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Three Check Chess 
. If you deliver check for the third time, you win.
Three Dimensional 8x8xN Chess Game. Three dimensional chess variant.
- Three dimensional Chess: Kogbetliantz game. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512)
- Three Dimensional Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
Three drops chess. During the game, you can perform three piece drops. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Three Elephant Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Three Elephants Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - Protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's!
- Three Fat Brothers Chess . On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces.
- Three Fat Brothers Chess. On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Three Handed Chess. Three handed Chess with special rules to promote 3-way play. (Cells: 96)
- Three Kinds of Billiards Chess. Pieces bounce off the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Three Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board.
- Three Player Chess. Three players must win both games simultaneously to win. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Three Player Chess. Commercial Chess variant for three players.
- Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91)
- Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players.
- Three Realms Chess. A three layer variant with familiar and fantastical pieces. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
- Three Symbols Multi-state Chess. Write move in 3 symbols and any move that is like what you wrote is possible. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Three Universes Chess. There is 3 boards and pieces can move through the kings to different universes. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
Three-Dimensional Chess. Missing description
- Three-dimensional Chess. A 20 years old commercial variant on a 3 x 8 x 8 board. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192)
Three-players Chess. Newspaper announcement of three player chess.
- Three-Quarter Board. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 48)
- Threehex. Hexagonal variant for three players.
- Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing K to K8 wins by Thronemate, too.
- Throne Chess. Same game as chess, except playing King to K8 wins too, by Thronemate.
- Thronschach . A game on 42-squares with throne squares, and an interesting mix of pieces.
- Thronschach. A game on 42-squares with throne squares, and an interesting mix of pieces. (5x8, Cells: 42)
- Thronschach. Immobilizer, knight-wazir, bishop-ferz, cardinal and two ways of winning, one by occupying "throne".
- Through the Looking-Glass. Alice chess, but you see only a board. (2x(8x8), Cells: 64)
- Thud. Link to variant invented by Trevor Truran in association with Terry Pratchett. (15x15, Cells: 164)
- Thunder Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess.
- Thunder Chess. Play this hybrid of Fusion, Assimilation, and Metamorph Chess.
- Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (64x(8x8))
- Thunderstruck Server Chess. {This game seems broken…}. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Thuria Jetan. Jetan variant played on standard chessboard. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tic-Tac-check. Get four chesspieces in a row on a 4 by 4 board. (4x4, Cells: 16)
- Tiger Chess.
A large game with fast-moving pieces.
- Tiger Hunt. Variant of The Maharaja and the Sepoys. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tiger Hunt. White army, complete except for its queen, against a lone Q+Kt.
- Tiger Lily Chess. hexagonal chess on a board inspired by a flower. (6x12, Cells: 72)
Tiger's-eye Opera. Missing description
- TigerChess. Variant themed after a medieval battle. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- TigerChess. Missing description
TigerChess extras. Missing description
- TigerMarks. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- TigerPad. Missing description
- TigerSquares - 80 & 100. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Tile Chess. Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games.
- Tiled Squares Chess. Play this game, where you drop tiles to create the board as you play!
- Tiled Squares Chess . Drop tiles to create the board as you play.
- Tiled Squares Chess. Drop tiles to create the board as you play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tiling Rider Chess. This game was inspired by tiles seen in many bathrooms and sidewalks.
- Tilting the Balance. Players can set off an atomic bomb.
- Tim's 3D Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player.
- Tim's 3d Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125)
- Tim's 3D Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player.
- Tim's 3d Chess . On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per playe.
- Tim's 4x8x4 3D Chess . A practical and playable 3D chess game.
- Tim's 6x6x6 3d chess . 3d chess variant on 6 by 6 by 6 board.
- Time Travel Chess. Play Time Travel Chess on the Game Courier!
- Time Travel Chess. Pieces can travel into the Future. Kings can also return to the Past! (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Time Travel Chessgi. One can travel backwards or forwards in time, bringing along all one's possessions.
- Time Traveler's Chess. Chess pieces may travel backwards in time.
- Timeline. Pieces travel through time on four 4 x 4 x 4 boards.
- Timeline. Pieces travel through time on four 4 x 4 x 4 boards. (4x(4x(4x4)), Cells: 256)
Timur's Chess: Sample Game 1. A sample game of Tamerlane Chess.
