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• 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.

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• Each Piece Once Chess. Each turn, move as many as all your pieces, but only once! (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jeremy Gabriel Good.
• Earthquake Chess. An earthquake caused a kind of Z-form in the board. By Ralph Betza.
• Earthquake Chess. Center of board runs down a fault. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Earthquake Chess. Images of possible Earthquake Chess boards. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Easy Chess. Java applet the plays chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• Échecs De L'Escalier. A double Capablanca-type variant with slightly enhanced Pawns. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.

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• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three or six players. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three players. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Echo Chess I. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• Echo Chess II. If possible, make a second move with a matching unit. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Echos. Transform your non-attacked, non-royal units as you like. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vladimir Pribylinec.
• Eclipse Chess. Units in the eclipse zone cannot move or give check. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Economy in Chess Variants. Several chess variants based on economic principles. By João Pedro Neto.
• EconoSplurge. Chess Variant Set. By Ron Hale-Evans.
• An EconoSplurge Dragonchess Set. Dragonchess board with cheap felt squares and fancy wooden pieces. Includes stereoscopic photos. (12x8x3, Cells: 288) Author: Ron Hale-Evans. Inventor: Gary Gygax.
• Ecumenical Chess. Set of Variants incorporating Camels and Camel compound pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
• Ecumenical Eurasian Ninjachess. 3d variant on 10 by 5 by 5 board with many new pieces. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Charles Gilman.
• Ecutunnel and Ecumillstone. 3d versions of twin-board Ecumenical Chess, with a new front-rank piece. (4x12x4, Cells: 192) By Charles Gilman.
• Ed Friedlander's Chess Variant Applets. Hundreds of Java Applets for Playing Chess Variants. By Ed Friedlander.
• Edge Chess . Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Mitch Martin.
• Edge Chess. Pieces can stand on the edges of squares. (8x8, Cells: 64) Inventor: Mitch Martin.
• Edge of the World (EOTW) Chess. Pieces have momentum on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Michael Fryer.
• Edgehog. Moves as a Queen, but only to or from an edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
• Edgehog Chess . Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
• Edgehog Chess. Three Chess variants featuring John Driver's edge-loving piece the Edgehog. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
• Edgehog Chess. Queens may move only to or from edges of the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Driver.
• EDILÁN. EDILÁN has available facsimiles of many of the books of King Alfonso X, including his book on chess and other games.
• Editors. Information on the people that run this site.
• Edmarks' Strategy Challenges II Program. On their Website, you can download a demo that allows you to play the Jungle game against a human opponent on a PC. (7x9, Cells: 63)
• EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX! Chess. A game designed to be as different to chess as possible while still being the same as chess. (1x72, Cells: 72) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Een paard voor een koninkrijk. Author: Wim van der Kolk.
• Eight Kings. Each player has eight kings and wins by mate or stalemate one of the kings. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Eight Kings Chess. Checkmate any one of them to win. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• The Eight Queens problem. Put eight queens on the board such that no one attacks another. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Eight Stone Chess . On an 8 by 9 board with eight neutral stones. (8x9, Cells: 72) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Eight Stone Chess . Version using Alfaerie graphics. (8x9, Cells: 72) Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Eight Stone Chess Photographs. Additional photo's of set of Eight Stone Chess. Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Eight-Stone Chess. On an 8 by 9 board with eight neutral stones. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Jim Aikin.
• Eight-Stone Chess Pictures. Photo's of home made chess variant set for Eight-Stone Chess. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Jim Aikin.
• Einstein-Grasshopper. Leaps on Queen-lines to move or capture, and any piece leapt over changes type. By Ben Good.
• Elbow Room . Usual set of pieces and eight additional pawns per player on 8 by 16 board. (16x8, Cells: 128) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: David Short.
• Elbow Room. Usual set of pieces and eight additional pawns per player on 8 by 16 board. (16x8, Cells: 128) By David Short.
• Electrum Chess. All the Goldchess and Silverchess back-rank pieces in a single variant. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
• Elena . Chess on 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Elena Chess. Chess on 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Elena Chess . Chess on 5 by 6 board. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• The Elephant. Jumps two diagonally (see Alfil). Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Elephant (Xiangqi). Moves two squares diagonally (non-jumping).
• Elephant Chess. Featuring the time-honoured Burmese Elephant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mats Winther.
• Elephant Chess Club. Webshop selling internationalized Xiangqi and Shogi sets. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Elephant Hecatomb. Similar to Hecatomb Chess. (9x8, Cells: 72) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Elephant Hunt. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Freederick .
• Elephant Hunt . Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Freederick .
• Elephant Hunt. Ituri Forest Pygmi traditional game with chess-like elements. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Freederick .
• Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. (8x8x4, Cells: 192) By Ben Good.
• Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant with moving elevators and walking, vaulting and flying pieces. (8x8x4, Cells: 192) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Ben Good.
• Elevator Chess. Multiple boards with simultaneous games are linked through central elevator squares. By Ralph Betza.
• Elite Chess. Elite Chess adds an Amazon to Capablanca's Game by adding one more row to the board. (8x11, Cells: 88) By Stephen R. Stockman.
• Elk Chess. The double-barrelled Elk moves differently depending on square colour. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Mats Winther.
• Elmore, Jeff. Website of Jeff Elmore: 3D Chess Sets and Instructions. Author: Jeff Elmore.
• Embassy Chess. Play this modern Bird's Chess variant based on the setup of Grand Chess. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Kevin Hill.
• Emperor Chess. The king may move to, and only to, any square under attack by. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Emperor Chess. Large chess variant with a Commander (Queen + Knight), two Queens, and two Emperors (Bishop + Lame Dabbabah-rider) per side. (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: John Ayer and Peter Aronson. Inventor: H. R. Lambert.
• Emperor of China. A Chess and Halma mixed game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincent Everaert.
• Emperor of China. A cross between Chess and Halma. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Vincent Everaert.
• Emperor Raumschach. Variant of Dr. Fredinand Maack's Raumschach. (5x5x5, Cells: 125) By Larry L. Smith.
• The Emperor's Game. Variant on 10 by 10 board from 19th century Germany. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Empress. See Amazon. Can move as queen or as knight. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Empress. Fairy Chess name for Rook+Knight compound. Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe.
• Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jason Shields.
• Emulation Chess. Pieces have no move of their own, but move instead like adjacent pieces of either side. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Doug Chatham. Inventor: Jason Shields.
• En Passant - website of the Nørresundby Chess Club. Much information on programs for chess publishing, chess programs, etc. Author: Eric Bentzen.
• En Passant Chess. All pieces can be taken en passant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andy Kurnia.
• En Passant Chess. All pieces can capture and be captured en passant. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• En passant Chess. Orthodox chess on a shortened board of only 7 rows. Encourages more en passant moves. (8x7, Cells: 56) By Ingo Althofer.
• En Passant Chess of Ingo Althofer. This is just FIDE Chess, but with board contracted by one row. Try it out. (8x7, Cells: 56) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Ingo Althofer.
• Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Book that documents a wide variety of chess variants. Author: David B. Pritchard.
• The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Advertisements for Pritchard's book. Author: David B. Pritchard.
• Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. A review. Author: Philip M. Cohen.
• Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. This is THE reference book for chess variants! Author: David B. Pritchard.
• Endgame. Players start out with 16 pawns and gain pieces via promotion. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jorge Nuno Silva.
• Endgame analysis for Hexagonal Chess. Information from extensive computer analysis of Hexagonal chess endgames. Author: Dave McCooey.
• Endgame statistics with fantasy pieces. Much computer generated information on endgames. Author: Dave McCooey.
• Endgame statistics with fantasy pieces for three pieces. Much computer generated information on endgames. Author: Dave McCooey.
• Endless Chess idea. Article about different ways to make cylinder chess board. By Alexander Iglitzky.
• Enemy Progressive chess. Make one normal move and an increasing number of moves with enemy pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• English Progressive Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• English Progressive Chess. White moves once, black twice, white three times, etc. Series ends when a check is given. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Alessandro Castelli.
• English Random Chess. Standard chessmen on a 10x10 board, with randomized piece setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Benjamin Clarke.
• English Random Chess. Play this game with standard chessmen on a 10x10 board, with randomized piece setup. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Benjamin Clarke.
• Enjoyable Hour Chess. Three-Dimensional Chess. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Enlarged and Improved Chess. Early large-board variant from Holland. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Enochian Chess. Four-player team variant of the Golden Dawn. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Jeff Rients.
• Enthralling Chess. A 32-turn variant in which pieces are 'enthralled', and then 'liberated' (ie. removed from the board). By Jeff Kiska.
• Entourage Chess. Any piece (not pawn) adjacent to the king is also royal. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Entropy Chess. Every move, you may move an enemy piece to an unattacked square. (8x8, Cells: 64) By João Pedro Neto.
• Epic Games 3d Chessboards. Expensive chessboards with 3d surface. Author: David Howe.
• Epiphany Chess. Three Kings. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Episcopal Chess. Capture both opposing bishops to win. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Epping Forest Chess. FIDE Chess with some routes blocked to royalty until cleared by other pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Epsilon Eridani. 44-square version of Achernar. (9x5, Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Epsilon Eridani . A 44-square version of Achernar. (9x5, Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Equestrian Chess. On diamond shaped board with reentry squares and different pieces. (Cells: 41) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Equestrian Chess . On diamond shaped board with reentry squares and different pieces. (Cells: 41) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Equihopper. Jumps across a piece in any direction with the same distance before and after the hurdle. Cannot jump additional pieces on strai.
