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Experiments in Symmetry. Several experimental games to test whether perfect symmetry makes a game better.
Exploring Jetan. Analysis and extended rules for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Martian chess" jetan.
Explosion Chess. Whatever units the mover attacks disappear; if the mover.
- Express Chess. Information on commercial chess variant with cards instead of board and pieces. ()
- Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Extended Half-chess. Variant on 4 by 10 board. (4x10, Cells: 40)
Extended Half-Chess 
. Variant on 4 by 10 board.
- Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess.
- Extended squares Chess. Some areas of adjacent squares of the board can be seen as one cell. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
Extinction Chess. Win by capturing every piece of the same type. (Recognized!)
- Extinction Chess. Capture all of any kind of unit. Popular variant.
Extinction Chess 
. Download this file to see this game played in the 2003 Multivariant Tournament!
- Extra Move Chess. Move twice per turn with Extra Move Chess.
- Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Extra Move Chess ZRF . Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games.
- Extrapawn Chess. Standard chess with one extra pawn per player in the reserve (with zrf).
Extreme 2D Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Extreme 3D Chess Game. 8x8x8 3D Chess with linear, planar and cubic moves; and power absorption. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidally interwoven board using same number of squares and pieces as FIDE Chess.
- Fabulous Flying Kittens. Toroidal board using three warp lines with 8 corners tied together. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Faceoff Chess. Chess with big moving restrictions for kings. (8x8, Cells: 64)
FAD. A piece which has the has the combined movements of the Ferz, Alfil and the Dabbabah.
- The Fair First Move Rule in Chess. Every turn you flip a coin to see who goes first.
- Fair-Chess . A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings.
- Fair-Chess. A chess variant to play with handicaps for different ratings. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fairy Eater Chess. Game on a 9x9 board with fairy chess pieces.
Fairy Forsythe Edwards Notation and ffen2htm. A tool to make webpages with chess variant diagrams.
- Fairy Pieces part 1 . zillions file with many shogi pieces.
Fairy Pieces Part 1. Missing description
- Fairy Pieces Part 2 Volume 1. Showcasing 158 Fairy Pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fairy-Max. Free open source chess variant software.
- Fairy-Max. A chess engine configurable for playing a wide variety of chess variants.
- FairyGen. Generator for end-game tables with fairy pieces.
- Fairyranga. Game based on Chaturanga & Makruk with Southeastern, Mongolian and even Russian elements. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Falcon Chess. Game on an 8x10 board with a new piece: The Falcon. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Falcon Chess. Missing description
- Falcon Chess. Play Falcon Chess on Game Courier!
- Falcon Chess 100. Falcon Chess played on an expanded board of a 100 squares with special Pawn rules. (12x10, Cells: 100)
- Falcon Chess 100. Falcon Chess 100 is a variant of Falcon Chess played on a larger board with some different rules for the Pawns.
- Falcon Chess RFNB. Falcon Chess with a new setup.
- Falcon Chess RNFB. Falcon Chess with the formation Rook, Knight, Falcon, Bishop.
- Falcon Chess Variants - Several. Some Different Setups with Falcon pieces, including with Capablanca pieces and Airplanes.
Falcon Chess: Background and Patent Text Excerpts. With background summary of chess variants.
- Falcon Chess: Passed Pawns, Scorpion and Dragon. Various passed pawns variants, and variants introducing scorpion and dragon.
- Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Hex Falcon on the Game Courier.
- Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Falcon into the Hexagonal world. (Cells: 121)
- Falcon Hexagonal Chess . Introducing the Hex Falcon.
- Falcon King Chess. A shortrange variant on an 8x8 board featuring a pair of royal Falcons.
- Falcon Random Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Fall 2004 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2004.
- Fall 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2005.
- Falling Off. `Captured' pieces do not disappear, but get
momentum, and
can fall off the edge of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- FallingSnow . Missing description
- Famicom PPU Chess. Game inspired by limitation of Famicom PPU. (10x10, Cells: 80)
- Family Matters Chess . Chess variant of warring families on 41 and 64 square boards.
