Chess

On 20 July 1924 the participants at the Paris tournament founded FIDE as a kind of players' union.

is a family of over twenty Western chess variants which incorporate two new pieces

Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984

Cylinder chess (or cylindrical chess) is a chess variant.

Circe chess (or just Circe) is a chess variant in which captured pieces return to their starting positions as soon as they are captured.

two sides use different sets of fairy pieces

Fortress chess is a 4-player variant that is played in teams of 2 with teammates sitting opposite one another and moving clockwise. Within the 192 squares; there are 128 squares in the center and four 4×4 squares on each corner of the board.

White side has only a king and four pawns to fight against all the pieces of the Black side

Alice chess is a chess variant invented in 1953 by V. R. Parton

is a chess variant with incomplete information

Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant

Bughouse chess is a popular chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two.

Three-man chess is a chess variant

are two chess variants played in Mongolia

a board game and a chess variant for four players

Grid chess is a chess variant invented by Walter Stead in 1953.

Los Alamos Chess is a Chess variant played on a 6x6 board without bishops.

Soldiers move and capture like chess pawns, while kings move and capture like chess knights.

Chessence is a chess variant invented by Jim Winslow in 1989.

Although the two sides cooperate, all moves must be legal according to the rules of chess.

Baroque chess is a chess variant

Knightmare Chess is a fantasy chess variant

Progressive chess is a chess variant in which players, rather than just making one move per turn,

This game is a combination of chess and checkers.

Demian was already familiar with chess and xiangqi, and the result blends some features from both.

A unique blend of elements from Chess and Checkers

This chess variant follows the basic rules of chess

A version of Chess where all pieces start in reserve.

Double Chess is a Chess variant played on a 12x16 board.

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is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician.

is an Indian chess grandmaster.

is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University.

is a Russian chess grandmaster.

was a Soviet Latvian chess grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion.

was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher.

was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927.

was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player.

is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023-24.

is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is the first Asian woman to become a chess grandmaster.

is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.

is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning and five-time United States Chess Champion.

is an American chess grandmaster, internet personality, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.

is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master.

was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.

was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator.

was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.

was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster.

was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.

is a Georgian chess Grandmaster.

is a Georgian chess Grandmaster.

is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.

is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and a former FIDE World Chess Champion (2004-2005).

is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was Women's World Chess Champion from November 2012 to September 2013.

was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster.

is a Zambian chess grandmaster.

is a Filipino chess grandmaster.

is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021.

is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

was an American chess player and computer scientist.

was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer.

was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster.

was a Russian-born Danish chess player and writer.

was an Australian-born American chess and poker player.

was a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist.

is a German chess player, analyst and trainer.

is an American chess player, poker player, commentator and writer.

is a German chess player of Tatar origin who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.

is an American-born Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber.

is an American professional poker player, amateur chess player, and a youth chess champion.

is a Russian chess player

Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant

Kriegspiel is a chess variant

is a German chess Grandmaster