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Grand CwDA: the Shatranjians. Grand CwDA. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Dice Chess. Grand Dice Chess Battle on a 12x12 board with four dice.
- Grand Ducal Chess. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Grand hecatomb. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144)
Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127)
- Grand House. Bughouse and CrazyHouse applied to Grand Chess. (2x(10x10), Cells: 200)
Grand Rider Chess. All pieces except the king are riders.
Grand Rider Chess. If you love riders, you'll love Grand Rider Chess, which combines several different colorbound and non-colorbound riders.
- Grand Shatranj. Grand Shatranj.... extends the examination of short-range leapers by looking at another 2-square jumper and 2 short-range riders.
- Grand Shatranj
. Missing description
- Grand Shatranj. Grand Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Shatranj N W. Shatranj with 10 individual pieces + pawns per army. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Shogi. Normal Shogi but with extra pieces - "Smooth and fantastic fun, awesome action".
- Grand Shogi. Normal Shogi, but with extra pieces.
- Grand Tamerlane. John Davis invented this variation of Mideast Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grand Tamerlane Chess. Variation of Mideast Chess by John Davis.
- Grand Triple Chess. Chess on an 16 x 24 board (i.e. six boards) with 3 sets of pieces. (24x16, Cells: 384)
- Grand Warp Point Chess. Using normal chess pieces, plus two warp points, on a 10 x 10 board where pawns can take large initial steps.
- Grande Acedrex . A large variant from 13th century Europe.
Grande Acedrex. Java applet that plays Grande Acedrex.
- Grande Acedrex . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Grande Acedrex. Missing description
- Grander Chess. A variant of Christian Freeling's Grand Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Grandkingdom Chess. A decimal variant with several powerful pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Granlem Shatranj. This is a mash-up of Grand Shatranj & Lemurian Shatranj with a 3 moves/player turn option.
- Grant Acedrex. Medieval large chess variant according to recent historians's work. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Grant Acedrex. Game Courier preset for Grant Acedrex with enforced rules. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Graphics: Empty chess boards. Images of empty chess boards.
Grasshopper. 
Moves along queenlines to first square after jumped over piece.
- Grasshopper Chess. Row of grasshoppers behind the pawns.
- Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers.
- Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers.
- Grasshopper Chess II. The queen becomes a grasshopper.
- GraTiA. A blend of two historic variants. (13x12, Cells: 156)
- GraTiA. Preset for GraTiA, a blend of two historic variants.
- Gravitational Chess. Major units fall back toward the friendly side.
- Gravitatur Chess. No Capture Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gravity Chess. Moved unit attracts.
- Gravity Chess . Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets.
- Great battle. based off ultimate battle chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Great battle 2nd edition. the sequal to great battle chess! (8x8, Cells: 64)
- great battle 3rd edition. Another great battle variant! (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board.
- Great Herd. Large variant with Camel, Zebra, Bison, Gnu and Gazelle pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Great Rider Reef. Cross the border. (11x13, Cells: 132)
- Great Shatranj . Shatranj style game on 10x8 board.
- Great Shatranj. What if chess evolved differently so short-range pieces became more powerful by gaining additional short-range moves?
- Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Great Stour. Diagonal-heavy mixed-camp variant on Courier board with River. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Great Whale Shogi. Great Whale Shogi by R. Wayne Schmittberger. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Great Whale Shogi. Large board based on Whale and Wa Shogi.
- Greater Chess. Large variant from the 1940's.
- Greek Progressive. Make at most one move more than your opponent in his last turn.
- Greek Progressive Chess. Make at most one move more than your opponent in his last turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Green Chess. More than 100 chess variants playable online.
- Greener Chess. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- and your pieces are stronger there too. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Greg White's Chess Variants. Missing description
- Grenadier Chess.
Introducing the Grenadier piece on an H-shaped board. A game for the attacking player. With zrf.
- Grid Chess. Always move to a different 4 by 4 square part of the board.
- Grid Chess. Always move to a different 2 by 2 square part of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Grid Chess . Always move to a different 4 by 4 square part of the board.
- Gridlock. Large, wargame inspired variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Gridlock. Missing description
- Gridlock Chapter 2. Missing description
- Gridlock Chapter 3. Missing description
- Gridlock Chapter 4. Missing description
- Gridlock Chapter 5. Missing description
- Griffon. Historic piece that steps one space diagonally then slides like a Rook.
- Grolman Chess. Game with sequential movement of pieces of the same color. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Gross Chess. Play this 144 square variant online with Game Courier.