- Family matters chess (small). Variant on 41 square board. (Cells: 41)
- Family pastimes: Maze and Diplomatic Mission. Cooperative chesslike games.
- Fanorona Chess . Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal.
- Fanorona Chess. Variant played on a Fanorona board with capture by approach and by withdrawal. (5x9, Cells: 45)
- Fantastic XIII. This is the G.C. preset for Fantastic XIII, a bizarre CV,13 types of pieces on 13x13 board.
- Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family.
- Fantasy Grand Chess . Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme.
- Fantasy Grand Chess. Variant of Grand Chess with different armies and fantasy theme. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Giant Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Druid Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Dwarven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Elven Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Evil Horde Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Fantasy Grand Chess Army. Human Army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Farmer's Chess. Medieval four-sided variant; "Four Seasons Chess".
Fast Chess Contradance. Solitaire chess puzzle: four white and four black pieces must change places without attacking.
- Fast Lane Chess. Pawns may underpromote before they advance to the opposite rank.
- Fault Line. Fault Line. (8x6, Cells: 40)
- Favorite Games. Chess variants favorited by our members.
- Favorite Games of their Inventors. What the Chess variant inventors here consider their best work.
- FCC. Free Choice Chess -- Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces.
- Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fearsome Chess. Fear is the main rule. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Featured Chess Variants. Chess Variants Featured in our Page Headers.
- Feebback Chess . Variant where pieces are "feeble backwards" -- backwards moves can not capture.
- Feeble Chess . Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'.
- Feeble Chess. Pieces are weak as they must use a turn to change direction or flip between taking and non-taking mode; includes Weakest Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess . Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces.
- Feeble Los Alamos Chess. Los Alamos Chess using Feeble pieces. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Feedback to the Chess Variant Pages - How to contact us. Including information on editors and associate authors of the website.
- Feint Chess. Seven of each side's units can check but not capture.
- Feint Chess. Every second piece is unable to capture - it just threatens. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Fellowship of the Ring . White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board.
- The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fellowship of the Ring Puzzles. Several problems based on the Fellowship of the Ring variant.
Fen2Diag . Word macros for generating diagrams using chess fonts for the board and pieces.
- Fergana. The clash of empires on Fergana Valley. (Cells: 168)
- Ferz. Moves one diagonally.
- Fetch Chess. Double-move game where the Cat (who may be a 3rd player) may or may not fetch your pawns back. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Feudal. Chesslike game of wellknown game company.
- Feudal. The Game of Siege and Conquest, 3M Company - 1967.
- Feudal Chess. Four player game on 9x9.
- Feudal Chess. A 12x10 themed chess with variable armies. (12x10, Cells: 120)
- ffen2diag. A tool to make chess and fairy / variant chess diagrams.
- ffen2htm . A tool to make webpages with chess variant diagrams.
- Fiancé Chess. A 3-player variant with Kings and Queens starting far apart, inspired by Bachelor Chess. (12x12, Cells: 96)
- Fianchetto Chess . Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup.
- Fianchetto Chess. Rooks and bishops switched in opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fianchetto Chess. Bishops and Rooks exchange starting squares.
- Fibnif. Moves one diagonally or makes a forwards or backwards knight jump.
- Fibonacci Chess. Move your opponent's pieces on certain turns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fibonacci Chess. Players can make multiple moves per turn, the number determined by the fast growing Fibonacci sequence. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fidchell. A large Great Chess variant with blended historical elements, invented for an RPG. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Fidchell. Gary Gygax's Fidchell.
FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- FIDE Chess Kamil. FIDE Chess but with extra pawns, extra bishops and a store of superpowerful pieces waiting to replace the regular ones.
- FIDE Chess with Extra Pieces. FIDE Chess but with substitute pieces.
- FIDE Frolic. FIDE chess, but with each piece able to leap.
- The FIDE Laws Of Chess. The official rules of Chess from the World Chess Federation.
- FIDE-like rules for 3D Chess. (Link.).
