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• Piececlopedia Guidelines. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
• Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Alessandro Castelli.

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• P.O.C.: Progressive 007 Chess. Which pieces one moves are determined by throwing dice. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Bill Taylor.
• Pachessi. Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Pachessi . Race and chess game on board formed by removing 3 by 3 square from center of 7 by 7 square. (7x7, Cells: 40) By Peter Aronson.
• Pacific Chess . Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Marek14 .
• Pacific Chess. Variant on ten by ten board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pagan Chess. Game with two linked board, one for living pieces and one for dead pieces, and a special piece that can move between them. (11x7, Cells: 67) By Mikey Kousre.
• Paired Piece Tunnelchess. A new approach to the Tunnelchess first rank. (4x8x4, Cells: 128) By Charles Gilman.
• Palace Revolution. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Peter E. Leyva. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
• Palace Revolution Game Courier Preset. Variant on 44 square board with Templar Knights and Squire Pawns. (7x8, Cells: 44) Author: Jeff Rients. Inventor: Peter E. Leyva.
• Paladin. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• Palindromic Chess. Play until the position on the board is the reversed of the starting postion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Paul DeWitte and Becca Rabong. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
• Paloma Chess. Game with Royal Queen, promotable Kings, and an unusual array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Becca Rabong.
• Panal: a hexagonal chess. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Panal: a hexagonal chess . A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Pancake. A piece that moves and captures like a non-royal King or a Nightrider-style cannon. By Ralph Betza.
• Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Parachess. Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72) By Tony Paletta.
• Parachess . Chess on a rhombus-tiled board. (Cells: 72) By Tony Paletta.
• Parachute Chess. Landing units may not attack any opposing unit. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Parachute Chess. Start with empty board and begin with dropping pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Edward Jackman.
• Parallel Worlds Chess. Three Boards. Two have the regular setup, while the third. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Parsi Chess. 19th century southern Indian chess variation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
• Particle Collision Chess. Taken pieces leave energy on the board that can be transformed into `mass': pieces. By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Partner Chess . Commercial two and four-player variant on smaller cross-shaped board.
• Parton, V.R.. A page with information on V.R. Parton. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• PASGL 312 Chess. Critters steal lunch in the forest, while trying to get close to the campfire and avoid the train. (Cells: 68) By Ralph Betza.
• PASGL 312 Notation. A way to represent PASGL 312 Chess board positions. (Cells: 68) By John Lawson.
• Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c.; Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Passed Pawns Chess. A Decimal Falcon Chess Variant. (10x10, Cells: 100) By George William Duke.
• Passed Pawns, Scorpions and Dragon. More Falcon Chess Variants. By George William Duke.
• Patricia. On a 5 by 5 board, with drops and changing pieces. (5x5, Cells: 25) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Rob Nierse. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
• Patricia. Construct a stalemate puzzle. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Rob Nierse.
• Patrol Chess. A unit may not capture or give check unless it is supported. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
• Patrol chess. In order to capture or give check, a piece [including kings] must be `observed' by another piece of the same player. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Federik Hendrik von Meyenfeldt.
• Patrol chess. More problems from CCM. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Lörinc.
• Patt-Schach. Start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Patt-schach (Stalemate chess). Players start with an illegal move from a stalemated position. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Patzer Chess. If you can check, you must do so. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Paul Schooling's Chess. Units transform when they capture. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Paulowich's Chancellor Chess . A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: David Paulowich.
• Paulowich's Chancellor Chess. A proposal to play chancellor chess with chancellors and queens in the corner on 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Paulowich.
• Pawn. Moves straight forward, takes diagonally forwards, and can promote. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
• Pawn (Xiangqi). Moves and captures one square straight forward.
• Pawn Collector Chess. Pick up counters on the empty squares. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pawn Less Chess. New pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Uri Bruck.
• Pawn Less Chess . Different pieces, no pawns, and 20 squares removed from the 8 by 8 board. (8x8, Cells: 44) By Uri Bruck.
• Pawn Massacre Chess. Non-pawn pieces swap initial ranks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeff `Cavebear` Stroud.
• Pawn Odds Chess. White starts without the king's bishop's pawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pawn Progression Chess. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pawn Pusher Chess . Pawns can not move by themselves on a player's side of the board, they must be pushed by other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Pawn Shogi. Experimental shogi variant with different types of pawns. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Eric Greenwood.
• Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 .
• Pawn-Only Chess . Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Pawn-Only Chess. Training chess variant. Only pawns, first promotion wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Pavel Tikhomirov.
• Pawns Chess. Each pawn has a unique ability. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• PBM Game Logs. View the logs of games played by email. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• PBM Waiting Room. Lists outstanding open invitations to play games on the CV PBM. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe and Fergus Duniho.
• Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Philip John Brady.
• Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) By Philip John Brady.
• Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George Whelan.
• Peasant Revolt. Modest variant with unequal setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: George Whelan.
• Peg Leg's Gifts and Crafts . Business that sells wooden games including Byzantine Chess. Author: Peter Aronson.
• Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32) Author: Bo Xian.
• Pent-Ashtapada. A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8 game. (8x8x5, Cells: 320) By Larry L. Smith.
• Penta War. Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
• Penta War . Huge game with five clans. (17x17, Cells: 319) By Joost Aan de Brugh.
• Pentaplane. On a 5 by 5 by 5 board with various new pieces. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By George Marino.
• Perfect 12 . 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Perfect 12. 12 different kinds of pieces on a 12 x 12 board: Is 12 "more perfect" than 10? (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Perfect Chess . On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Perfect Chess. Rook, bishop, knight, plus each of the four compounds ("perfect"). Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Perfect Chess. On 8 by 8 board with combination pieces. By Köksal Karakus.
• Perfect Chess. Like Tutti Frutti Chess but with a different array. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Perimeter Chess . Pieces other than Pawns and Kings move differently when moving to or from edge squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Peruvian Army Chess. A second board has aircraft that can bomb the orthochess board. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Peter Chatterton's Gess Applet . Link to applet and program that play the game of Gess. (18x18, Cells: 324) Author: Peter Chatterton. Inventor: Archimedeans Mathematics Society.
• Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess. (8x8x3, Cells: 192) By Derick Peterson.
• Petty Chess. Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Petty Chess . Chess on a 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: B. Walker Watson.
• Pgn2fig . Word macros for converting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files to figurine algebraic notation using chess fonts for the figurines. Author: Alastair Scott.
• Phantom Chess. Undefended pieces become "phantoms". (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Phi Chess. Large variant variant inspired by the golden ratio, Phi. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
• Phi Chess with Different Armies. (13x8, Cells: 104) By Joshua Morris.
• Philosopher's Chess. Winner of the 40 squares contest. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosopher's Chess Example Game. By Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess. Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' pieces. (6x6, Cells: 40) By Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess . Chess variant on two small boards with usual and `philosophical' piece. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Fergus Duniho and Jens Markmann. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• Philosophers Chess. Photo's of 40 squares chess variant. (6x6, Cells: 40) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Darren Izzard.
• The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Ann E. Moyer.
• Photos of a Gala Set.. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Photos of Homemade Symbolic Shogi Pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Photos of Omega Chess. (10x10, Cells: 104) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
• Phylogenetic analyses of chess variants . Papers describing phylogenetic analyses of chess variants. Author: Lex Kraaijeveld.
• PI. Commercial multiplayer chess variant for 2 - 12 players. Author: Linda Hudson. Inventor: Dan Brown.
• Pi. Commercial multiplayer chess variant, obtained by putting multiple curved and straight boards together. Author: Bryan Lambert. Inventor: Dan Brown.
• Piazza San Marco Chess. On random moments, the middle of the board gets flooded, meaning that pieces can get out only by using special walkways. By Ralph Betza.
• Pick-the-Team chess . Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pick-the-team chess. Make up a list of pieces and choose your pieces from your and your opponents list. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pickle Pot Chess (Blind). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pickle Pot Chess (Sighted). Kriegspiel variant where one side can see, but lacks both Knights, a Bishop and both Rooks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Piece Promotion Games. Two decimal variants: 'Shatranj Elephants' and 'Chaturanga'. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Piece Promotion Games 2 . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Christine Bagley-Jones.
• Piececlopedia Guidelines. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Piececlopedia: Buffalo. Triple compound leaper. (Cells: 64) Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Frank Maus.
