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• Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
• Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.

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• 10 Minute Melee. Score as many points during 10 minutes of time with regular chessset. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mason Green.

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• Accounting Chess . Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Accounting Chess. Modern Business Chess: win by capturing or indicting the opposing CEO (King), or bilking all of your Stockholders (Pawns). (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Amazons. Queens fire arrows to make squares unpassable. Last player that moves wins. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Walter Zamkauskas.
• Annihilation I. Capture all non-royal units without checking the king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Annihilation II. Capture all enemy units except the uncapturable king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) By Peter Aronson.
• Anti-King Chess . Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Anti-King Chess. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect. Play it! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
• Anti-King Chess I. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
• Anti-King Chess II. Each player has both a King and an Anti-King to protect; Anti-Kings are in check when not attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
• Anti-King Chess II. Win by putting your opponent's Anti-King out of check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Peter Aronson.
• Arimaa. Uses same equipment as Chess, but designed to be difficult for computers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Omar Syed and Aamir Syed.
• Arktur. Two kings and randomized setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Riessen.
• Arktur Chess. Random first ranks, two kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Peter Riessen.
• Ascending the Throne. When the king is lost, another piece becomes royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Terry H. Jones.
• Assassin Chess. Shoot chess without royalty and with pawns that cannot be shot by line movers. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jed Stone.
• Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
• Assassin Kriegspiel. Kriegspiel variant with unknown setups and special roles for knights and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Hubert Philips.
• Assault Chess. Play twice; which can win as White against a weakened Red faster? (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Assimilation Chess. Increase your material by assimilating your opponent's pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Assimilation Chess. Play this variant in which pieces assimilate the powers of captured pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Ataturk Chess. Players may announce a different piece to be royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.

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• Bachelor Chess. All pieces promote. Win in the usual way or by joining king and queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Doug Chatham.
• Backwards Stalemate Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By John Kipling Lewis.
• Bastille Chess. Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul DeWitte.
• Bastille Chess . Win by clearing your opponent's fortress. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Bedlam. A hybrid of Metamorphin' Fusion Chess and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Bedlam. Play this hybrid of Fusion Chess, Metamorph Chess, and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Blackjack Chess. If the point value of your remaining units totals 21, you win. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Blackjack chess. Win also if the value of pieces you have is exactly 21 points. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Blue Chess. White and Black have additional, differing victory conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ingo Althofer.
• Bluff Chess. Players moving their pieces into danger may risk losing the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robbie Manson.

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• Capped Pawn Chess. White must checkmate with a move of the KBP or lose. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Capture the Flag Chess. As in the kids' tag game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Castle Chess . White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• CastleChess. White must prevent black from castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Éric Angelini.
• Center of Attention. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Johan Richter.
• Center of Attention Chess. In addition to regular rules, win by moving your King to a center square. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Johan Richter.
• Chain of Fools. Game with a Chess set where the goal is form chains of defended pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Francois Tremblay.
• Cheapmate Chess. Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Cheapmate Chess . Mate your opponent with an illegal move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Cheapmate Chess. You may make one illegal move in order to checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Robert Price.
• Checkismate. Put the King in check to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew LeRoy.
• Cheer Chess. All pieces are boosted by sideline Cheerers. (Cells: 84) By Ken Franklin.
• CheGo. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
• Chesica. Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
• Chesica . Game from the 19th Century combining elements of Checkers and Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Frederick S. Copley.
• Chess Addresses. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Veli Toukomies.
• Chess on the Rainbows. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ingo Althofer.
• Chess-Merels. Lining up three units in a row captures the last enemy unit moved. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Chessapawn . Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Chessapawn. Game where all pieces move forward and a win is by promoting. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Chessling . Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
• Chessling. Variant where the board starts empty and each player can move or drop a piece, and the goal is capture of all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: How-Hie Ling.
• ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alfred Pfeiffer.
• ChessNim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Alfred Pfeiffer.
• Chicken Chess. Combines Losing and Benedict Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Topher Gayle. Inventor: Topher Gayle and Tom Tracy.
• Chivalrous Attrition . Two knights jump over and may not go to visited squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: William F. Bultas.
• Cleopatra Chess . No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Codrus. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Combined Arms Brigade Chess. New movement for traditional Chess pieces with a modern military theme. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Saleh Waziruddin.
• Connect Chess. Players win by forming a link between the first and last ranks of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
• Connect Chess. Win by connecting the opposite ranks with a chain of mutually supporting units. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: João Pedro Neto.
• Contramatic Chess. You must not check the opposing king, or leave him in check. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Coregal Chess . Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Coregal Chess. King and Queen(s) are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Coregal Chess. Both kings and queens are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Coregal Chess 2. King and Queen(s) are royal. Queens may not cross a square under attack. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Crown. Players secretly decide whether their king or queen (who moves like the king) is royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: L. U. Kisljuk.
• Crown Prince Chess. One Knight on each side is replaced by a Crown Prince. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Matthew Chrzaszcz and Derek Mota.