- Timurid. Evolution of timur chess. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Timurid. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid (std), one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Timurid Babur. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Babur, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Timurid Mirza. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Mirza, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Timurid Samarkand. This is a Game Courier preset for Timurid Samarkand, one of the variants from the Timurid family. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Tingles, Bumps, and Punches. A set of variants on cylindrical and toroidal boards featuring a peace bump between the top and bottom of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tipped Chess. Missing description (Cells: 113)
- Tiraspol chess. Variant in which pieces capture as the piece whose starting file they're in.
- TireBiter Chess. When taking, pieces can split and become a Tirebiter piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tishai. Played on a 7x7 board with 2 sideboards. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Titan Chess. In which, a new class of pieces such as Quad Bomber, Flying Bomber, and Raptor possess a unique fly-over capturing mechanism.
- Titan Chess. Chess featuring dozenal board and seven diverse new pieces with multiple capture mechanisms and movement modes. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Tjatoer!. A chess variant written in Python, designed to stress test engines.
- Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima.
- Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76)
- Toccata . A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima.
- The Toddler. Large variant with powerful pieces and an intricate net of protections.
- The Toddler. Large variant with powerful pieces and an intricate net of protections. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Toe to Toe Chess . A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces.
- Toe-to-Toe Chess. A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Toilet Roll Chess. Missing description
- Tokar's Arcana. Chess-variant like game with different armies. Commercial game.
Tommy's Towers. Description (no rules) of very large chess variant from DOS-program.
- Tommy's Toys. Has available a shareware program that plays the Jungle Game.
- Tonight. Superstrength double moving knight pieces and king that can create squares for itself to move in limited area.
Tony Miles: It's Only Me - England's First Chess Grandmaster. Review of book on chess grandmaster Tony Miles.
- Tony Quintanilla is a new Father!. Our Chess Variant Pages editor's new creation!
- Too Many Bishops. Players get each turn one extra bishop, placed by their opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Too Many Bishops. Place an enemy bishop after your own move.
- Too Many Elephants. All pieces can move leap two squares on the diagonals like Elephants/Alfils in addition to their normal move.
- Topologies Chess . Chess on a Cylindrical board, on a Toroidal Board, on a Mobius Strip and on a Klein Bottle.
- Tori Shogi. Bird Shogi.
- Tori Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49)
- Tori Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (Link to Roger Hare's shogi site.).
Tori Shogi. Play this small Japanese Shogi variant on Jocly.
Tori Shogi pictures. Pictures of a commercial Tori Shogi set.
- Toroidal Byzantine Chess. Circular chess modified to also be toroidal. (Cells: 64)
Torsten Linß' chess problems. Chess problems website.
- Torus and Klein Bottle Games. Missing description
- Torus Chess. Besiege Chess re-visualized, specifically as Torus Chess.
- Torus Chess . Large chess variant on torus shaped board.
- Torus Chess. Large chess variant on torus shaped board. (16x8, Cells: 128)
- Torus Chess (The Shape of Space). Chess on a torus from the book "The Shape of Space". (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Torus Chess on a Standard Board. Torus Chess on a standard board with a unique setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Torus Standard. Uses the ordinary FIDE pieces on 8 x 8 board but configured in such a way as to permit the board to be toroidal!
- Total Chess . Missing description
- Total Chess. A type of three-dimensional chess from the 1940's which is played on four superimposed boards. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256)
- Total Symmetry Chess. 24 random balanced symmetrical starting positions.
- Toto40. Staircase board with fighting line in the middle, inspired by Totolospi game of Hopi Indians. (Cells: 40)
- Toto40 . Staircase board with fighting line in the middle, inspired by Totolospi game of Hopi Indians.
- Touchdown chess. Win by scoring touchdowns: move your pieces across the goal line in this commercial chess variant.
- Toulousain Chess. A chess variant on a red and black 12 x 12 board with 12 types of different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Toulousain Chess. Jean-Louis Cazaux's 12 x 12 chess variant dedicated to his town of Toulouse.
- Touranian International. 10x10 Chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Touranian International . 10x10 Chess variant.
- Touring Chess. Pieces can either move normally or leap on a Knight's tour only known in advance to the referee. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tournament Chess with Different Armies . Chess with Different Armies ZRF for the Chess with Different Armies e-mail tournament.
- Tournoy . Pieces have orientation that can be rotated.
- Tournoy. Pieces have orientation that can be rotated. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- The Tower Game. A simple three dimensional chess variant. (8x(5x5), Cells: 200)
- TOWER SIEGE: 3D CHESS GAME. Missing description (8x(8x8), Cells: 64)
- The Tower: 3D Chess Set. A device for playing chess and chess variants in the third dimension.
