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Pawn Massacre Chess. Non-pawn pieces swap initial ranks.
Pawn Massacre Chess. Black pieces start behind white pawns and vice versa.
- Pawn Odds Chess. White starts without the king's bishop's pawn.
- Pawn Progression Chess. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently.
- Pawn Pusher Chess
. Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces.
Pawn Shogi. Experimental shogi variant with different types of pawns. (7x7, Cells: 49)
Pawn Shooter Chess. Defeat your opponent by shooting pawns at them! (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawn Vault Chess. johnnyluken. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins.
- Pawn-Only Chess. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins.
- Pawnier Chess. Missing description (11x9, Cells: 99)
Pawnless vs. Pawnful FIDE. Which side do you think will win? The one with the queen or the one with the pawns?
- Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawns-to-Kings Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pawntrooper chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38)
- Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut.
- Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup.
- Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Peasant Revolt Chess. Eight pawns vs. three knights and pawn.
- Peg Chess. A terrain-based chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts. Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess.
- Pegniar Chess.
Introducing the Pegniar, a very interesting bifurcating bounce-slider, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
- Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces.
- Pemba. Game Courier Preset to play Pemba, 60 pieces on the decimal board.
- Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32)
- Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game.
- Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319)
- Penta War . Huge game with five clans.
- Pentagonal chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
- PentaPlay. Chess on a board of regular Pentagons.
- Penthouse. Game like Chess and Makruk but on the half of chessboard with drops and full chess set used. (4x8, Cells: 32)
- Penturanga. Chaturanga on a board with 46 pentagonal cells. (8x5, Cells: 46)
- Penturanga . contains rule file and 2 piece sets.
- Perfect 12 . 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board.
- Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10?
- Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
- Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces.
- Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array.
- Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect").
- Perier Chess. Introducing the Perier Cannon in a Western piece context (with zrf).
- Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares.
- Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66)
- Persian Chess. Persian Chess. (9x9, Cells: 85)
- Peruvian Army Chess. A second board has aircraft that can bomb the orthochess board.
Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet. Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess.
Peter Ganine's Superba Set. Photos of the Superba (a.k.a. Gothic) pieces designed by Peter Ganine.
- Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Petite Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board.
- Petteia XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Draughts-like game of the Roman empire. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Petty Chess . Chess on a 5 by 6 board.
- Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
Pgn2fig . Word macros for converting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files to figurine algebraic notation using chess fonts for the figurines.
- Phalanx Chess. Introducing the Phalanx pawn that can swap place with piece in front (with zrf).
- Phantom. Classical Chess featuring an invisible Phantom piece.
- Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64)
Phased clocks. a set of Clocks for timing Games.
- Phi Chess. Large variant variant inspired by the golden ratio, Phi. (13x8, Cells: 104)
- Phi Chess with Different Armies. Missing description (13x8, Cells: 104)
- Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest.
- Philosopher's Chess. The Philosopher's Chess in the Game Courier.
Philosopher's Chess Example Game. Missing description
- Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40)
- Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece.
- Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant.
The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. Missing description
Phoenix. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil.
- Photos of a Gala Set.. Missing description
- Photos of Korean Chess Players. Missing description
- Photos of Omega Chess. Missing description
Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants. Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants.
- Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together.
- PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players.
- Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using
special walkways.
- Pick the Piece Big Chess. In this customizable game, players decide on the pieces to fill two empty slots and those to be dropped during play. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Pick the Piece Big Chess. Players can choose to play with Gryphon, anti-Gryphon, SuperCannon, Flying Bomber, Ninja Pawns and many other diverse pieces.
- Pick the Piece Big Chess . Massive collection of games featuring dual path Sorcerer Snake; crooked slider: Octopus and much more.
- Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list.
- Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks.
- Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks.
- Piece Graphics Library by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Collection of piece graphics, specially made for use in Zillions-of-Games, by J.-L.Cazaux. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Piece Promotion Games. Two decimal variants: 'Shatranj Elephants' and 'Chaturanga'.
- Piece Promotion Games 2 . Missing description
- Piececlopedia. An encyclopedic reference on Chess variant pieces.
- Piececlopedia Guidelines. Missing description
- Piececlopedia: Unicorn (3D).
A 3D piece that moves along three dimensions at once.
- PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- PieceEater Chess . Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece.
- Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pierre Menard's Chess Variant. As described by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Pilgrim Chess. A new method of introducing an extra piece to the standard board (with zrf).
- Pillage . Featuring the unique Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities.
- Pillage. Featuring the Super Pawn: a powerful short-range piece with promotional capabilities.
- Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Pillars of Medusa. Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games!
- Pillars of Medusa. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess with two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa, on Game Courier .
- Pillow Chess
. Chess on a Pillow-shaped board.
- Pincer Pawn. Moves as rook, and takes by enclosing.
- Pink Chess. White has two Kings, black two Queens as royal pieces.
- Pink Panther Chess. Possess the Pink Panther diamond give your piece extra moves. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Pinwheel Chess. Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board.
- Pioneer Chess. A new method of introducing an external piece on the orthodox board (with zrf).
- Pioneers Chess. An elegant solution to draws in chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
- PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44)
- PiRaTeKnIcS. Play this 44-squares chess variant in which pirates on ships fight each other on Game Courier.
- Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38)
- The Pit. A pit over which only one of the pieces may jump.
- The Pit . 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece.
- The Pit. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Pitcher Chess. Introducing the Pitcher pawn that can catapult posterior piece.
- Pixelpusher variant: Almost chess. Missing description
- Pixelpusher variant: Amazon chess. Play Amazon Chess against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher variant: Centerless chess. Play Centerless chess against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Java applet for chess variant on a 37-square board.
- Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher variant: Dunsany Chess. Play Dunsany Chess against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet.
- Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess.
- Pixelpusher: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet.
- The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories.
- The Pizza Kings . An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories.
- Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped before play begins, generating FRC subset (with zrf).
- Placement Chess. King and queen are swapped with another piece, except rook, and creating a new mirrored position (with zrf).
- Placement Random Chess (Chess 20). The piece setup is randomized following Placement Chess rules, generating 20 modest Fischer Random positions.
- Plaid Chess. Progressive Grid chess.
- Planar 4x4x4 Chess. 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field.
- Platform Chess . Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves.
- Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Platonic Chess. Platonic solids in a complete 10x10 chessboard.
- Plattraum. 2d variant which, like Raumschach in 3d, has three basic long-range pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Play Mischia online with Game Courier. A small chess variant on a 6x6 board that plays similar to chess. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against.
- Play.Chessvariants.com. The subdomain for playing Chess variants.
- Playchess. Correspondence chess server.
- PlayStrategy. Free site with open source code which lets you play several famous abstract board games. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970.
- Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- PlunderChess. Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured.
- Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Plutonian Test Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes.
- Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!)
- Pocket Knight Chess. Missing description
- Pocket Knight Chess II. Missing description
- Pocket Knight Chess III. Missing description
- Pocket Mutation Chess . Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later.
- Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later.
Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002.
Pocket pieces thematic tourney - Awards. Winning problems in a chess problem design competition.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally.
- Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43)
- Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket.
- Pocket Shogi Plus. Shogi Like game with a pocket to store and move pieces.
Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality II: Revelation. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality III: Caissa's Comet. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality IV: Dialogue. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality IX: Sacrifice. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality V: The System. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VI: Promotion. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VII: Moving Pieces. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality VIII: The Pleiades. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality X: Seven Wonders. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XI: Pleiadic Dialogue. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XIII: Numerology. Missing description
- Poems on Falcon chess: Genesis, and The System. Missing description
- Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board.
- Poison Pawn Chess. Capture the wrong pawn and you lose.
- Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- PokerChess. PokerChess is a 2 player board game employing the mechanics of chess and poker.
- Pole Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pole Chess . F.I.D.E. chess with Pole piece added: from the SF/fantasy novel "Robot Adept".
- Politically Correct Chess. Missing description
- Politically Correct Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
Poll for April 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for April, 2005.
- Poll for February 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for February, 2005.
- Poll for January 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2005.
- Poll for January 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2006.
- Poll for June 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for June, 2006.
- Poll for November 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for November, 2004.
- Poll for October 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for October, 2004.
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant!
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant!
- Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1!
- Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess.
- Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (5x(), Cells: 300)
- Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.
- Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.
- Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Pompeii Chess. Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25)
- Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces.
- Pompeii Chess . Variant on board with 25 squares.
- Pool Chess . Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge.
- Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96)
- Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge.
- Popular Chess Variants. Missing description
- Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail.
- Popular Chess Variants. A review.
- Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Portugese Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where you move each piece at most once. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Portuguese Progressive Chess. Missing description
- Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board.
Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board.
- Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,.
- Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece.
- Power Chess. Missing description
- Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. (5x7, Cells: 39)
- Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Powerchess. Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types.
- Powerchess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with additional queen and combination piece per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- PowerChess. Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows.
- Pre-Chess. Place your first rank as you choose before the game begins.
- Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position.
- Preference Poll for 1st GC Tournament. Rank your preferences for which games you would like to play in the first Game Courier tournament.
- Preference Poll for Third Game Courier Tournament. Sign up for the 3rd Game Courier tournament by voting in this poll.
- Preferred format of HTML code. Our guidelines on writing HTML code for submissions to our site.
- Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces.
- Presiding Chess. Decimal Variant combining a number of exotic pieces.
- Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Presto Chess. First check by a unit which cannot be captured wins.
- Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight.
- Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Prime Minister. Missing description
- Prime Ministers Chess. An adaptation of Gabriel Vicente Maura's 1968 Modern Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description
- Prime Ministers Random Chess. Missing description (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Prime-Ministers Chess. Missing description
- Prime.Ministers Contemporary Random Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece.
- Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Prince. 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces.
- Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- The prince's game. based off of quang trung chess. (8x9, Cells: 72)
- Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight.
- The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces.
Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui. Printable Board and Pieces.
- Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46)
- Prison Break. Checkmate the enemy king or break out of prison with your king!
- Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84)
- Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44)
- Prisoner's Escape . Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess.
- Prisoner's Escape. Object is to un-check your opponent; winner of first prize in 44 squares design contest.
- Prisoners. Captured pieces move to second chess board.
Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants.
- Privacy Policy. What information we keep about you and how we protect your privacy.
- Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal.
- Problemesis. Webmagazine on chess problems.
- ProCycle Chess. Individual pieces promote one by level after each played move.
- Programming Piece Movement in Game Courier. A tutorial on two different ways to program piece movement in Game Courier.
- Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Progressive 007 Chess. Players play increasing numbers of moves each turn, but which color you move simply alternates.
- Progressive Absorption Chess. Very popular in Italy.
- Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Progressive Chess . A collection of variants with increasing numbers of moves each turn.
- Progressive Chess. An online guide to Progressive Chess.
- Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Progressive chess with random setups.
- Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Progressive Losing Chess. Missing description
- Progressive Mutation Chess. Missing description
- Progressive Take-All Chess. Very popular in Italy.
- Progressive Writing Chess. You have to write more and more each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates.
- PromoChess . Everything but the king can power up.
- PromoChess. Everything but the king can power up. Mix of Japanese/Western/fairy pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Promote King Chess. King can promote into Cthulhu, and white pawns can promote into black pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Promoter Chess. CUSTOM_XSSoj'"(){}
:/CUSTOM_XSSoj_END. Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece.
Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position.
Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation.
Proselyte Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
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.
Proto Prelates. An Armies of Faith offshoot adding Bishop compounds named after pre-Christian religious titles. (6x(10x10), Cells: 294)
Protomorphic-Chess. Start with only kings (and pawns), pieces change to different type after move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Provocation Chess. Missing description
Provocator Chess. Introducing the Provocator, a zigzaging bifurcation piece, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Proximity Chess. Missing description
Pseudo-Modern Random Chess. Missing description
Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board.
Push Chess. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board.
Pushmi-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal.
Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Puzzle Shatranj. Shatranj on a 15 puzzle. (8x8, Cells: 60)
PyChess. A free, open-source chess server designed to play several chess variants. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Pyramid Chase. Chase on a pyramid, 561 hexagons.
Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (4x(), Cells: 120)
Pyrrhus Chess. The Pyrrhus moves like a king but paralyzes enemy pieces at queen's distance (with zrf).
Pyrrhus Chess. Introducing the terrible Pyrrhus that can paralyse enemy pieces with its gaze (with zrf).
QB Goes East 162 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using double sets on 2 9x9 boards. (Cells: 162)
QB Goes East 98 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using single sets on 2 7x7 boards. (Cells: 98)
Qianhong. Chinese Chess for Windows.
Qiube. Xiang Qi variant with Fortresses expanded from square to cube. (3x(9x10), Cells: 126)
Quad-Square Chess . Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two.
