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Abduction Chess
by W. D. Troyka [11/18/00]
2-player game; 6 variants

Watch out for that alien ship abducting pieces to oblivion!
Updated 02/17/01
New variants, board design and sound effects.

 Johannes Tranelis's
Alapo
by Matthew Burke [3/27/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

Get to the other side in this 6x6 chess variant.

Alekhine Chess
by Michael Wortley Nolan [08/24/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant with very powerful armies.

V.R. Parton's
Alice Chess
by Pierre Tourigny [9/30/99]
2-player game; 5 variants

In this chess variant, pieces switch between a Normal and a Mirror board.

Ralph Betza's
Almost Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [11/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

The Queen is replaced by the Chancellor.

Angle Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/10/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

White's pawns move bottom to top as usual, but black's move left to right in this chess variant.
Updated 01/06/01
setup bug fixed; variant added.

Anti-King Chess
by Peter Aronson [01/04/03]
2-player game; 3 variants

Introducing the Anti-King, who is in check when not attacked and who can only capture friendly pieces. Checkmate either King or Anti-King to win.

Assimilation Chess
by Fergus Duniho [04/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Combining elements of Fusion Chess and Chessgi, here you assimilate a captured piece into the capturing one, thus growing in strength.

Assimilation Fusion Chess
by Fergus Duniho [04/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Being a hybrid of Fusion Chess and Assimilation Chess, you can combine your own simple pieces as well as assimilate captured ones.

Atomic Chess
by Martin Bennedik [10/19/99]
2-player game; 2 variants

Captures blow up nearby pieces.
Atomic Chess 2
by Joao Neto [03/25/00]
2-player game; 1 variant
Explosion changed to match chess servers' way.

Bank Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/27/00]
2-player game; 6 variants

Put your assets on the bank for later use!
Updated 12/23/00
4 variants by Denis van Straten added.

Benedict Chess
by W. D. Troyka [02/24/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Though there's no capture, pieces that are 'attacked' by the moving piece change side. Win by flipping the opponent's King to your side.
Updated 12/21/02
board switching the Zillions v2 way

Better Pawns
by Karl Scherer [12/16/00]
2-player game; 27 variants

Chess with more powerful pawns.

Biform Chess
by Michael Howe [01/11/99]
2-player game; 8 variants

In these chess variants pieces capture differently than they move.

M K Morrison's
Big Battle
by David Milne [10/20/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

Bigger! Better! New Powers! But you'll feel at home quickly in this new 10x10 chess variant.

Black Hole Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/27/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

The center of the board is a 'black hole'; pieces that fell through can be reinserted at a next move.

'Borg Queen' Variant of ST3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/01/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Interpretation/variant of Star Trek 3D Chess, in which captured pieces become the property of the capturer and the opponent Queen is the goal.

Bottleneck Chess
by Koksal Karakus [03/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A variant designed for the "41 squares contest" features a real narrow path to get your pieces through.

Brett Rules
by Uwe Wiedemann [06/30/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant in which movement is somewhat different and, besides checkmating, one can win by getting his king to the opposite side of the board.

Brotherhood Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [11/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Except for the King and Pawn, a piece cannot capture one of its own kind.

Bubble Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/01/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Have you ever played chess in a soapy bath? In this game bubbles pop up whereever a piece moved from.

Bughouse Chess
by Karl Scherer [11/09/02]
2-, 3- and 4-player game; 4 variants each

Each player plays on two board simultaneously. Pieces captured from one board may be dropped on the other board as one of their own.
Updated 12/21/02
fixed promotion error in 3-player version

Burnt Chess
by Karl Scherer [07/13/02]
2-player game; 4 variants

On a capture, the cell the capturing piece came from becomes 'burnt out'.

Byzantine Chess
by Robert Price [10/13/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Byzantine chess, also called round chess, is a 1000-year-old variant of Shatranj.

Christian Freeling's
Caďssa
by Ed van Zon [01/08/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

An original chess variant with an Atlantis effect.
Updated 08/30/03
better graphics & code

Cannibal Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/10/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

You can eat your own species - but you are rewarded for it......
Updated 09/30/00
Great jungle sounds added.

Cannon
by David E Whitcher [01/04/03]
2-player game; 4 variants

Three soldiers in a row make a cannon allowing a non-move capture (cannon shot) in line with the group. Also, the cannon group may shift as one along it's length.

Peter Michaelsen's
Cannon Chess
by Steve Evans [01/27/00]
2-player game; 10 variants

Combining features of Western chess, shogi, xiangqi and janggi, this chess variant has an even more explosive opening than Peter's related variant Cannon Shogi!
Updated 10/31/00
Corrected board problem with Zillions 1.2.1.

Peter Michaelsen's
Cannon Shogi
by Steve Evans [01/27/00]
2-player game; 4 variants

Combining features of shogi, xiangqi and janggi, this chess variant makes for a very exciting game with a particularly explosive opening!
Updated 10/31/00
Corrected board problem with Zillions 1.2.1.

CastleChess
by Uwe Wiedemann [06/30/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant in which, besides checkmating, black wins by long castling and loses if he loses the ability.

Double CastleChess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/07/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Here, any player wins by long castling and loses if he loses the ability.

 Cavalier Chess
by Fergus Duniho [12/31/98]
2-player game; 15 variants

Original Chess variants where everybody is Knighted. Includes a great set of chess piece graphics.
Updated with new board.

Cazaux Chess
by Jean-Louis Cazaux [01/05/02]
7 2-player games; 10 variants total

A collection of Chess games, four of which are invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux.

Cerberus
by Chris Huntoon [07/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Losing Chess for three players. An attempt to overcome the "Petty Diplomacy" problem in a 3-player game.

Christian Freeling's
Chad
by Ed van Zon [9/19/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

Invade the opponent's castle with your Rooks!
Updated 12/06/03
improved graphics

Christian Freeling's
HexChad
by Ed van Zon [9/19/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

Invade the opponent's castle with your Rooks!
Updated 12/06/03
improved graphics

Chameleon Chess
by Tony Quintanilla [01/06/01]
2-player game; 14 variants

A piece changes into an other piece depending on the color of the square it lands on.

Changling Chess
by Karl Scherer [03/01/03]
2-player game; 3 variants

When moved, the rook becomes a bishop and vice versa.

Chaos Chess
by Key McKinnis [02/03/01]
2-player game; 8 variants

Force stalemate any way you can.

 David Moeser's
Chazz
by Uwe Wiedemann [06/30/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

King and pawns variant with changed capabilities for the pawns.

Checkers Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/17/01]
2-player game; 4 variants

King, Queen, Bishop and Rook may jump like in Checkers. In some variants the Pawns may also jump.

Cheer Chess
by K. Franklin [10/05/02]
2-player game; 8 variants

All pieces are boosted by the sideline Cheer.