- Towers Chess. Win by pushing towers to the Kings' squares. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Towers Chess. Play Towers Chess on Game Courier.
- Toystore Chess. A problem-like Chess variant on a 5x5 board with free placement.
- Toystore Chess. A problem-like Chess variant on a 5x5 board with free placement.
- Toystore Chess. A problem-like Chess variant on a 5x5 board with free placement. (5x5, Cells: 25)
- Trade Chess. Captured pieces can be dropped, with restrictions. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trade-up Chess. Chess where you trade-up your pieces with pieces in your hand. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Traded Places Chess. An enemy piece is moved to your attacking piece's beginning position during its capturing move.
Traditional Chinese Pieces for Chinese Chess and Variants. Icons of pieces for Xiangqi and variants using a Chinese font.
- Trafalgar Chess. 8 extra Pawns in two columns mimic the famous Battle of Trafalgar. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Traffic Jam. Pieces try to reach other side of narrow board. (14x3, Cells: 40)
- Train Wreck Chess. Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Train Wreck Chess . Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward.
- Training Chess: Knights move. Simple chess variant for training the move of the knight for children that start to learn chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Training Chess: Rook, Bishop, Queen moves. Simple chess variant for training moves of pieces for children that start to learn chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Traitor Chess. Some of your pieces are traitors and can suddenly be controlled by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trampoline Chess . Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move.
- Trampoline Chess. Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trans-Dimensional Chess. Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels.
- Trans-Dimensional Chess. Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels. (3x(), Cells: 540)
- Transactional Chess. Moves are grouped into transactions, which are not visible to your opponent
until committed. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Transcendental Chess. Random ordering of first ranks.
- Transcendental Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup on Game Courier.
- Transcendental Chess. Play from random setup with a different setup for white and black. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- TransChess. CoChess variant. You must move any non-royal unit.
- Transformer. They change the army and the game - according to the player's ideas. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Transformer (conquer style). Pawns mutate into higher-value pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Transmitter Chess. Drone pieces have no movement until activated by Transmitters.
- Transmitter Chess. Drone pieces have no movement until activated by one of three friendly Transmitters. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Transporter Chess. In addition to the usual set of pieces, players have a transporter piece, which can transport pieces one square in any direction. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Transporter Chess . Large variant with transporters and several new pieces.
- Transporter Chess. Large variant with transporters and several new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Transporter Pad. Star Trek 3D Chess Variant. (7x(), Cells: 64)
- Transporter Pad. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess.
- Transpose Chess. Board is turned 90 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Transpose Chess . Sideways board, promote your pawns quickly.
- Transpose Chess. Sideways board, promote your pawns quickly.
- Trap Chess. Pieces can only be taken when they are trapped. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trap Door Chess. Once moved, a unit disappears if it is not moved again within 5 moves.
- Trapdoor Chess. Pieces fall through the board if they stand still too long. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trapper Chess. Missing description (13x9, Cells: 117)
- Trappist-1. Chess game with no boundaries. includes Guard, Chancellor, Hawk, and Huygens. ()
- The Travelers. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
Traveller Standard . True type chess font.
- Trebuchet Chess. Introducing the Trebuchet, an active catapult piece that slings pieces over its head (zrf exists).
- Trebuqi. Hex variant using pieces selected for their similarity to Xiang Qi ones. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Tree garden chess . Large chess variant on 10 by 10 board with 4 by 4 area missing from the middle.
- Tree Garden Chess. Zebras, camels, cardinals, marshalls negotiate around a central lacuna.
- Tree garden chess. Large chess variant on 10 by 10 board with 4 by 4 area missing from the middle. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Treeleaders Chess . Download these files to play this large variant with non-similar armies with Zillions of Games!
- TreeLeaders Chess. Preset for Treeleaders Chess (invented by Erez Schatz).
- Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Trek71 Chess. All pieces on the lefthand-side are shown as black, but do not change owners, and vise-versa.
- Tremendous Chess. Tremendous Chess is a large chess variant that is played on a 16×16 chessboard with 112 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210)
- Tri-Cubic Chess. Experimental chess variant on shape of three cubes. (3x(), Cells: 72)
- Triagonal Chess. 3D with triagonal moves and a hole in the middle. (8x(8x8), Cells: 504)
- Triana. 3-player version of 6x6 games. (9x9, Cells: 54)
- Triangle chess. Three player chess variant on hexagonal board. (In Hungarian).