- Gross Chess . Play this 144 square variant with Zillions of Games.
- Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
- Grotesque Chess. Play this variant of Capablanca's Chess that leaves no Pawns unprotected.
Grotesque Chess. Play Grotesque Chess with Jocly.
- Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Groundskeeper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Groundskeeper Chess . Missing description
Growing and Shrinking. Playing with the Size of Chess Pieces.
- Gryphon Aanca Chess. Large variant with Gryphons, Aancas, and a few other not-so-common pieces.
- Gryphon Aanca Chess. Large Variant with Gryphons, Aancas, and a few other not-so-common pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Gryphon Chess. Units are promoted on each move.
- Gryphon Chess II. Units are promoted on each move.
- Guanaco Chess. Introducing the Guanaco that hops two squares orthogonally continuously (with zrf).
- Guard Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured.
- Guard Chess, or Islandic Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Gufuu Shogi. Tiny variant on a 2x3 board with four pieces.
Guide des echecs exotiques & insolites. A review.
- Guide des échecs exotiques et insolites. French book describing many variants of chess.
- A Guide to Fairy Chess. Book first published in 1967.
- A Guide to Variant Chess. Variant Chess Games.
- Gunnery Chess. Cannon pawns can leap over friendly piece and explode an enemy piece on the same file.
- Gunnery Chess (8x10). Cannon pawns can leap over friendly piece and explode an enemy piece on the same file. Regular pieces plus Mastodons.
- Gunnery Chess (with Scorpions). The Scorpion pawns have the additional capability of cannon-like moves. Very advanced. Only recommendable to grandmasters!
- Guru Mahachaturanga. 2d India-specific offshoot of AOF series. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Guschess . Pieces can freely move in one of 38 areas on the board.
- Guschess. Pieces can freely move in one of 38 areas on the board. (8x8, Cells: 38)
- Gustav III Chess. Play this historical variant with Amazons in extra corner spaces.
- Gustav III's Chess. Invented by King Gustav III of Sweden (1746-92).
- Gustavian Adjutant Chess. Standard chess with empty extra corner squares and extended castling (with zrf).
- Gustavian Camelrider Chess. Camelriders and regular pieces on a Gustavian (68squares) board.
- Gustavian Cannon Chess. Featuring the remarkable Swedish Cannon on a Gustavian board, where it thrives (zrf available).
- Gustavian Cannonrider Chess. Cannonriders and regular pieces on a Gustavian (68 squares) board. Cannonriders move differently depending on square colour.
- Gustavian-Camelrider Chess (with Scorpions). Camelriders and Scorpions on a 68 square Gustavian board.
- Gustavian-Cannon Chess. The Swedish Cannon moves like a Korean Cannon, but can move like a rook if it cannot jump (+zrf).
- Gutenschach. 3d variant using only planar pieces. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- Gyokugi. Extends chevron ranks to analogues of Shogi generals, named after individual jewels. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Hadean Chess. Expanded chess with short-range linear jumpers, augmented knights and zebras and more dynamic pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Hadean Chess. Large chess with 12 pawns, 10 Ninja Pawns, 4 short-range linear jumpers, and Wazir/Ferz Zebra and Knight compounds.
- Hadean Chess . Play expanded chess with Ferz/Wazir Sorcerers, Ferz/Wazir Knights, Flying Warmachines. Flying Elephants and Ninja Pawns.
- Hafts. A denser Draughts, but with pieces only capturing those bound to the opposite colour. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Haigh's Chess. Variant on a 8x12 board with doubled arrays.
- Haiku Shogi. 4-player Shogi with 5+7+5 grouping of orthogonals in both dimensions. (17x17, Cells: 289)
- Hajiku Shogi. Inspired by Shogi and Chu Shogi. Pieces can both promote and demote in promotion zone.
- Half Bughouse. Another name for Anywhere Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Half Chess. 4x8 board, plays well.
- Half Chess . On a 4 by 8 board without pawns.
- Half Chess. Pieces have approximately half their usual movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Half Chess. On a 4 by 8 board without pawns. (4x8, Cells: 32)
- Half Chess of Ralph Betza. Exactly like halfling chess, only the knights are replaced by crabs, making them more compatible with half moving rider pieces.
- Half Chess Pawnless. "If Chess is wine, Half Chess is brandy. ".
- Half Courier. Missing description
- Half Courier. A Pawnless variant rearranging a slightly simplified Courier back rank onto two ranks. (6x8, Cells: 48)
Half final Europe Championship Hexagonal Chess 1999. Games of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess.
- Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60)
- Half Shogi and Half Xiang Qi. Applying the principles of Half Chess to Oriental games. (5x9, Cells: 45)
- Half-Random Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players.
- Halfgi . A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess.
- Halfgi. A hybrid of Chessgi and Ralph Betza's Half Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Halfling Chess . Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings.
- Halfling Chess. Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Halflings. Pieces that can travel at most half their usual distance.
- Halloween Knight Court. Halloween-themed variant on a tiny board. (3x3, Cells: 9)
- Halloween Knight Court . Halloween-themed variant on a tiny board.
- Hamiltonian Chess. Win by forming a Hamiltonian path between your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hammer Chess. FIDE but with gnus instead of knights, cardinals instead of bishops and enhanced pawns.
- Hammer Chess. Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hammer Chess . Minor pieces have increased movement possibilities.
- Hand Shogi. Modern shogi variant with many pieces to drop. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Hand-Drawn Chess Variant Pieces. Creative and fanciful chess piece drawings.
- Handicap Chess. As in golf, stronger units are given relative limits.
Handmade Magnetic Chinese Chess Set. Photo's of Xiangqi set made from magnetic chess and checkers sets.
- Hanga Roa . Play Hanga Roa with Zillions of Games!
- Hanga Roa. Play Hanga Roa on Game Courier!
- Hanga Roa. A chess variant inspired by the people of Easter Island. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board.
- Hannibal Chess. Chess with added Modern Elephants (ferz-alfil compound) on 10x8 board.
- Hannibal Chess (GC preset with enforced rules). A Game Courier Preset for Hannibal Chess with enforced rules.
- Hans 38 Gift Chess . Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares.
- Hans 38Special Chess. On a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38)
- Hans 40 Gift Chess . Pieces are digits or letters and move like their form on 5 by 8 board.
- Hans 40 Gift Chess. Pieces are digits or letters and move like their form on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40)
Hans Bodlaender resigns as editor-in-chief. Missing description
- Hans37 Chess. Chess variant for four players on a board of 37 squares. (Cells: 37)
- Hans38 Chess. Eric Greenwood's chess on a board with 38 squares. (6x6, Cells: 38)
- Hans38 Chess. A form of Chess with a Limited Supply of Squares; entry of the 38-challenge. (8x8, Cells: 38)
- Har Meggido Chess. Missing description (15x18, Cells: 270)
- Hardly Anywhere Chess. Pieces teleport anywhere without capturing, threatening, or escaping check.
- Hasami Shogi. Popular Japanese game, playable with Shogi set. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Haunted Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hawaiian Chess. Pacific Island variant.
- Haynie's Game of Leapers. On 8 by 8 board with several pieces that can jump. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Haynie's Great Chess. A decimal chess variant with Cardinals, Marshals Amazons, Nightriders Commoners, Firzans, Wazirs, Camels, And Zebras. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Haynie's Hexagonal Chess . Experimental hexagonal chess variant.
- Haynie's Hexagonal Chess. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91)
- Haynie's High Power Fairy Chess . With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces.
- Haynie's high power fairy chess 64. With orthodox chess set but different stronger movements for most pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Haynie's Oblong Chess . Variant on double size chess board.
- 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)
- Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces.
- Heathen Europe Chess. 2 player cubic-cell Europe-specific offshoot of AOF series. (6x6, Cells: 144)
- Heaven. Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece. (Cells: 39)
- Heaven . Pieces trying to reach a goalfield can only move if in reach of a friendly piece.
- Heavenly Queen Chess. Queen’s motion is changed slightly but enough to make it unique. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Heavy Chess. A high-density chess-variant-variant.
- Heavy Chess. Play Heavy Chess on Game Courier.
- Heavy Gravity Chess. Chess with heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Bishops, and Rooks are limited to 4 spaces per move, Kings move 1 diagonal. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Heavy Gravity Chess. Due to heavy gravity, Knights can't jump, Queens, Rooks, & Bishops can't move more than 4 spaces. Kings move like Ferz.
- Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.
- Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Hecatomb. Each player has 31 queens and one king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hecatomb Chess. One king and 31 queens on each side.
- Hecatomb promotion. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets.
- Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets.
- Heian Shogi. or Early Shogi. A predecessor of Shogi. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Heian Shogi
. Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants.
- Heian-Dai Shogi. Early Great Shogi. (13x13, Cells: 169)
- Helmsman Chess. Introducing the Helmsman and the bounce-move, whereby the piece deviates orthogonally. A very positional piece (zrf available).
Helping us Maintain this Site. Information on how you can help us maintain this site.
