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Week ending April 26, 2025

1. Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
2. Lemurian Shatranj. An 8x8 chess variant featuring shortrange pieces which may change directions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
3. HyperModern Shatranj. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joe Joyce.
4. Granlem Shatranj. Added larger short-range variant with a 4-move/turn option By Joe Joyce.
5. Great Shatranj. added suggested changes as optional rules (10x8, Cells: 80) By Joe Joyce.
6. Grand Shatranj. Grand Shatranj. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
7. CwDA: the Shatranjian Shooters. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Joe Joyce. Inventor: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi and Joe Joyce.
8. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj. Atlantean Barroom Shatranj Rules. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
9. Kamikaze Chess. Added diagram of inventor's first published problem Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: B. G. Laws.
10. Grasshopper. Moves along queenlines to first square after jumped over piece. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.

Week ending April 19, 2025

1. Slip Rook. Piece that moves as a Rook, but only an odd amount of moves. Author: Kelvin Voskuijl and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Parlett.
2. Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: P. Seyfert-Bitterfeld.
3. Butterfly Chess. Large board chess with butterflies (not Ns), advancers (not Qs) & flying dragons added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
4. Correlator Chess. By M Winther.
5. Prison Break. Starring the sliding pawns, the Ninja Guards, the Knight, the Bird, the King and introducing the captivating Ice Queen! (6x8, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
6. Stealth Ninja Chess. Updated rule for dropping Ninja Pawns and new start configuration. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
7. Palace Ninja Guards. A pair of short-range diagonal leapers and four extra squares are added to the standard chessboard and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
8. Ninjutsu (Claustrophobia 2). The fierce double capture leaping pieces: the Ninja Warriors and the Ninja Guards can promote to Insane Ninja Knights! (8x5, Cells: 46) By Charles Daniel.
9. Insane Ninja Chess. Big board chess with dual range Camel's Leap Ninja Guards, and Insane Ninjas: powerful multidirectional short-range leapers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
10. Titan Chess. Chess featuring dozenal board and seven diverse new pieces with multiple capture mechanisms and movement modes. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
11. Raptor Chess. 104 square large board game with complimentary diagonal and orthogonal flying pieces each with dual mode capture abilities. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
12. Flying Bombers with Hangars. Features the flying bomber - a versatile dual range piece that captures by flying over the enemy. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Charles Daniel.
13. Birds and Ninjas. Starting board configuration changed and new Ninja Pawn drop rules added. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
14. Flying Bombers Grand Chess. The usual pieces in Chess are complimented by two Flying Bombers, which eliminate enemy pieces by flying over them! (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
15. Carnage. Featuring the Terror Freeze, Detonator and the Dragon that attack the enemy in 4 different ways. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
16. Wreckage!. A highly tactical game featuring the Dragon that captures by approach or retreat, the Detonator and the Flying Guillotine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
17. Winther's Chess. By M Winther.
18. Swedish Cannon Chess. By M Winther.
19. Stoltz Chess. By M Winther.
20. Stahlberg Chess. By M Winther.
21. Perier Chess. By M Winther.
22. Coordinator Chess. By M Winther.
23. Accessory Chess. link By M Winther.
24. Adjutant Chess. By M Winther.
25. Alternative Chess. A drop variant with one single external piece per player (many to choose from). Zillions (zrf) program available. By M Winther.
26. Amiral Chess. By M Winther.
27. Basilisk Chess. By M Winther.
28. Bodyguard Chess. By M Winther.
29. Bombardier Chess. By M Winther.
30. Columbiad Chess.. By M Winther.
31. Constable Chess. By M Winther.
32. Crossbishop Chess. By M Winther.
33. Crossbishop_Chess (8x10). By M Winther.
34. Crossrook Chess. By M Winther.
35. Culverin Chess. By M Winther.
36. Dimachaer Chess. By M Winther.
37. Doublecannon Chess. By M Winther.
38. Gustavian Cannon Chess. By M Winther.
39. Helmsman Chess. By M Winther.
40. Hoplit Chess. By M Winther.
41. Laquear Chess. By M Winther.
42. Meridian Chess. By M Winther.
43. Murmillo Chess. By M Winther.
44. Paulovits's Game. By M Winther.
45. Pegniar Chess. By M Winther.
46. Provocator Chess. By M Winther.
47. Reformed Chess. By M Winther.
48. Retiar Chess. By M Winther.
49. Samnis Chess. By M Winther.
50. Scout Chess. By M Winther.
51. Thraex_Chess. By M Winther.
52. Veles Chess. By M Winther.
53. Venator Chess. By M Winther.
54. Zeppelin Chess. By M Winther.
55. Essedar Chess. By M Winther.
56. Gaul Chess. By M Winther.
57. Gladiatrix Chess. By M Winther.
58. Grenadier Chess. By M Winther.
59. Guanaco Chess. By M Winther.
60. Gustavian Adjutant Chess. By M Winther.
61. Hoplomach Chess. By M Winther.
62. Howitzer Chess. By M Winther.
63. Interloper Chess. By M Winther.
64. Leapfrog Chess. By M Winther.
65. Matron Chess. By M Winther.
66. Mortar Chess. By M Winther.
67. Neoorthodox Chess. By M Winther.
68. Phalanx Chess. By M Winther.
69. Secutor Chess. By M Winther.
70. Sagittar Chess. By M Winther.
71. Persian Chess. Page was missing index entry, now revealed (9x9, Cells: 85) By Anooshiravan Ahmadi.
72. Perleberger Bridge Chess. Missing description (8x9, Cells: 66) By Martin Janecke.
73. Pawn Blackhole Chess. Each side is split into two and grouped into corners. Pawns play towards the center. Author: Nemo Thorx. Inventor: Nemo Thorx and Adam Corbally.
74. The Pattern Game. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry L. Smith.
75. Ballista Chess. game in which Ballistae give Pieces the ability to move across the Board. (9x8, Cells: 72) By NeodymiumPhyte.
76. Parity Chess. Chess on a 12x8 board with Champions and FADs added. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
77. Paragi. Shogi without drop rule + Strong pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
78. Paradigm Chess30. Chess with Dragon Bishop and 30 positions. By Craig Willenberg and Lourenzo Van Niekerk.
79. PantherChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two Panthers per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.