- Triangle Chess. Chess for three players. (Cells: 144)
- Triangular Chess. Missing description
- Triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Triaxial Qi. A 3d variant based on Xiang Qi but with triaxial steppers. (5x(5x10), Cells: 250)
- TriChess. is a hexogonal, three player variant, created and distributed by PrimeChess Oy.
- TriChezz. Chess for three on a circular board. Classic proprietary game.
- Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (7x(), Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Trigon Chess. Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards.
- Trigonal Chess. Translating chess onto triangles in a natural way. (9x17, Cells: 81)
Trigonal Chess: Make Your Own Board to Play Chess On Triangles. SVG-quality PDF file containing instructions and game set. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trihex. Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127)
- Trihex . Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces.
- Trihexagonal Chess. Chess on a deltoidal trihexagonal tiling. (6x12, Cells: 72)
- TriMac 3 Friends. Hexagonal Game of 3 Friends. (Cells: 207)
- TriMac HexChess . Zillions Rule File and Graphics.
- TriMac HexChess. Hexagonal XiangQi. (Cells: 135)
- Triochess. Commercial three player chess variant from around 1975.
- Trios Hex Chess. Filling Glinsky-size camps with extra pieces. (11x11, Cells: 91)
- Trioschaak set: Photo's. Three player chess variant set from the Netherlands.
- Triple Crown. A three-halves variant making use of the cross-centre step. (15x15, Cells: 150)
- Triplet Chess. Each turn, move a king, a pawn, and another piece; win when opponent cannot.
- Triplets. Move in one turn a pawn, the king, and another piece. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Triplets. Move in one turn a pawn, the king, and another piece.
- TRiPLiCiTY. Three player hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 111)
- Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tripunch Chess. Superpowerful composite pieces play on the FIDE board.
- Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable.
- Triscacia. Chess for three.
- Triscacia II. Chess for three on a 10 x 10 board.
- Triss. Hexagonal chess variant for three players. (Cells: 102)
- Trissa. A Rococo-inspired hexagonal variant for three players with an unusual flavor. (10x10, Cells: 55)
- Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King.
- Triumvirate Chess . Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King.
- Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Triune Chess. Three player variant played with a regular Chess Set with rotating play. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Troitzky Chess. Troitzky Chess by Paul Byway, standard pieces on irregular board (with zrf).
- Troitzky Chess. Where the mate by two knights is possible.
- Troja. Commercially sold game where pieces can be stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trojan chess. the rules for the knight piece have been changed. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Troll Chess. When taken, pieces lose part of their strenght with they regenerate during successive turns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tron Chess. Every square passed by the queen creates a wall that hinders movement. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trophy Hunt Chess. Squirrels and Elephants instead of Kings, Queens and Bishops. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trophy Hunt Chess. Capture at least one of each trophy animal to win.
- Trophy Hunt Chess. Squirrels and Elephants instead of Kings, Queens and Bishops.
- Trophy-Hunt Chess. Squirrels and Elephants instead of Kings, Queens and Bishops.
- Trubix . Chess variant on board with 41 squares.
- Trubix. Chess variant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41)
- Trubix-43 . Unique piece and lines of movement on an hourglass board.
- Trubix-43. Unique piece and lines of movement on an hourglass board. (5x11, Cells: 43)
- True King. A Grand Chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Truffle Hunt Chess. Chess played with dice, with pigs and truffles. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Trumpisten Chess. A game with trump squares. (5x11, Cells: 51)
- Tryslmaistan Chess. Fictional chess variant on board made of 24 triangles.
- Tryzantine Chess. A three-handed form of Byzantine (circular) Chess. (4x21, Cells: 84)
- Tsunami Chess. Variant of Avalanche Chess, pawns move toward your side.
- Tula Chess. Russian local variant.
- Tunnelchess. 3D variant played on a stack of four Half Chess boards. (4x(4x8), Cells: 128)
- Tunnelshogi. 3-D Shogi variant. (8x(4x4), Cells: 128)
- Turkish Chess . 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao.
- Turkish Chess. 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao. (8x10, Cells: 80)
- Turkish Chess. The small version of Giant Chess.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third of six variations on Great Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third out of six variations on Great Chess.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. John Gollon's fourth variation. This completes the set of 6. (14x14, Cells: 168)
- Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. Play this variation of Great Chess by e-mail!
