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CM has a great reputation for being a very tough, high quality program... so I would imagine that it plays its variants well. I think it is great that variants will get some new exposure. Perhaps other Chess PC Companies (like Fritz) will move into the CV arena?

I looked at three different reviews for this CM edition to come up with this list (from a possible 12 CVs they are to have). I'd see if I could find the others but must run. So here are 11 (Note: I saw Giveaway listed- but I think that is another name for Losing Chess

1. Dark Chess, in which the opponent's pieces are invisible

2. Extinction Chess, where the winner is the first player to capture all of the opponent's pieces - - though I think that is not correct, it should be all pieces of one type (like both Bishops, both Knights, etc.

3.Losing Chess, a game that rewards the first player to lose all of his/her pieces -- I believe this game is bad for one's chess

4.Minefield, in which chess pieces are used to locate mines hidden in the board

5.Breaking the Lines, where the knight is moved to capture all of the pawns

6.Fork My Fruit, a game that uses chess pieces to fork fruit of the same kind,

7.Limited Shuffle (could this be related to FRC?

8. Shuffle

9. Marseilles

10.Progressive

11. Pocket Knight

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