Query Results for
SELECT * FROM `Item` LEFT JOIN `IndexEntry` USING (ItemID) WHERE `IsHidden` = 0 AND `Item`.`IsDeleted` = 0 AND `Language` = 'English' ORDER BY `LinkText`, `Item`.`Summary` ASC LIMIT 500 OFFSET 6000
The search is limited to 500 items at a time. There are links at the bottom of the page to either continue or narrow down your search.
Sjah. Three or four player chess variants.
Sjeng : a chess-and-variants playing program. Freeware program that plays chess and some variants, like giveaway chess and bughouse.
Skandaran Chess. Download Skandaran Chess at Zillions Website.
Skandaran Chess. 
Large variant with 32 pieces per side. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Skica. 10x10 with Ski pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Skica. 10x10 with Ski Pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Skidoo Chess. Pieces can "skidoo" into an interior board. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
Skirmish Chess. Pawns start on the 3rd and 6th ranks with no double-move, pieces on the 2nd and 7th ranks.
- Skirmish Chess. Tony Paletta Modest proposal as separate link for discussion. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Skirmish Chess
. Pawns start on the 3rd and 6th ranks with no double-move, pieces on the 2nd and 7th ranks.
- Skirmish56 Chess. This is Skirmish Chess on an Simplified Chess board. (7x8, Cells: 46)
- Skock. 64 pieces on an 8 x 8 board. Dice determine how far pieces can be moved. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sky . Missing description
- Sky. Brilliant original game by Christine Bagley-Jones. Pieces promote through a succession of odd leapers eventually to a rooks.
- Slanted Escalator Chess. Chess on an asymmetric board with interesting connectivity. (8x8, Cells: 60)
- Slanted Escalator Chess . Chess on an asymmetric board with interesting connectivity.
- Slide Chess. Variant on 44 squares with moving cages.
- Slide Chess . Variant on 44 squares with moving cages.
- Slide-Chess. Variant on 44 squares with moving cages. (7x8, Cells: 44)
- Slide-shuffle. Variation of Shuffle Chess with special castling. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- SliderChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Bishops per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor.
Slip Rook. Piece that moves as a Rook, but only an odd amount of moves.
- Slippery Center Chess. Units slide over the center squares.
- Sloppy Slippers. An army consisting of slip-pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Small Game Nearlydoubles. Nearlydouble versions of Diana, Los Alamos, et cetera. (7x10, Cells: 70)
- Small Spherical Chess. Board of form of sphere, with 38 squares. (Cells: 38)
- Small-Deacon Chess. Missing description (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Smaller Alice Chess. Missing description
- Smallest possible 2D and 3D chess. Missing description (2x(2x2), Cells: 4)
- Smegi. Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi. (5x8, Cells: 40)
- Smegi . Arrows on squares show where pieces can go - crossover between Smess and Shogi.
Smegi Photographs. Photo's of small chess variant, a hybrid of Smess and Shogi.
- Smess . Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move.
- Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
Smess. Play this Parker Brothers Chess variant on Jocly.
- Smess. Play this old Parker Brothers game in which arrows direct movement. (Recognized!)
- SMIRF. Program that plays various 8x10 chess variants.
- Snake Chess . A variant played on a 2 by 12 cyclindrical board.
- Snake Chess. A variant played on a 2 by 12 cyclindrical board. (2x12, Cells: 24)
- Snake vs. Mongoose. White is supplemented by Mongooses, while Black has Snakes. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Snappy Chess. A nimble affair thanks to morphing. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Snark Hunt . Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's.
- Snark Hunt. Variant with unequal armies on board with 41 squares, inspired by a poem of Lewis Carroll's. (6x8, Cells: 41)
- Sneaky. A WinBoard Compatible Chess Engine that plays Cheapmate Chess.
- Sniper Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
- Snowflake Xiang Qi. A better Xiang Hex. (Cells: 140)
- Snowplow Chess. Missing description
So what's YOUR favorite?. Yeah, we've got a list of recognized variants. But what games are YOUR personal favorites?
- Soccer Chess. Chess Variant inspired by soccer. (11x17, Cells: 189)
- Soccer Chess I. Missing description
- SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons.
- Solar Chess. 2 to 6 players on a hexagonal board with quadrilateral tiles and Shogi-inspired drop rules.
- Solitaire chess puzzles . Several chess puzzles to try with Zillions of Games.
- Solitaire dice chess. Solitaire dice chess (concept works with variants & board games of skill too). (8x8, Cells: 64)
Solitaire Laboratory. Michael Keller's Game and Puzzle Pages.