- Turkish Great Chess, variation V. Large variant with three new pieces. (13x13, Cells: 169)
- Turkish Great Chess, variation V. Large variant with three new pieces.
- Turkish Great Chess, variation VI. Large variant adding an Archbishop and a General (Amazon).
- Turkish Great Chess, variation VI. Large variant adding an Archbishop and a General (Amazon). (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Turmmühle . Chessboard Morris game played with Rooks.
- Turn Qi. Cannonless Xiang Qi on a Byzantine-style board, complete with Byzantine geography! (18x5, Cells: 90)
- Turncoat Chess. Random units turn traitor.
- Turncoat Chess. After every move, dice are rolled to determine a square, which if occupied, the piece on changes side.
- Turning chess. Pieces can turn 45 degrees after movement. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Turnover. Three ring sizes fit into each other, combining and splitting into different pieces, sometimes taking over your opponent's.
- Turnstyle. Four player chess variant using a normal chess set.
- Turnstyle Chess. Four player variant. Each team member controls.
- Turret Chess. The Turret catapult can sling any piece above its head, and let it land on an enemy piece (+ zrf).
- Turret Chess. Introducing the Turret, which moves like a queen, and can hurl pieces over its head (zrf available).
- Turtle Shell Chess. Chess on a 33344-33434 tiling. (5x7, Cells: 64)
- Tutti Frutti Chess . With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board.
- Tutti Frutti Chess. Eight different pieces.
- Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board.
- Tutti-Frutti Chess. Play this variant in which compounds replace some standard Chess pieces on Jocly.
- Twelve Mutation Chess. Variant that uses 12 mutators that may be activated or deactivated during the game.
- Twenty Knights Chess. Red's 20 knights must mate White within 50 moves.
- Twenty-first Century chess . A Zillions file to play an updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters.
- Twenty-First Century Chess. An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Twiknight . Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move.
- Twiknight. Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Twilight. Missing description
- Twilit. Knight Ferzes, Knight Wazirs and their complements, in the form of Fye'tins and Templars.
- Twin Chess. Two of each kind of piece.
- Twin Knights. Pairs of Knight-Ferzes, Knights and Knight-wazirs on small board with holes in it.
- Twin Orthodox Chess. Two kings on a 10x10 board.
- Twin-board Ecumenical Chess. Ecumenical Chess with extra Pawns, on two FIDE boards joined together on one or more edges. (Cells: 128)
- Twinkie Danger Chess. Game on two initially unliked boards where each turn you add or drop a link. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Twinkle Chess. Alternately remove and replace an enemy pawn after each move.
- Twinkle Chess II. Remove and replace enemy pawns.
- Twinmove Chess (uncompelled). Double move variant where a pawn can, optionally, be moved first.
- Twinmove-Chess (compulsory). Double move variant where a pawn must be moved first. (This is like a pistol held to your head.).
- Twins Chess. Rooks, knights, and bishops are twins and move together. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Twins Chess. Units of a kind move and are captured together.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 1. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 2. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 3. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 4. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 5. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 6. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 7. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 8. Java applet to play this game.
- Twins Chess -- Variation 9. Java applet to play this game.
- Two Fisted Chess. Double-move chess. You must move different pieces of the same kind.
- Two Kingdoms. A decimal variant with a more powerful knight, and an added Archer piece. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Two Kingdoms . A decimal variant with a more powerful knight, and an added Archer piece.
- Two Kings Chess. The queen is replaced by a second king. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Two Kings Chess. Win by checkmating either one.
- Two Large Multi-Move Games. Two large multimove variants with multiplayer potential. (24x12, Cells: 288)
- Two Large Shatranj Variants. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Two Move Chess. Designed to alleviate the first move advantage for White using double moves, while retaining the tactics of international chess.
- Two Pieces Chess. Chess with two types of pieces. (9x6, Cells: 54)
- Two Pipe Chess . Setup on 41-squares board looks like two tobacco pipes.
- Two Pipe Chess. Play this game from the 41-square contest on the PBM system!
- Two Pipe Chess. Setup on 41-squares board looks like two tobacco pipes. (9x5, Cells: 41)
- Two Pronged Chess. 2 "simultaneous" moves per turn with separate pieces.
- Two Ring Chess. Symmetric variant of "The Fellowship of the Ring". (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Two Variant Problem Contests. Problem construction contest open to December 15th; solving contest in 2004 uses entries!
