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Changgi: Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. The rules of chess. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) By Ralph Betza.
Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. (Cells: 44) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!) By Ben Good.

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Cagliostro's Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board with combination pieces. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: John Ayer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
Cai Qi. Chesslike game on circular board. (Cells: 89) Inventor: Patrick Hassel Zein.
Ca�ssa. On a 7 by 7 board with disappearing squares. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Christian Freeling.
Ca�ssa. Christian Freeling's game with a royal queen. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Ca�ssa Britannia. British themed variant with Lions, Unicorns, Dragons, Anglican Bishops, and a royal Queen. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
Calculation of Piece Values . Link to an essay on attack values, material values, relative piece values. Author: Derek Nalls.
Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Mark Hedden and Charles Gilman.
Camblam. On a 12x12 board with archers, catapults and other enhanced pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Michael Asher.
Cambodian Chess . Mysterious 9x9 "Cambodian" Chess game that seems unknown in Cambodia. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
Cambodian Chess. Historic 9x9 game. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Camel. Makes (1,3)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tony Quintanilla.
Camel and Rhino Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tony Quintanilla.
Canadian Chess. Captured units are replaced immediately. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Chess II. Queens are replaced as rooks, rooks as bishops, etc. Pawns are not. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Canadian Progressive Chess. Usually Canadian Chess is played progressively. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cancellation Rules. Capturing results in left-over pieces based on the difference in point values of the two pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Zeitlin.
Cannibal Chess . Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 .
Cannibal Chess. Pieces get the powers of a piece they take. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michiel de Bondt.
Cannon. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Cannon Chess . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
Cannon Chess. Rooks and Bishops move and capture after the style of Chinese cannons. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cannon Shogi . Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Peter Michaelsen.
Cannon Shogi and Cannon Chess. Played on a 9x9 Shogi board, feature various types of 'Cannon' pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Peter Michaelsen.
Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
Cannons and Crabs. A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42) By David Short.
Cannons and Crabs . A variant on a 7x6 board with Crabs (improved Pawns), and Cannons (leapers). (7x6, Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
Canonical Chess Variants. A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Tony Paletta.
Canonical Chess Variants . A family of chess variants that blends Xiang Qi and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Tony Paletta.
Canopus. Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Canopus . Most pieces movements are range-limited. The game play is violent and tense, but fluid. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Roberto Lavieri.
Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel. By Charles Gilman.
Canyon Chess. Small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Canyon Chess. Play this small variant with Marshalls and Archbishops and some new rules! (8x8, Cells: 44) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Andrew Blechinger and Jarry Vega.
Capablanca Chess. 8x10 board variant by the grandmaster. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Chess 10x10. 10x10 board variant by the grandmaster. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Chess program. A DOS program for Capablanca's chess, based upon GNU chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: William Angel. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca Random Chess. Randomized setup for Capablanca chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Reinhard Scharnagl.
Capablanca's chess. An enlarged chess variant, proposed by Capablanca. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's Chess. Play Capablanca's Chess on the Play-by-Mail system! (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capablanca's Chess Photographs. Pictures of a set based on Capablanca's 8x10 variant. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jose Raul Capablanca.
Capapranka Chess. A cap renders a square and any occupant non-functional. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Capricorn Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. By Ralph Betza.
Captain Spalding Chess . Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Capture the Flag Chess. A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Thomas Cameron.
Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Capture-the-flag Chess . A translation of the classic children's game to a 42-square board. (7x6, Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Thomas Cameron.
Capturing Progressive Chess. Scotch Chess, but if no capture is made the count drops back to one. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Card Chess. Cards determine which player makes a move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
CARDCHESS. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
CardChess for Four. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
CardChess for Teams. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
CardChess for Three. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
CardChess for Two. Utilizes the two key elements of card games: four suits and the ability to place cards face down to hide their values. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeff Widderrich.
Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Cardinal Super Chess Home Page. Link to company site. (10x10, Cells: 100) Inventor: Maureen Jones.
Cardinals Super Chess and Super Checkers. Photographs of set. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Cardmate . Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Cardmate. Chess variant on board with 100 squares, inspired by card games. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Ivan Derzhanski.
Carnival of the Animals. A nearly-FIDE variant with Eurofighter Pawns (first implementation on an 8x8 board) dice (two aside for preference) which mutate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Carnivore Chess. Each turn, also move an uncapturable predator. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba. Author: Charles Gilman.
Carrera Chess. 10x8 version described in 1617. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Carrera's Chess. Large chess variant from 17th century Italy. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Eric Greenwood. Inventor: D. Pietro Carrera.
Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Cassandra Chess. Prophesy the doom of opposing pieces two turns in advance to capture them. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Castle Chess . White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: �ric Angelini.
Castling in Chess 960. New castling rules for Fischer Random Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Castlingmost Chess. All movement in this variant is a form of castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) By Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy. Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Catapults of Troy . Large variant with a river, catapults, archers, and trojan horses! (8x11, Cells: 88) Author: Antoine Fourri�re. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
Catastrophic 8x8 Chess. Mathematician Missoum gives a new type of chessboard. By A Missoum.
Cavalier. Piece from RennChess that steps one diagonally then slides orthogonally, or steps one orthogonally then slides diagonally. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
Cavalier Chess . All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Chess Photographs. All pieces except queens have some kind of knight-movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michael Nelson and Michael Howe. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalier Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Cavalry Chess . A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Chess. A once popular variant from the 1920's where every piece has additional jumping moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavalry Chess. Enhanced moves for all pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Cavewars CSIPGS Chess. Three dimensional chess variant based on Cavewars game. By Ralph Betza.
Cazaux, Jean-Louis. An interview. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Cazaux, Jean-Louis . Books by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Cazaux, Jean-Louis. Website of Jean-Louis Cazaux. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Centaur. Moves as Knight or Man. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Centennial and Millennial Chess: Cutout pieces. Pictures to print for making your own Centennial and Millennial Chess set. By John William Brown.
Centennial Chess . 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) By John William Brown.