- Solitary Patience Chess. Variant Chess Magazine vol 7, issue 56. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Chess. After capturing, the capturing piece bounces off the enemy piece and continues moving. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Chess Advanced version. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Sons of Mithra. Computer program for playing fantasy variant.
- The Sons of Mithra. Elaborate Fantasy variant with 13 different types of pieces per side. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Sorcerer Chess. Practice the art of sorcery with two pairs of extra long leaping pieces: the Sorcerers and Conjurers. (10x10, Cells: 104)
- Sorcerer Chess. Big board chess featuring the Sorcerer (Zebra compund) and the Conjurer (Camel compound).
- Sorchess. A somewhat unorthodox Wizard enters the 64sq arena, yet with good charm.
- Sorry, King!. Two parallel games of Chess and Sorry (Ludo) influence one another. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Sosarian Chess. 12x8 Game with Capablanca-type pieces plus two lions.
- Soucie. Moves on queen-lines exactly as many squares as there are pieces on that line.
- Soul Reaver Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Southern Shogi. Shogi variant where pieces move like friendly pieces `south' of them. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Sovereign Chess. Ten neutral armies can be activated on this 16 x 16 board. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Space Chess. Three dimensional commercial chess variant. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Space Chess Photos. Missing description
- SpaceWar. SpaceWar.
- SpaceWar. SpaceWar rules. (16x12, Cells: 192)
- SpaceWarp44. 44 square board has warp squares that allow a teleport to another warpsquare. (5x9, Cells: 44)
- SpaceWarp44 Chess. 44 square board has warp squares that allow a teleport to another warpsquare.
- Spacious Cannoneers . Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the traditional CDA Armies.
- Spacious Cannoneers vs Betza's classic armies. Several presets featuring Spacious Cannoneers vs Colorbound Clobberers, Nutty Knights and Remarkable Rookies.
Spacious Pieces. Pieces that need a bit more open space to move.
- Spacious Torus Chess. Toroidal 8 x 8 using "spacious" FIDE pieces which require the next square beyond to be empty to either move or capture.
- Spacious Torus Chess. Chess on a toroidal board, using Ralph Betza's spacious pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Spacious Torus Chess . Chess on a toroidal board, using Ralph Betza's spacious pieces.
- Spanish Rules 1283. Missing description
- Spanish Rules 1500. Missing description
- Spartan Chess. The spartan army with 2 Kings and novel pieces fights against the persians (standard chess army).
- Spartan Chess. Play this unequal armies variant on Jocly.
- Spartan Chess. A game with unequal armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Spartan Chess 28. Small board game created as simple diversion by brilliant hexagonal chess inventor Graeme C. Neatham.
- Spartan Chess 28. Missing description (4x7, Cells: 28)
- Spartan Chess 28 for Zillions . Zip file with Zillions rules file and graphics.
- Spartan Skaki. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Spell Chess. A limited supply of freeze and jump spells allow you to hinder the opponent or get extra moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- SphereChess. Downloadable files to play a spherical chess variant.
- Spherical chess. Sides of the board are considered to be connected to form a sphere. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Spherical Chinese Chess. XiangQi with a spherical board. (9x10, Cells: 92)
- Spherical Corner Chess. Game on a truly topologically spherical board with corner‐camp arrays.
- Spherical Guard Chess . Play with either the single-board or dual-board sphere projection .
- Spherical Guard Chess. Hiashatar (Mongol Grand Chess) on a spherical board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Sphinx Chess. Four dimensions.
- Sphinx Chess. Likely the first 4D chess variant.
- Spider Rider Chess. A game with spiders and riders. (13x13, Cells: 121)
- Spider-Chess. Beware of spiders. (25x19, Cells: 369)
- Spinach Chess. Right to make powerfull move alternates between players in variant with two kings. (8x8, Cells: 68)
- Spinal Tap Chess . Variant on an 11x11 board with a once-a-game mass 'Battle Move' of Pawns and Crabs.
- Spinal Tap Chess. Variant on an 11x11 board with a once-a-game mass 'Battle Move' of Pawns and Crabs. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Spinal Tap Chess Redux. Updated version of Spinal Tap Chess with some pieces from Existentialist Chess. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess . The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants.
- Spinal Tap vs Terror Chess. The Spinal Tap Chess army vs the Terror Chess army in the battle of the 11x11 variants. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- spIndecision Beryl. Two players fight with three armies on board formed by 39 triangles. (Cells: 39)
- Spiral Chess. The royal pieces slide along a spiral trajectory.