- Typhoon . Variant on 12 by 12 board with many different pieces.
- Typhoon. Variant on 12 by 12 board with many different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Typhoon (Revised) . Missing description
- Typhoon (Revised). Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144)
- U-Chess. Moves are legal if they can be written with three symbols in descriptive notation. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- U-Chess. Play Unambiguous Three-Symbol Chess online.
- U12 Shogi. A new kind of large shogi game. (12x12, Cells: 144)
Ubi-Ubi. Can make arbitrary many knightmoves in one turn.
- Ubi-ubi chess. Experimental variant with powerful Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- UC-170-13. Universal Chess version featuring 170 different kind of major pieces and 13 different kind of pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Uchi Chu Shogi. 12x12 drops variant reminiscent of Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Uchi Chu Shogi. 12x12 drops variant reminiscent of Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144)
- Ulchesgi. Like Ultima and Chess and Shogi. (12x8, Cells: 96)
- Ultima. Robert Abbott's Ultima page.
- Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. (Recognized!)
- Ultima . Version using Alfaerie graphics.
- Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. Also called Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
- Ultima. Popular game using the same units, with one rook upside-down.
- Ultima AI Pieces. Concept art for a set of figurine pieces for Ultima. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Ultima Pieces. Illustrated guide to how Ultima Pieces capture.
- Ultima Problem #3. The 3rd in a series of Ultima puzzles.
- Ultima Problem #9. The 9th in a series of Ultima puzzles.
- Ultima with Alternate Graphics . Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability.
- Ultimajor. Ultima like game where each pieces are capable of checkmate with only their own King for support. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ultimate Battle Chess. Pawns, kings, queens, and knights move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Ultimate Battle Chess . Pawns, kings, queens, and knights move differently.
- Ultimate Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess that has no equal.
- Ultimate Shogi. Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296)
- Ultimatum . Variant of Ultima that adds a FIDE-Queen and an Advancer in place of one Long-Leaper and one Chameleon.
- Ultra Chess. On 10 by 10 board with two queens, and major pieces have an additional king's move.
- Ultra Chess. On 10 by 10 board with two queens, and major pieces have an additional king's move. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Ultra Slanted Escalator Chess . Game on an asymmetrical board of 84 squares with Crabs and Ultras.
- Ultra Slanted Escalator Chess. Game on an asymmetrical board of 84 squares with Crabs and Ultras. (10x9, Cells: 84)
- Ultrachess. Chess variant with two queens on 9 by 8 board. (9x8, Cells: 72)
- Unachess. Add your units when and where you choose.
- Unachess. Start with empty board and begin with dropping pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Unachess II. Start with empty board and begin with dropping pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Unachess II. Landing units may not check.
- Unachess III. Start with empty board and begin with dropping pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Unashogi. Parachute all pieces, starting with an empty board. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Unbalanced Games. Article from Variant Chess.
- Unbland Chess. Diagonal moves are usually (but not always) prohibited. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Uncle Wang Chinese Chess. Link to website of commercial program that plays Xiangqi.
- Unconventional Warfare Chess . Variant based on modern warfare.
- Unconventional Warfare Chess. Variant based on modern warfare. (10x10, Cells: 84)
- Undecided Chess . Pieces begin in an undecided state until they move.
- Undecided Chess. Undecided Pawns can change into pieces by moving like them. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Undecided Chess. Undecided Pawns change into orthodox pieces by moving like them.
- Undenary Chess. Large variant with superpowerful King; a square version of Hexmate. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Uneven pieces chess. The two armies have their back rank material distributed in different ways, discouraging trades. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Unicode Fonts with Chess Piece Images. Images of how the Unicode Chess piece characters are displayed in different fonts.
- Unicorn (2). Piece that moves like bishop or nightrider.
- Unicorn Chess . 10x10 variant with a new piece that moves as a Bishop or a Nightrider.
- Unicorn Chess. 10x10 variant with a new piece that moves as a Bishop or a Nightrider. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Unicorn Chess. Unicorn Chess with one queen, two cardinalriders and two marshalls.
- Unicorn Great Chess. Enjoyable game: Great Chess pawn structure encloses two half-ducks - "lions" - with exciting bishop-nightrider - "unicorn.".
- Unicorn Great Chess. Lions have been added to Unicorn Chess! (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants.
- Union Chess. Pieces can fuse into stronger units.
- Unionschach, Sachsenschach, and Leapale. Some 3D Chess variants. (6x(6x6), Cells: 216)
- Unirexal Chess. Only white has a king.