• Piececlopedia: Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Mark Hedden and Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel. By Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: Carpenter. compound of Knight and Dabbaba. Author: Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: General (Xiang Qi). Moves like Wazir, but with royal restrictions. Author: Charles Gilman.
• Piececlopedia: Kangaroo (Newton). compound of Knight and Alfil. Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Timothy R. Newton.
• PieceEater Chess . Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• PieceEater Chess. Yet another game with an indestructible randomly-wandering neutral piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Pied Color Chess. Oh no! All the colors on the board have been scrambled -- however will the pieces move? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Pillar Chess. Variant with elements from Pillar Checkers. Captured pieces are stacked beneath the capturing piece, stacks can be split. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Sergey Sirotkin. Inventor: Sam Sloan.
• Pillars of Medusa. A variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Pillars of Medusa . Download Pillars of Medusa for Zillions of Games! (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Jason Jakupca. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Pillars of Medusa Preset for Game Courier. Play this variation of Turkish Great Chess plus two additional pieces, the Morph and the Medusa! (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Gary K. Gifford. Inventor: Gary K. Gifford.
• Pincer Pawn. Moves as rook, and takes by enclosing. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Robert Abbott.
• Pink Panther Chess. Possess the Pink Panther diamond give your piece extra moves. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Charles Gilman.
• Pinwheel Chess . Four-player, all-against-all variant played on a pinwheel-shaped board. (11x11, Cells: 89) By C. George Boeree.
• Pirate Chess. Two or three pirates fight on a board with 39 triangles. (Cells: 39) By Guillermo Alcįntara.
• PiRaTeKnIcS. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
• PiRaTeKnIcS Game Courier Preset. Pirates on ships fight each other in 44-squares chess variant. (6x8, Cells: 44) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Jagger.
• Pirates-Henge-Ho. Small variant with pirates theme. (5x7, Cells: 38) By R Stephen Chafe.
• The Pit. 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Daniel Roth.
• The Pit . 10 by 10 board has pit in the middle that can be crossed by Sorcerer piece. (10x10, Cells: 84) By Daniel Roth.
• Pixelpusher variant: Almost chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Pixelpusher variant: Amazon chess. Play Amazon Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pixelpusher variant: Centerless chess. Play Centerless chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Java applet for chess variant on a 37-square board. (Cells: 37) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
• Pixelpusher variant: Chess on a board with 37 squares. Play Chess on a board with 37 squares against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
• Pixelpusher variant: Demi Chess. Play Demi Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Peter Krystufek.
• Pixelpusher variant: Dunsany Chess. Play Dunsany Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett.
• Pixelpusher: Chancellor chess. Play Chancellor Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ben R. Foster.
• Pixelpusher: Los Alamos chess. Weak playing Java applet for Los Alamos chess. (6x6, Cells: 36)
• Pixelpusher: Modern chess. Play Modern Chess against a (weak) applet. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Gabriel Maura.
• The Pizza Kings . An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
• The Pizza Kings. An experimental army for Chess with Different Armies, with lots of calories. By John Lawson.
• Placement. Only kings start on board; other pieces are dropped to home square and then moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Walter Weiss.
• Plaid Chess. Progressive Grid chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Planar 4x4x4 Chess . 3D variant played with pieces which are restricted to particular planes within the cubic field. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) By Larry L. Smith.
• Platform Chess . Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Platform Chess. Pieces move normally or ride on 2x2 platforms that move themselves. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Playchess . Correspondence chess server. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Ploy . Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Ploy. Strategic Game of Maneuver and Capture, 3M Company - 1970. (9x9, Cells: 81) Author: Dennis Matheson.
• PlunderChess . Commercial chess variant where pieces gain right to move like a piece they captured. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Jeff Knight.
• Plunderchess: Pictures and a review. Commercial variants where capturing gains the right to move once as the captured piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jeff Knight.
• Pocket knight. Each player has a knight that he can drop during the game. (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pocket Knight Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pocket Knight Chess II. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pocket Knight Chess III. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Michael Nelson.
• Pocket Mutation Chess . Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
• Pocket Mutation Chess. Take one of your pieces off the board, maybe change it, keep it in reserve, and drop it on the board later. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael Nelson.
• Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Lörinc.