Helpmate in Two. Missing description
- Henry VIII Chess. This is a hybrid capture king-losing chess variant. (7x8, Cells: 56)
- Henry VIII Chess Preset. This is the preset for Henry VIII Chess (unique take on Extinction Chess).
- Hepta. Hexagonal clan-based game played with Icehouse pieces. (Cells: 174)
- Hepta . Hexagonal clan-based game played with Icehouse pieces.
- Heraldic chess. Chess with cards and dice.
- Heraldic chess dice. Photo's of dice with chess symbols from Heraldic chess set.
- Heraldic Chess Games with Cards and Dice. Text of rule booklet of heraldic chess.
- Heraldic Chess I. Heraldic set plus sixteen cards per hand.
- Heraldic Chess II. Heraldic set plus ten cards per hand.
- Heraldic Chess III. Heraldic set plus six cards per hand.
- Heraldic Chess IV. Heraldic set plus two twelve-sided dice.
- Heraldic Chess Review. A review of Modest Solans' game Heraldic Chess.
- Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by capturing any piece plus its pawn.
- Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by taking a pair of pieces that started on the same line in the opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Herb Garden Chess . Variant on 7 by 12 board with additional combination pieces.
- Herb garden chess. Variant on 7 by 12 board with additional combination pieces. (12x7, Cells: 84)
- Herculean Chess. Large board chess with augmented versions of Bishops, Rooks, Zebras, Knights and pawns.
- Herculean Chess. 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Herculean Chess . Extended version of chess features the Flying Bishops, the Flying Chariots, Ninja Pawns, Augmented Knights and Zebras.
- Herd. Experimental variant with jumping pieces on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Herichess. A variant on a board in the shape of the English Heritage logo. (14x14, Cells: 112)
- Hermit Chess. Play vs opponent making increasing numbers of random moves.
- Hero and Superhero Chess. The King's Pawn is replaced by a Hero (moves like any other piece on your side on the board) or a Superhero (improved Hero). (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hero Chess. The king's pawn is replaced by a unit which mimics the move of any friendly unit on the board.
- Hero Chess II. Missing description
- Hero Chess III. Also called Superhero Chess.
- Hero's Chess. A chess with very different pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Heroes Hex Chess version 2. Hexagonal Chess with new movement rules on a "standard" 91 hex board.
- Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84)
- Heroes Hexagonal Chess . Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces.
- Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Play this game from the 84-square contest on the Play-By-Mail system!
- Heroes Hexagonal Chess version 2. Updated version of Heroes Hexagonal Chess in 91 hexes. (Cells: 91)
Heroes Hexagonal Chess Zillions Saved Game 
. Download this file to see the sample game.
- Hex 39 . Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules.
- Hex Besiege. Two slightly modified McCooey sets placed b(l)ack to b(l)ack. (11x21, Cells: 187)
- Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata.
- Hex Dragonal Chess. horizontal hex-rows and 4 defined directions of movement.
- Hex Dragonal Chess. Based on an idea by Jeremy Good this CV has horizontal rows of hexes and an unusual set of directions,. (13x13, Cells: 127)
- Hex Frontofhouse. Captured hex pieces return with only their forward moves. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Hex Horngi. To hex cells what Mitregi is to square ones and Tunnelshogi to cubic ones. (Cells: 91)
- Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.
- Hex Shogi . A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants.
- Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 spaces.
- Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41)
- Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board.
- Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91)
- Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board.
- Hex39. Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39)
- Hexa Decimal . Larger hexagonal chess variant (Zillions of Rules file).
- Hexa Decimal. Larger hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 90)
- Hexabeast. Hexagonal chess variant with six animal pieces, by Ivan A. Derzhanski. (Cells: 70)
- Hexachess. Hexagonal Chess with lots of Pawns on a peanut-shaped board.
- Hexagonal Arimaa. Hexagonal Arimaa - Based on McCooey's Hexagonal Chess.
Hexagonal Boards . Java Utility.
- Hexagonal Chess (Glinski). Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Recognized!)
- Hexagonal Chess (McCooey). Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Recognized!)
- Hexagonal chess - names of squares. Missing description
- Hexagonal chess - problem 1. Missing description
- Hexagonal chess - problem 2. 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 by Shafran . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union.
- Hexagonal Chess Notation. Article discussing Hexagonal Chess notation.
- Hexagonal Chess Set. Home made set of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess.
- Hexagonal Chess with Hexagonalers. Missing description
- Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's . Chess on a board made out of hexagons.
- 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!)
- Hexagonal Chess, McCooey's . Chess on a board, made out of hexes.