Centennial Chess. 10x10 Variant that adds Camels, Stewards, Rotating Spearmen and Murray Lions to the standard mix. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Centennial Chess Photographs. 10x10 board, Shogi-like pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: John William Brown.
Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
Centerless Chess. No center pawns or squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Central Chess. Move twice per turn, once in center and once on edge. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
The Central Squares . 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (6x6x3, Cells: 100) By Jo�o Pedro Neto.
The Central Squares. 3d chess variant where all three levels share their central squares. (6x6x3, Cells: 100) By Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Cerimon Chess. Recover pieces by checking with a like piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul DeWitte.
Cetina Random Chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup. By Carlos Cetina.
Chad. Christian Freeling's simple game of complex strategy. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chad. Castles and walls in a strategic deep chess variant. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Christian Freeling.
Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
Chakra. Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christian Freeling.
Chakra . Variant with fairy pieces and transmitters that can transport pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Chamaeleon. Multiplayer variant with pieces moving differently depending on square color. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Wolfgang Gro�kopf.
Chameleon. Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
Chameleon . Chess variant on board of 41 colored squares, where pieces change type depending on color of square the move to. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
Chameleon (1). Take a piece in the way that piece is taking. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Chameleon (2). Change movement abilities after every movement. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chameleon Chess. On each turn the rank of the moved piece changes. By Sergey Sirotkin.
Chameleon Chess. Begin with 16 pawns which evolve. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
Chameleon Chess. Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. (6x7, Cells: 42) By P. D. Magnus.
Chameleon Chess . Each player has a King and 11 Chameleons whose moves are determined by the type of square they are on. (6x7, Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: P. D. Magnus.
Champion. Moves one orthogonally or jumps two orthogonally or diagonally. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
Chance Chess. Commercial game: cards determine what piece you can move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chance Chess. Randomizer determines what units you may move. Free move out of check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chance Chess Co.. Web site.
Chancellor. Moves like rook or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Chancellor Chess. Classic 9x9 board with rook-knight. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
Chancellor Chess. Problems from Chancellor Chess book. (9x9, Cells: 81)
Chancellor Chess (Book). Author: Ben R. Foster.
Chancellor Chess Variants, New. On 8 by 10 board with two `chancellors'. (10x8, Cells: 80) By David Paulowich.
Changgi: Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Changling Chess. Rooks become Bishops and Bishops become Rooks when moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Scherer.
Chaos. A strange Chess variant designed to baffle onlookers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Ron Kensek.
Chaos Chess. Pieces are placed randomly everywhere on the board before the game starts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Allen Jett.
Chaos Chess. Random starting positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Allen Jett.
Chaos Chess. Commercial chess variant with cards that modify chess rules. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaotenschach. Players start the game by making a secret setup on their own half of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: J�rg Knappen.
Chaotic Chess. Play Chess with dice and flip the dice each turn to mutate the pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Laurent Dubois.
Chariot. See Rook. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chariots. Standard pieces start as pairs with shared capabilities, but can separate and recombine. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Jagger.
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Danielle Allen and Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Danielle Allen.
Chasm Chess. Berolina Pawns, reflecting Bishop and Queen, and a chasm in the board! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Danielle Allen.
Chassyrinth. A 'color-attribute' based hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Inventor: Kumar Yelubandi.
Chatter Chess. Variant based on the idea of line chatter where rider pieces can switch to other friendly pieces' lines of movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chatty Chess. Four-handed game using normal board and pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chaturanga . Oldest known form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chaturanga . Version with fancy graphics. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe.
Chaturanga . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe.
Chaturanga. Computer game that plays Chaturanga and many other variations. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chaturanga 10x10. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Chaturanga 4-84. An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces and an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga 4-84 . An Updating of Chaturanga for Four Players with modern pieces on an 84-square board. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Peter Aronson.
Chaturanga for Four. Ancient partnership game, sometimes said to be the. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chaturanga for Four -- Machiavellian Version. Cutthroat new version. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Zimmerman.
Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chaturanga with minor changes. A series of variants based on the (according to many) earliest form of Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Chaturanga-Shatranj-Senterej . Oldest known version of Chess plus Arabic Chess plus a guess at Ethiopian Chess. Author: Tony Quintanilla.
Chaughts. A mixture of chess and international draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Hedden.
Chazz . Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: David Moeser.
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Moeser.
Chazz. Only kings and pawns. Pawns can move backwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David Moeser.
Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
Cheapo. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Check Force Chess. The player giving check decides how the opponent escapes. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce R Trone.
Checker-Pawn Chess. Pawns are replaced by Anglo-American Checkers pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Richard D.B.M. and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard D.B.M..
Checkers. The most popular game besides Chess played on the same board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Checkers Chess. Pieces move initially only forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
Checkers Chess. Pieces may not move backwards until they have visited the. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hans Multhopp.
Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
Checkless Chess. Giving check without mate is not allowed. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Checkless Chess. You may not check unless it is mate. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Checkmate in an Infinite Number of Moves. By Alberto Monteiro.
Checkmate Sliding Puzzle. Slide squares in this puzzle such that the black king becomes mated. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. G. H. Strijbos.
Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. (Cells: 84) By Ken Franklin.
CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chelma. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andy Lewicki.
Cheops. Large 3d chess variant inspired by Dune novels. By B. Gregory Johnson.
Chesh. 3 player, hexagonal chess. (Cells: 169)
Cheshire Cat Chess . When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess. When a unit leaves a square, the square vanishes. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess. Squares are disappearing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cheshire Cat Chess, 10 x 10. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
Chesica . Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
ChesK: Risk and Chess Combination. A combination of the classic chess and Risk. (25x16, Cells: 319) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Khalid Waheed.
Cheskers . Cross-variant between chess and checkers. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers. Cross-variant between chess and checkers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers. The most popular cross between checkers and chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Cheskers and Grand Cheskers . Cross-variant between chess and checkers, with variants on larger boards. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Solomon W. Golomb.
Chesquerque. Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chesquerque . Variant played on a quadruple Alquerque board. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: George Dekle.
