Parallel worlds chess is a three-dimensional chess variant invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger in the 1980s. The gamespace comprises three 8×8 chessboards...
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Kaku "Parallel Worlds" (song), a 2007 song by Elliot Minor Parallel universe (disambiguation) Parallel worlds chess Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives This...
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Flying chess – two adjacent 8×8 boards Millennium 3D chess – an 8×8×3 variant retaining most of the rules of standard chess Parallel worlds chess – an 8×8×3...
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chess: Played on a board of 8×8×2, giving a total of 128 cells. Only certain pieces can move to and from the additional level. Parallel Worlds Chess:...
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28. 2f2 ♛×2f2# 0–1 Parallel worlds chess Pritchard (2007), p. 227 Smith, L. Lynn (Summer 2003). Handscomb, Kerry (ed.). "Space Chess for the Millennium"...
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wildebeest. 1. Wf4 f6?? 2. Wg7# Parallel worlds chess – another chess variant by R. Wayne Schmittberger Omega chess – a similar chess variant adding two new pieces...
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Chess960 (redirect from Fischerandom chess)
article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position...
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Janggi (redirect from Korean chess)
sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategy board game popular on the Korean Peninsula. The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar...
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Losing chess is one of the most popular chess variants. The objective of each player is to lose all of their pieces or be stalemated, that is, a misère...
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Makruk (redirect from Thai Chess)
Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; RTGS: mak ruk; pronounced [màːk rúk]), or Thai chess (Thai: หมากรุกไทย; RTGS: mak ruk thai; pronounced [màːk rúk tʰaj]), is a strategy...
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Xiangqi (redirect from Chinese chess)
(/ˈʃɑːŋtʃi/; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular...
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Capablanca chess (or Capablanca's chess) is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new...
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Alice chess is a chess variant invented in 1953 by V. R. Parton which employs two chessboards rather than one, and a slight (but significant) alteration...
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Avalanche chess is a chess variant designed by Ralph Betza in 1977. After moving one of their own pieces, a player must move one of the opponent's pawns...
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quadrilateral cells. Each player controls a standard army of chess pieces. Three-man chess was included in World Game Review No. 10 edited by Michael Keller. The...
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A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways. "International"...
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finisher from the World Cup (Nijat Abasov) qualifying in his place. The tournament was held in parallel with the Women's Chess World Cup 2023. Jan-Krzysztof...
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Los Alamos chess (or anti-clerical chess) is a chess variant played on a 6×6 board without bishops. This was the first chess-like game played by a computer...
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Bughouse chess (also known as exchange chess, Siamese chess (but not to be confused with Thai chess), tandem chess, transfer chess, double bughouse, doubles...
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Crazyhouse (redirect from Drop Chess)
Crazyhouse is a chess variant in which captured enemy pieces can be reintroduced, or dropped, into the game as one's own. It was derived as a two-player...
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Cylinder chess (or cylindrical chess) is a chess variant. The game is played as if the board were a cylinder, with the left side of the board joined to...
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Hand and brain (category Chess variants)
played by chess players on stream. The variant is also common in matches featuring celebrities or figures popular outside of the chess world. Chess.com and...
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Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having...
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Dark chess (also known as Fog of War chess) is a chess variant with incomplete information, similar to Kriegspiel. It was invented by Jens Bæk Nielsen...
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from 5 July to 29 July 2025. The tournament will be held in parallel with the Chess World Cup 2025. The tournament is a 7-round knockout event, with the...
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Minichess (redirect from Chess Attack)
and shorter than standard chess. The first chess-like game implemented on a computer was the 6×6 chess variant Los Alamos chess. The low memory capacity...
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Grid chess is a chess variant invented by Walter Stead in 1953. It is played on a grid board. This is a normal 64-square chessboard with a grid of lines...
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Displacement chess is a family of chess variants in which a few pieces are transposed in the initial standard chess position. The main goal of these variants...
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Andernach chess is a chess variant in which a piece making a capture (except kings) changes colour. For instance, if a white bishop on a2 were to capture...
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Jungle (board game) (redirect from Jungle Chess)
The game is also known as the jungle game, children's chess, oriental chess and animal chess. The Jungle gameboard represents a jungle terrain with dens...
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