Hexagonal chess: Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagonal Board. Files and directions for making a hexagonal chess board.
- Hexagonal Hole Chess. Hexagonal variant using new pieces, holes, and barriers. (Cells: 91)
- Hexagonal Hole Chess. A hexagonal variant of Hole Chess. Engineers can move holes and barriers. Teleporters can relocate enemy pieces.
- Hexagonal Iss Jetan. Missing description (7x13, Cells: 127)
- Hexagonal Iss Jetan . Missing description
- Hexagonal Raumschach. 3D analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess based on Raumschach.
- Hexagonal Raumschach. Three dimensional analogue of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess, based on Raumschach. (5x(7x7), Cells: 185)
- Hexagonal Round Chess. Combined Byzantine Chess with Rex Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Hexajedrez. Variant of Dave McCooey's Hexagonal Chess.
- Hexajedrez. Variation of Dave McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91)
- Hexapawn. Martin Gardner's miniature game of three pawns vs the pawns. (3x3, Cells: 9)
- Hexapawn . Martin Gardner's miniature game of three pawns vs the pawns.
- HexCaïssa. Each player has four pieces on hexagonal board with disappearing squares. (Cells: 61)
- Hexcetran Chess. Play Hexcetran Chess at Game Courier.
- Hexcetran Chess. Hexagonal variant starting from random setups. (Cells: 91)
- HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant.
- HexChess. Hexagonal Chess where Bishops move 1 hex in any direction and Rooks may not move to adjacent cell.
- HexChess . Various hexagonal chess games, including Glinski's and McCooey's.
- Hexchess. Another hexagonal chess variant with closer resemblance to orthodox chess. (Cells: 69)
- HEXchess Review. Review of HEXchess.
- HexChess-Kirby's. Missing description (Cells: 313)
- Hexes Chess. Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&.
- Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece.
- Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece.
- Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece.
- Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier!
- Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant.
- Hexes Compressed Chess. Link: This version of Hexagonal Chess has rotated cells so that the angles point up and down.
- Hexes Compressed Chess. Hexes Chess on a squared off, reduced size board.
- Hexetera. Small hexagonal variant with some elements of Chinese Chess. (Cells: 44)
- Hexetera . Download Hexetera for ZOG! Also includes the game in squares: Etcetera!
- Hexetera. Play Hexetera on the Game Courier!
- Hexgi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Shogi, with "officers" using selected orthogonals. (Cells: 91)
- Hexiang Qi. Hexagonal Variant of Xiang Qi. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Hexichess. 3D hexagonal Chess. DOS program playing this game, and information and photo of expensive glass set. (3x(), Cells: 75)
- Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons.
- Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127)
- Hexmate . A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons.
- Hexodus. Program that plays hexagonal chess (Glinski variant).
- Hexofen. 91-cell hexagonal variant with three knights and parallel pawn rows.
- Hia Chess. Smaller 9x8 variation of the Mongolian Hiashatar. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Hiashatar. A Mongolian historical variant, featuring the very special Bodyguard piece (zrf available).
- Hiashatar. Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side.
- Hiashatar. Mongolian Decimal Chess.
- Hiashatar Photos. Photos of some hiashatar sets from Mongolia.
- Hibernian Chess. Celtic Chess x Brannumh. (14x14, Cells: 196)
- Hibryd I. Game played on 4x4 board with a King and four Pawns each, neutral pieces, multiple forms of capture and many ways of winning. (4x4, Cells: 16)
- Hibryd III. An exotic three-player variant played on a board of 42 hexes with multiple victory conditions. (Cells: 42)
- Hidden Random Chess. This is a two-player game that incorporates the element of chance in chess.
- Hidden Target Chess I. Know which enemy species to eliminate to win, but not which one of yours is vulnerable.
- Hidden Target Chess II. Don't know which enemy species to eliminate to win, but do know which one of yours is vulnerable.
- Hidden Target Chess III. Double Blind.
- HiddenLynx. A beautiful, user-friendly, Windows program for Chinese Chess.
- Hierarchical Chess. Article from Variant Chess, August 2004.
- High Chess. Drawn games are instead won by the player whose King is closest to the centre.
- Highcastle Chess. All pieces can castle. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Highcastle Chess . All pieces can castle.
- Highlander Chess. Instead of taking, pieces can be challenged with dice; winning piece absorbs powers. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Hikaru Nakamura. Current U.S. Champion is also accomplished at some variants.
- Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game.
- Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hippodrome. Solitaire game using a small board.
