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Alice Chess. Classic Variant where pieces switch between two boards whenever they move. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) (1)
Altair. Altair is a modern game with an oriental flavor. (9x9, Cells: 81) (1)
Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Arimaa. Board game playable with standard chess set, hard for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Atomic chess. Pieces explode when captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Avalanche chess. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Backlash. Play on two boards, but capturing on one board leads to a backlash on the other! (2x(8x8), Cells: 132) (1)
Berolina Chess. Different moving pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Bombalot. Bombs can wipe out most pieces on the board. (1)
Brouhaha. Like Chess, but it really brings the ruckus! (8x8, Cells: 72) (1)
Byzantine, or round chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a round board. (Cells: 64) (1)
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) (1)
Chu Shogi.
Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion. (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) (1)
Colossus. Large-board chess with standard pieces and double the number of bishops, rooks and knights. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Complicacious Chess. Variant in which Chess piece change type. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Dice chess (wikipedia rules). Dice chess using 2 dice, wikipedia rules. (1)
Eight-Stone Chess. On an 8 by 9 board with eight neutral stones. (8x9, Cells: 72) (1)
Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) (1)
Hiashatar. Mongolian Great Chess played on a 10x10 board with a pair of Bodyguard pieces per side. (1)
Hostage Chess. Pieces taken are held hostage and can be exchanged against other pieces and then dropped. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Jetan. Martian Chess, coming from the book The Chessmen of Mars. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Jumping Chess. Pieces capture by jumping. Board has extra edge squares making it 10x10. (10x10, Cells: 100) (1)
Knightmare Chess. The American version of Tempete sur l'Echiquier. (1)
Kriegspiel. With help of a referee, two players move without knowing the moves of the opponent. (3x(8x8), Cells: 192) (Recognized!) (1)
Latrunculi XXI. A 21st century variant on an ancient Chess-like game of the Roman empire. (10x8, Cells: 80) (1)
Magnetic Chess. Pieces that moved attract and repel pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Marseillais Chess. Move twice per turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
N-Relay Chess. Uncapturable Knights give other pieces the ability to move as Knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Omega Chess. Rules for commercial chess variant on board with 104 squares. (12x12, Cells: 104) (Recognized!) (1)
Parallel Chess War. Play 4 chess games at once, first game won wins the whole war. (4x(8x8), Cells: 256) (1)
Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Pocket Shogi Copper. A Variant of Shogi with Copper General and Pocket. (1)
Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!) (1)
Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Raumschach. The classical variant of three-dimensional chess: 5 by 5 by 5. (5x(5x5), Cells: 125) (Recognized!) (1)
Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Rifle Chess. Pieces are taken by shooting: capturing without moving. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Rococo. A clear, aggressive Ultima variant on a 10x10 ring board. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) (1)
Seirawan Chess. FIDE chess, put players have N+R and N+B in hand to drop. (1)
Shogi. The Japanese form of Chess, in which players get to keep and replay captured pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) (1)
Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) (1)
Sphinx Chess. Likely the first 4D chess variant. (1)
Symmetric Chess. Variant with two Queens flanking the King and Bishops Conversion Rule. (9x8, Cells: 72) (1)
Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!) (1)
Tandem Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (2x(8x8), Cells: 128) (Recognized!) (1)
Team-Mate Chess. Variant with 8 different pieces, none of which is able to checkmate a bare king on its own. (8x8, Cells: 64) (1)
Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) (1)
Ultima. Game where each type of piece has a different capturing ability. Also called Baroque. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) (1)
Viking Chess. Armies start side-by-side on a 12 x 7 board. (12x7, Cells: 84) (1)
Wide Chess. Chess with 2 types of non-colourbound elephants added on a 12x8 board using fast castling rules. (1)
Wolf Chess. Half-century old variant on board of size 8 by 10. (8x10, Cells: 80) (1)
Xiangqi: Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) (1)
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