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• Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Take-all Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
• Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tandem Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• The Chess Variants Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time. By Fergus Duniho.
• Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (x7, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)

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• Tag Chess. Units which attack the mover are captured. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tag Chess. A two player per side team game where each player moves for half the board. Author: Robin Wells.
• Tai Shogi. Very large Shogi variant. (25x25, Cells: 625) Author: Roger Hare.
• Tai Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercially available Tai Shogi set. (25x25, Cells: 256) Author: John Lawson.
• Taikyoku Photographs. (36x36, Cells: 1296) Author: David Howe and Edward Strickland.
• Taikyoku Shogi. Extremely large shogi variant. (36x36, Cells: 1296) Author: Isao Umebayashi and Larry L. Smith.
• Take and Return Chess. You put pieces taken from the opponent back on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Parparov Roman.
• Take Me Chess. Object is to lose your units and be unable to move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Take Over Chess. Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Take Over Chess . Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Take Over Chess. Jump across pieces to take them over from your opponent. (7x7, Cells: 41) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Take the Brain. British name of Smess, a Parker Brothers game in which arrows on squares determine the directions pieces may move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Reuben Klamer.
• Take-all Chess. Take all pieces of your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrea Mori.
• Take-all Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
• Takeover Chess Play-By-Mail game. Examine this game played in the Invent and Play contest! Drawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Tamerlan Chess . Westernized version using Alfaerie graphics. (11x10, Cells: 112) Author: David Howe.
• Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tamerlane Chess . A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) Author: David Howe.
• Tamerlane Chess. Old Persian large-board game, widely-played in medieval times. (11x10, Cells: 112) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tamerlane Chess. Chess game said to have been favored, perhaps even invented, by ruler Timur the Lame in the 14th c. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Tamerlane Chess set. Photo of home made set of historic chess variant. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Tamerlane chess: ms 7322 version. Information on historic variant of Tamerlane chess. (11x10, Cells: 112) Author: Ivan Derzhanski.
• Tamerlane II . Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Tamerlane II. Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Tamerlane II. Cazaux's modern take on Tamerlane Chess. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• TamerSpiel. Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants. (12x8, Cells: 84) By Eric Greenwood.
• TamerSpiel . Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants. (10x8, Cells: 84) Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• TamerSpiel. Modern large chess variant with elements of historic chess variants. (12x8, Cells: 84) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Eric Greenwood. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Tandem Chess. 4 player variant where pieces taken from your opponent are given to your partner. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tandem-84. Variant on two boards of 7 by 6 rows with pieces moving between boards. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) By Jim Aikin.
• Tandem-84 . Variant on two boards of 7 by 6 rows with pieces moving between boards. (6x7x2, Cells: 84) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Tank Chess . With exploding bombs and pushing tanks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price.
• Tank Chess. With exploding bombs and pushing tanks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tank Chess. With exploding bombs and pushing tanks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andy Kurnia.
• Tank Chess II. Queen's Rooks are Tanks, and can push lines of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Duncan Suttles.
• Tape Chess . Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Tape Chess. Tape Chess and other almost one-dimensional chess variants. By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Tapestry . Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. (6x6, Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Howe.
• Tapestry Chess. Chess on a four-color 6x6 board, with a 5 square control board. (6x6, Cells: 41) By David Howe.
• Taratibu - a small progressive chess variant. 10 pieces per side on a 7-by-7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Glenn Overby II.
• Taratibu - a small progressive chess variant . 10 pieces per side on a 7-by-7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Glenn Overby II.
• Tauschach . Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Tauschach. Each player has one piece off the board, that can be switched every turn with one of his pieces but not the king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Taxi Chess. Pay for moves: long moves are expensive. By Ralph Betza.
• Taxi Chess . Pay for moves: long moves are expensive. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• A Taxonomy. Categorizing several types of pieces. Author: David Howe.