- Spire orth triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (7x14, Cells: 98)
- Split Board Chess. Swap halves of the board every 5 moves.
- Split Phase Tri-Chess. Pieces captured on Board "A" split into 2 [someimes not equal] units. These are dropped in Shog-style on the other 2 boards. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Split Phase Tri-Plane. 3 Boards. Captured pieces split for use on other boards occupied only by kings.
- Spot the Intruder Mini-game. A mini-game by H. G. Muller. Spot the intruder as quickly as possible! (12x12, Cells: 144)
- SPQR. The perfect battle formation of Roman infantry. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Springboard. Missing description
- Springermühle . Chessboard Morris game played with Knights.
- Sputnik Chess. Rooks, bishops, and knights on the enemy half of the board.
- Squadron Chess. Uses only one type of piece besides the King.
- Squarcle Chess . Orthogonal pieces travel in square loops, diagonal pieces reflect.
- Squarcle Chess. Orthogonal pieces travel in square loops, diagonal pieces reflect. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Square and hex on same board. Missing description (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Square Attrition Chess. Squares can be visited a limited number of times.
Square graphics. Images of squares for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: bishops. Images of squares with rotated and colored bishops for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: circles. Images of squares with circles on it.
- Square graphics: circles with a letter. Images of squares with letters for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: circles with numbers. Images of squares with numbered circles for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: Colored fantasy pieces. Images of squares with colored fantasy pieces in it.
- Square graphics: draughts. Images of squares with draughts pieces for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: empty squares. Images of empty squares for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: kings. Images of squares with rotated and colored kings for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: knights. Images of squares with rotated and colored knights for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: more fantasy pieces. Images of some fantasy pieces for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: pawns. Images of squares with rotated and colored pawns for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: queens. Images of squares with rotated and colored queens for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: rooks. Images of squares with rotated and colored rooks for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: rotated fantasy pieces. Images of rotated fantasy pieces for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: rotated pieces. Images of squares with rotated pieces for the creation of diagrams.
- Square graphics: squares with markings. Images of squares with some markings for creation of diagrams.
- SquireKnight. Squire Knight combines Knight and Forward/Backward Pawn like moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Squirrel. Jumps two orthogonally, two diagonally, or like a knight.
- Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Squirrel Chess. Adapted from Squirrels and Camels Chess and reintroducing a unique old piece with zone of influence.
- Squirrels and Camels Chess. Squirrels camels and renn cavaliers along with FIDE pieces and guards on this 10 x 10 board.
- SSShess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- SSShess. Attempt at optimal setup with the most popular in the West and in the East chess pieces with the optimum piece density.
- SSShess . Missing description
- ST3DRoth. Charlie Roth's Revision of Star Trek 3D Chess.
- Stability Chess. Designed to minimize the first-move advantage by white, maximize fairness, and simplify the rules of chess.
- Stack Chess. Pieces are stacks of chips. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Stacked-Copying Shogi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Stahlberg Chess. Regular pieces plus a Swedish Cannon and a Chancellor, which are dropped onto the board (with zrf).
- Stairchess. Chess on a ladder-alike tilted board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stalemate chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stallmate Chess. Both players win or both players loose. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Stan Goldovski. In Memoriam.
- Standoff Chess. A threat to capture the opponent's King does not give check if it opens one's own King to immediate recapture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stanley Random Chess. Missing description
- Star Chess. 3d-chess variant on two round levels. (Link.).
- Star of David 2 Level Hex Chess. An AOF offshoot on two side-10 triangles opposite ways round. (2x(), Cells: 110)
- Star Pool Chess. Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge.
- Star Pool Chess . Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge.
- Star Pool Chess. Large variant of Makruk, with a center non-square that acts as a bridge. (Cells: 84)
Star Pool Chess Zillions Saved Game 
. Download this file to see a saved game.
- Star Trek 3D Chess for Tournaments. A variation of Star Trek 3D Chess designed for tournament play.
- The Starbound Sliders. A Chess With Different Armies team featuring rook-inspired sliders.
- Start-Again Chess I. Each unit may return to its original square if.
- Start-Again Chess II. Each unit may return to its original square if.
- Startchess.com. Chess search engine.
- Static Chess. Take turns placing a unit so that none attacks another.
- Stationary King Chess . Kings can't move.
- Stations. Missing description (9x5, Cells: 61)
- Stations . Missing description
- Statistics for 3-piece piece Hexagonal Chess. Endgame statistics.