Gerhard Josten's
Chess 2000
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A rook and a knight are replaced by the Chancellor and Cardinal.

Chess 68
by Setti Roberto [02/03/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Extended chess variant, inspired by Omega Chess.
Updated 03/08/03
better set-up

Chess: My Way
by Adam Burns [11/04/00]
2-player game; 13 variants

Nicely packages some chess variants into one zrf file.

Chess-Tac-Toe
by David Howe [2/19/99]
2-player game; 4 variants

A bold combination of Chess and Tic-Tac-Toe. Strive for checkmate or three-in-a-row!
(Also includes Knight-Tac-Toe.)
Updated 03/03/02
image loading fixed.

Buddy Smith's
Chess II, the Resurrection
by Karl Scherer [06/17/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

This new chess game gives the player a second chance: on capture some pieces become another.

Chess Cubed
by L. Lynn Smith [05/26/01]
2-player game; 4 variants

Chess variant played on a 4x4x4 cube.
Updated 05/10/03
play much improved; descriptions added

Chess on the Rainbows
by Ingo Althofer [02/02/03]
2-player game; 2 variants

The board is colored like a rainbow. Every color must hold at least one of your pieces or you've lost.

Jim Aikin's
Chesseract
by Robert Price [03/04/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

A Chess variant on a 4x4x4x4 (!) board.

Chessers
by Harvey Patterson [04/20/02]
2-player game; 10 variants

A combination of chess and checkers.
Updated 04/27/02
win rule changed; added variant

Chessgi
by Fergus Duniho [03/25/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Chessgi is a hybrid of Chess and Shogi. Pieces that are captured can be dropped by the captor later on.

Chess Rotation
by Gregory J. McClure [05/11/02]
2-player game; 31 variants

Chess variants in which a piece may rotate a multiple of 45 degrees. Based on normal Chess and Fairy Chess.

Chinese Chess
by Fergus Duniho [07/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

This graphics updates includes a new board and four new piece sets. The zrf is the same as included in the Zillions distribution.

Chinese Chess Western Style
by David Howe [06/30/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

This version of Chinese Chess has been modified to make it easier to learn for players more familiar with Western (or European) Chess.

Chromatic Chess
by Karl Scherer [04/28/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Pieces can only move to same-coloured squares
(or different-coloured in the variant).

 Chu Shogi
by Steve Evans [1/17/99]
2-player game; 6 variants

In ancient Japan there were many forms of Chess played on large boards. Chu (Middle) Shogi was the most popular of these.
Updated 4/23/00
fixes a number of bugs.
Requires Zillions version 1.1 !

Dave Reynolds'
Circular Chess
by Chris Weimer [03/31/01]
2-player game; 3 variants

Modern chess played on a circular board.

Dave Reynolds'
Circular Chess (RP)
by Robert Price [10/13/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Another implementation of Dave Reynolds' Circular Chess variant.

Clash of Command
by Peter Stobbe [05/26/01]
2-player game; 5 variants

Created for the 41-squares chess variant design contest.

Cleopatra Chess
by W. D. Troyka [10/20/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Win by seducing your opponent's King.
Updated 02/02/03
changed graphics

Cloak Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/11/00]
2-player game; 21 variants

Some or all of the chess pieces are cloaked or invisible. Apart from that it's chess as usual.

Clockwork Orange Chess
by Fergus Duniho [03/17/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Pieces that are captured return as non-capturing ones, being conditioned to detest violence. However, when they are captured again, they regain their capturing capabilities.

Carlos Cetina's
Coherent Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Knights are replaced by Sissas.

Companion Chess
by Karl Scherer [10/21/00]
2-player game; 15 variants

You have to move a piece that is adjacent to another of your pieces. Only if this is not possible may you execute any other legal chess move.

 Demian Freeling's
Congo
by Ed van Zon [9/12/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

This original chess variant is set in the jungle.  Don't dawdle in the river or you'll drown!
Updated 12/06/03
improved graphics

Connected Chess
by W. D. Troyka [03/03/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

After each turn all pieces not adjacent to any piece of either color (in the variant: the friendly color) are removed from the board.
Updated 12/21/02
board switching the Zillions v2 way

Conversion Chess - Kings
by Keith Carter [07/07/01]
2-player game; 8 variants

After a piece moves all adjacent enemy pieces are converted to the friendly side.

Conversion Chess - Melee
by Keith Carter [05/05/01]
2-player game; 8 variants

After a piece moves all adjacent enemy pieces are converted to the friendly side.

Coregal Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [06/30/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant in which both the king and the queen are royal, hence vulnerable for being checkmated.

Countdown Queens
by Ingo Althofer [05/10/03]
2-player game; 1 variants

Standard chess except the Queen can at most make 7 moves.

Crazy Pawns Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/12/01]
2-player game; 10 variants

In addition to the standard Pawn move, a Pawn can move to a free space like a Queen.

Crazyhouse
by Fergus Duniho [03/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Pieces that are captured can be dropped by the captor later on, much like in Chessgi, but some rules are different.

Cross-eyed Chess
by Karl Scherer [11/25/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Apart from pawns, pieces may only move to an empty square. Enemy pieces on the square that is diametral opposite to the target square will be captured.

Crowed Angle Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/16/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Black's pawns move left to right.

Jens Baek Nielsen & Torben Osted's
Dark Chess
by Andreas Kaufmann [01/18/03]
2-player game; 7 variants

You see only the positions of your opponent that are attacked by your pieces, or positions where your pawns can go to.
Updated 06/21/03
fixed visibility rule for pawns.

Deadly Pawns Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/12/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Any enemy piece to the Northwest or Northeast of a Pawn is immediately deleted.

Deep Blue versus Kasparov
by Ingo Althofer [01/25/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Designed in memoriam of Nxe6, the killer move in the last game of the Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov match in 1997.

Arin Sandhop's
Defiance and Domain
by L. Lynn Smith [04/27/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

The Imperium has to capture the Rebel Command, while the Rebels have to control a certain amount of ground to win.

Deflector Chess
by Karl Scherer [12/23/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

The Pawns act as deflectors for the Rooks, Bishops and Queens.

Delayed Chess
by Karl Scherer [02/02/03]
2-player game; 5 variants

To be played against the computer. The left board shows the board two half moves earlier, while the actual game takes place on the right.

Descent Chess
by Andreas Kaufmann [01/04/03]
2-player game; 5 variants

Most pieces start out in reserve. You can bring one into play on your half of the board at the cost of a move.

Desert Benedict Chess
by Richard Hutnik [02/02/03]
2-player game; 2 variants

A hybrid of Desert Chess and Benedict Chess.

Dictator Chess
by Karl Scherer [01/20/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

An invisible dictator tells you which type of piece to use. The piece type is selected randomly at each turn (variant 2: every second turn).