- Hippodrome. Solitaire game using a small board. (4x4, Cells: 16)
- Hippogriff. Limited version of the Griffon that must slide at least three squares.
- Hishigata Shogi. Variation of Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi (ultra large Shogi). (19x19, Cells: 361)
- Historia Ŝako. Historia Ŝako is a Chess variant incorporated between western and eastern variants, by track movement of Elephant and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Historic chess variants
. by Sam Trenholme.
- Historical Chess Variants . A document describing several historical chess variants.
- Historical Variants. Case Western Reserve University Medieval Society Games Page.
- A History of Chess. In depth reference book on the history of chess.
History of the Chess Variant pages. Missing description
- Hit and Run Chess. After the first move, players may move 1 piece twice or two pieces once, capturing only on any piece's first move.
- Hit-point Chess. Pieces start with 30 hit points and attack by stepping next to the target. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hitchhiker Chess. Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books. (Cells: 42)
- Hitchhiker Chess . Get your Hitchhiker to the Restaurant at the other End of the Board; inspired by Douglas Adams' books.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess. Several chess variants in the context of a Socratic dialog.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess - Part II. Several chess variants in the context of a Socratic dialog.
- Hitpoint Chess 1. Pieces have hitpoints, like in a wargame. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hits to The Chess Variant Pages. Some access statistics of this website.
- Hive: A Review. A review of the two-player strategy game called Hive.
- HiveQueen. Missing description
- HiveQueen. Missing description (Cells: 61)
- HnefaChess. The best combination of Chess and Hnefatafl. (Cells: 228)
- Hnefatafl - the Strategic Board Game of the Vikings. Detailed rules and history of a Chess-like game played for 100's of years in Northern Europe.
- Hobbit Chess. Two variants, 8x8 and 9x9, using hobbits as superpawns.
- Hobgoblin Chess. Inchworm crowd-forming magnetic mutating lunar-hallway exploding-Pawn Chess; an extreme game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hockey Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into. (7x10, Cells: 44)
- Hole Chess. Variant on a board of 44 squares with two holes that pieces can be dragged into.
- Holochess. Holographic chess-like game played in Star Wars movie.
- Holy Grail . With the extraordinary but deadly Serpent that mutates into the Flying Bomber, Raptor, Cannon, Vao, Stealth Gryphon and more!
- Holy Grail. Extended chess game with ability to drop a mutating piece and a crown price that changes the winning conditions.
- Holy Grail. To win, checkmate both the King and the Crown Prince but avoid the evil Mutating Serpent! (10x10, Cells: 104)
- Holy War . Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares.
- Holywar. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares. (6x6, Cells: 40)
- Holywar Photographs. Variant with 6 by 6 board with four additional corner squares.
- Home Base Chess. Captured units return to original squares if unoccupied.
- Home Columns Chess. A piece cannot be captured when in its 'home' column.
- Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. Photos of pieces made from computer printed stickers on foam board.
- Homemade Tori Shogi Set. Missing description
- Homepage. Homepage of The Chess Variant Pages.
- Homo Scacco. Several games with pieces of same type and a royal amongst them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Honeycomb Chess. This variant uses a board of hex-prism cells and two sets of FIDE pieces. (Cells: 120)
- Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144)
- Honeycomb Minishogi. Hex-prism version of 3d Minishogi, with compulsory setup phase. (4x(4x5), Cells: 50)
- Honorable Horse. Moves forward as a Knight.
- Hoo Mitregi. Intermediate between Mitregi itself and Dai Mitregi. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Hook Shogi. 16x16 variant with the hook movers from the largest Shogi variants. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Hop Chess. The same as FIDE chess plus a special piece called the hopper. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hopgi. Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers. (7x7, Cells: 43)
- Hopgi . Small-board variant of Chessgi with an L-shaped board, linked pairs of Kings, where all pieces can move like a Mao-hoppers.
- Hoplit Chess. Introducing the Hoplit, a very mobile modern relative of the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
- Hoplomach Chess. Introducing the Hoplomach, a dynamic bifurcation cannon, related to the Korean cannon, on an H-board (zrf available).
- Hoppel-Poppel. Modest divergent variant where Knights capture like Bishops and Bishops capture like Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hoppel-Poppel . Variant in which Knights capture as Bishops and Bishops capture as Knights.
- Hoppel-Poppel Chess. Bshops capture as Knights and Knights as Bishops.
- Hopper Chess (with Scorpions). Pieces standing before friendly pieces can jump over enemy Scorpion pawn and land directly behind it.