• Pocket pieces thematic tourney - Awards. Winning problems in a chess problem design competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43. Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess 43 . Game with off-board pocket where all pieces of a type change when one piece of a type is moved normally. (7x6, Cells: 43) By Antoine Fourričre.
• Pocket Polypiece Chess Game Courier Preset. Play Pocket Polypiece Chess online with Game Courier. (7x6, Cells: 43) Author: Antoine Fourričre and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Antoine Fourričre.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality II: Revelation. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality III: Caissa's Comet. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality IV: Dialogue. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality IX: Sacrifice. By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality V: The System. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VI: Promotion. By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Chess Morality VII: Moving Pieces. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality VIII: The Pleiades. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality X: Seven Wonders. By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XI: Pleiadic Dialogue. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XII: Piece-Makers. (10x8, Cells: 80) By George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon Chess: Chess Morality XIII: Numerology. Author: George William Duke.
• Poems on Falcon chess: Genesis, and The System. Author: George William Duke.
• Point-Power Shogi. A shogi variant with ever growing supply of pieces on a TI-92 calculator. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Poison Chess. Harpies can poison pieces which can be healed by doctors. On 8 by 8 board. By Bryan Lambert.
• Poker Chess. Squares contain cards, and players win by forming poker hands with the cards on the squares occupied by their pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Pole Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mark Thompson. Inventor: Piers Anthony.
• Politically Correct Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• Politically Correct Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Larry L. Smith.
• Poll for April 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for April, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for February 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for February, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for January 2005's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2005. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for January 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for January, 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for June 2006's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for June, 2006. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for November 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for November, 2004. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll for October 2004's Recognized Variant of the Month. Vote to select the Recognized Variant of the Month for October, 2004. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #1. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #2.. Help us choose the next recognized variant! Author: David Howe.
• Poll: Recognized Variant for 2003 #3. Voting begins August 1! Author: David Howe.
• Polyhedron Chess. Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (x5, Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
• Polyhedron Chess . Large 3-D variant inspired by Tetrahedral Chess. (x5, Cells: 300) By Larry L. Smith.
• Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
• Polymorph Chess . Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Greg Strong.
• Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Greg Strong.
• Polypiece Chess. Each time a piece moves, all pieces of that type on both sides change their move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Pompeii Chess. Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25) By Dan Troyka.
• Pompeii Chess . Variant on board with 25 squares. (7x7, Cells: 25) By Dan Troyka.
• Pompeii Chess. Small variant with piece drops, orthogonal pawn moves and one each of all the FIDE pieces. (9x9, Cells: 25) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
• Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
• Pool Chess . Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
• Pool Chess. Queens and Bishops bounce 90 degrees off the board edge. (8x12, Cells: 96) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Francisco Quintanilla.
• Popular Chess Variants. Author: David B. Pritchard.
• Popular Chess Variants. A review. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Popular Chess Variants. In this book, Pritchard describes twenty chess variants in detail. Author: David B. Pritchard.
• Portal Chess. Two boards and pieces can teleport from one board to another. Also playable with two half-boards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Howe.
• Portugese Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where you move each piece at most once. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Portuguese Progressive Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. By George William Duke.
• Positional 3-D Chess. 3D games using position to determine how to move from board to board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: George William Duke.
• Pot-Hole Chess. Game where pot-holes open up on the board at random times. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Spicer and Michael Chamberlain. Inventor: Peter Spicer.
• Potential Chess. Pieces start out as any piece and become a particular piece depending on how they move,. By David Howe.
• Potential/Demotion Chess . Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Potential/Demotion Chess. Pieces may move like lower-ranked piece, but when doing so, become that lower ranked piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Power Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. (5x7, Cells: 39) By Ronald Hoekstra.
• Power Mover. A variant of Hostage Chess with self-capture, promotion and demotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Kazuto Asai.
• PowerChess . Chess with two extra squares on the middle rows. (8x8, Cells: 66) Inventor: Gerd Degens.
• Powerchess. Variant on 10 by 10 board with additional queen and combination piece per player. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: John Ayer.
• Powerchess . Players have 24 pieces to start, with four new piece types. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gamaliel Perez Jr..
• Pre-Chess. Place your first rank as you choose before the game begins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Eric Greenwood.