• Teamster Chess . Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Teamster Chess. Pawns pull the friendly piece behind them. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Tedco Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Teleport Chess. Each piece (not king or pawn) may teleport once to any vacant square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Teleport Chess. Each non-pawn, non-king piece may teleport once per game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Harper. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• TelnChes. Some games played by program TelnChes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Pack of cards that change chess rules when played. French original version of Knightmare Chess. Lots of fun. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Clequin.
• Tempete sur l'Echiquier. Play by mail rules. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Pierre Clequin.
• Templar Chess . Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Templar Chess. Features the unorthodox Templar on a board with eight extra squares. (8x10, Cells: 72) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Templar Chess. Play Templar Chess on Game Courier. (8x10, Cells: 72) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
• TenCubed Chess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with combination pieces (Zillions file). (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Paulowich.
• TenCubed Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: David Paulowich.
• Tenjiku Shogi pictures. Photos of a commercial Tenjiku Shogi set. (16x16, Cells: 256) Author: John Lawson.
• Tepuy. A territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Tepuy . A territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Tepuy. Play Tepuy, a territorial game, with unique setup, movement and capturing! (9x8, Cells: 81) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• TeraGames: Chess Warriors . Customizable strategy war game played on a checkerboard. By William Robinson.
• Termination Chess. Each side must move once with a piece and once with a pawn each turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Terrain Chess. Blocking pieces are placed randomly on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
• Terrain Chess. Roll dice to create impassable squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
• Terror. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Terror Chess . Variant on 11 by 11 board with combination pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Brian Wong.
• Terror Chess. Variant on 11 by 11 board with combination pieces. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Brian Wong.
• Test Minichess. Chess on a 6x6 board. (6x6, Cells: 36) By Darren Izzard.
• Tetra. Old commercial four player chess variant. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tetrahedral Chess. Three dimensional variant with board in form of tetrahedron. (x7, Cells: 84) By Mark Thompson.
• Tetrahedral Chess . 3d chess variant with board in form of tetrahedron. (x7, Cells: 84) By Mark Thompson.
• Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chinese army chess. Chinese strategic game. (5x13, Cells: 63) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chinese army chess. Chinese strategic game. (5x13, Cells: 63) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Thai Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Thai chess (Makruk). Rules and information. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Thai Chess game. How Many "Mets" Will Finish Off The Naked King Of Siam? (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Dr. René Gralla.
• Thai Chess Program . Freeware program that plays Thai Chess (Makruk). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Thai Chess Set. Photo's of Markruk set of Thailand. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Thai Chess v1.0. Freeware program that plays Thai Chess. (Link.). (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Steve Evans.
• ThaiBG . Thai language site (with limited English) where you can play Makruk and Thai Checkers on-line. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ben Good.
• The Big Battle Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The Black Ghost . Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• The Chess Variant Pages: Contests. Index page on the contests of this website. (Old index.).
• The chess variant pages: Offline Version. Read this website without an internet connection. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and David Howe.
• The Chess Variants Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time. By Fergus Duniho.
• The Chess Variants Game Courier FAQ. Answers to various questions about Game Courier. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• The Chessplayers. Photo of a small statue of two chessplayers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marijke K. Bodlaender-Groote and Hans L. Bodlaender.
• The Circular Chess Society. Homepage of British organization playing Circular Chess. (16x4, Cells: 64) Inventor: Dave Reynolds.
• The Grünfeld Defence Revealed: book review. A book on a chess opening by International Master Michael Khordarkovsky. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• The Heavy Brigade. Naming of leaping pieces. Author: Charles Gilman.
• The Principle of Transition applied in a Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The Secret Invisible Pass Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
• The Toddler. Large variant with powerful pieces and an intricate net of protections. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Yves Boulay.
• The Toddler. Large variant with powerful pieces and an intricate net of protections. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Jean-Yves Boulay.
• The Travelers. Unorthodox game, very different from Western Chess: A very complex and deep game of apparent simplicity. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
• The Travelers . (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Thematic Chess. Chess problems where play must fulfill a theme. Author: Mladen Vassilev-Missana. Inventor: P. Zmilo.