- Hopper-Chess. Pieces in front of friendly pieces can land immediately behind enemy pawns.
- Hopper-Elk Chess. Pieces can hop over an enemy pawn and land directly behind it. The Elk moves differently depending on square colour.
- Hordes of Change . A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess.
- Hordes of Change. A chess variant inspired by Andernach Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hordes of Change - Sample Game. Missing description
- Horizons. Game with 5 new pieces on 12x12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Horn Rimmed Hex 1: 91 to 127. Start of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (13x13, Cells: 127)
- Horn Rimmed Hex 2: 61 to 91. Continuation of hex analogue to the Mitred Framing series. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Horse Chess-Nut. Horse statue with two chess problems painted on it.
- Horseman's Chess. Game where pieces mount and dismount.
- Horus . Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand.
- Horus. Game with Royal Falcons where all pieces start off board and most captures return pieces to owner's hand. (7x7, Cells: 44)
- Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are
held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped.
- Hostage Chess. Play this Chessgi-like game in which no pieces change sides. (Recognized!)
- Hostage Chess . Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped.
- Hostage Chess: Sample games. Missing description
- Hostage Chess: Tactical Hints. Missing description
- Hour Glass Chess. Small variant with simple pieces and hour glass shape.
- Hourglass Chess . 38-Square board in shape of Hourglass.
- Hourglass Chess. 38-Square board in shape of Hourglass. (7x6, Cells: 38)
- Hourglass Hex Chess. 2 overlapping triangles form a hex board of just over FIDE size. (9x9, Cells: 65)
- Hourglass Honeycomb Chess. 2 overlapping triangular prisms form a hex-prism board maximising the King's choice of Castling. (7x(7x7), Cells: 280)
- House of 10 Mirrors - H o M Variant. Reflective pieces from up to 10 mirrors add to offense and defense.
- House of Kay. Company selling a circular chess board.
- House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time. (8x8, Cells: 87)
- House of Mirrors Chess. Mirrors and reflective pieces add interesting twists to strategy by making pieces appear in 2 or 3 places at the same time.
- House of Staunton Chess Variant Kits. Photos of Chess variant pieces sold by the House of Staunton.
- How to Design and Post Your Own Game. A reference for those who want to post their own games here.
- How to Enforce Rules in Game Courier. A tutorial on programming a rule-enforcing preset in the GAME Code language.
- How to Make Some Fairy Chess Pieces. How to alter standard plastic Chess pieces into various Fairy pieces.
- How to Make Your Game Display Legal Moves in Game Courier. A Game Courier Tutorial.
- How to play chess on the internet?. Information on online playing of chess.
How to Play Chess: The Rules. YouTube Video on How to Play Chess.
- How to Play Shogi. A book on Japanese chess, Shogi.
- How to Program Multi-Move Variants for Game Courier. A tutorial with examples borrowed from code for Marseillais Chess and Extra Move Chess.
- How to Program Piece Drops for Game Courier. A tutorial on including Shogi-style piece drops in a Game Courier preset.
- Howell's Chess. The usual array and moves on a 10x10 board.
- Howitzer Chess. Introducing another piece named Howitzer, a fearful form of cannon, on the H-board. For the advanced tactician. With zrf.
- HP Minichess . Small chess variant that could be played against a pocket calculator.
- HP-minichess. Small chess variant that could be played against a pocket calculator. (5x5, Cells: 25)
HTML vs Markdown. A style guide to using Markdown or HTML on this site.
- https://www.omnichess.club/variant/bc6b6876-dbdc-419c-bba4-3e462. Missing description
- Hubbub. Preset for Hubbub, a short-range version of Brouhaha.
- Hubbub. A variant of Bruhaha with more short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 72)
- Hullabaloo. Fusion, fission game with drops, giant conglomerations and two types of activation.
- Humpmitregi. Larger Shogi variant with more powerful diagonal pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90)
- Humpty Dumpty Chess. Cannon-using variant inspired by history of the character Humpty Dumpty. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Hundred Acre Chess. Chess based on Winnie-the-Pooh. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Hunt Chess. Huntsman Chess and Groundskeeper Chess.
- Hunt, Ethan. 65th Square: Website of Ethan Hunt.
- Hunter-Falcon Chess. Two new kinds of runner are added only during the course of the game.
- Hunterbeest. Large variant with one each of distinctive Nimrod pieces, and of similar set of oblique pieces. (11x10, Cells: 110)
- Huntsman Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 80)
- Huntsman Chess . Missing description
- Hurricane Chess. Move as many of your units as you like, once each, each turn.
