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• Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourričre.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Gothic Chess. Ed Trice's improvement to Capabalanca's chess, played on a 10x8 board with the Archbishop and Chancellor as new pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Inventor: Ed Trice.
• Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.

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• G.U.E. 3D Chess. A 3D Chess game paying homage to those really great Zork adventures. (6x6x3, Cells: 96) By Larry L. Smith.
• Gadsden's Toroidal Chess . Edges of the board are considered to be adjacent. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Richard Gadsden.
• Gadsden's Toroidal Chess. Edges of the board are considered to be adjacent. By Richard Gadsden.
• Gala. Medieval game of German farmers. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Gala set photos. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Galachess. Hexagonal variation from 1980. (Cells: 67) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mathew B. Harrer.
• Galactic Graphics. Download this new set of graphics used in Roberto Lavieri's games! Author: Roberto Lavieri.
• Gambler's Chess. Mover is determined randomly. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Gambler's Chess. A scheme for adding betting to any Chess variant. By Tomas Forsman.
• Game Courier Developer's Guide. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Game Courier Ratings. Calculates ratings for players from Game Courier logs. Experimental. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Game Courier Tournament #1. A multi-variant tournament played on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Game Courier Tournament #2. Sign up for our 2nd multi-variant tournament to be played all on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Game Courier Tournament #2 Approval Poll. Vote for which games you would like to play in the second Game Courier Tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Game Courier Tournament #2 Preference Poll. Rank the candidates for the next Game Courier tournament in order of preference. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Game Courier User's Guide. How to play games with the CV Play-by-Mail system. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• The Game for the Trees. Pieces grow on the board, occupying multiple squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Game of Nemoroth. For the sake of your sanity, do not read this variant! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Game of Three Friends. A variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135)
• The Game of Three Kingdoms. Another variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (x3, Cells: 45)
• Game of three kingdoms, Photos. Photo's of a three-player Xiangqi variant. (x3, Cells: 45)
• Games ancient and oriental and how to play them. Author: Edward Falkener.
• Games by Karen Deal Robinson. Website describing original game inventions of Karen Robinson. By Karen Robinson.
• Games for Game Courier. The many games you can play online with Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Ganymede Chess. A 12x12 variant inspired by Ralph Betza's Chess on a really big board, Centennial Chess and Adrian King's Typhoon (among others). (12x12, Cells: 144) By Mark Hedden.
• Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: John W. Gast.
• Gast's Chess. Large 1969 variant using the Cardinal (Guard) and the Chancellor (Archer). (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John W. Gast.
• GenDiagW . A Word macro to make chess diagrams. By Michel Drouilly.
• General (Xiang Qi). Moves like Wazir, but with royal restrictions. Author: Charles Gilman.
• General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Birds' Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Dominique Leste.
• General and Arch-General Chess. Variations of Bird's Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Dominique Leste and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Dominique Leste.
• General Comments Page. Page for making general comments. Author: David Howe.
• Generalised Generals. Variations on Shogi Generals. Author: Charles Gilman.
• Generic Chess Piece Creation System. This is a system for construction of pieces, using ideas from RPG games. By Guilherme S Töws.
• Genetess. A play-by-email game with genetically encoded pieces. By Robert Kydd.
• Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279) By Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 272) By Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons. (Cells: 272) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geometric sequence of Chess Games. Chess variants as large as you want. By A Missoum.
• German Rules c. 1420. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• German Xiangqi Federation . Includes problem solving contest.
• Gess. A Chess variant played on a Go board where pieces are collections of go stones. (18x18, Cells: 324) Author: Edward Jackman. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
• Gess Applet . (18x18, Cells: 324) Author: Craig Kaplan. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
• Ghost Chess. The ghosts of captured units reappear. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
• Giant Chess. 16x16 board with the same pieces as Turkish Chess, but also the "Dev" piece which takes up four squares. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Köksal Karakus.
• Giant-King Chess. Kings take up four squares each, all of which must be attacked to check. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Robert Shimmin.
• Gifford Graphics for Pillars of Medusa. Author: Gary K. Gifford.
• Gifford's Catapults of Troy GIF Pieces. Author: Gary K. Gifford.
• Gigachess . On 14 by 14 board with 20 different pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Gigachess. On 14 by 14 board with 20 different pieces. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Giraffe. Makes (1,4)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Give & Take Chess. After setting up pieces, players must capture each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mark Thompson.
• Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourričre.
• Glacial Shift. 4-player game played with Icehouse pieces with Shogi-style captures and where the same piece moves differently for each player. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jared B. McComb.
• Gladiator Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. The most popular hexagonal variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Global Chess. A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (x2, Cells: 64) Author: Robert LeRoy.
• Global Chess . A chess game played on a board composed of two rotating disks. (x2, Cells: 64)
• Glory Chess. A pawn on the seventh rank checks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Gnus. Makes (1-2)-jump or (1-3)-jump. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Go with chess pieces. Generalization of go-rules using chess pieces. (19x19, Cells: 361) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Go-Chess (tm) . Place your own pieces on a large board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jim Callan.
• Go-Figure!. Webshop selling sets of Xiangqi (Chinese chess). (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Goal Box Chess . Game on 42 squares with no King and the goal of placing pieces into 2 special squares. (5x8, Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Kevin McPartland.
• Goal Box Chess. Game on 42 squares with no King and the goal of placing pieces into 2 special squares. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Kevin McPartland.
• Goatsuckers. Small modern shogi variant on 5 by 5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Kendall Craig. Inventor: Kendall Craig and Patricia Hernandez.