• Themed Chess Variants. A listing of chess variants based an various themes. Author: Brett Ward.
• Thinktank Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing. Author: Sergey Sirotkin and Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
• Thinktank Chess . Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frank Maus.
• Thirty-Nine Squares Chess. Variant on board with 39 squares with special drop and promotion rules. (Cells: 39) By Andy Kurnia.
• This Game is for the Birds. Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ralph Betza and John Lawson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.
• This Game is for the Birds . Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.
• Thompson, Mark. Web site of Mark Thompson. Author: Mark Thompson.
• Thoughts on Chess with Different Pawns. The difficulties of composing Chess with Different Pawns. Author: Ralph Betza.
• Threatened Pawn Chess. Pawns start in threatened positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Sydney Schultz.
• Threatened Pawn Chess. Pawns start in threatened positions. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Sydney Schultz.
• Three Check Chess. If you deliver check for the third time, you win. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Three Check Chess . If you deliver check for the third time, you win. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andreas Kaufmann.
• Three Dimensional 8x8xN Chess Game. Three dimensional chess variant. Inventor: A Missoum.
• Three dimensional Chess: Kogbetliantz game. Chess on an 8 by 8 by 8 board. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Bruce Grant. Inventor: Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz.
• Three Dimensional Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board. By A Missoum.
• Three Elephant Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Three Elephants Chess. War Towers destroy 3 spaces at a time - Protect your elephants while capturing your opponent's! (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Three Fat Brothers Chess . On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Three Fat Brothers Chess. On a 9x9 board with 3 royal pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Three Handed Chess. Three handed Chess with special rules to promote 3-way play. (Cells: 96) By Jonathan Rutherford.
• Three Kinds of Billiards Chess. Pieces bounce off the edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Three Player Chess. Three players must win both games simultaneously to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew Heiser.
• Three Player Chess. (Cells: 96) By Robert Zubrin.
• Three Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. (Cells: 217) By Dennis Matthews.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Three-dimensional Chess. A 20 years old commercial variant on a 3 x 8 x 8 board. (8x8x3, Cells: 192)
• Three-Dimensional Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Three-players Chess. Newspaper announcement of three player chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Thronschach. A game on 42-squares with throne squares, and an interesting mix of pieces. (5x8, Cells: 42) By Glenn Overby II.
• Thronschach . A game on 42-squares with throne squares, and an interesting mix of pieces. (5x8, Cells: 42) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Glenn Overby II.
• Thud. Link to variant invented by Trevor Truran in association with Terry Pratchett. (15x15, Cells: 164) Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Trevor Truran.
• Thunder Chess . A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. By Fergus Duniho.
• Thunder Chess. A hybrid of Metamorph Chess, Fusion Chess, and Assimilation Chess. (8x8x64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Thunder Chess Preset for Game Courier. Play this hybrid of Fusion, Assimilation, and Metamorph Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Tic-Tac-check. Get four chesspieces in a row on a 4 by 4 board. (4x4, Cells: 16) Author: Daniel Thibault and Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tiger Hunt. Variant of The Maharaja and the Sepoys. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
• Tiger Hunt. White army, complete except for its queen, against a lone Q+Kt. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• TigerChess. Variant themed after a medieval battle. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Glenn Nicholls.
• Tile Chess . Commercial chess variant, published by Steve Jackson Games. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tiled Squares Chess. Drop tiles to create the board as you play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Tiled Squares Chess . Drop tiles to create the board as you play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Tiled Squares Chess. Play this game, where you drop tiles to create the board as you play! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Tilting the Balance. Players can set off an atomic bomb. By Ralph Betza.
• Tim's 3d Chess . On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per playe. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 3d Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 3D Chess. On a 5x5x5 board with two kings per player. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 4x8x4 3D Chess . A practical and playable 3D chess game. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Tim O'Lena.
• Tim's 6x6x6 3d chess . 3d chess variant on 6 by 6 by 6 board. (6x6x6, Cells: 216) By Tim O'Lena.