Quad-Square Chess. Chess on a board of 38 squares, of which six have size two by two. (7x8, Cells: 38)
Quadaptation. Use commanders to recruit better pieces. Capture your opponents commander and they lose.
Quadd Shogi. Shogi with 4 squares for each one space in normal Shogi. (18x18, Cells: 324)
Quadlevel 3D Chess. Four level 3d chess. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
Quadruple Besiege Chess. A variant on a "finite but unbounded" board comprising two FIDE boards notionally joined on every edge. (Cells: 128)
Quadruple Besiege Chess. Toroidal Variant with piece movements defined by stretches.
Quake Chess. Earthquakes over the board. (8x6, Cells: 46)
Quake Chess. Quake Chess on the Game Courier.
Quang Trung Chess. The 10th edition.
Quang Trung Chess (4th edition). Variant with standard equipment, with different moving pieces, and elements of Xiangqi and FIDE-chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Quang Trung Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made Quang Trung set.
Quang Trung Chess, 2nd edition . On 10 by 10 board with seven mostly new pieces.
Quang Trung Chess, 2nd Edition. On 10 by 10 board with seven mostly new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Quantimex. Principles of Quantum Mechanics applied to Ultima on an hexagonal board. (Cells: 91)
Quantum Chess. Pieces may teleport, provided their start and end squares are unobserved.
Quantum Chess. Chess meets Quantum Physics.
Quantum Chess . Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards.
Quantum Chess. Commercial variant with new pieces on 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 boards. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Quantum Chess. Chess with a quantum mechanical twist.
Quapent. Missing description
Quark Chess. Missing description
Quarter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Quarterboard. Small variant with no pawns and piece drops, inspired by Chess and Shogi.
Queen. Moves across unobstructed orthogonal or diagonal line.
Queen Odds Chess. White starts without the queen.
Queen of the Night Chess. An over powered game on the Standard Board.
Queen's Quadrille. Chesslike form of the famous 15-16 puzzle.
Queenmania. A game with 11 queens and enhanced pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Queens. A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Queens (conquer style). A game with 7 queens and no pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Queens and Pawns . Try to arrange nine Queens and a Pawn on a standard Chess board so that none of them attack each other.
Queens II. Game with 11 queens and no pawns. (12x10, Cells: 120)
Queens Left Chess. Black king and queen reverse position in setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Queens or Castles. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Queens or Castles. Wizards promote by making an opponent's piece [or pawn] and themself vanish from the board.
Queens or Castles. Wizards promote by making an opponent's piece [or pawn] and themself vanish from the board.
Querquisite. A piece whose move changes depending on the file on which it starts its move.
Querquisite Chess. The Whimsical Querquisite on the Game Courier.
Querquisite Chess. Features the whimsical, irregular Querquisites,. (8x10, Cells: 72)
Quest Chess. Missing description
Quest-Chess. Players make 10 moves per turn but opponents get chance to react on checks and taking of pieces in between. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Questions and answers: Shogi. Shogi FAQ.
Quex. Large variant on 10 by 10 board with 11 different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Quick Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30)
Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme.
Quinquereme Chess. Large variant with a new piece, the Quinquereme. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Quintanilla, Tony. Interview with the winner of the 41-square Chess Variant Competition.
Quintessential chess. Large chess variants, with some pieces moving with a sequence of knight moves in a zigzag line. (10x10, Cells: 84)
Quintessential Chess . Large chess variant, with some pieces moving with a sequence of Knight moves in a zigzag line.
Quintessential Chess. Game introducing Quintessential knight and Leeloo (Quintessential Queen).
Quivira Font. Unicode, TrueType font containing historical chess piece characters.
R-Chess. Chess as Rhombus. (21x17, Cells: 213)
R-Chess. Captured pieces are held in reserve and then dropped.
Rabbit. A doubly-bent rider, inspired by the Gryphon and Aanca.
Rabbit Chess. Kangaroo Lion. (10x10, Cells: 100)
Race Chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Racing Kings. Missing description
Racing Kings Chess. Kings race from Rank 1 to Rank 8.
Radical Chess. Commercial chess variant with 16 different pieces.
Radioactive Queen Chess. White has a little diff in setup, but great diff in the game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Raft Chess. Part of the board is a lake, where rafts can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Raichu Shogi. A variant of Chu Shogi in which capturing a Lion grants you an extra turn. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Ramayana Chess . Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic.