- Fidechel. Unique styled chess pieces and 3D chess game in development.
- Field Chess. On an 8x12 board with 8 extra pieces per side (Archers). (8x12, Cells: 96)
- Fifo Chess. Multiple Occupier game where rule is that first one there is first one to be captured and to leave. "First In, First Out".
- Fifo Chess. Each square acts as a First-In-First-Out queue. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fighting Chess. A reform to Chess that eliminates stalemate and strengthens some of the pieces.
- The Fighting Fizzies . An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies.
- The Fighting Fizzies. An Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies.
- Fighting Kings. The King has switched places with the King Pawn - The King is now a fighting piece. And the pawn must be protected. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fighting Kings. Fighting Kings cannot be checked or checkmated; but a Royal Pawn can.
- Fighting Kings and Throne Kings. Chess with a normal Fide King and a Fighting King immune from check and checkmate. A sister game to Fighting Kings.
- File Sharing Chess. File Sharing, pawn swapping, always passed pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fimbriation Chess. Combines 4 players with 2-player Pawn treks and Castling. (14x14, Cells: 144)
- Final Fight CCChess. Last word in CCChess.
- The Final Fight Chess . Missing description
- Finding ways to spin your games. After having moved, pieces change type in rotating order.
- FireFighter Chess. A game where one piece is a secret fire fighter with special powers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess.
- First Contact. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (7x(), Cells: 64)
- First GC Tournament Approval Poll Results. The latest results of the approval poll for selecting the games to be played in the first Game Courier tournament.
- First Syllabus on Xiangqi - Chinese Chess 1. Missing description
First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1. Missing description
- Fischer Random Chess. David A. Wheeler's page on Fischer Random Chess.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Fischer Random Chess. Random symmetric starting positions.
- Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!)
- Fischer Random Chess . Play from a random setup.
- Fischer Random Chess. Manual Procedure for Generating Piece Placements.
- Fischer Random Chess email Club. Missing description
Fischer Random Chess News. News on Fischer Random Chess.
- Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players.
- Fischerandom Chess Resource Page. This page provide links, saved tournament games in PGN format, and downloads related to Fisher Random Chess.
- Fish Chess. Pawns can move backwards without capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fish Chess . Pawns can move backwards without capturing.
- Fish Chess I. Pawns can move backwards.
- Fish Chess II. Pawns can move and capture backwards.
- Fishaway Chess. Giveaway lumberjack chess.
- Five Classics of Fairy Chess. Missing description
- Five Star Chess I. You can also win by getting five of your own units in a new row.
- Five Star Chess II. You can also completing a row of five units.
- Five Tigers . A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies.
- Five Tigers. A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Five Tigers Chess. Variant of Chinese Chess. Red can make two pawn moves per turn but.
- Five Up. An improved version of Raumschach. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
- Five Up Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess.
- 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)
- Fivequarters. Four-player game on a cross-shaped board where most pieces can promote. (12x12, Cells: 80)
- Flamingo. (1,6)-jumper.
- Flank Chess. Flank Chess with Achilles. (10x9, Cells: 90)
- Flatstar. A fusion of two Jewish-themed variants. (13x10)
- Fleap. Pieces move as equihoppers, but become FIDE pieces after being captured. (5x9, Cells: 43)
- Flee!. Variant on 16 by 16 board with strong royal piece. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces are external and can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf).
- Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf).
- Flexible Chinese Chess (F-Xiangqi). Xiangqi variant where the horses are initially external (with zrf).
- Flexible Palace and Flexible River Xiang Qi. Boundaries of Palaces and the River are determined by the location of the Advisors, Generals, Elephants, and Soldiers. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Flight and Ferry. The gold dragon of Wessex fights the red one of Wales across the Bristol Channel. (8x10, Cells: 80)
- Flip Chess. Missing description
- Flip Chess . Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares.
- Flip Chess and Flip Shogi. Pieces have two sides with different movements on board of 38 squares. (7x6, Cells: 38) (Recognized!)
