jester is an 'anon' piece but similar to the 'Fool' - beautiful commercial wooden sets - a must have! Author: Simon Edward Jepps.
Jetan-Sarang
. A large variation of Jetan. By James Killian Spratt.
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Kaissa
. Decimal variant developed from descriptions in John Norman's Gor books. By Jeff Shaffer.
Kaos: The Game
. Multiplayer game on a 7x7 board. By Robert Peeples.
Kings and Pawns
. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. Author: Peter Aronson.
Kings and Pawns. Proprietary game on 8 by 7 board with two types of pieces and no capturing. (7x8, Cells: 56) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Kings Court
. Commercial chess variant on 12 by 8 board based on the historical Courier chess. By Sidney LeVasseur.
Knightmare Chess. The American version of Tempete sur l'Echiquier.
Knightmare Chess. A review. Author: Steffan O'Sullivan.
Knightmare Chess Page
. Steve Jackson Games' page on Knightmare Chess. Author: Steve Jackson.
Konigsritter. Four-player game on curiously-shaped board with one player having a different army than the others. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Albert Buttner.
KonoSuba Chess variant. Missing description By kinme.
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Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
Link to: Rainbowchess
. Cards determine which pieces are placed on the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jozias Hillenkamp and Melchior Hillenkamp.
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Machiavellian Chess
. Four-player all-against-all game with unusual pieces; also known as Djambi. Inventor: Jean Anesto.
Macrochess
. Board is formed by having a 4 by 4 grid at each side of a cube. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Mad Mate
. Wooden set for chessgi: captured pieces change hands and can be used as reinforcement. Inventor: Alex Randolph.
Mark Davis's Chess Designs
. With a round chess board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Mark Davis.
Martian Chess. Two or four player strategic game with chess elements played with Looney piramids. (4x8, Cells: 32) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
Maze
. Cooperative chesslike game; commercial game. Inventor: Jim Deacove.
Memory CardChess for Four. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where it was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Memory CardChess for Teams. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remembers where it was.
Memory CardChess for Three. Prior to each turn, turn over a card if it is available. If it is your unit, it is activated, otherwise, remember where is was. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Memory CardChess for Two. Like regular CardChess, but cards are flipped face down when not moving. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Metapontum
. Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
Metapontum Peace Chess
. Metapontum Peace Chess cooperative chess game. By Francois Tremblay.
Military Chess. 19th century commercial chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: E. Joseph Cossman.
Millennium Chess
. Commercial variant on 15 by 8 board with almost twice the normal set of pieces.
Millennium Chess Preset. This is the preset for Millennium Chess. Author: Rich Hutnik.
Ministers Chess. Commercial variant on a 9x9 board with an extra Queen (called a Minister). Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Michael Corinthios.
Ministers Chess. Two queens on each side on a 9x9 board, available commercially. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Mob Strategy
. Mob Strategy, The Takeover Game, presented by The Game Pile. By Jeff Rients.
Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.
Musketeer Chess. A game that adds extra pieces to Chess, playable online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Zied Haddad.
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The Narrow
. The website of Shamus Shafer, who makes custom chess boards and chess tables at reasonable prices.
Navia Dratp. An upcoming commercial chess variant with collectible, tradable pieces. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Matt Arnold. Inventor: Bandai.
Navia Dratp Photos. Actual photos of this soon-to-be released game! Author: Matt Arnold. Inventor: Bandai.
New, Used, Rare and Collectible Books and Games
. Missing description
News on Superchess. A championship in combination with Corus chess, and a third set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
Ninny Chess. Classic board game. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Ninny chess
. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. Author: Fergus Duniho.
No-Yes! Chess
. French commercial variant with an element of chance. By Luc Queyrel.
Noble Celts: Game Review. Circular chess variant. Author: Ben Good.
Non-Random CardChess for Four. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Non-Random CardChess for Teams. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Non-Random CardChess for Three. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Non-Random CardChess for Two. Cardchess with predetermined locations for card pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander.
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ObstructionChess. A new chess variant designed to challenge old strategies and improve your chess play with logical and organic obstructions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By martin rinab.
Official Football Chess. Variant from the 1960's with pieces replaced by football players. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Omega chess
. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: David Howe.
Omega Chess
. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) (Recognized!)
Omega Chess. Commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Omega Chess. A review. Author: Ben Good.
Omega Chess game. Moves of a game between chess grandmasters Alex Sherzer and Judith Polgar.
Omega Chess Review. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: David Howe.
Omega Chess Review. Review of commercial Chess variant. Author: Alex Sherzer.
Omega Chess set Photos. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Omnigon. Photos and Review of commercial variant. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
Onitama. Cards decide how pieces move, perfect information with no chance beyond setup. Author: Mikk . Inventor: Shimpei Sato.
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Partner Chess
. Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
Photos of Omega Chess. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Inventor: Dan Brown.
PI
. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Inventor: Dan Brown.
Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
Ploy
. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
PlunderChess
. Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker. By Susannah Thorarinsson.
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. Author: David Howe.
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Quantum Chess
. Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. Author: Robert Price.
Quantum Chess
. Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Quick Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Richard Sullivan. Inventor: Joe Miccio.
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Regimental Chess
. Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
Renezan's Chess
. Proprietary game, Bi Triad, 1993. Inspired by Wildebeest Chess. Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: BiTriad.
