chess variant
games related to, derived from or inspired by chess
bughouse chess
chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two
patrol chess
variant of traditional chess
dice chess
a set of chess variants in which dice are used to alter gameplay
Beirut Chess
chess variant in which each player secretly equips one of their men with a “bomb” which can be “detonated” at any time, wiping out all men on surrounding squares along with the bomb carrier
Chad
chess variant
extinction chess
chess variant
Masonic Chess
chess variant
diplomat chess
chess variant
Falcon-Hunter Chess
chess variant
Armageddon
chess variant in which Black is given draw odds but less time
Omega Chess
commercial chess variant designed by Daniel MacDonald played on a 10×10 board with four extra squares at the corners
Chess Attack
chess variant
Dragonfly
chess variant played on a 7×7 board
monochromatic chess
chess variant
monster chess
chess variant
Way of the Knight
chess variant invented by Ralph Betza, incorporating elements from tabletop role-playing games (pieces gain experience, players choose alignment)
pawn chess
chess variant
hostage chess
chess variant
Chess on a Really Big Board
chess variant
chancellor chess
chess variant
neoclassical chess
chess variant
Alice Chess
chess variant played on two boards
four-player chess
family of chess variants played with four people
atomic chess
chess variant where pieces "explode" upon capture, also removing surrounding pieces
Duell
chess variant, called Conquest in the UK
Capablanca random chess
chess variant
grand chess
chess variant on a 10×10 board featuring rook–knight and bishop–knight compounds
Janus Chess
variation of chess
dark chess
chess variant in which a player only sees their own pieces and the squares that they can legally move to
Rollerball
chess variant invented by Jean-Louis Cazaux in 1998
Apocalypse
chess variant
Legan chess
diagonal chess variant created in 1913
Glinski's hexagonal chess
hexagonal chess variant
spherical chess
chess variants played on spherical boards
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
chess boxing
hybrid game of chess and boxing
blindfold chess
form of chess play wherein the players do not see the positions of the pieces and do not touch them
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
fortress chess
four-player chess variant
Capablanca chess
chess variant invented by José Raúl Capablanca
modern chess
modern board game
pocket mutation chess
chess variant
wolf chess
chess variant
Four Fronts
board game created by Uruguayan Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier
toroidal chess
chess variant