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• Davis Variation of Suicide Chess. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
• Deep Blue versus Kasparov. White and Black each have their own way of winning. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ingo Althofer.
• Defensive Chess. White king is not royal, and Red units (except king) cannot go beyond the midline. If White has not won by 50 moves, Red wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Desertion Chess . When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Uwe Wiedemann.
• Desertion Chess. When you move next to opposing pieces, they desert to your side; win by converting or capturing all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
• Dice Mate Chess. No capture; checkmate only happens if roll of the dice is favorable. (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
• Diceless Chessgammon. Move all pieces off the opponents side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Diplomatic Chess. The Diplomat replaces the King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Samuel Carey. Inventor: Samuel Carey and Derrick Fernandez.
• The Disguised King. Unknown pawn becomes royal piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Dodo Chess. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Dutch Chess . Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Dutch Chess. Pawns start on the back ranks and move as queens. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Dutch Chess. Different objective and piece movements with orthodox chess set. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gerben Dirksen.

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• Eight Kings. Each player has eight kings and wins by mate or stalemate one of the kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Exclusive Chess. Mate is only allowed if there is a unique way to do so. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Theodor Steubel.
• Exhausted King. Win by giving permanent check. . (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
• Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Miguel Villa.
• Extinction chess. Win by making your opponents pieces of one type extinct. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Extinction Chess . Download this file to see this game played in the 2003 Multivariant Tournament! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Michael Nelson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• Extinction Chess. Win by capturing every piece of the same type. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.

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• The Fellowship of the Ring. White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• The Fellowship of the Ring . White may win by carrying a 'ring' to the other side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Fellowship of the Ring Puzzles. Several problems based on the Fellowship of the Ring variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Price.
• Fifty-fifty chess. Mating is allowed after having taken eight pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Five-stars chess. One can also win by having five pieces in a row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk Breugem.
• Forward Chess. Variant where backward movement is limited. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
• Forward Chess . Download these files to play Forward Chess with Zillions of Games! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael Nelson.
• Fusion Chess. Variant in which pieces may merge together or split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Fusion Chess. Play this variant in which pieces combine and split apart. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Fussball Chess . Win by moving a piece to the starting square of the king of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.

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• 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 Fourrière.
• Gladiator Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
• Glory Chess. A pawn on the seventh rank checks. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• 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.

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• Hamiltonian Chess. Win by forming a Hamiltonian path between your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By David Fisher.
• Heraldic Extinction Chess. Win by taking a pair of pieces that started on the same line in the opening setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hermit Chess. Play vs opponent making increasing numbers of random moves. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Karl Scherer.
• Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.
• Hindustani Chess. 19th century Indian game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and John Ayer. Inventor: _unknown.

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• Illusionary Piece Chess. A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Illusionary Piece Chess . A piece and a Pawn on each side are more powerful, but can not offer check or prevent bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Incognito Chess. In addition to the King, one Pawn is secretly royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Interchange Chess. Get as many of your own pieces to their destination squares on the other side of the board as possible. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz and David Howe.
• Invader Zim Chess. Chess based on the show, Invader Zim. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Zim .

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• Junta Chess. The king and his knights are the junta. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.

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• Kamikaze III. If the lone queen checks, she wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Kick the King. What happens if we remove check and stalemate rules and win by taking the king? (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michiel de Bondt.
• Killer Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
• Killer Chess. Variation 6: Kings Crossing. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: JD Kruger and Nicholas Vradis. Inventor: Nicholas Vradis.
• Kinglet . Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Kinglet. Win by taking all the pawns of the opponent. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
• KnightMate Chess. The knight, not the kings, is royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Zimov.
• Kuniegit. Each player has two knights and two warriors on standard chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Danny Purvis.

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• Lancelot. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Stan Druben.
• Last Rook Chess. King and last remaining rook are both royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Losing Chess. Captures are mandatory, object is to be unable to move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
• Losing Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourrière.