- Stealth Chess. You must guess which opponent unit is which.
- Stealth Chess. Commercial game with elements from Chess and from Stratego. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stealth Ninja Chess. Features a Drop Zone and diverse pieces such as Ninja Guards, Ninja Warriors, Stealth Gryphon, Anti-Gryphon, and Ninja Pawns.
- Stealth Ninja Chess. Chess with two pairs of linear short-range leapers, and drop zone to add the Stealth Gryphon, Anti-Gryphon and Ninja Pawns. (10x10, Cells: 104)
- Stealth Ninja Chess . Dynamic but balanced game with short-range leapers, and unusual sliding pieces: the Stealth Gryphon and Anti-Gryphon.
- Steeple Chess. Crossover between race game and chess.
- Steffan O' Sullivan's Three-players Chess. Three player chess variant on a board with 58 squares.
- Stelliform 6 player Chess. Stellisch from Wellisch, Stellicorn from Revergent, and Stellgi and Hexgi. (17x17, Cells: 121)
Steno-Chess. A variation on retrograde analysis.
- Step and Circle TrigChess . contains rules file with 2 boards and 2 piece sets.
Step and Circle TrigChess. Presentation of a short example game.
- Step and Circle TrigChess. Trigonal entry for the 45 or 46 cell 2007 design contest. (9x6, Cells: 46)
- Step by Step Handicap Chess . Missing description
- Stepping-stones of Chess. A Book by Shaye-Alexander Ellis Nicholls of Merridonia.
- Steps Chess. Board looking like steps of many stairs.
- Stereo Chess. 8 by 8 board with four 4 by 4 boards stacked on top of it. (4x(), Cells: 128)
- Stevenson's Four-Player Chess. A game for two 2-player teams on a regular Chess board with the object of capturing all opposing pieces.
- Steward. Omnidirectional Pawn.
- Steward Chess. Kings are able to "crown" pieces, giving them extra moves. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stheno Chess. Introducing the repulsive Stheno, which repels pieces as far as possible in the alignment direction (zrf available).
- Sting. A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sting . A game where Kings can move like Grasshoppers in addition to their normal move.
- Stock Goes East 25 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (5x(5x9), Cells: 225)
- Stock Goes East 49 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (7x(7x9), Cells: 441)
- Stockschach. 3d game with "stock" 3d analogues to FIDE pieces. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
- Stoltz Chess. Regular pieces plus a Swedish Cannon and an Archbishop, which are dropped onto the board (with zrf).
- Stone Garden Chess. The animal statues in the stone garden came to life and attacked the two rival kings! With the help of a policeman each, they…. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stone's Chess. Chess variant with the addition of two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Stones and Relays. Pieces get to re-originate from neutral relay squares they attack.
- Stones and Relays. An extended version of Eight-Stone Chess. (8x9, Cells: 72)
- Storm the Ivory Tower. Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess by email.
- Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Storm the Ivory Tower . Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess with Zillions of Games.
- Straights . Chess-like Naval Battle game from the end of the 19th Century.
- Straights. Chess-like Naval Battle game from the end of the 19th Century. (9x11, Cells: 81)
- Strand. Three dimensional game with pawns and kings that move along straight lines and must remain adjacent. (4x(4x4), Cells: 64)
- Strange Chess. A large (12x12) chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- StrataChess v1.0. separate Strategic and Tactical gameplay. 2-6 players. Element of Chance. Terrain. Build your own armies.
- Strate-Go Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
Strategems. Chess problem magazine.
- StrateGems. Chess problem magazine.
- StrategiChess
. Large multi-player, multi-board chess variant. (14x14, Cells: 196)
- StrategiChess II . Large, multi-player, mult-board variant with new piece types. (14x14, Cells: 196)
Strategy for Losing Chess. Website with strategic tips for Giveaway chess.
- Strato Chess. Information (no rules) about a quarter-century old three dimensional chess variant. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Stratomic. Decimal variant with a nuclear missile piece. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Stratomic Chess. Tactical nuclear missiles may be deployed after a piece is captured.
- String Chess. A one-dimensional variant with a fairy theme. (1x24, Cells: 24)
- String Chess. A one-dimensional variant with a fairy theme.
- Strong Pawn Chess. Pawns move in a similar fashion to the pieces they start in front of. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Strong Pawns Chess. Pawns move and promote as minor versions of the pieces they represent.
- Strong Yang. Another way of applying the Nearlydouble principle to a variant with Cannons. (13x13, Cells: 169)
- Stuck in the Middle with You. 3 Different Boards and 3 Different Armies!