Chess. The rules of chess. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess. Play Chess online with other people, using Game Courier, a PBM system that works with any web browser on any computer. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess (Variant) Graphics. Icons of chess variant pieces. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Chess - The Speed Game. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess - The Speed Game . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess - the Speed Game. Photo's of set. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: ? denOude.
Chess 121. Large chess variant with Demo Dos-program. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Russell Grigsby.
Chess 2000 . Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
CHESS 2000. Chess on 8 by 8 board with knight/rook and knight/bishop pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gerhard Josten.
Chess 2000. A program that plays Chess 2000. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gijsbert Wiesenekker. Inventor: Gerhard Josten.
Chess 2000 Review. Review of a large (12x13) commercial, chess-like game. (13x12, Cells: 156) Author: David Howe.
Chess 3D. A java applet that plays a three dimensional chess variant. By Marius Soska.
Chess 68 . 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Setti Roberto.
Chess 68. 8 x 8 board with 4 extra corner squares, two extra piece types. (8x8, Cells: 68) By Setti Roberto.
Chess 69. Variant on modified chessboard with 69 squares. (8x8, Cells: 69) By Gerd Degens.
Chess Addresses. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
Chess Adventurer . True Type chess font with distinguished bishop. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Alfonso . True type chess font, based on diagrams from famous games book of King Alfonso from Spain, 13th century. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess And Physics. Several chess variants based on physics. By Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group. Author: Jouni Tolonen.
Chess Assistant Light. Chess publishing software.
Chess Battle . Military-themed Chess variant on a large board, invented in the Soviet Union in 1933. (12x12, Cells: 128) Author: Roger Norling. Inventor: A. S. Yurgelevich.
Chess Berlin 1.1 . True type chess font. Author: Eric Bentzen.
Chess Captor. Program to make chess diagrams.
Chess Cards. Cardgame with chess flavor. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards. Sample Games. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards - Graphics. Instructions and pictures for your own set of Chess Cards. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards Scoresheet. Print your own scoresheet for the Chess Cards game. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess cards, Sample game: Queen's Privilege Snippet. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards: Match 1. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards: Match 2 - Card sacrificing motif. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cards: Overmate - Sample Game. Author: Edward Lovett.
Chess Cartoon. A chess game being played by the pieces themselves. Author: Miriam Riad.
Chess Cases . True type chess font used in Problemiste. By Matthieu Leschemelle.
Chess Chaos. Announcement of pack of cards that affect chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Composition Microweb. Extensive website on chess problems. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
Chess Condal . True type chess font, based on diagrams from Spanish chess books. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Contradance. Move pieces to the other side of the board without attacking each other. By Karen Robinson.
Chess Cubed. Played within a 4x4x4 cube. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Chess Cubic. Chess board is a cube with each side a 4x4 grid. (4x4x6, Cells: 96) By Robert J. Bell.
Chess Diagram Construction Utility . Webpage that helps to make chess diagrams for publications.
Chess Draughts. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mannis Charosh.
Chess Eccentricities. Author: George Hope Verney.
Chess Equalizer dice. Dice with chess symbols. Author: Will Eastep.
Chess Equalizer Dice. Photo's of dice with chess symbols. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess FAQ. Frequently asked chess questions. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess figurine font, based on Switserland font. . For texts with chess figures. For Croatian, Danish, English, German, Slavonic, Swedish, and Yugoslavian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess figurine font, based on Switserland font. . For texts with chess figures. For French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess figurine font, based on Switserland font. . For texts with chess figures. For Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian and Norwegian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess figurine font, based on Times New Roman font. . For texts with chess figures. For Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian and Norwegian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Figurine Font: FigurineStymbol T1, using Times New Roman. . For texts with chess figures. For Croatian, Danish, English, German, Slavonic, Swedish, and Yugoslavian. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Figurine Font: FigurineStymbol T2, using Times New Roman. . For texts with chess figures. For French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess font: Chess Utrecht . Stylized chess font (true type). By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess For Any Number of Players. Rules for multiplayer chess that can be played with an arbitrary number of players. By Ralph Betza.
Chess for Three . Website with Java server for three player chess. (Cells: 96)
Chess for Three. Traditional pieces, three players, on a triangular board. (Cells: 100) By James Killian Spratt.
Chess for Three. Three-player Chess with standard pieces and moves. (Cells: 96) Author: Jerzy Luberda. Inventor: Jacek Filek.
Chess Harlequin . True type chess font based on diagrams from French book. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess History and Reminiscences. Project Gutenberg eBook version of this public domain book (large!). Author: H. E. Bird.
Chess II . Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jesse A. Obligacion.
Chess II. Two extra files with two additional pieces (princes) on each side. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Jesse A. Obligacion.
Chess in a Klein bottle. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in a Moebius Strip. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in a Toroidal Board. 8 by 14 board with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess in Space . Pamphlet describing 3 dimensional chess ideas. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chess in the Fast Lane . The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. (8x8, Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Francois Tremblay.
Chess in the Fast Lane. The 64-squares of a regular Chess board are grouped into 41 "regions" producing a small board that looks full size. (8x8, Cells: 41) By Francois Tremblay.
Chess in the Round . A commercial variant on a round board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess in the Round. 1970's commercial variant that allows turning corners with the Rook and Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Barry Yoner.
Chess in the Third Dimension. Three-D proprietary game from Skor-Mor. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess Is Wild. Pieces acquire special moves in the inner 16 squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter E. Leyva.
Chess Jester. 4-player variant with two new pieces. (Cells: 128) Author: Matthew P. Scholle and David A. Mahan. Inventor: David A. Mahan.
Chess Kingdom . True type chess font, based on diagrams from Latin American chess books. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Leipzig . True type chess font from book from Leipzig, end of 19th century. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Line . Simple geometric chess font. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Lucena . True type chess font based on 500 years old book `incunable of Lucena'. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Magnetic . True type chess font based on magnetic chess set. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Mark . A TrueType diagram font in a simple geometric style. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Mark . True type chess font with stylized figures. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Marroquin . A TrueType diagram font in a modern Mexican style. Author: Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Marroquin . True type chess font. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Maya . True type chess font for children's chess publications, using silhouettes of Staunton pieces. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Mazes. Chess based maze puzzles.