Week ending April 12, 2025

1. Panchimera. all the king's horses - a variant that doubles the number of each FIDE piece and then adds the knight augmented pieces. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Graeme C Neatham.
2. Palace. 7x7 board with a 3x3 Palace at the centre, where King promotes to Queen. By Albert Lee.
3. Warmachinewazir-Spiel. panther (12x8, Cells: 96) By Kevin Pacey.
4. Uneven pieces chess. The two armies have their back rank material distributed in different ways, discouraging trades. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Andrew L Smith.
5. AzsymChess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
6. Antimatter Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
7. Sissa. Added AI concept art of piece and fixed up some HTML. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
8. Camelrider. kelvinfox Author: Kelvin Voskuijl.
9. Assymetrical diagonal chess. Zbigniew By Zbigniew Kokosiński.
10. Lance. Added new graphics and text Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
11. Asylum Redux. Ninja Pawns and Pawns move faster as in Octopus Chess and Wreckage that use same system. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
12. Octopus Chess. Features the crooked slider: the Octopus and the dual path Sorcerer Snake. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
13. Sorcerer Chess. Practice the art of sorcery with two pairs of extra long leaping pieces: the Sorcerers and Conjurers. (10x10, Cells: 104) By Charles Daniel.
14. ZigZag Madness. Featuring the crooked dual path sliders: the ZigZag Bishop and the ZigZag Rook. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
15. Venomous. New system of chess on 10x10 board with new pieces: the Sorcerer Snake and the even more venomous Sissa. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
16. Warlock Chess. By M Winther.
17. Angels and Devils. Chess game where white has two Angels and black has two Devils. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Greg Strong.
18. Cold War Chess. A long and very challanging game against all odds. By Márton Kutasi.
19. Angel Chess. D'Autremont's very aggressive variant featuring Amazons that cannot be exchanged (with zrf). Author: M Winther. Inventor: L. P. D'Autremont.
20. Anemic Chess. A more anemic version of Chess that replaces riders with weaker short-range pieces. Author: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
21. Unicorn (2). Piece that moves like bishop or nightrider. Author: Kelvin Voskuijl. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
22. Ancient world war. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
23. ancient chess. a antidevelopment of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Maxson.
24. Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle rank. By Albert Lee.
25. Alternate Promotion Chess. Further alternative sequences added (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
26. Alseid Chess. By M Winther.
27. Alibaba Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Thomas .
28. Alekhine Chess. A 14 x 8 game expands the sides of Capablanca-esque board, adds two pairs of marshalls and cardinals and an amazon in the middle. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Michael Wortley Nolan.
29. Alapawn. A simplified, more chess-like version of Alapo 8x8. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Luis Bolaños Mures.
30. Ajax-Capablanca Chess. Ajax-Chessmen on a 10x8 Capablanca Board! (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
31. Ajax Chess. All pieces can move one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
32. Ajax Random Chess. Pseudo-Fischer Random Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
33. Ajax Orthodox Chess. Orthodox Chess with Ajax-Chessmen, and droping Ajax-Ministers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jose Carrillo.
34. Ajax Falcon Chess. Ajax Chess on a 10x8 board with two Ajax Falcon drops. (10x8, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
35. Ajax Bigamous Chess. Bigamy meets Ajax Orthodox Chess! (9x8, Cells: 72) By Jose Carrillo.
36. Conservative Capablanca Chess. Alternative, more traditional Capablanca chess setup. Author: Davor Vujacic. Inventor: Davor Vujacic and David Paulowich.
37. Courier Chess VIII. A re-imagining of Courier Chess, on a smaller board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
38. Lions and Unicorns Chess. With the 16 standard pieces and 4 powerful leapers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By David Paulowich.
39. Midgard Chess. Midgard Chess has two unusual shortrange pieces, the War Elephant and the War Machine. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
40. Mir Chess. Modern Shatranj based variant with with Chinese cannons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
41. Opulent Lemurian Shatranj. Joe Joyce's Shaman and Hero pieces are now on a larger board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
42. Pillage. Features the powerful jumping Super Pawns as well as a twin set of Vaos and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
43. Shock Troops. The usual chess until the War Knight, Elephant Knight and Ninja Pawns enter the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
44. Capture the Scepter. Checkmate the king or capture the scepter located on opposing king's home square. Features extra-mobile sliding pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Daniel.
45. Herculean Chess. 12 x 12 version of chess featuring 4 Rooks, 4 Bishops, 4 Leapers and 22 pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.
46. Hadean Chess. Expanded chess with short-range linear jumpers, augmented knights and zebras and more dynamic pawns. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Daniel.