- Stupid. A cross variant between Ultima and orthodox chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Stupidhouse. Variant of Double Bughouse or Tandem Chess where partners have the same color. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128)
- Stylish victory or stylish fail. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Submission Illustration - Plutonian Chess. Fictitious Variant for Testing Purposes.
- Subversion / Conversion. Pieces can be bribed to switch sides.
- Subway Chess . In a turn, player moves first middle subway part of board and then a piece.
- Subway Chess. In a turn, player moves first middle subway part of board and then a piece. (7x7, Cells: 41)
- SUCCHESS. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Suction Chess. Pieces swap places instead of being removed from the board, resulting in very different strategy.
- Sudden Death Chess . A piece must be sacrificed after each non-capturing move.
- Sudden Death Chess. If you do not capture, you must remove one of your own units.
- Sudden Death Chess. A piece must be sacrificed after each non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sudoku Chess . Missing description
- Sudoku War. A fight that takes place in a Sudoku. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Sudoku War . A fight that takes place in a Sudoku.
- Suffix Index to Man and Beast. Alphabetic list of suffixes used in the Man and Beast series.
- Suffocation Chess. FIDE setup with new capture.
- Suffocation Chess. FIDE setup with new capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Suicide Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Suicide Chess. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/suicide-chess-free/b89dc1a3-2d23-410d-b580-aaaff54d81f5.
- Suicide Chess, Davis Variation. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Suicide Void Chess. Variant of Suicide Chess. A piece creating a void in the board is moved after each capture. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Sultan's Game. Variant on 11 by 11 board from 19th century Germany. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Sultanspiel. Play this large 19th century variant on Jocly.
- Summary of Game variations, Clock times and other Information. Missing description
Summer 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Summer 2005.
- Summoner's Chess. Pieces are created and improved through the use of cards.
- Summoner's Chess. Pieces are created and improved through the use of cards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sun Tzu Chess. Limited information chess inspired by Chinese Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sunflower HexChess. Hexagonal Chess in-the-round. (Cells: 120)
- Sunflower HexChess Zillions zip . Sunflower HexChess Zillions rule file.
- Super Chess 1993. Missing description (14x14, Cells: 196)
- Super Chess II. Proprietary game from the 1970's.
- Super Chess III
. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Super Chess III . Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses.
- Super Chess III. Big proprietary game with archers and cyclopses.
- Super King. King moves as queen but cannot move across a square under attack.
- Super Knights Chess 2. The Archbishop and Chancellor are complimented by a Ferz Knight, a Wazir Knight and Ninja Pawns.
- Super Knights Grand Chess . The original Super Knights with the Archbishop, Amazon, and Chancellor, as well as two more exciting and innovative games.
- Super Knights Grand Chess. Two Chancellors, One Archbishop, no knights and Amazon among Bishops, Rooks...
- Super Knights Grand Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Super Maharadscha . Missing description
- Super Maharadscha. The Maharaja in Maharaja and the Sepoys is thought to be inferior: What if you added the camel move?
- Super Maharadscha. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- super splicers. another army for chess with different armies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Super-Chess. www.oteroideas.com.
- Super-Chess. On a 12x12 board with slightly more powerful pawns and knights. Armies start back-to-back. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Super-Drop-Xiang-Qi. Xiang-Qi with drops and more thing different when cross river, one new piece. (10x9, Cells: 90)
- Super4*Chess (four dimensional chess). Four dimensional chess variant played with 96 pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256)
- Superchess. Pieces can be put on top of rooks and moved with them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Superchess. Four-handed chess game playable by two or four players. (Cells: 148)
- Superchess and Monarch. Booklet in English and Dutch and book in Dutch about large chess variants with fantasy pieces.
- Superchess by Lim Ther Peng. Information on a book on a large chess variant.
- SuperChess I. Big proprietary game for four. Pawns meet their opponents as in orthochess.
Superchess in Corus Chess tournament. Missing description
- SuperKing. Kings can move like queens, but not through check. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Superschaak. Book and sets for playing variants with many new types of chess pieces.
- Supremo Superchess. Decimal variant with extra powerful pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Surprise Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes.
- Suspicious Spies. An army where some pieces cannot be captured until it has captured a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Sveschky. 16 identical pieces per player whose moves are determined by a die.
- Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Swap Chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places.
- Swap Chess I. Friendly units may swap places.
- Swapmate Chess. Pieces have "mates" which they can swap places with. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Swapmate Chess . Missing description
- Swapper Superheroes Chess. Normal chess with the addition of one or more 'swapper' pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Swarm Chess. Each of your units must move each turn if possible.