Different Armies
by Roger Cooper [04/26/03]
2-player game; 57 variants

A series of variants in which White has the standard chess pieces while Black has something other than the usual pieces.
Updated 05/10/03
variant 5 setup bug corrected

Dino-Czars
by Clark D. Rodeffer [01/26/02]
2-player games; 1 variant

Dinosaur chess on a hex board.

Double Agent Chess
by W. D. Troyka [06/23/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Though there's no capture, pieces that are 'attacked' or 'defended' by the moving piece change side. You win when the opponent's King flips to your side.
Updated 12/21/02
board switching the Zillions v2 way

Double Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/06/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Everything is doubled, except winning: you only have to checkmate one of the two enemy Kings.
Updated 05/20/00
Reduced board size to fit on 800x600 monitors

Double Move Chess
by Karl Scherer [04/14/01]
2-player game; 9 variants

You have a second partial move, but only under certain conditions.

Gary Gygax's
Dragonchess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/10/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A battle on three levels: the Sky, the Ground and the Underworld.

Christian Freeling's
Dragonfly
(incl. HexDragonfly)
by Ed van Zon [10/07/99]
2-player game; 1 variant on 2 boards

Capture those enemy pieces and have them work for you!
Updated 12/27/03
improved graphics

Dragonfly Miniatures
by Ingo Althofer [06/21/03]
2-player game; 18 variants

A collection of Dragonfly combinations for boards of smaller size.

Drop Chess
by Key McKinnis [10/11/99]
2-player game; 7 variants

Drop 8 pieces as you see fit on the first rank, from a choice of 19 different piece-types, before making your first move.

Drop Chess (HP)
by Harvey Patterson [07/26/03]
2-player game; 3 variants

Drop all chess pieces on the board before you can move.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett's
Dunsany's Chess
by Andy Fluke [01/20/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

The world has been turned on its head. Black has come to fight, but white has sent its peasants.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett's
Dunsany's Chess (UW)
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/07/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Another implementation of Dunsany's Chess.

Dutch Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/16/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Pawns are on the back rows. Movement of all pieces is quite different than usual.

Mitch Martin and David Myers'
Edge Chess
by Robert Price [11/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Pieces can stand on edges or corners of squares. When they do so, they are considered to occupy two or four squares simultaneously.

Elena Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/16/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess on a small board.

Benjamin Good
Elevator
by L. Lynn Smith [08/17/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

3D chess game played upon 2x2 platforms called Elevators, in four levels of 4x4 arrays.

Emperor of China
by Vincent Everaert [06/07/03]
2- and 4-player game; 4 variants

A mix of Chess and Halma: move all your pieces into the opponent's starting position first or capture the opponent's emperor.
Updated 01/10/04
corrected code for 4-player variant

En passant Chess
by Ingo Althofer [01/04/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess on a 7x8 board, which leads to many more en passant capture opportunities.

English Shogi Pieces
by Michael Howe [3/3/99]
2-player game; 2 variants

"The pieces are simple English symbols, black for unpromoted and red for promoted...I hope that others will find this helpful in learning shogi."
Updated 10/31/00
New zrf and board from Zillions 1.2.1; added option to switch back to traditional pieces.

Eurasian Chess
by Fergus Duniho [02/22/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

A synthesis of some of the main European and Asian forms of Chess.

Evasive Chess
by Karl Scherer [07/28/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Pieces have an additional "evasive move": when faced with an enemy piece directly ahead, one is allowed to move diagonally forward any number of empty squares.

Evolution Chess
by Harvey Patterson [04/06/02]
2-player game; 4 variants

The powers of a captured piece is added to the captor, much like in Assimilation Chess.
Updated 12/06/03
promotion bug fixed; more efficient code

Richard C William Hewson's
Exchequer
by L. Lynn Smith [08/04/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

A 3D Chess variant played within a 4x4x4 field.
Updated 08/11/01
corrected implementation.

Brian Lambert's
Extended Half-Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/16/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess on half a board.

EZHexChess
by Bob Henderson [01/05/02]
2-player games; 6 variants

Fewer different pieces and fewer directions of movement help to make this variant easier to learn and to play than most of the HexChess variants.

FairyBigChess
by Uwe Kreuzer [11/30/02]
2-player game; 3 variants

Large Chess variant with a few different setups.

Family Matters
by Tomas Forsman [05/04/02]
2-player game; 2 variants

Kidnap all the other player's heirs to the throne, or kill the King.

Fastpawn Chess
by Karl Scherer [01/06/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

A pawn can make two or three moves at a time. This speeds the game up considerably. (However, the Zillions engine plays it very badly!)

'First Contact' Variant of ST3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/25/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Interpretation/variant of Star Trek 3D Chess, in which all pieces begin the game off the board.
Updated 11/01/03
corrected Knight movement

Bobby Fischer's
Fischer Random Chess
by Pierre Tourigny [9/30/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

Pieces on the front and back row are randomly set up, allowing for 960 different starting positions.

5D Chess
by W. D. Troyka [01/20/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Five (!!) dimensional chess in a 4x2x2x2x2 'box'.

Flux 4x4x4 Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/11/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

First drop your King somewhere. On subsequent moves you may drop a new piece or move one in the field. Beware: a piece only lives for 6 turns!

Football Chess
by Dan Weimer [04/21/01]
2-player game; 10 variants

The King starts with a football. The ball can be carried or passed. To win, you'll have to score a touchdown or tackle (checkmate) the ball carrier.

Joseph Boyer's
Football Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/07/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Kick the ball in the opponent's goal.

Tom K. Rogers's
Forchess
by Robert Price [11/10/01]
4-player game; 2 variants

Forchess is a battle between two teams of two players (Red-White vs. Blue-Black) that takes place on an ordinary 8x8 chessboard.

Fortress Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/27/00]
2-player game; 20 variants

Makes standard chess more aggressive by not giving Kings a corner to hide in.

L. Legan's
Fortresses
by Roger Cooper [05/11/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess on a differently shaped board and with a differently moving pawn.

4D Chess
by W. D. Troyka [10/28/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Four (!) dimensional chess in a 4x4x2x2 'box'.
Updated 01/20/01
Improved graphics.

Free-form 4x4x4 Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/04/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

First drop your King somewhere. On subsequent moves you may drop a new piece or move one in the field.

Freeze Chess
by Karl Scherer [04/23/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Chess variants where attacking a piece disables its movement.
Updated 05/06/00
small sound correction

Fusion Chess
by Fergus Duniho [03/31/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Simple pieces can combine into compound pieces, while the latter can split into the simple ones, e.g. a Queen could split into a Rook and a Bishop.
Updated 04/14/01
Optimized code.

Fusion Chessgi
by Fergus Duniho [04/14/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

A hybrid of Fusion Chess and Chessgi.