Ramayana Chess. Chess variant inspired by the Ramayana epic. (Cells: 84)
Rampage Chess. Any unit may move to any square that is guarded.
Random Files Chess I. Move from a random file if you can.
Random Files Chess II. Move to or from a random file if you can.
Random Move Number Chess. A die now controls the number of moves a player makes each turn. Luck and skill required to win! (8x8, Cells: 64)
Random Pawns. Randomly select your Pawns' movement and capture abilities. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Random Pieces. A 20 game match is played, with each player receiving a number of pieces equal in value to the game number. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Random Pieces Chess. Best of 20 rounds with armies of varying strengths.
Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (4x(9x9), Cells: 324)
Random Transposal Chess. Use dice to swap pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Random Wormhole Chess. Introduces "wormholes" and "toroidal" movement in a fun and manageable way. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Random-Drop Chess . Missing description
Randomscorpions Chess. The Scorpions are randomly distributed on the 2nd and 3rd rank. Otherwise regular setup.
Rank and File Chess. Move from Most Crowded Row. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Rank behind Rank . 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board.
Rank-behind-Rank Chess. 30 pieces on a side with two Kings each on a 6 by 12 board. (6x12, Cells: 72)
Rapid Fire Chess. A unit captures all the units it attacks, without moving.
Raptor Chess. 104 square large board game with complimentary diagonal and orthogonal flying pieces each with dual mode capture abilities. (10x10, Cells: 104)
Raptor Chess . Two pairs of complimentary flying/leaping pieces: the Raptors and the Flying Bombers change the nature of the game.
Raptor Chess. Play game in which two pairs of dual mode fliers: the Raptors and the Birds create havoc on the board!
Raumherichess. Board shaped like 3d version of English Heritage logo. (5x(7x7), Cells: 140)
Raumschach. "... (German for Space Chess) is one of the first three-dimensional chess variants and the first to survive until present".
Raumschach . The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5.
Raumschach. Play this 3D variant from the early 20th century on Jocly.
Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!)
Raumschach (rules enforcing). Play Raumschach on Game Courier, with rules enforced.
Raumschach - picture from the book. Pictures from book on Raumschach from beginning 20th century.
Raumschach Photograph. Photo of a hand-built set by James Trimm.
Raumschach: the Thoroddsen board. Build your own 3d chessboard.
Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider.
Raven Chess. Kings move like queens and leap over friendly pieces, but cannot move through check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ravioli Chess . Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges.
Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges. (2x(8x8), Cells: 100)
Ravioli Chess. Chess on two boards squeezed together at the edges.
RChess. A news site on Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board.
Re. Drop pieces on a 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25)
Re-Ghost Chess. The last captured piece turns into leaping transparent ghost and isn’t able to capture but still can check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ready Chess. A move must be used to restore a unit's ability to capture, except for the king.
Ready Chess . Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first.
Ready Chess. Play this game, where pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first!
Ready Chess. Pieces cannot capture right after capturing, they have to be restored first. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Real chess. Players start with placing their major pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Reality check. Remember the opposite site of flippable pieces. (Cells: 39)
Realm chess. Board is divided into realms and multiple pieces can move into and out of a realm in one turn. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Rebel Chess. King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Rebel Chess . King's Pawn is replaced by Recruiter piece that moves like an Alfil and can change a piece's side.
Rebel Fury. A Variation of V.R. Parton's Royal Fury. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Rebel Fury . Missing description
Rebellion chess. Besides normal moves, you can move a piece of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
rec.games.chinese-chess FAQ. Missing description
Recapitulative Chess. Variant where the Queen, Rook and Bishop have their older moves until promoted. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Recapturable Chess. Captured pieces belong to other player and then removed permanently. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Recaptureless Chess. A unit which has just captured is itself invulnerable to capture for the move.
Recharged Chess. Upgrades on ranks two and eight. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Recognized Chess Variant: Magnetic Chess. Missing description
Recognized Chess Variants. Index page listing the variants we feel are most significant. (Recognized!)
Recognized Variants of the Month . Game Pak I. (Recognized!)
Record Chess. Try to reach a position in as little moves as possible.
Recruiter Chess. Capturer recruits on adjacent squares.
Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Rectangular Cubic Chess. Experimental variant on 3d shaped board. (6x(), Cells: 72)
Recycle Chess. Players can capture and drop their own pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Recycle Chess. You may capture your own units and replace them on the board.