- Swash. Different shaped boards. (Cells: 64)
- Swedish Cannon Chess. Introducing the Swedish Cannon, a cannon similar to the Korean, but well suitable for a Western piece context (zrf available).
- Swedish Cannon Chess. Mats Winther's new piece and game on the Game Courier.
- Swedish Chess. Drop chess with regular pieces. Pieces dropped can relocate friendly pawns.
- Swedish Hopper Chess. Features the Swedish Hopper.
- Sweet 16 Chess. Play this hexadecimal variant that uses only Chess pieces on Jocly.
- Switch-Side Chain-Chess. Optionally swap sides with your opponent upon completing a "chain". (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x(3x10), Cells: 90)
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece.
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Switching Chess. In addition to normal moves, switch with an adjacent friendly piece.
- Switching Realms Chess . All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies.
- Switching Realms Chess. All noncapturing moves must change the board subset a piece occupies. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Sylph. Air nymph, that moves diagonally forwards (non capturing) or forwards or downwards for capturing.
- Symchess. 10 x 10 setup with Capablanca-esque pieces and camels or fils.
- Symchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Symgi. A Shogi variant with back ranks filled with symmetric pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Symmetric Chess. Variant with two Queens flanking the King and Bishops Conversion Rule. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Symmetric Chess. Play chess with a couple of queens flanking the king.
- Symmetric Monster Chess. Some pieces are single and some are double. (8x8, Cells: 72)
- Symmetric Sissa . Variant on 9 by 9 board with symmetric setup and two Sissa's (generalized Knight-like sliders).
- Symmetric Sissa. Missing description
- Symmetric Sissa. Variant on 9 by 9 board with symmetric setup and two Sissa's (generalized Knight-like sliders). (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Symmetric Sissa. Problem based on an actual game.
- Symmetric Snark Hunting. Snark hunting game with symmetric positions. (6x11, Cells: 59)
- Symmetric Unirexal Chess. Each player has a half of a king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- The Symmetrical Chess Collection. Web site containing a collection of Chess Variants based on perfect symmetry.
- Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces.
- Symmetrical Chess Collection. Collection of several large symmetric chess variants with only line pieces.
- Symmetron! 112 . Large version of Symmetron!, with a third modifier.
- Symmetron! 112. Large version of Symmetron!, with a third modifier.
- Symmetron! 112. Large version of Symmetron!, with a third modifier. (11x10, Cells: 112)
- Symmetron! 44 . Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation.
- Symmetron! 44. Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation.
- Symmetron! 44. Most pieces move orthogonally or diagonally according to situation. (7x6, Cells: 44)
- Symmetry Breaking Chess. Units become defined as they are selected and moved.
- Synchronous Chess. Chess played with written simultaneous moves.
- Synchronous Chess. The two sides truly move simultaneously.
- Synochess. Asymmetric west vs east variant where the western chess army plays against a Chinese and Korean-inspired army.
- Tables Chess. Missing description (12x2, Cells: 24)
- Tactical chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- TaflChess. A mix of FIDE chess and the old European game Tafl. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- TaflChess for Zillions. TalfChess on Zillions site.
- Tag Chess. Units which attack the mover are captured.
- Tag Chess. A two player per side team game where each player moves for half the board.
- Tags Listing. A listing of the tags used on our pages.
- Tai Shogi. Very large Shogi variant.
- Tai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercially available Tai Shogi set.
- Taijitu Qi. Xiang Qi pieces are joined by (but not combined with) their duals. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Taikyoku Photographs. Missing description
- Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296)
- Taikyoku Shogi (Unlimited Chess) Playing Pieces. Missing description
- Take and Return Chess. You put pieces taken from the opponent back on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Take Me Chess. Object is to lose your units and be unable to move.
- Take Over Chess . Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent.
- Take Over Chess. Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent. (7x7, Cells: 41)
- Take Over Chess. Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent.
- Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!)
- Take-all Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Take-all Chess. Take all pieces of your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Takeover Chess Play-By-Mail game. Examine this game played in the Invent and Play contest! Drawn.
A Tale for a Chess Variant.. Missing description
- A Tale of Two Countries. This is a small diceless wargame.
- Tamerlan Chess . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Tamerlane Chess . A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj.
- Tamerlane Chess. Chess game said to have been favored, perhaps even invented, by ruler Timur the Lame in the 14th c.
- Tamerlane Chess. Old Persian large-board game, widely-played in medieval times.
- Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!)
- Tamerlane Chess set. Photo of home made set of historic chess variant.
- Tamerlane chess: ms 7322 version. Information on historic variant of Tamerlane chess. (11x10, Cells: 112)
- Tamerlane II . Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant.
- Tamerlane II. Cazaux's modern take on Tamerlane Chess.
- Tamerlane II. Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- TamerSpiel . Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants.
- TamerSpiel. Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants.
- TamerSpiel. Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants. (12x8, Cells: 84)
- Tandem Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!)
- Tandem-84. Jim Aikin's Tandem-84 on the Game Courier.
- Tandem-84 . Variant on two boards of 7 by 6 rows with pieces moving between boards.
- Tandem-84. Variant on two boards of 7 by 6 rows with pieces moving between boards. (2x(6x7), Cells: 84)
- Tandem-Pawn Chess. Pawns are tandems of two pawns, which can move or capture as a unit, or decouple into two pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tango Chess. Using triangulators that move as bishops and different types of pawns that can be repositioned by side spacious wazirs.
- Tank Chess. With exploding bombs and pushing tanks. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tank Chess. With exploding bombs and pushing tanks.
- Tank Chess . With exploding bombs and pushing tanks.
- Tank Chess. Upgrade your tank to defeat others.
- Tank Chess II. Queen's Rooks are Tanks, and can push lines of pieces.
- Tao's Chess. Chess variant where as you move across a line, the pieces reverse roles.
- Tape Chess . Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants.
- Tape Chess. Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants.
- Tapestry . Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board.
- Tapestry Chess. Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. (6x6, Cells: 41)
- Taratibu - a small progressive chess variant . 10 pieces per side on a 7-by-7 board.
- Taratibu - a small progressive chess variant. 10 pieces per side on a 7-by-7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Tardis Taijitu. Xiang Qi board but with movable, bigger-inside-than-outside Fortresses. (3x(9x10), Cells: 144)
- Tauschach . Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king.
- Tauschach. Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tax Chess. King mobility affected by the placement of pawns of the same color.
- Taxi Chess. Pay for moves: long moves are expensive.
- Taxi Chess . Pay for moves: long moves are expensive.
- TAXI: The Nuclear C.a.B. Chess Game. Missing description (2x(7x9), Cells: 45)
- A Taxonomy. Categorizing several types of pieces.
- TCB. Traffic Calmed Boders. (9x9, Cells: 65)
- Team-Mate Chess. Variant with 8 different pieces, none of which is able to checkmate a bare king on its own. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Team-Mate Chess. Play this variant in which it takes a team to checkmate the King on Jocly.
- Teamster Chess. Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them.
- Teamster Chess . Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them.
- Tedco Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess.
- Tee Garden Shogi. Not itself a spelling mistake, but inspired by several potential ones. (9x9, Cells: 72)
- Teleport Chess. Each piece (not king or pawn) may teleport once to any vacant square.
- Teleport Chess. Each non-pawn, non-king piece may teleport once per game. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- TelnChes. Some games played by program TelnChes. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun.
- Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Play by mail rules.
- Templar Chess . Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares.
- Templar Chess. Play Templar Chess on Game Courier.
- Templar Chess. Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72)
- Temple Island Chess. Solo game with shadow pieces.
- TenCubed Chess. Play TenCubed Chess on Game Courier. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces (Zillions file). (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Tengu Dai Shogi. Turbo version of Dai Shogi, with some Dai Dai Shogi pieces.
- Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Tenjiku Shogi. Play this large historical Shogi variant on Jocly.
- Tenjiku Shogi. Four hundred year old, large, historical variant of Shogi.
- Tenjiku Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Tenjiku Shogi set.
- Tepuy . A territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing.
- Tepuy. Play Tepuy, a territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing!
- Tepuy. A territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Terachess. Play this hexadecimal variant with 50% density on Jocly.
- Terachess II. An unrealistic summit on a very large board of 16x16 squares and 128 pieces.
- Terachess II. A summit with 26 different pieces on a 16 x 16 board. There are 64 pieces per side of 26 different types.
- TeraGames: Chess Warriors. Customizable strategy war game played on a checkerboard.
- Teramachy. Teramachy is the child of Metamachy with 12 rows and Terachess with 16 columns.
- Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess.
- Termination Chess. Each side must move once with a piece and once with a pawn each turn.
- Terrain Chess. Blocking pieces are placed randomly on the board.
- Terrain Chess. Roll dice to create impassable squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Terran Chess (Galactic Federation) . Chess from the 24th century?