• Pre-Grandchess. Eric Greenwood realized that Christian Freeling's Great Chess could have arisen with this more normal looking position. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Preference Poll for 1st GC Tournament. Rank your preferences for which games you would like to play in the first Game Courier tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Presiding Chess. Decimal variant with added leaping pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Tucker Kao.
• Presto Chess. First check by a unit which cannot be captured wins. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lawrence Crane.
• Pretentious Chess. All Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Pretentious Chess. Pieces can move as and demote to a Knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Primitive Chess. Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Köksal Karakus.
• Primitive Chess . Short-range major pieces and no pawns, but a piece like an apprentice for each major piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Köksal Karakus.
• Prince. 8x8x8 3-D variant with new pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Gavin Smith and Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
• Prince . 3-D Chess variant using an 8x8x8 board and many new pieces. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Gavin Smith.
• Princess. Moves as Bishop or as Knight. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• The Princess and The Warrior . Pieces' moves are limited by their current rank except for the two new pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Adrian Alvarez de la Campa.
• Printable Board and Pieces for Shou Dou Qui . (7x9, Cells: 63) Author: Jan Horinek.
• Prisoner's Dilemma. Checkmate the King and rescue the Prisoner to win. (Cells: 84) By Steve Costa.
• Prisoner's Escape. Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
• Prisoner's Escape . Free your Prisoner by getting it to an unattacked square -- a small board version of Anticheckmate Chess. (7x8, Cells: 44) By Peter Aronson.
• Prisoners. Captured pieces move to second chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ronald Drinning.
• Pritchard, David. An interview with the author of Popular Chess Variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Probleemblad - Nederlandse Bond van Schaakprobleemvrienden. Information on the Dutch chess problems organization and their journal. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Problemesis . Webmagazine on chess problems.
• Progression. Instead of promoting, pawns gain powers when they advance. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Love-Jensen.
• Progression. Pawns on advanced ranks move differently. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive 007 Chess. Players play increasing numbers of moves each turn, but which color you move simply alternates. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Absorption Chess. Very popular in Italy. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Chess. Several variants where white moves one time, black twice, white three times, etc. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
• Progressive Chess . An online guide to Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Hyatt.
• Progressive Chess . A collection of variants with increasing numbers of moves each turn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Young-Hyun Joo.
• Progressive Chess, Italian. Problem based on an actual game position. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Progressive chess with random setups. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Fischer Random Chess Contest 1998. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Progressive Forwards Chess. Progressive chess where pieces may only move forwards. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrea Mori.
• Progressive Losing Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Mutation Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Progressive Take-All Chess. Very popular in Italy. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Promethean Chess. Units visiting the home squares of others leave behind duplicates. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• PromoChess. Everything but the king can power up. Mix of Japanese/Western/fairy pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Glenn Overby II.
• PromoChess . Everything but the king can power up. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Glenn Overby II.
• Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fabio Forzoni.
• Promotions & Demotions . Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Promotions & Demotions. Every turn, the piece that has moved promotes or demotes to another piece. By Joćo Pedro Neto.
• Proof game. Problem to construct a legal game of given exact length to reach a given position. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Tibor Orban.
• Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation. Author: Glenn Overby II.
• Proteus: A Chess Army that Changes at your Command! . Variant played with 8 dice per side, each side of which has a different Chess piece printed on it. Author: David Howe.
• Proto-Chaturanga. A seminal so-called "indo-persian" game with only King and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Chaturanga . A seminal so-called "Indo-Persian" game with only King and Pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Xiang-Qi . A seminal so-called "Chinese" game with the minimal configuration. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Xiang-Qi. A seminal so-called "chinese" game with the minimal configuration. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Provocation Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Proximity Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Proximity Chess. Players must move pieces nearest to the arrival square of the last piece moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: W. H. Rawlings.
• Punning by Numbers. A systematic set of names for cubic-cell oblique pieces. Author: Charles Gilman.
• Push Chess . Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Fred Galvin.
• Push Chess. Pieces don't capture, but instead push each other off of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Fred Galvin.
• Pushme-Pullyu. Moves like a Queen, and captures by approach and withdrawal. Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
• Putback Chess. A slight variation of Replacement Chess. Captured pieces must be put on an empty square on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Pyramidal Chess. 3-dimentional variant on four levels. (x4, Cells: 120) By Florian Klachl.

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