- Flip Shogi. Missing description
- FlipChess. Chess variant in which pieces keep changing state.
- FlipFlop. A minimalistic Chess-like game with only one type of piece.
- Flipped-return Nichtschach. Pieces return as something else on the same 3d board. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
- Flipping Xiangqi. Hybrid of Xiangqi & Kyoto Shogi – flip the pieces after each turn. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Flipworld . Pieces are on both sides of a disc.
- Flipworld. Pieces are on both sides of a disc. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84)
Floppy Board Tiles. An example of a chess variant board construction set.
- Floßschach. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fluid Chess. Pieces can move into (or through or out of and into again) friendly pieces ("into" up to compounds).
- Fluid Chess. A modest variation allowing movement through friendly pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fluidity chess. No displacement capture, all non-royal pieces take by cutting through or bypassing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fluky Chess. Fast-paced mini-chess variant with dice. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Flux 4x4x4 Chess. 3D variant where pieces, excepting the King, can only exist on the field for a specific number of turns at a time.
- Flying Armies . Missing description
- Flying Armies2 . added 'MirChess32' zrf.
- Flying Bombers Chess. This dual-range flying and jumping piece adds a new dimension to chess. Standard and large board presets.
- Flying Bombers Grand Chess.
The usual pieces in Chess are complimented by two Flying Bombers, which eliminate enemy pieces by flying over them! (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68)
- Flying Chess. Some pieces can fly. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- Flying Chess . Some pieces can fly.
- Flying Dutchman. Win by Reaching Port. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- FlyingDaggers . Large variant with long leaping pieces.
- Flyover Shogi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (Cells: 162)
- Flyover Xiang Qi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (18x20, Cells: 180)
- Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application.
- Fog of War Chess. Players can only see certain squares. Plays on a computer application. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Folding Magnetic Chess. fold between D&E files, play on both sides.
- Follow the King!. Pieces must make the same move as their King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Font Settings. Change your fonts for viewing this site.
- Font: Draughts . True type font with symbols for draughts/checkers pieces.
- FOOD FIGHT. Game Courier preset for FOOD FIGHT!!! (12x12, Cells: 144)
- FOOD FIGHT!!!. Besides a Royal Chef, all the pieces are named after food items. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Fool's Chess. One pawn is replaced by a Fool.
- Fool's Hexagonal Chess. designed to be a close (the closest?) hexagonal equivalent to orthodox chess. (Cells: 96)
- Fool's Hexagonal Chess Courier Preset. Missing description
A fool's mate in Capablanca's chess. Example of fool's mate when playing Capablanca's chess.
- Foolish King Chess. Players have different armies and victory conditions. White has a fool for a king. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- FoolsHexagonalChess zrf zip file . Missing description
- Football Chess . A Football/Soccer game played with Chess pieces.
- Football Chess. Pieces interact with a ball and each side tries to get the ball into the opposing goal.
- 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.
- For the Crown. A commercial crossover with deck-building games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Force Field Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Forchess. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board.
- Forchess . Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board.
- ForChess. Four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board.
- Foreign Policy Chess. Chess variant on 8 by 8 board with armies of unequal strength. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Foreign Policy Chess. Peacekeepers are a third army.
- fortress. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Fortress. Each player has an extra piece off board which cannot be captured or moved.
- Fortress chess. An old Russian variant for four players. (Cells: 192)
- Fortress of the Witch. Missing description
- Fortresses. Odd shaped board.
- A forum at chessvariants.com. A new place to discuss chess variants.
- Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Forward Chess . Download these files to play Forward Chess with Zillions of Games!
- The Forward FIDEs. A team for Chess with Different Armies where pieces can advancer easier than retreat.
- Forwards Chess. A variation of FIDE Chess where pieces only move forward. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Four Armies. Each player controls two armies. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Four dimensional chess. Pieces travel in time. (Link.). (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Four Double-Acts Chess. Specifically long- and shart-range versions of the Friend, Joker, and Orphan. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Four File Chess. Variant on 4 by 10 board. (4x10, Cells: 40)
- 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 Handed Perspective Chess. Missing description
- Four Handed Roman Chess. 4 player chess variant with additional new piece.
