Editing List of chess variants (section)

==Chess-related historical and regional games==
Some of these games have developed independently while others are ancestors or relatives of modern chess.<ref>{{cite book |last=Murray |first=H. J. R. |author-link=H. J. R. Murray | title=A History of Chess
|publisher=Benjamin Press (originally published by Oxford University Press)| year=1913 | isbn=978-0-936317-01-4|title-link=A History of Chess }}</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2024}}<!--Applies to the claim that they have developed independently from chess. In any case, the article 'chess variant' states that a chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. So, by definition, if the are not ancestors or relatives of modern chess, they are not 'chess variants' and are irrelevant to this page.--> The popularity of these variants may be limited to their respective places of origin (as is largely the case for shogi), or worldwide (as is the case for xiangqi). The games have their own institutions and traditions.

===Historical===
[[File:Chess Set MET DP170393.jpg|thumb|right|'''[[Shatranj]]''' set, 12th century]]
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* '''[[Chaturaji]]''': Four-handed version of [[chaturanga]], played with dice.
* '''[[Chaturanga]]''': An ancient East Indian game, presumed to be the [[origins of chess|common ancestor of chess]] and other national chess-related games.
* '''[[Courier chess]]''': Played in Europe from 13th to 19th century. Probably was one step in evolving modern chess out of [[shatranj]].
* '''[[Grant Acedrex]]''': Medieval Spanish variant from 13th century.
* '''[[Shatranj]]''': An ancient Persian game, derived from [[chaturanga]].
* '''[[Short assize]]''': Played in England and Paris in the second half of the 12th century.
* '''[[Tamerlane chess]]''': A significantly expanded variation of [[shatranj]].

=== Regional ===
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* '''[[Banqi]]''' (or '''Chinese Half chess''') (China)
* '''Chandraki''' (Tibet)
* '''[[Game of the Three Kingdoms]]''' (China)
* '''[[Shatar#Hiashatar|Hiashatar]]''' (Mongolia)
*'''[[Indian chess]]''' (India)
* '''[[Janggi]]''' (Korea; see also [[janggi variant]]s)
* '''[[Jungle (board game)|Jungle]]''' (or '''Dou Shou Qi''', '''The Jungle Game''', '''Jungle Chess''', '''Animals Chess''', '''Oriental Chess''', '''Children's Chess''') (China)
* '''Main chator''' (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)
* '''[[Makruk]]''' (Thailand and Cambodia)
* '''[[Ouk Chatrang]]''' (Cambodia)
* '''[[Rek Chess]]''' (Cambodia)
* '''Samantsy''' (Madagascar)
* '''[[Senterej]]''' (Ethiopia and Eritrea)
* '''[[Shatar]]''' (Mongolia)
* '''[[Shogi]]''' (Japan; see also [[shogi variant]]s, especially [[chu shogi]])
* '''[[Sittuyin]]''' (Burma)
* '''[[Xiangqi]]''' (China; see also [[xiangqi variant]]s)