• ERB Jetan . Implements different possible rules for Jetan. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• Eric's 40-square Fiasco . Game on 5 by 8 board with three pieces that start in reserve. (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Eric Richardson.
• Eric's 40-square Fiasco!. Game on 5 by 8 board with three pieces that start in reserve. (5x8, Cells: 40) By Eric Richardson.
• Eric's Great Chess . Modern variant on historic large chess variant. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Eric's Great chess. Modern variant on historic large chess variant. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Eric's Great Chess. Eric Greenwood shortens by two rows the familiar ancient Great Chess board. (8x10, Cells: 80) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Eric Greenwood.
• Ernest, James. An interview with James Earnest. Author: Peter Gelman. Inventor: James Ernest.
• Erosion Chess. Units erode after eight moves. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Escalation Chess. Getting a unit captured lets you move twice on the next turn. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Espionage chess. Spy can only be captured in turn after it has moved in 41-square variant. (7x7, Cells: 41) By Sergey Sirotkin.
• Espionage Chess . Spy can only be captured in turn after it has moved in 41-square variant. (7x7, Cells: 41) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Sergey Sirotkin.
• Essentials of Chinese Chess and of Korean Chess . (Link.). Author: Daniel Kian McKiernan.
• Etcetera. This variant has some elements of Chinese Chess. Also, pieces cannot capture pieces of their own type. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Etcetera . This variant has some elements of Chinese Chess. Also, pieces cannot capture pieces of their own type. (7x8, Cells: 56) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Ethiopian Chess. African variant with distinct mobilization phase. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Euchess . Grand chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
• Euchess. Grand chess variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Carlos Cetina.
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Eurasian Chess . Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Europan Chess. A 14x14 board with extra pieces. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Mark Hedden.
• Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Every Man a Pawn. Each piece has the powers of a Pawn (except promotion) in addition to its normal powers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Peter Aronson.
• Evo. Game with chess-variant elements. Inventor: Giardino Italiano.
• Evolution Chess. 42-square game where each player starts with 20 Knights that evolve and a King. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Evolution Chess . 42-square game where each player starts with 20 Knights that evolve and a King. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Jason D. Wittman.
• Evolution Chess. Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Harvey Patterson.
• Evolution Chess . Game where pieces add the abilities of pieces they capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Harvey Patterson.
• Excelsior. At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. (8x8x2, Cells: 84) By Este.
• Excelsior . At certain moments in the game, pieces are moved to an additional 5 by 4 area. (8x8x2, Cells: 84) Author: Dan Troyka. Inventor: Este.
• Exchanger Chess. Knights can move to a square. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Exchequer. Commercial 3d chess variant on 4 by 4 by 4 board. (Link.). (4x4x4, Cells: 64)
• Exchequer 3D Chess. Expensive three dimensional chess variant. (4x4x4, Cells: 64) Inventor: Rick Hewson.
• Exchess Set. New chess pieces that can be used in combination with Staunton chess pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.
• 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.
• Exinox Chess. Normal chess set, new type of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Existentialist Chess. 10x10 board with many different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) By David Short.
• Existentialist Chess. Play this game on a 10x10 board with many different pieces. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla and David Short. Inventor: David Short.
• Exotic Pieces. Menagerie of pieces, old and new. Have fun! Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Experiments in Symmetry. Several experimental games to test whether perfect symmetry makes a game better. By Fergus Duniho.
• Explosion Chess. Whatever units the mover attacks disappear; if the mover. Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Extended Chess. Standard setup with changes in moves and win conditions. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Miguel Villa.
• Extended Half-chess. Variant on 4 by 10 board. (4x10, Cells: 40) By Bryan Lambert.
• Extended Half-Chess . Variant on 4 by 10 board. (4x10, Cells: 40) Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Bryan Lambert.
• Extended Queenside Castling. Orthochess, but Queenside castling is possible with a piece at d1 or b1, also called Madchess. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: T. Varghese.
• Extended squares Chess. Some areas of adjacent squares of the board can be seen as one cell. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Robert J. Bell.
• Extinction Chess. Capture all of any kind of unit. Popular variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger.
• 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.
• Extra Move Chess. Move twice per turn with Extra Move Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Extra Move Chess. Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Extra Move Chess ZRF . Double-move variant based on limitations of Zillions of Games. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Extreme 3D Chess Game. 8x8x8 3D Chess with linear, planar and cubic moves; and power absorption. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Larry L. Smith.

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