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