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Chess Variants

A family tree of chess variants.

500
Chaturanga (Indian Chess)
800
Shatranj (Persian Chess)
Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)
1100
Heian Shōgi
1120
Heian Dai Shōgi (Historical Large Shogi)
1200
Courier Chess
1230
Dai Shōgi (Large Shogi)
1283
Grant Acedrex
1350
Chu Shōgi (Medium Shogi)
1400
Sho Shōgi (Historical Small Shogi)
Great Chess (Tamerlane's Chess)
1500
Chess
1617
Carrera's Chess
1636
Shōgi (Japanese Chess)
1747
Rutland Chess
1874
Bird's Chess
1887
Chancellor Chess
1916
Double Chess
1920
Coronation Chess
1923
Neo-chess
1926
Capablanca Chess
1943
Halcon Hunter Chess
1956
Los Alamos Chess
1961
Advancing Chess
Damate Game
Semi-queen Chess Extended
1968
Modern Chess
1970
Mini Shōgi
Semi-queen Chess
1974
Balbo's Chess
1976
Apocalypse Chess
1978
Tutti-frutti Chess
Gothic Chess
Janus Chess
Tamerlane II
1981
Whale Shogi
1984
Grand Chess
1987
Wildebeest Chess
1992
Omega Chess
1996
Okisaki Shōgi (Queen Shōgi)
1998
Judkin's Shōgi
1999
Perfect 12 Chess
2001
21st Century Chess
Gigachess
2004
Grotesque Chess
2005
Paulowich's Whale Shogi
Embassy Chess
Ladorean Chess
2006
Schoolbook Chess
Univers Chess
2007
Ito Shōgi (String Shogi)
Seirawan Chess
2008
Dōbutsu shōgi (Animal Chess)
2012
Metamachy Chess
2016
Musketeer Chess
2017
Gemini Chess
Great Chess Completed
Cerebral Chess
2018
Chexx Chess
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