- Terror. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight.
- Terror Chess. Variant on 11 by 11 board with combination pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Terror Chess . Variant on 11 by 11 board with combination pieces.
- TessChess. 4D chess featuring symmetrically-moving pieces.
- TessChess. 4D chess featuring symmetrically-moving pieces. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256)
- Test Minichess. Chess on a 6x6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Tetra. Old commercial four player chess variant.
- Tetrahedral Chess. Three dimensional variant with board in form of tetrahedron. (7x(), Cells: 84)
- Tetrahedral Chess . 3d chess variant with board in form of tetrahedron.
- Tetrahedral Shogi and Tetrahedral Hexgi. Shogi-based 3d variants on an enlargement of the Tetrahedral Chess board. (9x(9x9), Cells: 165)
- Teutonic Knight"s Chess. Played on an oblong board with rarely used pieces: The teutonic knight, the archchancellor and the crown princess. (8x10, Cells: 80)
TeX Chess . Chess program (including many variants) in TeX.
- Texarkana. Colorbound pieces have non-capturing, square-creating wazir move which they can use to switch to an alternate universe.
- Texas Two-Step: an obscure political commentary. A non-competing 45 Square Contest entry. (5x9, Cells: 45)
- Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chinese army chess. Chinese strategic game. (5x13, Cells: 63)
- Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chinese army chess. Chinese strategic game.
- Thai Chess. Missing description
- Thai chess (Makruk). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Thai Chess - The Fool's mate in Makruk Thai. Mate in a few moves in Thai Chess.
- Thai Chess game. How Many "Mets" Will Finish Off The Naked King Of Siam?
- Thai Chess Program. Freeware program that plays Thai Chess (Makruk).
- Thai Chess Set. Photo's of Markruk set of Thailand.
- Thai Chess v1.0. Freeware program that plays Thai Chess. (Link.).
- Thai Chess: the Checkmate of the Arabs in Mak Rok Thai. A game of Thai Chess.
- ThaiBG. Thai language site (with limited English) where you can play Makruk and Thai Checkers on-line.
- The Big Battle Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- The Black Ghost . Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage.
The Chess Variant Pages: Contests. Index page on the contests of this website. (Old index.).
- The chess variant pages: Offline Version. Read this website without an internet connection.
- The Chess Variants Game Courier FAQ. Answers to various questions about Game Courier.
The Chessplayers. Photo of a small statue of two chessplayers.
The Chinese Chess Institute. Missing description
- The Circular Chess Society. Homepage of British organization playing Circular Chess.
- The Concise Guide to Chess Variants. Brief descriptions or definitions of terms, phrases and named related to Chess variants.
- The Crab: ffNbsN. Missing description
- The Fairychess Include File for Game Courier - A Tutorial. How to use the fairychess include file to program games for Game Courier.
- The Grünfeld Defence Revealed: book review. A book on a chess opening by International Master Michael Khordarkovsky.
- The History of Chess Variants. A brief history of Chess variants from Chaturanga to the 21st century.
- The Nishiki-teki font's Chess variant characters. A listing of Chess variant piece characters in the Nishiki-teki font.
- The Principle of Transition applied in a Chess. Missing description
- The Secret Invisible Pass Chess. Missing description
- The showpiece script. A script for displaying individual piece images with some modifications.
- The Travelers . Missing description
- The Travelers. Unorthodox game, very different from Western Chess: A very complex and deep game of apparent simplicity.
- Thematic Chess. Chess problems where play must fulfill a theme.
- Themed Chess Variants. A listing of chess variants based an various themes.
- There is no queen, but 2 compounds. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Thinktank Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
- Thinktank Chess . Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.
- Third runner. Missing description
- Third runner. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Thirty-Nine Squares Chess. Variant on board with 39 squares with special drop and promotion rules. (Cells: 39)
- This Game is for the Birds. Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- This Game is for the Birds . Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking.
- Thompson, Mark. Web site of Mark Thompson.
- Thoughts on Chess with Different Pawns. The difficulties of composing Chess with Different Pawns.
- Thoughts on large numbers of players in one chess game. Missing description
- Thraex_Chess. Introducing the Thraex, which captures like a rook, but moves by the bifurcated jump method (zrf available).
- Threat Chess, Attackers Chess and Victims Chess. Missing description
- Threatened Pawn Chess. Pawns start in threatened positions.
- Threatened Pawn Chess. Pawns start in threatened positions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Three Check Chess. If you deliver check for the third time, you win.
Continue Your Search
Narrow Down Your Search