- Four Player Chess. One of many possible setups. Capture an opponent's king and control the remaining units.
- Four Player Chess III. Another popular setup for four players.
- Four Player Shogi. Variant of Shogi for four players. (15x15, Cells: 189)
- Four Row Chess. Missing description (Cells: 208)
- Four seasons chess.. Medieval multiplayer chess variant on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Four Towers. Irregular board with special tower squares upon which pieces can combine with each other or detach from each other. (Cells: 85)
- Four-Fold Chess. Missing description (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Four-Handed Chess -- Standard. Four handed chess on plus-shaped board.
- Four-handed Chess by Capt. George Hope Verney. Missing description
- Four-Handed Elephant Chess. A 4-Player (2 Team) game based on 3-Elephant Chess and 4-handed chess. (11x11, Cells: 97)
- Four-Way Chess. 4-Way Chess.
- Fox. Doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca.
- Fractal Chess . Missing description
- Fractal Chess. Missing description (2x(8x8), Cells: 80)
- Fraction Shogi. Shogi with fractional moves. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Fragnurasian Qi. A two-River variant with the whole of two identical Wildeurasian Qi sets minus the second King. (13x15, Cells: 195)
- Frankfurt Chess. Capturer becomes a unit of the type captured.
- Franklin Grand Chess . On 10 by 10 board with combination pieces and random setup.
- Franklin Grand Chess. On 10 by 10 board with combination pieces and random setup. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Freak Chess. Bishops on starting square, other pieces start on random squares and place your King on your first turn.
- Freakshow Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Free Castling Chess. Game using old liberal Italian castling rules.
- Free Castling Rule. Less restrictive castling rules. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Free Chess. Dissociate movement-abilities from physical pieces. The opening setup is an empty board. (13x13, Cells: 156)
- Free Choice Chess. Large variant where players choose and deploy their own forces.
- Free Choice Monadchess . Missing description
- Free Corners chess . In the corners of seven by seven board, three squares form together one field.
- Free corners chess. In the corners of seven by seven board, three squares form together one field. (7x7, Cells: 41)
- Free Placement. Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Free Placement chess . Game starts with players alternatingly placing pieces on board.
- Free Placement Chess. Choose your own starting position.
- Free-for-All Chess. Player's may move either their own or their opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Free-For-All Chess. Move either side's units.
- Free-form 4x4x4 Chess. 3D variant based upon several ideas by V. R. Parton for Chess-play on smaller fields.
- FreePawnChess. Chess with more powerful pawns.
- French books on chess variants. Missing description
- 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)
- French Revolution Chess . Advanced pawns threaten the noble pieces.
- French Revolution Chess. Short game with your pawns facing the enemy.
- Friend. Moves as any friendly piece that guards it.
- A Friendly Game of Chess. Each side has Friends, and several odd pieces. Insanity ensues. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland. Missing description
- Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board.
- Frog Chess. Play chess with added frogs (ferz-threeleaper compound) on 10x8 board.
- Frog/Hannibal/Waffle chess with Gryphon/Manticore and falcon. Expansions of Kevin Pacey's Frog/Hannibal/Wafle Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Froghouse. Like Bughouse except each team has a Black, White, and Green. Green goes "in between", namely after white but before black. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- From Stalemate to Checkmate. Missing description
- Frontofhouse. Captured pieces return with only their forward moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- FTM Chess: Follow the Mover. After a normal move, you may move a piece to the vacated square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fuel Chess. The total distance a piece can travel is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fugue . Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways.
- Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fugue. Based on Ultima and Rococo this game has pieces that capture in unusual ways.
- Full Cavalry. Rooks are replaced by Lancers and castling is still legal.
- Full Double Chess . 32 pieces each, including all combinations of the basic Chess pieces, on a 16x8 square board.