• Time Travel Chess. Pieces can travel into the Future. Kings can also return to the Past! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Time Travel Chess. Play Time Travel Chess on the Game Courier! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gary K. Gifford and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Time Traveler's Chess. Chess pieces may travel backwards in time. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Danny Purvis.
• Timeline. Pieces travel through time on four 4 x 4 x 4 boards. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By George Marino.
• Timeline. Pieces travel through time on four 4 x 4 x 4 boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George Marino.
• Timur's Chess: Sample Game 1. A sample game of Tamerlane Chess. (11x10, Cells: 112) Author: David Howe.
• Tingles, Bumps, and Punches. A set of variants on cylindrical and toroidal boards featuring a peace bump between the top and bottom of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• TireBiter Chess. When taking, pieces can split and become a Tirebiter piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Tishai . Small commercial game. (Link.). (7x7, Cells: 49) Inventor: James Ernest.
• Tishai. Played on a 7x7 board with 2 sideboards. (7x7, Cells: 49) By James Ernest.
• Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Toccata . A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Toe to Toe Chess . A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Toe-to-Toe Chess. A variant of Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) with alternating setup, and powerful, short-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Toilet Roll Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tokar's Arcana . Chess-variant like game with different armies. Commercial game. Inventor: Anthony Gill.
• Tommy's Towers. Description (no rules) of very large chess variant from DOS-program. (50x20, Cells: 1000)
• Tommy's Toys. Has available a shareware program that plays the Jungle Game. (7x9, Cells: 63)
• Tony Miles: It's Only Me - England's First Chess Grandmaster. Review of book on chess grandmaster Tony Miles. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Tony Quintanilla is a new Father!. Our Chess Variant Pages editor's new creation! Author: David Howe. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Too Many Bishops. Place an enemy bishop after your own move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Too Many Bishops. Players get each turn one extra bishop, placed by their opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Too Many Elephants. All pieces can move leap two squares on the diagonals like Elephants/Alfils in addition to their normal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Topologies Chess . Chess on a Cylindrical board, on a Toroidal Board, on a Mobius Strip and on a Klein Bottle. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Alberto Monteiro.
• Tori Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (Link to Roger Hare's shogi site.). (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Roger Hare.
• Tori Shogi. Tori Shogi, or Bird Shogi. A variant of Japanese Chess on a 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Steve Evans. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Tori Shogi pictures. Pictures of a commercial Tori Shogi set. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: John Lawson. Inventor: Ohashi Soei.
• Toroidal Byzantine Chess. Circular chess modified to also be toroidal. (Cells: 64) By Anatoly Khalfine and Ernst Saperow.
• Torsten Linß' chess problems . Chess problems website.
• Torus and Klein Bottle Games . Author: Jeff Weeks.
• Torus Chess . Large chess variant on torus shaped board. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Köksal Karakus.
• Torus Chess. Large chess variant on torus shaped board. (16x8, Cells: 128) By Köksal Karakus.
• Torus Chess. Besiege Chess re-visualized, specifically as Torus Chess. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Torus Chess on a Standard Board. Torus Chess on a standard board with a unique setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Karl Fischer.
• Torus Standard. Uses the ordinary FIDE pieces on 8 x 8 board but configured in such a way as to permit the board to be toroidal! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Karl Fischer.
• Total Chess. A type of three-dimensional chess from the 1940's which is played on four superimposed boards. (8x8x4, Cells: 256) Author: James Trimm. Inventor: Charles Beaty.
• Total Chess . (8x8x4, Cells: 256) Author: Stephane Burkhart. Inventor: Charles Beaty.
• Toto40. Staircase board with fighting line in the middle, inspired by Totolospi game of Hopi Indians. (Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Toto40 . Staircase board with fighting line in the middle, inspired by Totolospi game of Hopi Indians. (Cells: 40) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
• Touchdown chess . Win by scoring touchdowns: move your pieces across the goal line in this commercial chess variant. (16x20, Cells: 320)
• Toulaisain Chess. 12 x 12 with 12 different pieces, Cazaux dedicates this one to his town of Toulouse. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Toulousain Chess. A chess variant on a red and black 12 x 12 board with 12 types of different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Touranian International . 10x10 Chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Lee Tomkow.