- Unirexal Chess. Which player can win faster, given a queen in place of a king?
- Unirexal Chess . Only white has a king.
- Univers Chess. A Carrera's Chess variant based on Bruno Violet's Universal Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Univers Chess. Play Univers Chess with Jocly.
- Univers Chess. Play this Carrera's Chess variant with no unprotected Pawns on Game Courier.
- Universal Chess. http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSuniversalchess.
- Universal Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Universal Handicap Chess . Missing description
- The Universe of Chess. Rules and background on a number of variations of chess.
- Unknown Drop Shogi. It is unknown what kind of piece your opponent dropped.
- Unknown Off-Pieces Shogi. Pieces placed from outside of the board are unknown to opponent. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Unreal Tournament Chess . Chess variants with a different objective, inspired by the multiplayer computer game Unreal Tournament.
- Unreal Tournament Chess. Chess variants with a different objective, inspired by the multiplayer computer game Unreal Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Unreliable Delivery Chess. Pieces may get delayed before they arrive at their destinations.
- UOS (Universal Origin Spiel). Variant on a board with 113 diamond-shaped spaces. (Cells: 113)
- Upchess. Pieces moves depend on which rank piece is on on 11 by 11 board. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Upgrade chess. Upgrade initially weak pieces by capturing. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Upside Down Chess. Based on promoting pawns.
- Upside-Down Chess. White starts at the upper two rows, black at the bottom. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Upside-Down Chess . White starts at the upper two rows, black at the bottom.
- UrChess. Some likely primitive features are restored.
USCF. United States Chess Federation. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Using chess sets to play mini-sukoku (6x6). Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
UTF Conversion Page. Page for documenting UTF conversion issues.
V.R. Parton. A page with information on V.R. Parton.
- Vagabond Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Valdskak. Icelandic version. Supported units cannot be captured.
- Valiant Chess. Knight pawns at the fifth rank have an additional jump move to empty square (with zrf).
- Vanguard Chess. Game Courier preset for Vanguard Chess. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Vanguard Chess. Game on 16x16 board, with 48 pieces per player. (16x16, Cells: 256)
- Vao.
moves like bishop but must jump when taking.
- VaoQi. XiangQi with Vaos. (9x10, Cells: 90)
- Variable Chess. A light piece is first moved outside the board. From there it can be introduced at any time via an empty square (with zrf).
- Variant Chess. Journal of the British Chess Variant Society.
- Variant Chess magazine. Missing description
- Variant Chess news vol 1 no 1
. Missing description
The Variant Chess Website. Missing description
- Variant Chess, August 2004. Article on Hierarchical Chess.
- Variant Chess, Autumn 2000. Missing description
- Variant Chess, Autumn 2001. Missing description
- Variant Chess, New Year 2002. Excerpts from the New Year 2002 issue.
- Variant Chess, Spring 2001. Missing description
- Variants playable against the diagram's AI. Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram.
- Variants with Queens. Some variants, mostly dealing with queens, and mostly modest. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Vavulin Creative Chess. Before the start of the game, every player, creates up with one rule for both players, which operates the whole game.
- VD Chess. VD Chess is a game of random chess with 5,760 possible starting positions and with fairy pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Las Vegas Fun Chess. Game with dice.
- Las Vegas Fun Chess. Special chess dice determine what piece to move.
- Vegas Fun Chess. Play Chess with a pair of Chess dice.
- Veles Chess. Introducing the deflecting Veles bifurcator on a Gustavian board (with zrf).
- Ven Chess. Moves are written down by both players before making the moves simultaneously. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Venator Chess. Introducing the Venator, a bifurcation cannon related to the Korean cannon, on a Gustavian board (zrf available).
- Vendetta. Commercial four-player chess variant.
- Venomous. New system of chess on 10x10 board with new pieces: the Sorcerer Snake and the even more venomous Sissa. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Venomous. Play this new large board system of chess with the Sissa, Sorcerer Snake and Ninja pawns.
- Venomous . The Sissa and Sorcerer Snake on a large board chess system with Ninja Pawn drops.
- Verney's Four-Handed Chess. Missing description
- VERO Chess. Standard chess with a twist.
- Verve. A real-time, hidden information, chess variant for playing online!
- Verve Chess: Attacking with VERVE: Chess for the digital age. An interview with the inventor of Verve Chess.
- Very Heavy Chess. Play Very Heavy Chess on Game Courier.