Week ending April 05, 2025

1. Querquisite Chess. Changed the starting setup, added Fischer-Randomized variant, and an optional King leap. (8x10, Cells: 72) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
2. Royal-Copy Chess. Some pieces can gain power of captured pieces. (9x8, Cells: 72) By (zzo38) A. Black.
3. Royal Lion Chess. Chess with a Royal Lion and many strong pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Nelson.
4. Royal CannonChess. Pieces next to the king can capture forwards by a cannon leap. By M Winther.
5. Royal Bishop Chess. Simple variant with royal bishop. (8x8, Cells: 64) By QIDb602.
6. A Royal and His Pet. alfabetagamadlta By Zhedric Meneses.
7. Royal Amazon Chess. Queens are replaced by Royal Amazons. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
8. Rose Chess XII. With Nightriders, (Half-)Roses, Spotted Gryphons and War Machines. (12x12, Cells: 144) By David Paulowich.
9. Rose Chess. Grand Chess, with Roses instead of Knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
10. Rookheavy Chess and Bishopheavy Chess. combining elements of Lilliputian Chess, Isis, Mongolian Chess, and crooked linepieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
11. ' Roid Rage Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Claudio Martins Jaguaribe.
12. Revised Chess. By M Winther.
13. Renezans Chess. 9x9 game with gnus and central powerup square. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Bi-Triad.
14. Reformed Chess. Pawn can swap with an enemy piece located on the last rank, except king. Thusly, many more won endgames (zrf available). By M Winther.
15. Synochess. Asymmetric west vs east variant where the western chess army plays against a Chinese and Korean-inspired army. By Daniel Lee.
16. Symmetric Snark Hunting. Snark hunting game with symmetric positions. (6x11, Cells: 59) By (zzo38) A. Black.
17. Symmetric Chess. 9x8 variant with two queens flanking the king usig the Bishops Conversion Rule. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Carlos Cetina.
18. Obento Chess. thorsilver (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux. Inventor: Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.
19. Swedish Hopper Chess. Features the Swedish Hopper. By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
20. Super Maharadscha. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Namik Zade.
21. Super Knights Grand Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
22. Strong Yang. Array diagram converted to new-style virtual single image (13x13, Cells: 169) By Charles Gilman.
23. Stone's Chess. Chess variant with the addition of two Archbishops. (10x8, Cells: 80) By rhett applestone.
24. The Starbound Sliders. ??? By Andrew L Smith.
25. Airplane Chess. By M Winther.
26. SquireKnight. Squire Knight combines Knight and Forward/Backward Pawn like moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stephane Burkhart.
27. SPQR. The perfect battle formation of Roman infantry. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Florin Lupusoru.
28. Spartan Chess 28. Missing description (4x7, Cells: 28) By Graeme C Neatham.
29. SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Pacey.
30. Small-Deacon Chess. Missing description (7x7, Cells: 49) By (zzo38) A. Black.
31. SliderChess. Variant of Capablanca Chess with two extra Bishops per side replacing the Archbishop and Chancellor. By James Zuercher.
32. Skirmish56 Chess. This is Skirmish Chess on an Simplified Chess board. (7x8, Cells: 46) By Rich Hutnik.
33. Skirmish Chess. Tony Paletta's modest variant (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Rich Hutnik. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
34. Skandaran Chess. Large variant with 32 pieces per side. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Francisco Marzoa.
35. Sinyeonsanggi (新演象棋). snowmoondaphne By Daphne Snowmoon.
36. Sino-European Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andy Thomas.
37. Simplified Makpong. Makruk variant. By Henk Drost.
38. Simplified Chess. fixed cell count. (8x7, Cells: 56) By John Kipling Lewis.
39. Simplified chess. Simple subset of the chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michiel Tas.
40. Simpleton's Chess. This is an even simplier version of Simplified Chess. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Rich Hutnik.
41. Silver Elephant Chess. Missing description (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jose Carrillo.
42. Short Leaper Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Petar Djurickovic.
43. Shatranj Kamil X. Shatranj Kamil with Chinese Cannons and Padwars (Jetan). Historical information added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
44. Shatranj Darwinian. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
45. Shatranj al-Sultan. Normal Chess + Alibaba , with a Sultanic flavour . (10x8, Cells: 80) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
46. Shatar, Old 1 Hia. Old Shatar with one Hia. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
47. Shambhala chess. Maybe, it's the misterious first form of chess? Actually, most probably, not. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
48. Shako_Balbo. Game with Diamond Shape Board. By wdtr2.
49. Scorpion Chess. Poisonous Scorpions instead of pawns. By M Winther.
50. Schoolbook. 8x10 chess with the rook + knight and bishop + knight pieces added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Sam Trenholme.
51. Sage Chess. Missing description (8x16, Cells: 128) Author: Andrew Wong.
52. Univers Chess. Added photograph (10x8, Cells: 80) By Fergus Duniho.
53. Unicorn Great Chess. Replaced ASCII diagram with graphic image (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
54. Two Large Shatranj Variants. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
55. Twin-board Ecumenical Chess. Array diagram converted to new-style virtual single image (Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.