Fussballschach
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/16/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Apart from checkmating the King, you can win by occupying your opponent's King starting square.

Puzzles and Games Ring of the Archimedeans Mathematics Society's
GESS
by L. Lynn Smith [09/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant played with GO Stones on a 20x20 board.
Updated 02/22/03
major code revision

Global Chess
by Rob LeRoy [03/01/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess played on a sphere, with each player's pieces starting at the opposite poles.
Updated 03/07/00
corrects all piece movements.

Golem Chess
by Peter Aronson [01/25/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Queens are replaced by Golems, which move two in any direction, but must be captured twice to be removed.

Gothic Evolution Chess
by Harvey Patterson [07/06/02]
2-player game; 2 variants

Evolution Chess played on an 8x10 board with the initial setup from Gothic Chess.
Updated 12/06/03
more efficient code

Grated Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [07/07/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Chess variant played on a 4x4x6 block.

Christoph Endres and Robert Wirth'
Guard and Towers
by Jens Markmann [01/05/02]
2-player games; 1 variant

Capture the enemy Guard or move your own Guard to the marked square on the enemy side.

Hades Chess
by Karl Scherer [09/09/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Once a piece crossed the 'river styx' between the fourth and fifth rank it cannot come back unless it has reached the far rank.

Half Board Chess
by Ken Franklin [09/22/01]
21 2-player games, 1 solitaire game; 86 variants total

Several Chess variants played on half a board (4x8).
Updated 01/05/02
minor corrections

Heaven & Hell Chess
by W. D. Troyka [06/09/01]
2-player game; 8 variants

Chess played on two boards, Heaven and Hell. A captured piece in Heaven is damned to go Hell (and vice versa in 2 variants). Checkmate a King in either Heaven or Hell to win.
Updated 08/25/01
Added 4 variants.

Kevin Maroney's
Hecatomb
by Michael Keller [02/25/00]
2-player game; 5 variants

Chess variant: 2 Kings and 62 Queens slaughter fest.

Hermit Chess
by Karl Scherer [01/06/01]
2-player game; 11 variants

Black makes two (variants: up to twelve) random moves per turn. How many random black moves per turn can you allow and still win?

Isaak G Shafran's
Hexagonal Chess
by Ivan A Derzhanski [08/18/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A hexagonal chess variant.

Wladyslaw Glinski's
Hexagonal Chess
by J. Mark Thompson [08/25/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Another hexagonal chess variant.

van Gennip's Hexagonal Chess
by Sander van Gennip [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Yet another hexagonal chess variant.

Hexagonal Chess Collection
by Jens Markmann [11/17/01]
2-player game; 4 variants

This collection includes McCooey's Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's hexagonal chess, mini-Hex chess and Derick Peterson's Grand Hexachess.
Updated 12/08/01
bug fixed.

Michael Layfield's
Hexes Chess
by Tony Quintanilla [12/20/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Recently developed hexagonal chess variant.

Hitchhiker Chess
by W. D. Troyka [09/21/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

The hiker hitches a ride with an adjacent piece, he cannot move by himself. A friendly piece tries to help him get to the opposite restaurant, while a piece from the opponent looks to drop him in the black hole.

Hobbes
by W. D. Troyka [11/16/02]
2- and 4-player game; 3 variants each

Two Monarchs, separated by a bunch of neutral soldiers, dance around until the line of soldiers is broken or one can't move.

Hodge-Podge
by Chris Huntoon [09/06/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Apart from capturing your opponent's King, there are several other ways to win. Capturing is done by sandwiching an opponent's pieces between yours along a row or column.

Hoppel-Poppel Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/16/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

The Bishop captures like a Knight and a Knight captures like a Bishop.

Uri Bruck's
Hourglas Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/22/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

The board and the pawns are somewhat different than usual.

Hungry Pawns
by Karl Scherer [01/27/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A Pawn can keep capturing in one turn as long as there is an enemy piece in its reach.

Hydra Chess
by Karl Scherer [09/30/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Like the Hydra, whose heads grow back when chopped off, the captured pieces will return. Unlike the Hydra, the regrown pieces will be of lesser value.

Imperial Cheops
by L. Lynn Smith [01/11/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

3D Chess variant played on a pyramid field of thirteen 3x3x3 cubes.
Updated 06/28/03
streamlined code; fixed minor errors

Interweave
by Peter Aronson [12/21/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

A chess game where all pieces are colorbound, but can only capture pieces on squares of the opposite color.

Invasion
by Jean-Louis Cazaux [02/09/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

A military inspired Chess variant.

Island Chess
by Karl Scherer [04/05/03]
2-player game; 5 variants

Every board position is treated as an 'island' which may or may not have bridges to the eight adjacent positions.

Janggi
by Malcolm Maynard [06/02/01]
2-player game; 8 variants

Korean Chess (as included in standard Zillions of Games installation) with new piece sets, added variants and example games.
Updated 09/27/03
added pieces and boards from Yahoo!Korea Games

Edgar Rice Borrough's
Jetan
by Jean-Louis Cazaux [5/2/99]
2-player game; 5 variants

Play Martian Chess, as described in Burrough's 1922 novel, "The Chessmen of Mars"!

Edgar Rice Borrough's
ERB Jetan
by L. Lynn Smith [02/03/01]
2-player game; 29 variants

A collection of Jetan interpretations, based on the ambigue descriptions of this game in Burrough's 1922 novel, "The Chessmen of Mars".

Jumping Chess
by Peter Aronson [02/08/03]
2-player game; 1 variants

Capture by jumping over a piece, as in Checkers/Draughts.

B. G. Laws'
Kamikaze Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/22/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A piece making a capture is removed from the board together with the captured piece.

Kantorai
by Chris Huntoon [02/03/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A combination of checkers and shogi: the pieces are chess-like, but their movement is strictly forward until they promote.
(A set of English pieces is included as a variant.)

Karma Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/17/00]
2-player game; 10 variants

Some Buddhists believe that 'If you have done something good in one life, you come back as something better'. In Karma Chess a piece that has captured is turned into one of better quality.
Updated 07/05/03
6 variants added

Ki Shogi
by L. Lynn Smith [10/26/02]
2-player game; 2 variants

A piece is a cube that flips to its opposite face on a non-capturing move. When it captures it promotes to the next most powerful face.
Updated 06/28/03
improved speed; improved graphics; added variant

King Clone 77
by Ingo Althofer [01/04/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess on a 7x7 board. Pawns promote to Kings or Rooks only. Capture all of the opponent's Kings to win.

V.R. Parton's
Kinglet
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/07/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

You loose if all your pawns are gone (either captured or promoted).

Kings of Babylon
by Markus Salo [01/05/02]
2-player games; 2 variants

Win by moving your king to the opposite side corner or capture the enemy king.