Red Castle Chess. Red king and QR cannot move except to castle, which wins for Red.
Red Fool Chess. Standard Chess, but with two extra rows and one semi autonomous piece, the Red Fool.
Redistribution 3d Chess. Relatively small 3d variant with short-range pieces including Pasha family. (4x(4x6), Cells: 96)
Reduced Endgame Chess. Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Reduced Endgame Chess . Two kings and six pawns are used for practicing endgames.
Reenterent Chess. There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area. (5x8, Cells: 41)
Reenterent Chess . There is one additional square where taken pieces can wait to reenter 5 by 8 main area.
Reenterent Chess - prototype board. Missing description
Reflecting Bishop. Moves as a Bishop, but can also reflect off of multiple sides of the board.
Reflection teammate. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to checkmate.
Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Reform chess. Book on chess on smaller boards with many training positions.
Reform Chess I. Load your own units.
Reform Chess II. King and Queen Pawns are special.
Reformed Chess. Introducing a new pawn swapping capability intended to solve the problem of drawishness in chess (with zrf).
Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available).
Reformed Courier-Spiel. Begnis's attempt to reform the Courier-Spiel proposed by H.C. Albers in 1821. (12x8, Cells: 96)
Reformed Courierspiel. Play this modern version of an historic game on Jocly.
Refreshing Bubble Fizz Chess. When a piece moves, he can create a bubble. Pieces in bubbles cannot move for three turns, but may make two non-capturing moves.
Refusal Chess. You may refuse one enemy move per turn.
Refusal Chess. Refuse your opponent to make certain moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Refusal chess. A problem.
Refuse Once Chess. You may refuse one enemy move per game.
Regement Random Chess. Pieces are relocated to create a modest setup that most chessplayers will feel at home in (+ zrf).
Regenbogen . Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits.
Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44)
Regiment Chess. Black determines king position, white can swap the queen before play begins (with zrf).
Regimental Chess. Commercial variant. Groups of pieces can form battalions and regiments and move at the same time. (36x16, Cells: 576)
Regulator Chess. Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move. (6x7, Cells: 42)
Regulator Chess . Game on a 35 square board with a 7 square track on which a piece moves that determines how Knights and Bishops can move.
Reiwa Dai Shogi. Variant of Dai Shogi with better piece balancing. (15x15, Cells: 225)
Relative Lumberjack. Pieces move the same as other pieces in its file. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist.
Relativistic Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/boardrules.dir/relativistic.html.
Relativistic Chess. Squares attacked by the opponent are considered not to exist. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Relay Chess. Pieces inherit the ability of friendly pieces they are in the attack range of. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Reldoub. Game with river, relays, walls, and fractions. (11x11, Cells: 121)
Relocation Chess. Swap a pair of your own pieces before you begin. With Fischer Random castling rules.
Relocation Chess. A remarkably easy method of rearranging the standard array of pieces (with zrf).
The Remarkable Rookies. A team for Chess with Different Armies with Rook-like pieces.
A Remarkable Rookies Game. A sample game featuring the Remarkable Rookies vs the Fabulous FIDEs.
Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color.
Remote Sensing. 2 remote sensor pieces per side can mimic pieces on their current square color. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Remote Sensing 8 x 8. An 8 x 8 version of Remote Sensing.
Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Remote Sensing with On & Off-Board Detection. Special pieces mimic others, some on-board, some which have been captured.
Renezan's Chess . Proprietary game, Bi Triad, 1993. Inspired by Wildebeest Chess.
Renezans Chess. Proprietary game, 9x9, in which the occupant of the center.
Renezans Chess. 9x9 game with gnus and central powerup square.
Rennaissance Chess II. Missing description
Renniassance Chess . Game played on several sizes of large board with 68 pieces per side.
Renniassance Chess. Also referred to as Rennchess, this is a famous, decades-old Tamerlane inspired variant.
Renniassance Chess. With 68 pieces on board of 12 by 12. (12x10, Cells: 120)
Rental Chess. You must pay rent for the squares where your pieces are: centre squares are more expensive. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Repatriation Chess. Pairs of captured units are returned to the board.
Repeating Chess. Usually called Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Replacement Chess. Replace your opponent's men on the board after you capture them.
Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Report on 41-square Chess Variant Competition. Missing description
Reproduction chess. The Queen is pregnant. (8x8, Cells: 64)
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