- Full Double Chess. 32 pieces each, including all combinations of the basic Chess pieces, on a 16x8 square board. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Full House. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Full house hexagonal chess. Hexagonal game with 50 pieces.
- Full house hexagonal chess. Game with 50 pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- FullBoard Chess . Missing description
- Fuller's Proposal. Bishops can also move and capture as knights.
- Fun-In-A-Box Chess . Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
- Fun-in-a-Box Chess. Featuring Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat.
- The Funny Games . Missing description
- Furious Courier. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and Crooked Bishops. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart.
- Fusion Chess . Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart.
- Fusion Chess A. Pieces merge and separate.
- Fusion Chess B. Pieces merge and separate.
- Fusion Chessgi. A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
- Fusion Chessgi . A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.
- Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares. (Cells: 41)
- Fusion Diamond 41. A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.
- Fusion Diamond 41 . A Fusion Chess variant played on a diamond shaped board of 41 squares.
- Fusion Mitregi. Shogi board, camps full of Mitregi 1st/2nd rank pieces that can combine pairwise. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Fussball Chess . Win by moving a piece to the starting square of the king of the opponent.
- Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board.
- Futashikana Shogi. Expanded version of Shosu Shogi played on an 11x11 board.
- Future Chess. With extra empty corner squares. Pieces can be relocated before play begins. Creates immense strategical variance (with zrf).
- G.U.E. 3D Chess. A 3D Chess game paying homage to those really great Zork adventures.
- Gadsden's Toroidal Chess . Edges of the board are considered to be adjacent.
- Gadsden's Toroidal Chess. Edges of the board are considered to be adjacent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gala . Historical German variant from the Middle Ages.
- Gala. Medieval game of German farmers. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Gala. Historical German variant from the Middle Ages.
- Gala (Farmer's Chess). Gala, a medieval cross between chess and tafl games. New rules reconstruction (with zrf).
- Gala set photos. Missing description
- Gala Xiang-Qi. Crossover game. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Galachess. Hexagonal variation from 1980.
Galactic Graphics. Download this new set of graphics used in Roberto Lavieri's games!
- Gambler's Chess. A scheme for adding betting to any Chess variant.
- Gambler's Chess. Mover is determined randomly.
- GAME code generation. A tutorial on using the Play-Test Applet for automating Game Courier presets.
- GAME Code Tutorial. Tutorial on how to program a game for Game Courier.
- Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.
- Game Courier. PHP script for playing Chess variants online.
- Game Courier Developer's Guide. Learn how to design and program Chess variants for Game Courier.
- Game Courier History. History of the Chess Variants Game Courier PBM system.
Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier.
- Game Courier Ratings. Calculates ratings for players from Game Courier logs. Experimental.
- Game Courier Settings Files. Keep track of all the settings files you have written for Game Courier.
Game Courier Tournament #1. A multi-variant tournament played on Game Courier.
- Game Courier Tournament #2. Sign up for our 2nd multi-variant tournament to be played all on Game Courier.
- Game Courier Tournament #2 Approval Poll. Vote for which games you would like to play in the second Game Courier Tournament.
- Game Courier Tournament #2 Preference Poll. Rank the candidates for the next Game Courier tournament in order of preference.
- Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games should be in the third Game Courier tournament.
- Game Courier Tournament #4: An Introductory Semi-Potluck. A tournament to feature games good for introducing people to Chess variants.
- Game Courier Tournament 2017. Chess Variant Tournament played on Game Courier in 2017.
- Game Courier Tournament 2019. Chess Variant Tournament to be played on Game Courier.
- Game Courier User's Guide. How to play games with the CV Play-by-Mail system.
- The Game for the Trees. Pieces grow on the board, occupying multiple squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Game of Nemoroth. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64)
- 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)
- The Game of Three Generals. Each player has three generals, which command different sections of his army. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Game of three kingdoms, Photos. Photo's of a three-player Xiangqi variant.
- Games ancient and oriental and how to play them. Missing description
- Games by Groupings. Missing description
- Games by Karen Deal Robinson. Website describing original game inventions of Karen Robinson.