Kings or Lemmings?
by Ingo Althofer [06/14/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Almost normal chess, except a player can produce clones of his King. The behavior of Zillions' play led to the name.

Leonard B. Loyd, Jr's
Klin Zha
by L. Lynn Smith [06/02/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Klingon chess, introduced in the Star Trek novel The Final Reflection by John Ford.
Updated 06/09/01
assorted corrections and additions.

John Ford's
Klin Zha 3D
by L. Lynn Smith [09/08/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

3D version of Klin Zha.

Kobayashi Maru Variant of ST3d Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [07/20/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Interpretation of Star Trek 3D Chess.
Updated 11/01/03
corrected Knight movement

Dr. Ervand George Kogbetliantz'
Kogbetliantz 8x8x8 3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [01/25/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

One of the earliest 3D Chess games for the 8x8x8 playing field.
Updated 04/05/03
corrected promotion option

Korean Chess for Westerners
by Malcolm Maynard [07/27/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Korean Chess modified to make it easier to learn for players more familiar with Western (or European) Chess.
Updated 03/29/03
corrected turn order; improved graphics

Korean vs Western Chess
by Ingo Althofer [01/04/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Korean Chess (pieces and rules) is pitted against Western Chess.

Henry Michael Temple's
Kriegspiel
by Andreas Kaufmann [01/18/03]
2-player game; 9 variants

You see only your own pieces and don't know how the opponent moves.

Sergey Sirotkin's
Ladder Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/22/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

The board is somewhat different than usual.

Leapers Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/05/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

10x10 chess variant; apart from their usual movement all the pieces have leaping capability.

Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess
by Peter Aronson [02/15/03]
2-player game; 2 variants

A combination of Monochromatic Chess (pieces are not allowed to change color) with V.R. Parton's Alice Chess (pieces change board each time they move), with the array from George Deckle Sr.'s Lilliputian Chess.

Limpy Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/19/01]
2-player game; 3 variants

Knights cannot jump, but only limp: The corresponding orthogonally adjacent square must be empty.

Little Mega-Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [09/01/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A large chess variant played upon a 16x16 field.

Christian Freeling's
Loonybird
(incl. HexLoonybird)
by Ed van Zon [10/07/99]
2-player game; 1 variant on 2 boards

Every piece moves differently than it captures. And captured pieces become the captor's property!
Updated 12/27/03
improved graphics

Mad Elephant Chess
by Peter Aronson [02/02/03]
2-player game; 2 variants

A pawn may convert into an Elephant which in turn promotes to a Mad Elephant upon reaching the back two rows.

Maharadscha
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/07/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Unbalanced odds makes for a good trainee program when you play black.

Magic Carpet Chess
by Karl Scherer [12/23/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Pieces can ride on the magic carpet to any empty place on the board. In variant 2 an empty magic carpet can be moved as well.

Joao Pedro Neto's
Magnetic Chess
by Joao Pedro Neto & Fergus Duniho [11/22/99]
2-player game; 4 variants

Opposites attract, likes repel. See these old truths in action in this beautiful new chess variant.
Updated 12/1/99
corrects a few minor problems.

MaitreMaster
by K. Franklin [12/06/03]
2-player game; 3 variants

Capture both of the opponent's Masters. The Pawns' range is determined by a numbered dice.

Makruk & Sittuyin
by Malcolm Maynard [05/26/01]
2 2-player games; 13 variants total

Thai Chess and Burmese Chess (as included in standard Zillions of Games installation) with new pieces and added variants.
Updated 06/14/03
Several rules corrected; added piece sets and variants.

Martian Chess
by Chris Huntoon [06/10/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

An attempt to create a chess game that is genuinely alien and bizarre. E.g. due to ruthless Martian efficiency, you may attack your own pieces.
Updated 10/28/00
corrects image problem with Windows NT/2000.

Masque
by Chris Huntoon [01/18/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

A piece must remove its mask first, at the cost of a move, before it can move about normally.

Maximal Squadron
by K. Franklin [04/05/03]
2-player game; 18 variants

What is the greatest number of pieces that can be put on a standard chess board so that no two are attacking each other?

Melissa
by Harvey Patterson [05/25/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Get Melissa onto your own back rank.
Updated 07/26/03
rule change, bug fix, support for ZoG 2 pieces

Mephisto
by Chris Huntoon [08/05/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

A piece is captured when another one lands on a square that has the same number. Beware of cannibalism!
Updated 10/28/00
corrects image problem with Windows NT/2000.

Metamorph Chess
by Fergus Duniho [03/31/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Simple pieces promote to compound pieces by making a non-capturing move when attacked, while the compound pieces demote to simple ones whenever they capture.

Metamorphin' Assimilation Chess
by Fergus Duniho [04/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Assimilation Chess.

Metamorphin' Fusion Chess
by Fergus Duniho [03/31/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

This is a hybrid of Metamorph Chess and Fusion Chess. Simple pieces promote or combine to compound pieces, while the latter demote or split into simple ones.
Updated 04/14/01
Optimized code.

Metamorphosis Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant in which a piece becomes the figure it captures.

Michael's Chess
by Roger Cooper [03/22/03]
2-player game; 48 variants

Generalization of Lord Dunsany's Chess, designed as a teaching tool: one side has only pawns to play with.
Updated 05/10/03
variant 17 setup bug corrected

Micro Shogi & Kyoto Shogi
by Steve Evans [10/19/99]
2 2-player games; 2 variants total

Two miniature variants recently added to the Shogi family,
with 3 beautiful piece sets

Military Latrunculi
by Roger Cooper [09/15/01]
2-player game; 6 variants

Latrunculi was the premiere intellectual game of the Roman Republic & Empire. Is it the ancestor of Chess?

William L. D'Agostino's
Millennium 3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [09/01/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

'Chess for the Third Millennium and Beyond!'™

Monotypes
by Roger Cooper [11/17/01]
2-player game; 52 variants

A series of variants in which White has the standard chess pieces while Black has a force of only 1 type of piece.
Updated 03/09/02
fixed Hishas variant

Monster 3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Played on a 6x6x6 field, each player has a force of 72 pieces.
Updated 02/09/02
a few rule modifications

Morph Chess
by Karl Scherer [09/16/00]
2-player game; 4 variants

All pieces (apart from the Pawns) 'morph' into other pieces depending on which square they land on.

Mortal Chessgi
by Fergus Duniho [03/24/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

This is played like Chessgi except that every captured piece demotes to the next lowest rank, and captured Pawns are removed from play altogether, before they can be dropped into play.

Must Capture Chess
by Roger Cooper [07/21/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

All capturing is mandatory, though you may choose which capture to make.

John E. Bosley's
Mutation Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/22/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A piece becomes the figure it captures.

