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Chess Variants
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If chess is inexhaustible, so are its variants. They include precursors like chaturanga and cousins like shogi. Has the variant you dreamed up already been invented by someone else? Find out from these sites.

The Chess Variant Pages Best of the Net
Huge site with high-quality information on chess variants. Covers ancestors of modern chess.

Zillions of Games
'The first infinitely expandable PC gaming system.'

Chess in the Round
Two player game on a round surface that looks like a dartboard. Twice as many pawns as usual. From White Bear Enterprises.

Chessapeak
A four player game on a square board using the traditional rules.

Three Man Chess in the Round
Three players on a round board use the traditional rules.




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