• Gold General. Shogi piece that moves one square but not diagonally backwards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Goldchess and Silverchess. Standard board and setup, but new moves for pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Golden Age Chess On a Really Big Board. Variant on 16 by 16 board with several different pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Ralph Betza.
• Goldtoken.com . Website for turn-based online play.
• Golem Chess. Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Ben Good.
• Golem Chess . Variant where the Queen is replaced by the Golem, a piece that must be captured twice to remove it from play. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Peter Aronson and Ben Good.
• Goliath Chess. Pieces can shoot after they have captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
• Good, Ben. Interview with the winner of the 38-challenge. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Ben Good.
• Gothic Chess. Ed Trice's improvement to Capabalanca's chess, played on a 10x8 board with the Archbishop and Chancellor as new pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) (Recognized!) Inventor: Ed Trice.
• Gothic Chess. Year 2002 Email Championship. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Ed Trice.
• Gothic Chess Association .
• Gothic Evolution Chess . (10x8, Cells: 80) By Harvey Patterson.
• Gothic Isles Chess . Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Gothic Isles Chess. Fictional historic variant, with Dragons, Wizards and Champions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Gothic Vortex -- An 80-bit Gothic Chess Engine . (10x8, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Trice and Gil Dodgen. Inventor: Ed Trice.
• Grand Cavalier Chess . The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Grand Cavalier Chess. Decimal variant with Cannons and Cavalier Chess pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Grand Cavalier Chess Photographs. Photo's of home made set of large chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Grand Chess. Considered among the best of the large-board setups. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Grand Chess. Decimal variant with Cardinals and Marshalls. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Grand Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Grand Chess . Download this Zillions Saved Game file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Lawson and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Grand Chess . Download this file to see this game played in the Multivariant Play by E-Mail Tournament. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Michael Nelson. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Grand Chess Comments. Notes on Grand Chess and a variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Alfred O. Myers.
• Grand Chess Set. Photographs of a commercially available Grand Chess set. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• The Grand Crossing. Win by moving your king to the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Grand Crossing Chess. Win by getting your king to the opposite side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) By Derick Peterson.
• Grand Rider Chess. All pieces except the king are riders. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Larry Wheeler.
• Grand Shogi. Normal Shogi, but with extra pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Grande Acedrex. A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Grande Acedrex . A large variant from 13th century Europe. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Marek14 .
• Grande Acedrex. Java applet that plays Grande Acedrex. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Grande Acedrex . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: David Howe.
• Grander Chess. A variant of Christian Freeling's Grand Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Kevin Scanlon.
• Grandkingdom Chess. A decimal variant with several powerful pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Lim Ther Peng.
• Graphics: Empty chess boards. Images of empty chess boards. Author: Derek Nalls.
• Grasshopper. Moves along queenlines to first square after jumped over piece. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
• Grasshopper Chess. Row of grasshoppers behind the pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
• Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
• Grasshopper Chess. Each player has eight additional grasshoppers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Joseph Boyer.
• Grasshopper Chess II. The queen becomes a grasshopper. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Gravitational Chess. Major units fall back toward the friendly side. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Gravity Chess . Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Gravity Chess. Moved unit attracts. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Gravity Chess. Pieces that moved attract pieces like magnets. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Great chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Great Chess. An Indian/Turkish and very playable historic variant on a 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Great Herd. Large variant with Camel, Zebra, Bison, Gnu and Gazelle pieces. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
• Greater Chess. Large variant from the 1940's. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: W. Day.
• Greek Progressive. Make at most one move more than your opponent in his last turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Kostas Prentos.
• Greek Progressive Chess. Make at most one move more than your opponent in his last turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Kostas Prentos.
• Greener Chess. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- and your pieces are stronger there too. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Greg White's Chess Variants . Author: David Howe. Inventor: Greg White.
• Grid Chess. Always move to a different 4 by 4 square part of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Walter Stead.
• Grid Chess. Always move to a different 4 by 4 square part of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Walter Stead.
• Grid Chess . Always move to a different 4 by 4 square part of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Walter Stead.
• Gridlock. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Gridlock. Large, wargame inspired variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Paul Leno.
• Gridlock Chapter 2. By Paul Leno.
• Gridlock Chapter 3. By Paul Leno.
• Gridlock Chapter 4. By Paul Leno.
• Gridlock Chapter 5. By Paul Leno.
• Griffon. Historic piece that steps one space diagonally then slides like a Rook. Author: Ben Good.
• Gross Raumschach. Larger, 4-player version of Raumschach. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Charles Gilman.
• Grotesque Chess. A variant of Capablanca's Chess with no unprotected Pawns. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Fergus Duniho.
• Grotesque Chess. Play this variant of Capablanca's Chess that leaves no Pawns unprotected. (10x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Growing and Shrinking. Playing with the Size of Chess Pieces. Author: David Howe.
• Gryphon Chess. Units are promoted on each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Gryphon Chess II. Units are promoted on each move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Guard Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Guard Chess, or Islandic Chess. Guarded pieces cannot be captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Gufuu Shogi . Tiny variant on a 2x3 board with four pieces. (2x3, Cells: 6) By Georg Dunkel.
• Guide des echecs exotiques & insolites. A review. Author: K. B.A. Bodlaender.
• Guide des échecs exotiques et insolites. French book describing many variants of chess. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• A Guide to Fairy Chess. Author: Anthony Dickins.
• Guschess . Pieces can freely move in one of 38 areas on the board. (8x8, Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Gustavo A. Vargas.
• Guschess. Pieces can freely move in one of 38 areas on the board. (8x8, Cells: 38) By Gustavo A. Vargas.

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