Week ending March 29, 2025

1. Troitzky Chess. Troitzky Chess by Paul Byway, standard pieces on irregular board (with zrf). Author: M Winther. Inventor: Paul Byway.
2. Trampoline Chess. Each player has a Trampoline that allows friendly pieces to make a second move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Thompson.
3. Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
4. Tiger Chess. A large game with fast-moving pieces. By Daniel Zacharias.
5. Third runner. Missing description (12x8, Cells: 96) By Daniil Frolov.
6. There is no queen, but 2 compounds. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
7. The Big Battle Chess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
8. Texas Two-Step: an obscure political commentary. A non-competing 45 Square Contest entry. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Joe Joyce.
9. Teutonic Knight"s Chess. Added a note on the relation archchancellor--colonel (of the Nutty Knights) (8x10, Cells: 80) By Jörg Knappen.
10. Expanded Chess. An attempt at a logical expansion of Chess to a 10x10 board. By Daniel Zacharias.
11. Templar Chess. Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
12. Vivarta Chess. he rules are simple. Each piece automatically transforms into a different piece every time it moves. Pawns transform into Knig. By Вадря Покштя.
13. Victorian Chess. Capablanca variant with the most powerful pieces starting on the outside. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: John Kipling Lewis and Greg Strong. Inventor: John Kipling Lewis and David Paulowich.
14. Withdrawing Chess. Any piece can withdraw from other pieces to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
15. Wildebeest Decimal Chess. A Wildebeest Chess adaptation to the decimal board. By Erik Lerouge.
16. Wildebeast9. A Variant of Wildebeast Chess. By wdtr2.
17. Wide SOHO Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Archbishops, Marshalls, Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons. By Kevin Pacey.
18. Wide Nightrider Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Nightriders, Champions and fast castling rules. By Kevin Pacey.
19. Wide Chess. Chess with 2 types of non-colourbound elephants added on a 12x8 board using fast castling rules By Kevin Pacey.
20. Warmachinewazir Chess. panther (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
21. The War of World`s Warriors Chess. The War of World`s Warriors Chess (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
22. Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.
23. WAD Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with WADs (Champions) added. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Kevin Pacey.

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