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Variants playable against the diagram's AI. Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram. By H. G. Muller.

Uchi Chu Shogi. 12x12 drops variant reminiscent of Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
Uchi Chu Shogi. 12x12 drops variant reminiscent of Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.

katana Advertising. katana. (Recognized!)
2nd Checkmate Chess. Winning is not the first checkmate, but the second one. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.

katana katana. katana. (Recognized!)
Infiltrator Chess. The Infiltrator's non-capturing move is unhindered by obstacles. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Martin Nilsson.

Interactive diagrams. Diagrams that interactively show piece moves. By H. G. Muller.

Two Pieces Chess. Chess with two types of pieces. (9x6, Cells: 54) By Gerd P. Degens.
Alibabante Chess II. Game with Alibabantes. (10x10, Cells: 100) By HaruN Y.
Swapper Superheroes Chess. Normal chess with the addition of one or more 'swapper' pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Nilsson.
Rabbit Chess. Kangaroo Lion. (10x10, Cells: 100) By HaruN Y.
Chickens and Dragons. Changed my mind and changed the name of the game to "Chickens and Dragons". It's a good name. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Martin Nilsson.
Rook (a.k.a. Chariot). Updated historical notes; Added new diagrams and images Author: Fergus Duniho.

Piececlopedia. An encyclopedic reference on Chess variant pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Problemesis. Updated link

Play Mischia online with Game Courier. A small chess variant on a 6x6 board that plays similar to chess. (6x6, Cells: 36) By William Wragg.

Ultima AI Pieces. Concept art for a set of figurine pieces for Ultima. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Long Leaper. Added AI concept art Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Manticore. Changed AI graphics; added printable Rhinoceros pieces Author: Bn Em. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Gnus. Added AI image, printable pieces, checkmating section Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Giraffe. Changed AI image; added printable pieces Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Gravitatur Chess. Pokshtya (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.

Magnetic Piece PNGs. Magnetic style Chess Variant Piece Images in PNG format. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Fergus Duniho and Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess. The most popular of Chess variants, Chess itself. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Infinite Armada Chess. Chess with an infinite armada of queens behind the FIDE pieces. () Author: Manuel Hohmann. Inventor: Randall Munroe.

Check, or Combination Chess. Pieces may combine in couples and triplets. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: W. S. Campling.
Amazon chess. Added interactive diagram and sample game from 1891 (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Amazon Chess. Now programmed to enforce rules, spot win and loss, and to show legal moves Author: Fergus Duniho.
Promoter Chess. CUSTOM_XSSoj'"(){}:/CUSTOM_XSSoj_END.
REX Hexagonal Chess. Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D'Almeida.
Zones of Action. Inspired form Lines of Action. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Yu Ren Dong.
4 Kings Quasi-Shatranj. Each side has 4 Kings, all pieces are short range. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
Multimove Chess. Players spend points to make multiple moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.