- Hybrid Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with some unusual compound pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Hybrid Decimal Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with unusual compound pieces included. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Hybrids. Standard pieces combine and split. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hyderabad Decimal Chess. Play this historic decimal variant on Jocly.
- Hydra Chess . Captured pieces return. Regrown pieces will be of lesser value.
- Hydrant Chess . Special rules govern how pieces move between four quadrants of the board.
- Hyper-Banzai Chess. Sub-variant of Banzai where you can push more than 1 piece per move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hyperchess. Commercial page, advertising beautiful but expensive 3-dimensional chess sets. (Link.).
Hyperchess. At the beginning of the game, you specify pieces that disappear from the board and reappear at a later turn.
- Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess. (4x(), Cells: 256)
- Hyperchess. Photo's of hexagonal chess variant from 1971.
- Hyperchess. A chess variant on a board representing 4-D space that closely parallels traditional Chess.
- Hyperchess4. Hyperchess updated: changed rules, discussion, sample game, etc.
- HyperModern Shatranj. Missing description
- HyperModern Shatranj. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hyperspace Chess. When moving more than one square, pieces travel some turns in hyperspace before arriving at their destination. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Hyperspace Chess. Units travelling more than 1 square go through hyperspace.
- Hypnotic Chess . You may move opposing pieces your pieces attack.
- Hypnotic Chess. You may move opposing pieces your pieces attack. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- I'm a Ferz, Get Me Into There!. Inspired by title of Chas. Gilman's game, "I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here!" Object is to get your Ferz to Z5.
- I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here. Game composed of just wazirs and pawns. Wazirs, prone to special disappearing rule. Object : Get rid of your wazirs.
- I'm a Wazir, Get Me Out of Here. A variant in which pieces disappear if left too long in the wrong place. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- I-Chess. Large board variant that adds two more piece types: the wolf and the eagle.
- I-Chess. Play this 12x12 large board game with two new peices.
- IAGO Chess System. http://abstractgamers.org/wiki/iago-chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- IAGO Chess ZRF file. ZRF file for IAGO Chess rules.
- Ibu Ibu Chess. Introduces the concept of a King's entourage, making King powerful and protected. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ibu Ibu Chess. Ibu Ibu Chess in which the king's entourage protects it from Ubi-Ubis.
- ICBM Chess. I(inter)-C(hess)B(oard) M(issle) Chess, where you can throw a piece to capture as well as make normal moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ice Age Chess. Every 20th move, the board freezes and ice cubes appear on almost every empty square. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ice Age Chess. Blocks of ice cover the board at intervals.
- Ice Hockey Chess. Chess variant based upon rules of (Ice) Hockey. (8x10, Cells: 68)
- Icehouse. Set of pyramids you can play several games with, including Martian chess.
- iChess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- iChess . Missing description
- Icon Clearinghouse. A collection of chess icons for all to use in Interactive Diagrams and Game Courier setups.
- Icon Clearinghouse 2. Part two features dozens of animal-based icons.
- Icon Clearinghouse 3. Part three features nobility, clergy, military, and related icons.
- Icon Clearinghouse 4. Part four focuses on enhanced and limited orthodox pieces.
- Icon Clearinghouse 5. Part 5 has pieces that don't neatly fit into other categories.
- Icon Clearinghouse 6. Part 6 focuses on my own original pieces and icons.
- Iconographic Chinese Pieces. Icons of Xiangqi pieces in Western style.
- Idaidakama Shogi. Like Maka-Dai-Dai with drops and new pieces. (19x19, Cells: 361)
- Ideal Chess. A social game that melds FIDE chess with playing cards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ideal Chess. Uses compound pieces to mimic the use of cards.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 1). A discussion of the values of chess pieces.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 2). More on the value of Chess pieces.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 3). More on the value of Chess pieces.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 4). Additional details on the values of Chess pieces.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 5). A study of the value of Cannon-style jumpers.
- Ideal Values and Practical Values (part 6). A study of the value of the Furlrurlbakking piece.
- Identific Chess. Place undifferentiated units, then choose who they are after they.
- Idle King Chess. Kings do not appear on the board until the 13th turn, and can.
- If regular octogonal chess would be possible?. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Illusionary Piece Chess . A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King.
- Illusionary Piece Chess. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Imitating Chess. Pieces move as the last moved piece.
- Imitating Chess. Units move according to the FIDE move of the last enemy unit.
- Imitator Chess. A neutral piece must legally imitate your move. It may not capture.
- Immobilizer. Pieces standing near an immobilizer may not move.
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