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• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Magna Carta Chess. lack has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Magna Carta Chess. Black has the FIDE array, White has a Marshal and an Archbishop instead of a Queen and King. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Maxima. Maxima is an interesting and exiting variant of Ultima, with new elements that make Maxima more clear and dynamic. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima . Maxima is an interesting and exiting variant of Ultima, with new elements that make Maxima more clear and dynamic. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima . Download this file to see a sample game of Maxima! (Cells: 76) Author: Rhonan Lavieri and Roberto Lavieri. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Maxima . This ZRF enforces the checkmate condition in Maxima. (Cells: 76) Author: Roberto Lavieri and Joost aan de Brugh. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Medieval War Chess. This game has quite a few differences from regular chess, but it does use the standard board and pieces, making it easy to play. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Anthony Peterson.
• Mesmer Chess. Each player has a Mesmerist piece that can move opposing pieces it attacks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Mesmer Chess . ach player has a Mesmerist piece that can move opposing pieces it attacks. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
• Messenger Chess. A quick, dynamic variant. It adds one new piece, the Courier, which is necessary to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Flynn Leek.
• Metapontum . Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
• Mexican King Chess. Win the usual way or by making it safely to Mexico. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Mock Chess. No royal piece, mandatory captures. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Monochrome Chess. All units are of the same color. Win by accumulating captures. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
• Monochrome Chess . All pieces are the same color. Players move pieces on their side of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Andrew Looney.
• Multi-King Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Roberto Lavieri.

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• Nemoroth. A Visit to. Ralph visits Nemoroth in a dream, and reports a game by its greatest champion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Neutral King Chess . V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Neutral King Chess. V.R. Parton's game where two armies share a King both must try to mate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Neutral King Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Numericron Chess. Score points by attacking enemy units. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Bruce Trove.

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• Odds Chess . Ways of giving a weaker opponent better odds. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
• Odds Chess. Ways of giving a weaker opponent better odds. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Roger Cooper.
• Outpost Chess. Win by occupying a designated square in enemy territory for one move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• 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.
• 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.
• Presto chess. First player who checks with untakable piece wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Lawrence Crane.
• Progressive Give-Away Chess. Giveaway chess played in progressive fashion. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Andrea Mori.

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• Racing Kings. From a special setup, be the first to have your king reach the last row. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vernon Rylands Parton.
• Rainbows, Chess on the. Players must retain a piece on all 6 colors of a 6-color board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ingo Althofer.
• Reflex Chess. Force your opponent to mate you. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: David Howe. Inventor: William Geary.
• Robber Chess . Sliding pieces can make multiple captures, and the goal is to capture all opposing pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann.
• Rook Square Chess. Enemy rook squares are royal. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Rooksquare Chess . Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.
• Rooksquare Chess. Win by moving piece to corner at opponent's side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jens Baek Nielsen.

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• Sacred King Chess . It is not legal to check your opponent's King, so victory is by stalemate or bare King. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Paul DeWitte.
• Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Paul DeWitte. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Sanctuary Chess. Archbishop and Swiss Guard replace Queen and King; no checkmate. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Paul DeWitte.
• Showdown Chess. No draws permitted. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Devin Camenares.
• Single check chess. Checking the opponent wins the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Sjeng : a chess-and-variants playing program . Freeware program that plays chess and some variants, like giveaway chess and bughouse. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Sneaky. A WinBoard Compatible Chess Engine that plays Cheapmate Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Gary Baydo. Inventor: Robert Price.
• Stability Chess. Designed to minimize the first-move advantage by white, maximize fairness, and simplify the rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Various.
• Strategic Chess Federation Championship 2003. First annual championship. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Patrick Malone.
• Strategy for Losing Chess . Website with strategic tips for Giveaway chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Suicide Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Antoine Fourrière.
• Suicide Chess, Davis Variation. Win by checkmate or by loosing your pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Michael D. Davis.
• Suicide Void Chess. Variant of Suicide Chess. A piece creating a void in the board is moved after each capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert Atkinson.

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• Take Me Chess. Object is to lose your units and be unable to move. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• 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.
• 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 Player Chess. Three players must win both games simultaneously to win. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew Heiser.
• 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.
• 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.
• Towers Chess. Win by pushing towers to the Kings' squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Alex Wood.
• 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.
• 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.
• Twilight. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• Two Kings Chess. The queen is replaced by a second king. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Rob McCarter.

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• U-Chess. Play Unambiguous Three-Symbol Chess online. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Unreal Tournament Chess. Chess variants with a different objective, inspired by the multiplayer computer game Unreal Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
• Unreal Tournament Chess . Chess variants with a different objective, inspired by the multiplayer computer game Unreal Tournament. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: João Pedro Neto.

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• A Visit to Nemoroth. Ralph visits Nemoroth in a dream, and reports a game by its greatest champion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.

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• Warm Spit Chess. One of your pieces in addition to your King is royal (your vice-president), and it can be changed. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.

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