Mannis Charosh's
N-Relay Chess
by Pierre Tourigny [10/01/99]
2-player game; 5 variants

In N-Relay Chess, pieces gain the power to move as a Knight when they are defended by a friendly Knight.

Georg Dunkel's
Nana Shogi
by Steve Evans [10/19/99] and Robert Price [07/09/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Perhaps the smallest non-trivial chess/shogi variant in existence.
Updated 07/09/00
now with complete checkmate rule

Yeshiah Zalman's
Nardeshir 3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [09/22/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

'Chess from Solomon to Rashi'™

'Neutral Zone' Variant of ST3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/25/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Interpretation/variant of Star Trek 3D Chess, in which the attack platforms begin the game empty and remain stationary.

Nwap Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/10/00]
2-player game; 4 variants

Nwaps (= reverse pawns) move backwards in this peculiar chess variant.

Oblique
by Tony Quintanilla [10/03/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

A tilted chess variant, designed for the Chess Variant Pages 40 square variant contest.

Octa-Ashtapada
by L. Lynn Smith [04/05/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

An attempt to create a strong and swift game for the rather large 8x8x8 playing field.

Odds Chess
by Roger J Cooper [08/26/00]
2-player game; 30 variants

A compilation of various ways of playing chess at odds (i.e. giving the more skillful player a handicap).
Updated 03/03/02
"22 moves" variant fixed.

 Daniel C. Macdonald's
Omega Chess
by David Howe [04/06/99]
2-player game; 1 variant

A new 10x10 chess variant, with extra corner squares, a couple new pieces, and some super pawns.
Includes Sherzer-Polgar game.

One Ring Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

One-dimensional chess.

One-Two Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/27/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

If you've always wanted to meddle with your opponent's pieces One-Two Chess is your game.

Onwards Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/18/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Starting off, all pieces can only move forward or sideways, never backwards. On reaching the far rank, this direction is reversed. And so on...

Optima
by Michael Howe [12/07/02]
2-player game; 4 variants

Large chess variant, inspired by Ultima, with a lot of (new) pieces.
Updated 12/28/02
changed pieces set; added simpler 9x9 games

Pacman Chess
by Karl Scherer [06/23/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Two wandering critters eat chess pieces. In variant 2 they are domesticated.

Pass Chess
by Karl Scherer [09/16/00]
2-player game; 4 variants

You're allowed to pass your turn, thus saving up moves to be used as additional partial moves lateron.
Updated 09/23/00
Added 4 variants.

Passive Aggressive Chess
by Alex E.S. [02/17/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess without capture.

David Paulowich's
Paulowich's Chancellor Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/22/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

One Rook is replaced by the Chancellor and the remaining Rook has traded places with the Queen.

Penalty Chess
by Karl Scherer [09/02/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

If a player captures a piece, the opponent can and must move a piece twice.

Pent-Ashtapada Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [02/22/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

A hybrid of Maack's Raumschach and Kogbetliantz' 8x8x8.
Updated 01/31/04
fixed error with unicorn slide

Pentaplane
by George Marino [10/01/99]
2-player game; 10 variants

A fun and unique 3-dimensional chess variant with many new and interesting pieces.

Gary Gifford's
  New!  Pillars Of Medusa  New!
by Jason Jakupca [01/03/04]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant largely based on Turkish Great Chess (circa 1797).

Planar 4x4x4 Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/11/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

First drop your King somewhere. On subsequent moves you may drop a new piece or move one in the field. Beware: a piece can only move in one plane - you can change the plane at the cost of a turn!

Platform Chess
by Robert Price [10/27/01]
2-player game; 2 variant

Pieces must stay on one of 12 (variant: 8) 2x2 platforms that roam the Void.
Requires Zillions version 1.3.1 !

Polish Chess
by Chris Huntoon [01/18/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

A Pawn may capture diagonally backwards as well as forwards (thus incorporating the capturing rule of Polish Checkers).

  New!  Polyhedron Chess  New!
by L. Lynn Smith [01/31/04]
2-player game; 1 variant

3D chess on 5 planes with varying size.

Power Shift Chess
by Todd Makin [02/09/02]
2-player game; 5 variants

Give one kind of piece at a time more movement options.

Promotions and Demotions
by Joao Pedro Neto [02/20/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant in which a piece promotes or demotes on every move.
Updated 01/06/01
minor corrections.

Promotion Chess
by Karl Scherer [09/16/00]
2-player game; 3 variants

Whenever a (any!) piece hits the far rank it's allowed to promote into a Knight, a Bishop, a Rook or a Queen.

Pyramid Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [05/26/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

3D Chess variant played on a pyramid.
Updated 09/21/02
improved and corrected a few things.

Robert Koernke Sr.'s
Quadlevel 3D Chess
by Robert Koernke Jr. [09/01/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

An attempt to find a perfect adaption of 2D into 3D chess.
Updated 01/11/03
changed notation; better description

Quadrangle Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [03/23/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant played upon the points of a field of interlaced quadrangles.

Quangtrung Chess
by Vu Q. Vo [08/26/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Modern time Chinese Chess variant.
Updated 11/30/02
now 10th edition

Quantum Chess
by Stephen Tavener [07/22/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess with a quantum leap: a piece which is not observed may move to any space that is not observed (i.e. not attacked nor defended).

R-Chess
by Marcello Netto [09/27/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

A variant of Crazyhouse.

Rack and Runes
by L. Lynn Smith [07/28/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Chesslike game played with rune stones. Checkmate the Odin or occupy the starting square of your opponent's Odin.

Rajah
by Chris Huntoon [07/02/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

A chess-like game where pieces can only capture pieces of equal or lesser rank. Besides capturing the enemy Rajah, one can also win by occupying the opponent's throne.
Updated 10/28/00
corrects image problem with Windows NT/2000.

Dr. Ferdinand Maack's
Raumschach
by Robert Price [02/27/00]
2-player game; 6 variants

The classic 5x5x5 Chess variant. Also features "Alice Raumschach".
Updated 10/06/01
corrected Black Knight movement

Recognized Variants of the Month
Game Pak I
by several authors [05/18/02]
8 2-player games; 13 variants total

A collection of eight of the first nine "Recognized Variants of the Month" from the Chess Variants Pages.

Reduced Endgame Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/29/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Just a minimal setup to practice your endgame.

Kevin Whyte and Lee Corbin's
Relativistic Chess
by Robert Price [09/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

In this Chess Variant, empty spaces that would under normal rules be threatened by your opponent do not exist for your pieces other than your king.

Eric Greenwood's
Renaissance Chess
by Edward Holzman [11/16/02]
2-player game; 5 variants

Large Chess variant that includes a number of powerful pieces with unusual movement capabilities.

Revenge of Rubik Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [02/15/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

3D Chess variant where, apart from moving a piece, one can also rotate a plane, like a Rubik's Cube.