- Games for Game Courier. The many games you can play online with Game Courier.
- Gamma2 Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Berolina Pawns & special Ship & Archer pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Gamma2 Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with Berolina Pawns & special Ship & Archer pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Ganeshan Chess. Introducing a new Elephant piece known as (the) Ganapati. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Ganymede Chess. A 12x12 variant inspired by Ralph Betza's Chess on a really big board, Centennial Chess and Adrian King's Typhoon (among others). (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Ganymede Chess. Mark Hedden's idea for "a large chess variant with many weird pieces...which wouldn't seem too different from orthodox chess".
- Gary Gygax. Announcement of Gary Gygax's death.
- Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer).
- Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Gastrophete Chess. Introducing the Gastrophete, a catapult capable of hurling other pieces over its head (zrf exists).
- Gateway Chess. Pieces go a long way round to reach enemy territory. (8x10, Cells: 68)
- Gaugamela Chess. Asymmetric warfare that mirrors the famous battle of Gaugamela. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gaul Chess. Introducing the Gaul, which captures like a bishop, but moves by the bifurcated jump method, on an H-board (zrf available).
- GenDiagW. A Word macro to make chess diagrams.
- General (Xiang Qi). Moves like Wazir, but with royal restrictions.
- General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Birds' Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Bird's Chess.
- General Comments Page. Page for making general comments.
- Generals' Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Generating Random Positions. How to generate random positions?
- Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from
RPG games.
- Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces.
- Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons.
- Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279)
- Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added.
- Geographical Chess Notation. A new notaional system for Chess variants.
- Geometric sequence of Chess Games. Chess variants as large as you want.
- German Chu Shogi Association. Missing description
- German Rules c. 1420. Missing description
- German Xiangqi Federation. Includes problem solving contest.
- Gess. Combines GO with Chess: Invention of Archimedeans Mathematics Society, discussed by Ian Stewart in Scientific American.
- Gess. A Chess variant played on a Go board where pieces are collections of go stones. (18x18, Cells: 324)
- Gess Applet. Missing description
- Gess on zillions game. Gess zillions rules.
- Ghast knights. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ghost Chess. The ghosts of captured units reappear.
- Ghost King Chess. The king can roam the board as an almost unkillable ghost. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ghostarelay. Game with ghost and relay, win if you have no legal moves. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Ghostrider Chess.. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gi-Qi-Game. Another one crossover of European, Chinese and Japanese chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Giant Chess. 16 x 16 variant with lots of powerful pieces and the unique four square occupying Dev piece which is not easy to capture.
- Giant Chess. 16x16 board with the same pieces as Turkish Chess, but also the "Dev" piece which takes up four squares. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Giant Chess 2. Giant Chess but with the addition of giant Ferzes and 8 Leos.
- Giant-King Chess. Kings take up four squares each, all of which must be attacked to check. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Gifford Graphics for Pillars of Medusa. Missing description
- Gifford's Catapults of Troy GIF Pieces. Missing description
Gigachess. Play this large 14x14 variant on Jocly.
- Gigachess. On 14 by 14 board with 20 different pieces. (14x14, Cells: 196)
- Gigachess. With 20 different pieces on a 14 x 14 board, this is the latest in a sequence from Shako to Tamerlane II to Perfect 12.
- Gigachess . On 14 by 14 board with 20 different pieces.
- Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess (2001).
- Gigachess II. Evolution of Gigachess. 24 different types of pieces on a 14 x 14 board.
- Gilman's Modest Variants. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Giraffe. Makes (1,4)-jump.
- Give & Take Chess. After setting up pieces, players must capture each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Giveaway Chess Puzzle. Computer game that you have to lose all of your own pieces to win.
- Glacial Shift. 4-player game played with Icehouse pieces with Shogi-style captures and where the same piece moves differently for each player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Gladiator Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gladiators . Missing description
- Gladiatrix Chess. Introducing the Gladiatrix, an extremely agile female gladiator, on an H-board (zrf available).