• Touranian International. 10x10 Chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Lee Tomkow.
• Touring Chess. Pieces can either move normally or leap on a Knight's tour only known in advance to the referee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Tournament Chess with Different Armies . Chess with Different Armies ZRF for the Chess with Different Armies e-mail tournament. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Tournoy. Pieces have orientation that can be rotated. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Tournoy . Pieces have orientation that can be rotated. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Towers Chess. Win by pushing towers to the Kings' squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alex Wood.
• Toystore Chess. A problem-like Chess variant on a 5x5 board with free placement. (5x5, Cells: 25) By Richard Stack.
• Toystore Chess. A problem-like Chess variant on a 5x5 board with free placement. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Richard Stack.
• Traditional Chinese Pieces for Chinese Chess and Variants. Icons of pieces for Xiangqi and variants using a Chinese font. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Traffic Jam. Pieces try to reach other side of narrow board. (14x3, Cells: 40) By Kris Barski.
• Train Wreck Chess. Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Train Wreck Chess . Move your piece, then one of your opponent's, but only forward. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Training Chess: Knights move. Simple chess variant for training the move of the knight for children that start to learn chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Training Chess: Rook, Bishop, Queen moves. Simple chess variant for training moves of pieces for children that start to learn chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Traitor Chess. Some of your pieces are traitors and can suddenly be controlled by your opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: João Pedro Neto and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Trans-Dimensional Chess. Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels. (x3, Cells: 540) By Larry L. Smith.
• Trans-Dimensional Chess . Large 3-D game with a field of twenty 3x3x3 cubes arranged in three levels. (x3, Cells: 540) By Larry L. Smith.
• Transactional Chess. Moves are grouped into transactions, which are not visible to your opponent until committed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Transcendental Chess. Random ordering of first ranks. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Transcendental Chess. Play from random setup with a different setup for white and black. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Max Lawrence.
• Transcendental Chess. Play Chess with a randomized setup on Game Courier. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Max Lawrence.
• Transcendental Chess Organization . Organisation for Transcendental Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Max Lawrence.
• TransChess. CoChess variant. You must move any non-royal unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Transmitter Chess. Drone pieces have no movement until activated by one of three friendly Transmitters. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Transmitter Chess. Drone pieces have no movement until activated by Transmitters. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Transporter Chess. In addition to the usual set of pieces, players have a transporter piece, which can transport pieces one square in any direction. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Torben Osted.
• Transporter Chess. Large variant with transporters and several new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Andrew P. Newton.
• Transporter Chess . Large variant with transporters and several new pieces. (10x10, Cells: 84) Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Andrew P. Newton.
• Transporter Pad. Star Trek 3D Chess Variant. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Transporter Pad. Variant of Star Trek 3D Chess. (x7, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Transpose Chess . Sideways board, promote your pawns quickly. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
• Transpose Chess. Sideways board, promote your pawns quickly. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Transpose Chess. Board is turned 90 degrees. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
• Trap Chess. Pieces can only be taken when they are trapped. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Trap Door Chess. Once moved, a unit disappears if it is not moved again within 5 moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Trapdoor Chess. Pieces fall through the board if they stand still too long. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• The Travelers. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Traveller Standard . True type chess font. Author: Alan Cowderoy.
• Tree garden chess. Large chess variant on 10 by 10 board with 4 by 4 area missing from the middle. (10x10, Cells: 84) By William Overington.
• Tree garden chess . Large chess variant on 10 by 10 board with 4 by 4 area missing from the middle. (10x10, Cells: 84) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: William Overington.
• Treeleaders Chess. Large variant with non-similar armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Erez Schatz.
