Directory of Variants Resources

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All games related to chess yet distinctly different from standard FIDE chess somehow are defined as chess variants.

Subcategories

• Bughouse Chess
• Chesh
• Chess Boxing
• Collections
• Four Player
• Knightmare Chess
• Kriegspiel
• Suicide Chess
• Three Player
• Two Player

Resources in This Category

• CubiCheckers.com

  http://www.cubiccheckers.com/
  Offers a downloadable version of a hybrid of the classic and japanese chess, Cubic Chess.

• Guardian Unlimited Sport - Introducing the World's Most Unlikely Sport: Chessboxing

  http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/oct/31/georginaturner
  Describes the origin of the sport.

• Polgar Superstar Chess (Starchess)

  http://polgarstarchess.com/
  A variant, invented by Laszlo Polgar, played on a star-shaped board.

• Rules for Dimensionalized Chess

  http://www.dimensionalized.com/game/rules4_3d_chess/
  Rules for a three dimensional version of the game. Includes photos of a three dimensional chess board.

Other Languages

• German

 

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