Chess Mazes. Shareware program. Find a route for a piece that does not use an attacked square. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
Chess Mediaeval . True type chess font with traditional design. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Merida . True type chess font with classic design. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Millennia . True type chess font in two versions with stylized versions for the third millennium. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Miner. Shareware program. Add mines to undermine all black pieces. By Aleksey Bartashnikov.
Chess Miscel . Clipart font for chess publications; true type font. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
CHESS MORALITY XIV: Pleiadic Dialectic. 14th poem in Chess Moralities series. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XV: Piece Offering. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVI: Body of Chess. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Morality XVII: Turning Rhyme. Author: George William Duke.
A CHESS MORALITY: Castle Early. falcon. Author: George William Duke.
Chess Motif . True type chess font with simple figures and bold outlines. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Olympic. Some pieces move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess Olympic . Kings, Queens and Pawns have additional moves, and victory is by capture instead of checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess on a 12 by 12 Board . Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a 12 by 12 board. Orthodox chess but with additional squares around the setup. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Doug Vogel.
Chess on a Board with 37 Squares . Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. (Cells: 37) Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chess on a board with 37 squares. Game with full Chess arrays minus a Pawn on a 37 square board without any corners. (Cells: 37) Author: Alfred Pfeiffer and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chess on a Cylindrical Board. 8 by 14 board in with sides glued together. (8x14, Cells: 112) By Alberto Monteiro.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped. Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourri�re.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped . Game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourri�re.
Chess on a Larger Board with not so few Pieces Dropped Preset. Play this game with an interesting mix of Orthochess and Exotic pieces, some of which start in-hand! (12x8, Cells: 96) By Antoine Fourri�re.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added . On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By David Howe.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. On a 10 row by 8 column board, with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By David Howe.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added. Play this 8x10 game with three new pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Antoine Fourri�re. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess on a Longer Board Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Michael Nelson and John Lawson. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess on a Really Big Board. Chess on multiple chess boards. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Ralph Betza.
Chess On Stamps. Web site devoted to postage stamps on Chess themes. Author: Fabio Coracini Ollita.
Chess on Steriods. Pieces increase their powers with those of the pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Cannon.
Chess on the Rainbows. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ingo Althofer.
Chess Piece Discs. Chess variant pieces on wooden discs. Author: David Howe.
Chess Players Statue (Photo). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marijke K. Bodlaender-Groote and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Playing Application. Also plays: Elena Chess, Do-or-Die, Demi Chess, Diana Chess, Half Chess, HP Chess, Haynie's PC, and Courtyard. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andr� Heuner.
The Chess Plus Deck. Traditional chess spliced with Dvorak cards. (8x8, Cells: 64)
Chess Plus Plus Deck. Chess with special cards. Free!! (8x8, Cells: 64) By James Hutchings.
Chess Pool. Game played on a pool table, inspired by chess. By Robert Price.
Chess Pool. Sample game of Chess Pool v. 0.50. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Chess problem from 19th century. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Samuel Loyd.
A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Mate in two moves. Author: Ralph Betza. Inventor: Mw. L. Ferris.
A Chess Problem with a Chancellor. Mate in two moves. Winner of tournament. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: John Keeble.
Chess Problem with a Nightrider. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
Chess Problems of 1001 years ago. Mansubat: Ancient and interesting shatranj puzzles. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: A modern exercise?. This old and simple shatranj problem uses only modern pieces and rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check!. Old shatranj problem of a form, typical for many such problems (mansubat). Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: Check! - Solution. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems of 1001 years ago: The right way to check. Old shatranj problem in which one must determine in what order white must check black. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess problems: A proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tibor Orban.
Chess puzzle task: shortest game with only two kings in final di. Author: Mario Velucchi.
Chess Rules for Kids. An illustrated guide to the rules of chess for children. Author: David Howe.
Chess set: a very cheap set. Photo's of a set bought for a quarter of a Dutch guilder, with some silly variants playable with the set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Abstract pieces. Photo's of chess set with geometric forms for pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Abstract set from Poland. Photo's of chessset. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Human figures. Photo's of chess set with human figures as pieces made by mrs. Bodlaender-Groote. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Orthodox wooden set. Photo of orthodox (Staunton) wooden chess set. Author: Jean-Luc Muraro.
Chess set: Portable plastic set. Photo's of cheap portable plastic chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Set from Poland. Photo's of a wooden painted chess set from Poland. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess set: Small wooden set. Photo's of small round wooden chess set. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Soccer . Chess Soccer game on a 9x9 board with no Pawns, no Captures, two goals and one ball. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
Chess Stamps - index. Updated.
Chess Stamps from Laos. Stamps with historical paintings of chess variants. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Tests: Bizarre Positions. Website with tests of strange chess positions and how programs deal with these.
Chess Usual . True type chess font; redesign of Chess Regular. By Armando Hernandez Marroquin.
Chess Utrecht. A True Type chess font. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Utrecht . Stylized chess font, true type. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chess Variant Applets. Ed Friedlander's Chess variants applet site. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chess Variant Construction Set. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variant Pages Membership. Author: David Howe.
Chess Variant Pages Shop. Selling now also mugs with our logo.
Chess Variant Quotations: Asimov. Quote on chess variants from a book of I. Asimov.
Chess Variant Quotations: Burroughs. Quote on chess variant Jetan from a book of E.R. Burroughs.
Chess Variant Set Construction. Describes a chess variant set made with ceramic tiles and wooden cubes. By Tony Quintanilla.
Chess Variants PBM. You can now use the PBM to display or view annotated games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variants PBM Instructions. Help page for the Chess Variants Play-by-Mail system. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chess Variants Query. More options for searching in these pages. By (zzo38) A. Black.