- Gleeman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Play this popular hexagonal adapation of Chess on Jocly.
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. The most popular hexagonal variant.
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board made out of hexagons.
- Glinski's Hexagonal Chess (Symmetric). Missing description
- Global Chess. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (2x(), Cells: 64)
Global Chess. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks.
- Glory Chess. A pawn on the seventh rank checks.
- A Glossary of Basic Chess Variant Terms. Missing description
- Gnu . Simple game featuring the Gnu as promotee.
- Gnu. Simple game featuring the Gnu as promotee. (5x10, Cells: 50)
- Gnu Qi. A cross between Anglis Qi and Wildebeest Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Gnus. Makes (1-2)-jump or (1-3)-jump.
- Go. Preset for Go and Go-Chess variants.
- Go. Play Go with Game Courier.
- Go with chess pieces. Generalization of go-rules using chess pieces. (19x19, Cells: 361)
- Go-Chess (tm). Place your own pieces on a large board.
- Go-Figure!. Webshop selling sets of Xiangqi (Chinese chess).
- Go-Moku with Chess Pieces . Missing description
- Goal Box Chess . Game on 42 squares with no King and the goal of placing pieces into 2 special squares.
- Goal Box Chess. Game on 42 squares with no King and the goal of placing pieces into 2 special squares. (5x8, Cells: 42)
- Goatsuckers. Small modern shogi variant on 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- goChess. goChess.
- goChess. goChess. (19x19)
- Gods on Pluto. Variant with weak pieces and Shogi-style drops.
- Gods on Pluto. Missing description
- Gods on Pluto . Plays with extremely weak pieces, no pawns, and drops.
- Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards.
- Goldchess and Silverchess. Standard board and setup, but new moves for pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Golden Age Chess On a Really Big Board. Variant on 16 by 16 board with several different pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Golden Age Chess on a Really Big Board. Play this 16 x 16 variant with several different pieces.
- Goldtoken.com. Website for turn-based online play.
- Golem Chess. Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Golem Chess . Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play.
- Goliath Chess. Pieces can shoot
after they have captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gomoku and Donkeys. Missing description
- Good and Evil Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Good, Ben. Interview with the winner of the 38-challenge.
- Goodchess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gorgona Chess. V. R. Parton's Gorgona paralyzes enemy pieces so they can't move (with zrf).
- Gorgona Chess. V. R. Parton's Gorgonia Chess (also Gorgon Chess), featuring the paralyzing Gorgonia (with zrf).
- GoshawkChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Goshawks per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor.
- Gothic Chess. Play this variation of Capablanca's Chess on Jocly.
- Gothic Chess. A 10x8 variant using the same rules and equipment as Capablanca's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Gothic Evolution Chess. Missing description
- Gothic Isles Chess. Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gothic Isles Chess . Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions.
- Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess.
- Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
- Grand Apothecary Chess-Classic. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
- Grand Apothecary Chess-Modern. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
- Grand Betza. Play Grand Betza on Game Courier.
- Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Cavalier Chess. Decimal variant with Cannons and Cavalier Chess pieces.
- Grand Cavalier Chess. Play Grand Cavalier Chess with Jocly.
- Grand Cavalier Chess . The decimal version of Cavalier Chess.
- Grand Cavalier Chess Photographs. Photo's of home made set of large chess variant.
- Grand Chess. Decimal variant with Cardinals and Marshalls.
- Grand Chess. Play Grand Chess with Jocly.
- Grand Chess . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament.
- Grand Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!)
- Grand Chess. Considered among the best of the large-board setups.
- Grand Chess . Download this Zillions Saved Game file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament.
- Grand Chess Comments. Notes on Grand Chess and a variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set.
- Grand Combination Courier. Game with Compounds of Elemental (Atomic) FIDE Pieces Plus Camel, with Mostly Logical Promotions.
- The Grand Crossing. Win by moving your king to the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Grand Crossing Chess. Win by getting your king to the opposite side.
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