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Other national standard variants are certainly a good start. Do not neglect the 8x8 ones, as they are easiest to play with standard FIDE equipment. Beyond that I would reconmmend the variants that have most influenced me - Bachelor, Fusion, Wildebeest, and Yang Qi come to mind immediately. If he gets hooked he might like to try variants which have sets available for sale, such as Thud.
Claudio, You might give Spartan Chess a try. Find the CV post here: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSspartanchess Find the web site here: http://spartanchessonline.com/
I'll refer you to this page, which was designed with the kind of purpose you have in mind.
First, look at the recognised chess variants here: http://www.chessvariants.org/rindex.html Then, all national chess variants with a player community and some tradition; i.e., Makruk, Sittuyin, Shatar (Mongolian Chess). You may also look at contest-winning chess variants and contest finalists, see here: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/mainquery.php?type=Contest&orderby=LinkText&displayauthor=1&displayinventor=1&usethisheading=Contests
Los Alamos, Hanga Roa, Raumschach.
Then Glinski's, Marseilles, Maharajah.
Another group (all 64): Sissa, Seirawan, Switching.
Then Yurgelevich's Chess-Battle from 1933; and Mamra.
Dear Guys: Recently I’ve discovered that my one of my bosses is a chess fan, so, I initiated him in the beautiful world of the CVs. For starting point I teach him about Shogi, Xiang Qi, and Capablanca. Besides that I mentioned Berolina Chess, Random Chess and Perfect symmetry (white king faces black queen). In a second moment I presented him with: Shatranj, Chaturanga, Courrier, Duke of Rutland and Tamerlane. Now I don’t know which variants to present him, my ones, just a piececlopedia? Shogi variants? What do you think? Thanks guys!
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