Chess Variants with Inverse Capture. Several variants around the idea that captures are done in the manner of the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chess Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern. Book that describes a variety of chess variants. Author: John Gollon.
Chess with Batteries. Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries . Special Battery piece which augments the powers of other pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries . Sample game of Roberto Lavieri vs. Rhonan Lavieri. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Rhonan Lavieri. and Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Batteries . Sample game of Rhonan Lavieri vs. Roberto Lavieri. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Rhonan Lavieri. and Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Cyclical Armies . Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with Cyclical Armies. Whenever a piece moves, it changes to another type of piece of vaguely similar value. By Peter Aronson.
Chess with Different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies . Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies . Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies. Betza's classic variant where white and black play with different sets of pieces. (Recognized!) By Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies . Massive version of Chess with Different Armies with index page and many experimental armies. Author: Peter S. Hatch. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Lawson and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Mixed Pawns. Four normal and four Berolina pawns per player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chess with Promoters. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Promoters. Each player has a piece which may promote the pieces of his opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourri�re. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
Chess with Reserves. Load your units during the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: E. Slater.
Chess with Terrain. Play Greg Strong's Chess with Terrain on Game Courier. (15x15, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces. A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson and Ben Good. Inventor: Peter Aronson and George Dekle.
Chess with Ultima, Rococo and Supremo Pieces . A series of variants with the Orthochess array transplanted to a 10x10 board and various exotic pieces added. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Peter Aronson.
Chess Word Macros & Fonts. Alastair Scott's Chess DTP Page. Author: Alastair Scott.
Chess'3. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess'3 Website. Chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chess++. Some pieces are made more powerful, some less. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul Keres.
Chess-Battle. War variant from the Soviet-Union, 1933. (12x12, Cells: 128) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. S. Yurgelevich.
A Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Build your own army and territory. By David Howe.
Chess-like Variant Construction Set. Critique. Author: John William Brown. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chess/Xianqi/Shogi Tournament #1. Enter the First Chess/Xiangqi/Shogi Game Courier Tournament! Author: Antoine Fourri�re.
Chess2 ~ A New Game of Chess for a New Generation of Players. Decimal Chess variant with two new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Robert J. Tiess.
Chess2000 . Website of commercial chess variant with cards.
Chess3. Three dimensional board with three board parts. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By James Melander.
Chess3. Chess-Cubed, a commercial, three level chess game. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) Author: James Trimm.
Chess37 . A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37) Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: David Howe.
Chess37. A chess variant on a board with 37 squares where pieces outside of the center 9 squares move like Kings. (Cells: 37) By David Howe.
Chess3D. A program for building 3D chess boards. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Per Trygve Myhrer.
Chess480. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
Chess99. Large progressive chess variant, where pieces gain progressive capabilities as the game develops. (9x11, Cells: 99) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chess: 3d. Three dimensional chess variant of Marius Soska. (Link.). (4x5x3, Cells: 60) Inventor: Marius Soska.
Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Chessapawn. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
Chessapawn Puzzles. Four positions of Chessapawn to solve. By Robert Price.
Chessapawn Sample Game. Author: Robert Price.
CHESSapeak . Website of firm selling four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessapeak Challenge Classic (review). Four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessapeak Challenge Photo's. Commercial chess variant for four players. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessapeak Challenge Tourney edition (photo's). Large (one meter square board) size edition of four player chess variant. (Cells: 160) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessapeak Four-Handed Chess. Based on Chessapeak Challenge, arguably the best commercial four-player chess game. (Cells: 160) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessapeak Porta-Challenge. Photo's of pocket edition of multiplayer chess variant. (Cells: 160) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessapeak: Pictures of Chessapeak Classic. Photo's of 4 player chess variant. (Cells: 160) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. Bruce Jones.
Chessball. Play football on a chessboard. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: U. N. Kamzolov.
Chessbrain Software . Link to website of company making shareware chess puzzle programs.
Chessenat. Game from Columbia with custodial captures. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessence. Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. (6x9, Cells: 46) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence . Variant on a 9 x 6 board with 8 missing squares, immobile Kings, and 9 pieces whose movement depends on their spatial relation. (6x9, Cells: 46) Author: Alfred Pfeiffer. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence. Units move and capture depending on their proximity to their colleagues. (6x9, Cells: 46) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jim Winslow.
Chessence. Small variant with many possible winning conditions. (4x4, Cells: 16) By Stephen Sniderman.
Chesseract . Four dimensional chess variant. (4x4x16, Cells: 256) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Chesseract. Four dimensional chess variant. (4x4x16, Cells: 256) By Jim Aikin.
Chessers. Pieces may ride pawns to the end ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Chessex . Hexagonal chess variant for two or three players. (Cells: 169) Inventor: Patrick K. Mullen.
Chessgi . Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chessgi. Captured units become yours to drop onto the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessgi. Drop the pieces you take from your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessgi. Play this hybrid of Chess and Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys . A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesshire-Cat Playeth Looking-Glass Chessys, Part 2 . 2nd part of a pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chesshousers. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessical Cubism . Pamphlet describing 3 dimensional chess ideas. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chessky. Dice rolls determine how the units move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chessling . Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Chessling. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
Chessma 84. Game with elements of Chess and Ultima on a board with two levels with special corner squares. (10x10x2, Cells: 84) By Antoine Fourri�re.
ChessMage (tm). A Living Fantasy Chessworld.
ChessMaker. A simple program for creating Chess diagrams. Author: Mark Alexander.
ChessMatch. Chess variant with a hand of cards that allow movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wayne Eberhart.
Chessmayne. Chess Dictionary. Author: Raymond Reid.
Chessmen-At-Arms. A wargame with chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chessmic. Commercial, expensive, three-dimensional chess from Germany. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
ChessNet. Play chess or variants online. By Tomas Forsman.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
Chessnuts 1999. Chessnuts is the newsletter of the Circular Chess Society. This is the 1999 issue. Author: Rob Stevens.
Chessoids: SuperPawn and NeutronChess. A large and complicated chess variant. (11x10, Cells: 111) By Eugen Laukamp.