• Treeleaders Chess . Download these files to play this large variant with non-similar armies with Zillions of Games! (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Uri Bruck. Inventor: Erez Schatz.
• Trek71 Chess . All pieces on the lefthand-side are shown as black, but do not change owners, and vise-versa. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ken Franklin.
• Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
• Tri-Cubic Chess. Experimental chess variant on shape of three cubes. (x3, Cells: 72) By Robert J. Bell.
• Triangle Chess. Chess for three players. (Cells: 144) By David Zitzelsberger.
• Triangle chess. Three player chess variant on hexagonal board. (In Hungarian). (11x11, Cells: 121) By Sándor Nagy.
• TriChess . is a hexogonal, three player variant, created and distributed by PrimeChess Oy. Inventor: Donald Gebhart.
• TriChezz. Chess for three on a circular board. Classic proprietary game. (24x4, Cells: 96) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Donald Gebhart.
• Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (x7, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)
• Trigon Chess . Three-player chess and checkers on various shaped boards. By Charles Burns.
• Trihex . Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
• Trihex. Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
• Triochess. Commercial three player chess variant from around 1975. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Trioschaak set: Photo's. Three player chess variant set from the Netherlands. (Cells: 96) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Annefleur R. Bodlaender.
• Triplet Chess. Each turn, move a king, a pawn, and another piece; win when opponent cannot. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Adam Sobey.
• Triplets. Move in one turn a pawn, the king, and another piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Adam Sobey.
• Triplets. Move in one turn a pawn, the king, and another piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Adam Sobey.
• TRiPLiCiTY. Three player hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 111) By David Jagger.
• Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Triscacia. Chess for three. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Triscacia II. Chess for three on a 10 x 10 board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Triss. Hexagonal chess variant for three players. (Cells: 102) By Hans Mikelson.
• Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul DeWitte.
• Triumvirate Chess. Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Paul DeWitte and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Triumvirate Chess . Uses three Knights. The last remaining opposing Knight must be checkmated as the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Triune Chess. Three player variant played with a regular Chess Set with rotating play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Troja. Commercially sold game where pieces can be stacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Onno Garms.
• Troll Chess. When taken, pieces lose part of their strenght with they regenerate during successive turns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Tron Chess. Every square passed by the queen creates a wall that hinders movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adam Norberg.
• Trophy Hunt Chess. Squirrels and Elephants instead of Kings, Queens and Bishops. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul DeWitte.
• Trophy-Hunt Chess. Squirrels and Elephants instead of Kings, Queens and Bishops. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Trubix. Chess variant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By David Short.
• Trubix . Chess variant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
• Trubix-43. Unique piece and lines of movement on an hourglass board. (5x11, Cells: 43) By David Short.
• Trubix-43 . Unique piece and lines of movement on an hourglass board. (5x11, Cells: 43) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
• True King. A Grand Chess variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Roxy Wu.
• Truffle Hunt Chess. Chess played with dice, with pigs and truffles. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Tryslmaistan Chess . Fictional chess variant on board made of 24 triangles. (Cells: 24) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Tryzantine Chess. A three-handed form of Byzantine (circular) Chess. (4x21, Cells: 84) By Charles Gilman.
• Tsunami Chess. Variant of Avalanche Chess, pawns move toward your side. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tula Chess. Russian local variant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tunnelchess. 3D variant played on a stack of four Half Chess boards. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Tunnelshogi. 3-D Shogi variant. (4x4x8, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Turkish Chess . 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Turkish Chess. 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Köksal Karakus.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer and John Gollon.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation II. Gollon's large historical variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third of six variations on Great Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer and John Gollon.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation III. John Gollon's third out of six variations on Great Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Tony Quintanilla.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. John Gollon's fourth variation. This completes the set of 6. (14x14, Cells: 168) Author: John Ayer.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation IV. Play this variation of Great Chess by e-mail! (14x14, Cells: 168) Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation V. Large variant with three new pieces. (13x13, Cells: 169) Author: John Ayer.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation V. Large variant with three new pieces. (13x13, Cells: 169) Author: Tony Quintanilla.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation VI. Large variant adding an Archbishop and a General (Amazon). (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
• Turkish Great Chess, variation VI. Large variant adding an Archbishop and a General (Amazon). (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Savio Cagliostro.