- Very Heavy Chess. A lot of firepower with all compounds of classical chess pieces.
- veSQuj - Chess with 21st century armies . A highly tactical variant with a 21st-century-war theme.
- veSQuj - Chess with 21st century armies. A highly tactical variant with a 21st-century-war theme. (6x6, Cells: 36)
- Veteran Chess. Most pieces can or must irreversibly promote when they capture.
- Victorian Chess. Play Victorian Chess on Game Courier.
- Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Viennese Chess. Free placement with a screen.
- Viennese Chess, or Viennese Kriegspiel. Start with a secretly made setup. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Vierschach. 19th Century 4-player game where allies start off at right angles to each other. (14x14, Cells: 160)
- Vietnamese Chess . Each player has a King, which captures cannon-style, and 11 non-capturing Pawns on a 25-intersection Alquerque-style board.
- Viking Chess . Armies start side-by-side on a 12 x 7 board.
- Viking Chess. Play Viking Chess online with Game Courier.
- Viking Chess. Armies start side-by-side on a 12 x 7 board. (12x7, Cells: 84)
- Viking Chess. Game board and pieces in search of rules. (Cells: 37)
- Vimes Chess. Variant inspired by a footnote in a Discworld novel. (8x8, Cells: 64)
- Vincent's chessproblems. Chess and giveaway chess problem website.
- Vintage Gamer Chess Variants Podcast. Audio recording discussing chess variants.
- A Visit to Nemoroth. Ralph visits Nemoroth in a dream, and reports a game by its greatest champion.
- Vivarta Chess. he rules are simple. Each piece automatically transforms into a different piece every time it moves. Pawns transform into Knig.
- VIZAVI. Missing description
- Vo, Vu Q.. Website of Vu Vo -- Quang Trung Chess.
- Void Shogi. Modest Shogi variant with more diverse promotions for the minor pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81)
- Voidrider Chess . A 43 square variant with movable spaces.
- Voidrider Chess. A 43 square variant with movable spaces.
- Voidrider Chess. A 43 square variant with movable spaces. (7x9, Cells: 43)
- Vortex Chess. Similar to Warp Point Chess only with "portals" that are more dynamic and split between the two players...
- Vortex Chess. Ortho-chess with the inclusion of a new piece: the Portal.
- Voting on the contest to design a 10-chess variant. Voting rules and grouping of the games in four sets.
- Voting page for the 10-chess variant design contest. Page with four groups of games; vote before September 15, 2005.
- Vox Populi Chess variant. A crowd plays itself at a game with only one winner.
- Vyremorn Chess . Large variant on two overlapping square boards.
- Vyremorn Chess. Large variant on two overlapping square boards. (Cells: 132)
- Vyremorn Chess Pictures. Photo's of large chess variant.
- W.A.R.P.S.. Chess variant on round board with new pieces.
- Wa Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on an 11 by 11 board. (Link.).
- Wa Shogi. Large Shogi variant from the 17th century or earlier.
- Wa Shogi. Game with many different rather weak pieces, with or without drops. (11x11, Cells: 121)
- Wa Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Wa Shogi set.
- WAD Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with WADs (Champions) added. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- WAD Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with WADs (Champions) added. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Waffle. A piece which has the combined movements of the Wazir and the Alfil.
- Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added.
- Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added. (10x8, Cells: 80)
- Waider's three-handed chess. Missing description (Cells: 126)
- Walkers and Jumers Board . For printing a landscape board.
- Walkers and Jumers Board . For printing a portrait board.
- Walkers and Jumpers. Walkers and Jumpers is a combination 2D - 4D chancellor chess variant that uses 9 pieces and 9 pawns per side. (7x(3x(3x3)), Cells: 189)
- Walkers and Jumpers. Joe Joyce's multidimensional game on the Game Courier.
- Wall Chess. Orthochess with additional untakable wall pieces.
- Wand Chess. Pieces have a magic wand, that gives random outcomes.
- War Chest. Customizable fantasy board game.
- War of the Roses. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144)
- The War of the Stars . Missing description
- War of the Worlds. Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100)
- War of the Worlds . Chess army from planet Earth against the Martian forces of Jetan.
- The War of World`s Warriors Chess. Logical continuation of Clash of Civilizations Chess, optimizes piece density within limits of 50% +/- 2.
- The War of World`s Warriors Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100)
- Warlock Chess. Introducing the Warlock piece, which can transform between Korean Cannon and Rook (zrf available).
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