Chessopoly . Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. (12x12, Cells: 128) Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chessopoly. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. (12x12, Cells: 128) By Ralph Betza.
Chessquarters. Variants obtained by rearranging the quarters of the chessboard. (Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
ChessV Universal Chess Program . Open source universal Chess program with a graphical user-interface. Author: Greg Strong.
ChessWar. Strategic game played with chess pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kalle Marjola.
Chess_AB. Pawns may move backwards; and may promote to captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Redzo Kolakovic.
Chestria. Each player has 11 randomly selected pieces in this game of placement and flipping. (5x5x3, Cells: 43) By Jared B. McComb.
Cheversi. A mix of chess pieces and reversi-like strategy. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Cheversi Solitaire. Solitaire version of Cheversi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Lewicki.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. By David L. Smith.
Chex. Cards with pieces form the board. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chex on Richard's play by email server.. By David L. Smith.
Chex: photo's. Photo's of a chess variant formed of cards with chess piece symbols. () Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David L. Smith.
Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board. By Stephen Kennedy.
cHEXx . Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
Chezzle. Chess-like game played with puzzle pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jarrod Aden.
Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chimera Chess. Chimeras cannot capture or be captured, but swap positions with the enemy units. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Chinese and Korean Chess Links. Comprehensive list of links to Chinese and Korean chess pages. Author: Roleigh Martin.
Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Chinese Chess. Information on book on Xiangqi. Author: H. T. Lau.
Chinese Chess. Play Xiang Qi, the Chinese form of Chess. (10x9, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chinese Chess Cyber Newsletter. (9x10, Cells: 90)
Chinese Chess for Beginners. Author: Sam Sloan.
Chinese Chess variant for 7 players. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Stephen Leary.
Chipps. Let all pieces gain a chip by moving to the other side of 4 by 8 board. (4x8, Cells: 32) By Mark Leff.
Chitty-Chatty Chess. Four-handed partnership game intended to introduce newcomers to Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ian Richardson.
Chivalrous Attrition . Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William F. Bultas.
Chivalry. With 30 pieces on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Michael Asher.
Chogo-44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: David Jagger.
Chogo44. Game with pawns and kings with co-enclosure capture. (7x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
Choice chess. Propose five moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Choiss. Starting with a 2x2 center, players assemble a 64 square board of any shape before play. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter A. Victor.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Gianni Cottogni.
Chosen Chess. Move a piece you chose last turn, then choose a piece to move next turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gianni Cottogni.
Choson chess. Korean game, resembling Shogi, mentioned in a novel. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: L. U. Kisljuk.
Chromopolis. `Almost' colorbound pieces on a cylindrical board of 40 squares. (7x6, Cells: 40) By Alexandre Mu�iz.
Chu Shogi . Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Steve Evans.
Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board. (Link.). (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Roger Hare.
Chu Shogi. Shogi variant on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Antoine Fourri�re.
Chu Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Chu Shogi set. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Lawson.
Church Chess. Seven Bishops replace all backrow pieces other than the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Chutes and Ladders Chess. Game played on two boards with two sets with user placed and removed chutes and ladders connecting the boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Ciccolini's Chess. Large variant from the early 1800's. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Guiseppi Ciccolini.
Cincinnati 4-way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. (Cells: 101) Author: David Moeser.
Cincinnati 4-Way Chess . Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. (Cells: 101) Author: Robert Price.
Cincinnati Four-Way Chess. Four player chess variant from Cincinnati. (Cells: 101) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David Moeser.
Circe Chess. Captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Montreal.
Circe Chess. Classic variant in which pieces are returned to their squares of origin if possible. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Pierre Montreal.
Circe Chess problem 1. Series selfmate circe chess problem. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: George P. Spicas.
Circe Chess problem 2. Helpstalemate circe chess problem. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Michel Caillaud.
Circe Progressive Chess. The usual way in which Circe chess is played today. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Progressive Chess. Combination of Circe and Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Circe Progressive Chess. Progressive variant where captured pieces return to their original square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe Vulcanici. Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the non-progressive game, waiting if needed until the square becomes available. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Roberto Gravino.
Circe-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over returns to its starting square. By Ben Good.
Circean Chess. Large variant in which pawns evolve into kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Circular. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess . Chess on a round board with modern pieces. (Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess. Chess on a round board. (Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess. Unique circular board. Sells boards, pieces, and software. (Cells: 68) By Alan Mattlage and Martin Mattlage.
Circular Chess. PBM Preset for Circular Chess. (16x4, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess Championship for 2002 Announced. (Cells: 64) Author: Rob Stevens.
The Circular Chess Society. Organization for players of Circular Chess. (Cells: 64) Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess Society Information Pack. Rules of Circular Chess and Information on the Circular Chess Society. (Cells: 64) Author: Rob Stevens. Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
Circular Chess Tournament for 2005. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dave Reynolds and Richard Orange.
Circular Chess World Championship 2000. Article from Variant Chess. (Cells: 64) Author: John Beasley.
Circular Chess World Championship 2003. (16x4, Cells: 64)
Circular Chess, Improved. Circular Chess where Bishops and Queens are crooked, and all Pawns go in the same direction. (2x16, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Circular Perspective Chess . Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: A Missoum.
Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board. By A Missoum.
Citadel. Simple chess variant from early 20th century on 45 degrees turned board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karen Robinson.
Citadel. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Citadel Chess. A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadels. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Citadel Shatranj . A variant of Shatranj, played on a ten by ten board with four extra citadel. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Marek14 .
Clairvoyant Chess. Players predict what opponent will do to gain advantages. By Jim Aikin.
Clash of Command. Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board. (Cells: 41) By Peter Stobbe.
Clash of Command . Chesslike game with pieces that change and leave behind other pieces on special board. (Cells: 41) By Peter Stobbe.
Cleopatra Chess . No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
Clockwork Orange Chess . Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. By Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Captured pieces are replaced with non-capturing counterparts. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Clockwork Orange Chess. Condition your opponent's pieces to be non-violent. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
Closing Time. During certain turns, you must move pieces out of a central area of the board (`the pub'). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
The CMG 7th Computer Olympiad (announcement).