Renezans Chess. 9x9 game with gnus and central powerup square. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Bi-Triad.
Renezans Chess. Proprietary game, 9x9, in which the occupant of the center. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: BiTriad.
Review: 3 Man Chess. Missing description Author: David Howe.
Review: Chessapeak Challenge Classic. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Review: Chesshousers. Review of computer game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Review: HEXchess. Review of commercial three-player Chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Review: Knightmare Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant using cards that change things. Author: Steffan O'Sullivan.
Review: Noble Celts. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: Ben Good.
Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: Ben Good.
Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant set. Author: David Howe.
Review: Omega Chess. Review of commercial Chess variant. Author: Alex Sherzer.
Review: Omnigon. Photos and Review of commercial variant. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
Review: Roundtable Chess. Review of multiplayer Chess variant set on a round board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Review: Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games. Author: David Howe.
Review: Zillions-of-Games. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Roman Chess. Commercial chess variant on a 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
Roman Chess
. Commercial chess variant on 10x10 board with two non-royal kings added. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
Roman Chess. 10x10 variant available commercially. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Woodall.
Roundtable Chess. A review. Author: Fergus Duniho.
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Sceptre 1027. Photo's of a set of this commercial multiplayer chess variant of the 1980's. Author: Simon Westenra.
Sceptre 1027 A.D.. Large, commercial, multiplayer chess variant. (9x(8x8), Cells: 576) Author: David Howe.
Schachen - Chess me. Commercial chess variant with board and pieces replaced by cards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Heinrich Gumpler and Matthias Schmitt.
Schada - Het Wereld Spel. A crossover between Chess and Draughts from the 1930's. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jan Boogert.
Shogi : Japan's Game of Strategy
. Missing description Author: Trevor Leggett.
Shogi for Beginners
. Missing description
Shuuro. Large variant where you build your own army. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Alberto Giusti. Inventor: Alessio Cavatore.
Sirlin's Chess. Alternative presentation of "Chess 2 - The Sequel". (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: David Sirlin.
Smess
. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Smess. Play this Parker Brothers Chess variant on Jocly. Author: Michel Gutierrez and Jérôme Choain. Inventor: Perry Grant.
Smess.
Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
Sovereign Chess. Ten neutral armies can be activated on this 16 x 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Mark Bates.
Space Chess. Three dimensional commercial chess variant. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Space Chess Photos. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Stealth Chess. Commercial game with elements from Chess and from Stratego. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Dice Corporation.
Steeple Chess
. Crossover between race game and chess.
StrategiChess
. Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Alan Cartwright.
StrategiChess II
. Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Alan Cartwright.
Strato Chess. Information (no rules) about a quarter-century old three dimensional chess variant. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) Author: Jonathan Alden and Mark Hummel.
Stratomic. Decimal variant with a nuclear missile piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Robert Montay-Marsais.
Super Chess II. Proprietary game from the 1970's. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Lauterbach.
Super Chess III. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
Super Chess III
. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ed Ginsberg.
Super Chess III
. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ed Ginsberg.
Superchess. Four-handed chess game playable by two or four players. (Cells: 148) Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
Superchess and Monarch. Booklet in English and Dutch and book in Dutch about large chess variants with fantasy pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
SuperChess I. Big proprietary game for four. Pawns meet their opponents as in orthochess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Rolf W. Jacobson.
Superchess in Corus Chess tournament. Missing description Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
Superschaak. Book and sets for playing variants with many new types of chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
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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!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Clequin.
Tetra. Old commercial four player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Tile Chess
. Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Tishai. Played on a 7x7 board with 2 sideboards. (7x7, Cells: 49) By James Ernest.
Tommy's Towers. Description (no rules) of very large chess variant from DOS-program.
Touchdown chess
. Win by scoring touchdowns: move your pieces across the goal line in this commercial chess variant.
Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
TriChezz. Chess for three on a circular board. Classic proprietary game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald irvin Gebhart.
Trigon Chess
. Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards.
Triochess. Commercial three player chess variant from around 1975. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Troja. Commercially sold game where pieces can be stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Onno Garms.
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Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move. Author: Edward D. Collins. Inventor: George Koltanowski.
Vendetta. Commercial four-player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
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War Chest
. Customizable fantasy board game. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Warlord Chess Review. 4-player chess with modified board and special moves. Author: Kevin Peterson.
Wikingerschach. Old commercial chess variant from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
World War Chess
. Commercial variant with pieces more suited to a war game.
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Xiangqi Syllabus on Cannon: Chinese Chess 2
. Missing description Author: David Li.
XieXie
. Xiangqi Computer Program XieXieMaster 1.0.10 released! and Eugenio Castillo.
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Yutopian Chinese Chess
. Missing description Author: Sidney Yuan.
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Zebulon. German commercial game with bluffing with chess pieces and connection forming. (7x7) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Herbert Schuetzdeller.
Zillions of Games
. Game package for Windows that allows you to play nearly any abstract board game or puzzle in the world.
Zillions-of-Games. Review of Windows program for playing user-programmed Chess variants and other strategy board games. Author: David Howe.
Zillions-of-Games. Review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Zonal Chess. Board has special `zones' at both sides. Commercial game of 1970's. (Cells: 104) Author: Lawrence C. Smith.
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