Rigellan Sii-od
by L. Lynn Smith [10/20/01]
3-player game; 1 variant

A 3-player 'chess' variant introducing all new pieces.
Updated 10/27/01
slight rule change on Sii captures.

Robber Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Bishops, rooks and queens can capture all enemy pieces in a line. You win if you eliminate your opponent.

Peter Aronson and David Howe's
Rococo
by Peter Aronson [10/26/02]
2-player game; 3 variants

Rococo is a development of Ultima, and like in Ultima, most of the pieces move like Queens, but capture in various ways.

Rollerball Chess
by Jean-Louis Cazaux [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant modelled after the futuristic (in the 70s) sport Rollerball.

Rooksquare Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/14/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Apart from checkmating you can win if you occupy one of your opponent's rook corners.

Christian Freeling's
Rotary
by Mike Smolowitz [06/10/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

In this unique chess-like game, each piece can move in a specific combination of the eight compass directions. On each move they can rotate to face new directions.

Rubik Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [06/30/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant played on a 3x3x3 cube.

Ruddigore Chess
by Peter Aronson [12/28/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

A variant of Chessgi, which in turn is a hybrid of Chess and Shogi.

  New!  Sankaku Shogi  New!
by L. Lynn Smith [01/03/04]
2-player game; 1 variant

A.k.a. Triangle Shogi.
Updated 01/17/04
corrected conditional error by slight rules change

  Scirocco
by Adrian King [3/21/99]
2-player game; 6 variants

A new 10x10 game inspired by the likes of Courier Chess, Grand Chess, and Chu Shogi. Every piece can promote. Diagrams on the pieces describe how they move.

Secret Service Chess
by Chris Huntoon [06/02/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

When the President is threatened the Secret Service are supposed to jump in front of him to take the bullet...

John Gallicano and Steve Mann's
Selfeliminator
by Uwe Wiedemann [12/29/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Played as usual chess, but players may also take their own pieces.

Brian Wong's
Separate Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [01/05/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

The Queens each start trapped behind enemy lines. Initially, the Queens cannot get out, but they can't be taken either.

Shatranj
by Malcolm Maynard [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Shatranj is the Persian or Arab predecessor of modern Chess and is still widely played in the Middle East.

Shatranj Plus
by Malcolm Maynard [06/21/03]
2-player game; 5 variants

A revamped version of Shatranj, including 4 extra variants.

Shogi
by Fergus Duniho [08/19/00]
2-player game; 1 variant (3 boards, 6 piece sets)

Japanese chess in a much improved implementation as compared to the one that comes included with the Zillions program.
Updated 10/31/00
Corrected traditional board problem with Zillions 1.2.1.

Shogi with Handicaps
by Malcolm Maynard [11/24/01]
2-player games; 11 variants

Implements the Modern Shogi handicap system, where the stronger player moves first, but has less pieces. 10 handicaps of varying degree are included.

Shogi Super Chess
by Harvey Patterson [03/16/02]
2-player game; 5 variants

Super Chess in a Shogi setup.
Updated 07/12/03
ZoG2 piece set added; improved help

Simple Chess
by Karl Scherer [07/13/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

All pieces, except pawns, move in all directions, but the reach differs between them.
Updated 08/03/02
game text corrected

Carlos Cetina's
Sissa
by Uwe Wiedemann [01/12/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant on a 9x9 board and a new piece called Sissa.

Carlos Cetina's
Symmetric Sissa
by Uwe Wiedemann [01/12/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant in which there are no bishops and queens, but Sissas and cardinals.

6D Chess
by W. D. Troyka [11/17/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

6 dimensional (!!!) chess, part of the nD Chess series.

Smackdown Chess
by W. D. Troyka [08/25/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

The World Wrestling Federation meets the Federation Internationale des Echecs.

Sphinx Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/24/01]
2-player game; 3 variants

Played on nine 4x4 boards arranged in a 3x3 pattern.

Spiral Staircase Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [07/14/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

3D chess variant played upon four 4x4 boards which are arranged in a spiral staircase pattern.

Squadron Chess
by K. Franklin [08/31/02]
2-player game; 24 variants

These uniform variants highlight many of the different chess pieces from standard Chess and Fairy Chess.

Stability Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [04/05/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess designed to minimize the first-move advantage by white, maximize fairness, abolish unnecessary special moves and rules.

Peter Aronson and Tony Quinanillla's
Star Pool Chess
by Peter Aronson [03/08/03]
2-player game; 3 variants

Sort of Fairy Makruk with a touch of Omega Chess.

Stationary Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/21/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

The kings can not move.

Stations
by L. Lynn Smith [09/15/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Move and turn your pieces. Checkmate the Station to win.
Updated 10/05/02
streamlined code

Statues Chess
by Karl Scherer [01/13/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

A captured piece is store and can be reinserted at a later time. The reinserted piece cannot move, but capture as usual.

Sticky Chess
by Karl Scherer [01/13/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A moving piece drags any friendly piece (positioned South of it) with it, if the target square for the dragged piece is empty.
Updated 01/27/01
promoting Pawn move corrected.

British Chess Variant Society's
Sting Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [01/05/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Kings are scorpions, i.e., they have additionally the possibilities of grashoppers.

Storm the Ivory Tower
by Fergus Duniho [09/13/03]
2-player game; 2 variants

Storm the Ivory Tower is a synthesis of Smess and Chinese Chess.
Updated 09/20/03
graphics loading problem fixed

Aaron Wall's
String Chess
by Matthew M. Burke [03/15/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

1-dimensional chess.

Stroebeck Crisis Chess
by Ingo Althofer [07/12/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

This chess game ends immediately when the total number of pieces drops to 19.

Sudden Death Chess
by Doug Chatham [04/21/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

This chess variant is guaranteed to end within 32 moves.

Super Chess
by Robert A. Kraus [09/09/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

An attempt to speed up pawn movement and eliminate all silly, disgusting and artificial rules.

  SwapChess
by Joao Pedro Neto [03/1/99]
2-player game; 5 variants

Great Game where you can swap chess pieces.

Symmetrical Chess Collection
by Derek Nalls and L. Lynn Smith [02/09/02]
40 2-player games; 40 variants total

Parker Brothers'
Take The Brain
by Stephen Tavener [07/29/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

In this chess variant the direction of movement of a piece is determined by the cell it occupies.

Tauschach
by Uwe Wiedemann [01/12/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

"Exchanchess": a piece set aside can be exchanged at any move with a piece on the board.

Siler Ventures'
Terrace
by Stephen Tavener [07/29/00]
2-player game; 6 variants

Play is on a leveled board. Capture is possible only when your piece is on higher ground and the other piece is not a larger one.
Updated 08/26/00
improved board graphics.

Terrain Chess
by Rob LeRoy [03/04/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess played on a board that turns into grass, water, mud and such, to add trouble to the movement of the pieces.