Coalition. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Cobra Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Derick Peterson.
Cobra Chess . Variant on 10 by 10 board with new pieces, including the Cobra. (10x10, Cells: 181) Author: Antoine Fourri�re. Inventor: Derick Peterson.
Codrus. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
Cohen's Error Chess. Columbia Cannon Chess, only with Korean style cannons. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Coherent Chess . Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Coherent Chess. Variant on 9 by 9 board with special knights. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
Coin. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Color Chess. Chess variant on board with 39 squares with five different colors. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Maarten Bodlaender.
Color Chess. Freeware program playing variant on 36 colored squares. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Maarten Bodlaender.
Color Chess. Four player chess variant on 11 by 11 board. (In Hungarian). (11x11, Cells: 121) By S�ndor Nagy.
Color Square Shogi. Shogi with color squares you place at beginning of game. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
Colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ed Friedlander.
The Colorbound Clobberers. A team for Chess with Different Armies with many colorbound pieces. By Ralph Betza.
Colorboundmost and Nearly Colorboundmost Chess. Games with all pieces either completely or almost completely colorbound. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Columbia Cannon. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Combat Chess II. A wargame-like chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Garwood.
Combination Chess. Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. (Cells: 39) By David Howe.
Combination Chess . Pieces give their movement capabilities to friendly pieces in their zone of influence. (Cells: 39) By David Howe.
Combination Chess. Large chess variant with combination pieces. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Vernon Nemitz.
Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
Combining Knightmare Chess. When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Combining Knightmare Chess . When a single piece other than a Pawn or a King captures, it combines with that piece into a Knightmare either side may move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
Commando Pawn Chess . Once a Pawn crosses the midpoint of the board, it moves like a Berolina Pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Commedia dell'Arte Chess. A Pawnless variant with themed pieces on a 10x10 board with 5 square groups of 4 cells removed. (10x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
Comments on Grand Chess. Notes on Grand Chess and a variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Alfred O. Myers.
Commoner. Moves like a Ferz or Wazir -- a nonroyal King (also called the Man).
Compact Chess. Small version popular in South Africa. (6x6, Cells: 36) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Complexity of Large Variants. Some comments about the complexity of large chess/checkers variants. Author: Eli Bachmutsky.
Compromise Chess. Propose two moves and your opponent selects one for you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
Compromise Chess. If you have two legal moves, your opponent may. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Compton Medieval Chess. Large variant with three new pieces. (Cells: 76) By Travis Compton.
Condi Chess. Speed chess with the clock twelve meters from the board. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Conditional Chess. In addition to a normal move, a player states a move that is executed if a certain condition holds. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Confederation Chess. Two pieces can fuse into a stronger unit, and can dissociate. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Frank Maus.
Confusion Chess 1b. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Confusion Chess1b . Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Christian Freeling. Inventor: Demian Freeling.
Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
Connect Capture. A mix of dots and boxes with chess pieces. By Rick Nordal.
Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Conquest �. A popular board game, designed and marketed by Donald Benge. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Donald Benge.
Constitutional Characters. A systematic set of names for Major and Minor pieces. By Charles Gilman.
Construction. Chess pieces are modelled after construction vehicles. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Karl Kristianson.
Construction Chess. The idea for this variant is to give each player the possibility to construct his own chess army. By Jo�o Pedro Neto.
Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.. (Cells: 38) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.. (Cells: 39) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 42 squares. (Cells: 42) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 43 squares. (Cells: 43) Author: Glenn Overby II and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. (Cells: 44) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 84 spaces.. (Cells: 84) Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest to design a chess variant with exactly 32 turns..
Contest: Hexagonal chess problem solving, 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Contest: Large variant design, 1999.
Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wim Henk Bodlaender.
Continuous Chess. There are no 'squares' on the board, and pieces are not restricted to moving discrete distances. By David Howe.
Contragrasshopper. Moves as queen but must always jump first. Author: Ben Good.
Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Contrast Chess. Pieces lose or gain strength depending on the colour of the square they stand on. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
Convergent Chess. Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
Convergent Chess . Attack king directly or move to its home square on board with 40 squares. (6x6, Cells: 40) By A.J. Winkelspecht.
Conversion Chess. A co-chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Conversion Chess. I chose this one to represent the entire family of co-chess. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Conveyor Chess. Large variant with conveyor belt on middle of board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Zachary Catlin.
Coordinator. Takes in `coordination' with king. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
Copycat Chess. New piece added which copies move of just-moved piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lim Ther Peng.
Coregal Chess . Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
Corner Chess. Two or four player chess variant on 8 by 8 board with pieces starting in the corners. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Richard Hutnik.
Corner Chess. Fast-paced variant without pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Derek Nalls.
Corner Chess II. Tony Paletta's modern version of Farmer's Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Corner Rooks Skirmish. All pieces except the Rooks are pushed forward a rank. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Corner-square chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
Coronation Chess. Bishop and rook can fuse to replace the queen. Author: Ed Friedlander.
Corridor Chess. Setup by Tony Paletta. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW. (x7, Cells: 64)
Cost Progressive Chess. Pieces cost varing amounts of movement points to move, and each turn you get more movement points to move them with. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
Counsellor Chess . Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: R. Douglas Wells.
Counsellor Chess. Variant on 12 by 8 board that adds Elephants and Counsellors. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: R. Douglas Wells.
Countdown. Ten player game with sf-theme. (x10, Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
Countdown Queens. Each queen can make at most 7 moves in the whole game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ingo Althofer.
Counter Chess. Units may not capture those taller than they are. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl O. Hill.
Courier 'de la Dama'. Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
Courier 'de la Dama' . Courier Chess with a Modern Queen and other changes for more dynamic play. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Nuno Cruz.
Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Courier Chess . A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Francis Monkman.
Courier Chess. Early German version. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Courier Chess. A large historic variant from Medieval Europe. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Courier Chess. A painting of a Courier Chess game by the famous Dutch painter Lucas van Leyden, from 1510. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
The Courier Game. Description of Courier Chess, with printable pieces and board. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Lawrence C. Smith.