• Turmmühle . Chessboard Morris game played with Rooks. By Uwe Wiedemann.
• Turn Qi. Cannonless Xiang Qi on a Byzantine-style board, complete with Byzantine geography! (18x5, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
• Turncoat Chess. Random units turn traitor. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Turncoat Chess. After every move, dice are rolled to determine a square, which if occupied, the piece on changes side. Author: Frank Truelove. Inventor: Jon Leistiko.
• Turning chess. Pieces can turn 45 degrees after movement. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Turnstyle. Four player chess variant using a normal chess set. By Ethan Hunt.
• Turnstyle Chess. Four player variant. Each team member controls. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Tutti Frutti Chess . With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Tutti Frutti Chess. Eight different pieces. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Tutti-Frutti Chess. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Philip M. Cohen.
• Twelve Mutation Chess. Variant that uses 12 mutators that may be activated or deactivated during the game. By David Howe.
• Twenty Knights Chess. Red's 20 knights must mate White within 50 moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Twenty-First Century Chess. An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80) By Karl Munzlinger.
• Twenty-first Century chess . An updating of Chess for the video game generation, on a 10x8 board with Barons and Jesters. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Karl Munzlinger.
• Twiknight. Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Twiknight . Knights can make one double move a game, and always check with a double move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Twilight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Twin Chess. Two of each kind of piece. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Twin Orthodox Chess. Two kings on a 10x10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Twin-board Ecumenical Chess. Ecumenical Chess with extra Pawns, on two FIDE boards joined together on one or more edges. (Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Twinkie Danger Chess. Game on two initially unliked boards where each turn you add or drop a link. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Twinkle Chess. Alternately remove and replace an enemy pawn after each move. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Twinkle Chess II. Remove and replace enemy pawns. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Twinmove Chess (uncompelled). Double move variant where a pawn can, optionally, be moved first. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mats Winther.
• Twinmove-Chess (compulsory). Double move variant where a pawn must be moved first. (This is like a pistol held to your head.). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mats Winther.
• Twins Chess. Units of a kind move and are captured together. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Twins Chess. Rooks, knights, and bishops are twins and move together. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 1. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 2. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 3. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 4. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 5. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 6. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 7. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 8. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Twins Chess -- Variation 9. Java applet to play this game. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Edward Jackman.
• Two Fisted Chess. Double-move chess. You must move different pieces of the same kind. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Two Kingdoms . A decimal variant with a more powerful knight, and an added Archer piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Nuno Cruz.
• Two Kingdoms. A decimal variant with a more powerful knight, and an added Archer piece. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Nuno Cruz.
• Two Kings Chess. Win by checkmating either one. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Two Kings Chess. The queen is replaced by a second king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Rob McCarter.
• Two Large Shatranj Variants. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Joe Joyce.
• Two Pipe Chess. Setup on 41-squares board looks like two tobacco pipes. (9x5, Cells: 41) By Doug Chatham.
• Two Pipe Chess . Setup on 41-squares board looks like two tobacco pipes. (9x5, Cells: 41) By Doug Chatham.
• Two Pipe Chess. Play this game from the 41-square contest on the PBM system! (9x5, Cells: 41) By Doug Chatham.
• Two Pipe Chess. Cute little variant -- board looks like two pipes addorsed (and rectangle in the middle). Beware of ambitious pawns. (9x5, Cells: 41) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
• Two Variant Problem Contests. Problem construction contest open to December 15th; solving contest in 2004 uses entries! Author: Glenn Overby II.
• Typhoon . Variant on 12 by 12 board with many different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Adrian King.
• Typhoon. Variant on 12 by 12 board with many different pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Adrian King.

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