Terror Chess
by Brian Wong [01/21/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

An 11x11 chess variant introducing the Terror, which combines the powers of Queen and Knight.

The Epic
by K. Franklin [03/02/02]
2-player game; 4 variants

Showdown between Chess & Checkers.

Three Checks Chess
by Andreas Kaufmann [07/12/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Checkmate the opponent's King or check the opponent's King three times.

3D Chess
by W. D. Troyka [09/09/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Three dimensional chess in a 4x4x4 cube.
Updated 01/20/01
Added variant; added music and sound effects; improved graphics.

3D Hexagonal Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [06/02/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

Chess variant played both on a hexagonal field and within three dimensions.

3D Shogi
by L. Lynn Smith [02/02/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

A Shogi variant played upon a 9x9x3 playing field.

3D Xiang Qi
by L. Lynn Smith [02/02/03]
2-player game; 2 variants

3D Xiang Qi (Chinese Chess) utilizes a 5x10x5 playing field.
Updated 05/03/03
added variant introducing the Unicorn

Tim's 3D Chess
by Tim 0'Lena [11/10/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

3D chess variant with two Kings who both need to remain safe.
Updated 07/20/02
modified notation; added descriptions

Tim's 4x8x4 3D Chess
by Tim 0'Lena [07/06/02]
2-player game; 2 variants

3D chess variant played on a 4x8x4 filed, with two Kings who both need to remain safe.
Updated 07/20/02
corrected castling notation

James Ernest and John Bollinger's
Tishai
by Kyle Riff [11/11/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

A simple Chess variant, with new rules for every piece, and a unique game objective: capture both of your opponent's Rooks.

Toe-to-Toe Chess
by Peter Aronson [01/11/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Loosely based on Burmese Chess (Sittuyin), it's a game of placement as well as movement and capture.

Toroidal Byzantine Chess
by Anatoly Khalfine and Ernst Saperow [02/02/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

Old Byzantine Chess played on a toroidal rather than a cylindric board.
Updated 03/02/02
a few text corrections

Toroidal Byzantine Chess Rectangular
by Anatoly Khalfine and Ernst Saperow [02/23/02]
2-player game; 3 variants

Old Byzantine Chess, the variant played on a toroidal, presented in a more compact form.
Updated 07/06/02
new variant added

Torus Chess
by Koksal Karakus [04/07/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Chess variant played on a board without edges: the top is connected to the bottom and the left to the right.

Towers
by Peter Aronson [09/22/01]
2-player game; 4 variants

Capture the opposing Castellan by intervention (getting between) or interception (surrounding), or move your Castellan to your opponent's red square to win.
Updated 12/14/02
bug fixed

Trans-Dimensional Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/17/01]
2-player game; 4 variants

A chess variant played in a gridwork of twenty 3x3x3 cubic fields.
Updated 06/28/03
streamlined code; fixed minor errors

Transfer Chess
by Karl Scherer [05/13/00]
2-player game; 3 variants

Each player has two games going on simultaneously. In some variants captured pieces can be entered, at the cost of a turn, on the other board.
Updated 05/20/00
Reduced board size to fit on 800x600 monitors

Transparent Chess
by Karl Scherer [12/23/00]
2-player game; 3 variants

Friendly pieces or enemy pieces or both are transparent: You may land beyond them at any empty square.

'Transporter Pad' Variant of ST3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/01/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Interpretation/variant of Star Trek 3D Chess, in which the Attack Platforms remain stationary throughout the game.

Transpose Chess
by Koksal Karakus [03/10/01]
2-player game; 11 variants

The setup is turned 90 degrees, but the pawns still go up (white) or down (black).

Trek71 Chess
by K. Franklin [09/27/03]
2-player game; 11 variants

All pieces on the lefthand-side are shown as black, the righthand-side is colored white, regardles of who owns a piece.

Tri-Ashtapada Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [04/06/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

A 3D Chess variant played upon 3 8x8 boards.
Updated 04/13/02
rule change; graphics change

Adam Sobey's
Triplets Chess
by Doug Chatham [12/08/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

Each turn (apart from the first two) consists of a pawn move, a king move and a piece move.

Trophy Chess
by Karl Scherer [02/24/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

The more enemies a piece has captured, the more additional partial moves it can make.

 Ralph Betza and Philip Cohen's
Tutti Frutti Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/21/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

There are additional pieces, namely Chancellors, Cardinals, and Amazons.

Twin Chess
by Karl Scherer [12/09/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

If possible, you have a similar second move (a 'Twin Move') with another piece of the same type.

Two Pipe Chess
by Doug Chatham [04/28/01]
2-player game; 3 variants

A chess variant designed for the "41-squares contest".

Ultima Alt
piece design by David Howe [03/04/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

Newly designed and unique pieces for the game Ultima.

Ruggero Micheletto's
Ultra Chess
by Pavel Tikhomirov, improved by Marek Ctrnact [08/26/00]
2-player game; 1 variant

A 10x10 chess variant, introducing a new piece. Also new is that every piece has the option to move one square in any direction, apart from its "normal" movement.

 V. R. Parton's
Unirexal Chess
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/21/01]
2-player game; 2 variants

There is only one king on the board; the other player must mate within a certain number of moves or lose.

Vortex Chess
by Rob LeRoy [03/04/00]
2-player game; 2 variants

Chess variant introducing a portal, that let pieces transport from one end to the other.
Updated 03/11/00
corrects checkmate problems.

'Warp Factor' Variant of ST3D Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [11/01/03]
2-player game; 1 variant

Interpretation/variant of Star Trek 3D Chess, in which most pieces, excluding the King, have the ability to "warp" leap to vacant cells on the field.

Weak!
by Uwe Wiedemann [07/21/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

White has the usual setup, but black has only a king, seven knights and 16 pawns.

Weave & Dungeon
by W. D. Troyka [12/07/02]
2-player game; 1 variant

A warped chess variant, played on a 9x9 weave pattern set against a black background.

Wuss
by W. D. Troyka [02/02/02]
2-player game; 4 variants

Introducing the Wuss, a piece that can't capture and must move when attacked.
Updated 12/21/02
board switching the Zillions v2 way

Yáng Qí
by Fergus Duniho [06/23/01]
2-player game; 6 variants

A westernized variant of Chinese Chess, Xiŕng Qí.

YiTong
by Ivan A Derzhanski [08/25/01]
2-player game; 3 variants

A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies.

Z-Axial Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [10/13/01]
2-player game; 1 variant

A 3D Chess variant played upon two bisecting boards.
Updated 04/06/02
changed name (was: Z-Chess)

Zoltan Bartok's
Z-Chess
by L. Lynn Smith [04/20/02]
2-player game; 3 variants

Chess variant played upon a field of triangonally connected points.