Courier-Spiel. 19th century variant of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: Eric Greenwood.
Courrier Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (12x8, Cells: 96) Author: David Howe.
Courtyard. Variant on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40) By Bryan Lambert.
Courtyard . Variant on 5 by 8 board. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Bryan Lambert.
Courtyard. Combines the ease of learning checkers with the challenge and variety of chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Leonard Kalich.
Courtyard Photographs. Photo's of constructed set of 40 squares variant. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Bryan Lambert.
Cowardly Crew. After a capture, adjacent pieces can change sides. By Terry H. Jones.
Cows and Butterflies. A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
Cows and Butterflies . A simple Chess-like game of exchanges and promotions. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jennifer Aronson.
Crab. Jumps as knight but only `narrow forwards' or `wide backwards'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Cranko Scrabble Battle Chess . Combination of Scrabble and chess played with dice and cards. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Tony Newton.
Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) (Recognized!) By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's . On strange board with 38 squares. (Cells: 38) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: A Final Word. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: Drops. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: Gameplay. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: Notation. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Bishop. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Board. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Gold General. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Home Square. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The King. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Knight. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Object of the Game. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Pawn. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Pieces. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Rook. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Silver General. By Ben Good.
Crazy 38's: The Starting Setup. By Ben Good.
Crazy Lightning Chess. Speed chess combined with an umpire calling out random rule changes. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Crazyhouse . A two-player version of Bughouse. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. A two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse. Play this two-player version of Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crazyhouse Chess. One-board Bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Crazyhouse Kriegspiel. Combines Crazyhouse with Kriegspiel. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Dana-Bashian.
CrazyWar. CrazyWar is normal Crazyhouse with extra pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
Create Member Submitted Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own items to the site! Author: David Howe.
Create Member Submitted Zillions Item. Chess Variant Pages members can post their own Zillions files to the site! Author: David Howe.
Creation Chess. Pieces on the far rank may give birth to hybrids. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Trove.
Creative Chess. Load your own units as you like. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Marve Meirovitz.
Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander.
Cripple Chess. The king may move only to capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David B. Pritchard.
The Crooked Bishop. Revisiting the Crooked Bishop. Author: Ralph Betza.
The Crooked Bishop. Author: Ralph Betza.
Crooked Bishop. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline. Also known as Boyscout. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. de A. Almay.
Crooked Queen. Moves in a diagonal zigzagline or like a Rook. By Ralph Betza.
Cross Chess. Popular in Australia. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Cross Chess. Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Cross Chess . Game played on a cross-shaped board. (Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Leigh Miller.
Cross-Eyed Chess. Two player variant on cross-shaped board. (12x12, Cells: 84) By Uri Bruck.
Cross-Eyed Chess . Two player variant on cross-shaped board. (12x12, Cells: 84) Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Uri Bruck.
Cross3D Chess. 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Stephane Burkhart.
Cross3D Chess . 3D Chess game where pieces are arranged in a cross shape. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Stephane Burkhart.
Crossover Chess. Two player variant with crossshaped board. (12x12, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Crosstunnel. A cross between Tunnelchess and Fivequarters. (8x8x4, Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
Crowd Chess 1: Safety in Numbers. More pieces can occupy the same square - you can only form or move to a crowd by a non-capturing move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crowd Chess 2: All Go Together. More pieces can occupy the same square and share the same fate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Crowded Angle 10x10 Chess . Variant where pieces are set up in a L-shape on a 10x10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Uwe Wiedemann.
Crown. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: L. U. Kisljuk.
Crown Chess. Place your own units on the board, starting with the king,. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
The Crown of Krithala. Pieces move a crown which the opponent wants to capture. By Lawrence C. Smith.
Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.
Crowned Knight. Moves as Knight or Man. Also known as Centaur. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Crowned Rook. Moves as Rook or Ferz. Also known as Dragon King. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Cruise Pawns. Pawns can shoot away like cruise missiles. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
Crush Chess. After every 10 moves, the perimeter disappears. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
CSIPGS (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic) Chess Variants. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
csipgs Chess. Design and buy new chess pieces during play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
Cuarenta . Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board. By Mark Thompson.
Cuarenta. Played only of the light-colored squares of a 9 by 9 board. By Mark Thompson.
Cuban Chaturang. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
Cuban Chess. 10x10 variant from Havana with Vampire Bats that move as King, Knight or Zebra. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: German A. Mentz.
Cube Chess. Chess board is a cube with 4 playable sides, each with a 4x4 grid. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
Cube+ . Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Jim Aikin.
Cube+. Three dimensional chess variant with 38 squares. (3x4x3, Cells: 38) By Jim Aikin.
Cubic Chess . Three dimensional chess variant on 7 by 7 by 7 board. (Link.). (7x7x7, Cells: 343)
Curiouser and Curiouser . A pamphlet describing several fanciful chess variants. By Vernon Rylands Parton.
Cursed Chess. Squares where a piece is taken become forbidden for the capturing player. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Dunn.
Cursed Chess. Squares where you have slain an enemy become uncrossable. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jeremy Dunn.
Curved Space. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
Cutthroat ForChess. Four players, each playing alone, on an ordinary board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mark Rogers.
CVP Hall of Champions. See who has prevailed in all the competitions we've ever held, and hints about the future. Author: Glenn Overby II.
Cycle Chess. Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. (6x6, Cells: 39) By Andy Kurnia.
Cycle Chess . Variant on a board with 39 cells, three of which are special. (6x6, Cells: 39) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andy Kurnia.
Cylinder Chess. First and eighth files connect. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
A Cylinder chess puzzle - 1. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. Piccinini.
A Cylinder chess puzzle - 2. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: A. W. Mongredien.
Cylindrical chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ron Porter and Cliff Lundberg.
Cylindrical Chess. Sides of the board are supposed to be connected. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourri�re.
The Cylindrical Cinders. Army for Chess with Different Armies where many of the pieces can move as if the board was a cylinder. By Ralph Betza.

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