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Week ending Dec 03, 2022

1. Wild Tamerlane Chess. A clash on a 11x11 board with pairs Queens and Eagles/Gryphons. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
2. Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
3. Zanzibar-S. A game in between Metamachy and Zanzibar-XL with 36 pieces per side. Preferred by some to the -XL version. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
4. Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
5. Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
6. HTML vs Markdown. A style guide to using Markdown or HTML on this site. Author: Fergus Duniho.
7. Terachess II. An unrealistic summit on a very large board of 16x16 squares and 128 pieces. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
8. Gigachess II. timurthelenk. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
9. Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
10. Dada. Moved the Crazy game to the Rules section & added a simi-Dada playable with Standard equipment. (7x10, Cells: 70) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
11. Buccaneer Chess. changed board-size to 80 squares. By M Winther.
12. Brigadier Chess. Introducing the powerful Brigadier piece on a 68-square Gustavian board. By M Winther.
13. Brickchucking Chess. Pieces cannot move backwards, but do give check/mate backwards. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Alan Holloway and Gary Smith.
14. Bombardier Chess. Introducing the Bombardier, combining a rook with a camelrider (zrf exists). By M Winther.
15. Bland Chess 46. Orthogonal moves only on a board with 46 squares. (6x8, Cells: 46) Author: (zzo38) A. Black. Inventor: (zzo38) A. Black and Gary K. Gifford.
16. Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like. By Daniel Lee.

Week ending Nov 26, 2022

1. Bishop Knight Morph Factor. A Bishop morphs into a Knight after moving, and visa versa. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Gary K. Gifford.
2. Bishops Chess. Chess with two light-squared and two dark-squared Bishops on each side. By Albert Lee.
3. Bear Chess. A popular Russian game; bears leap to second perimeter. Author: Ben M Reiniger. Inventor: Mikhail Sosnovsky.
4. Battery Chess. changed the starting setup. (5x10, Cells: 46) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
5. Basic Bestiary. Corrected link. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
6. Azchess. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
7. War of the Roses. Missing description (12x12, Cells: 144) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
8. Skica. 10x10 with Ski Pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Daniel Zacharias.
9. Asylum Chess. 3 new unique pieces: powerful double capture rook , enhanced knight, long leaping bishop. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Daniel.
10. The Consuls. Chess with two Kings and Pawns that can capture as Bishop, Knight, and Rook on the enemy side. By Albert Lee.
11. Cetran Chess 2. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Carlos Cetina.
12. Aviation Chess. Legan's Aviation Chess, popular during WWI, featuring the Aviator piece (with zrf). By M Winther.
13. Asymmetric Chess. nargott. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dmitry Eskin.
14. Ascension. 6x6 board with two Kings that promote to royal Queens. By Albert Lee.
15. ArchCourier Chess. This game is Courier Chess expert Eric Greenwood's modernization of Courier Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Eric V. Greenwood.
16. Alpaca Chess. Introducing the weak but interesting Alpaca, which hops one or two steps rookwise (with zrf). By M Winther.
17. USCF. United States Chess Federation. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.
18. Ajax Chess. All pieces can move one square in any direction, the Mastodon leaper complements the Knight. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jose Carrillo.
19. Airplane Chess. Schmittberger's big-board variant featuring the very mobile Airplane (with zrf). By M Winther.
20. FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Fergus Duniho.

Week ending Nov 19, 2022

1. Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
2. Tigrey. Combination of Expanded Chess and Tiger Chess. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Daniel Zacharias.
3. Horizons. Game with 5 new pieces on 12x12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Rechefiltr is Fire.
4. Reroute66. Play this adaptation of Chess to a 66 space board with some overlapping spaces. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.
5. Reroute66. A simpler game using the same board as Gerd Degens' Chess66. (10x8, Cells: 66) By Fergus Duniho.

Week ending Nov 12, 2022

1. Mansindam. A variant that combines 'drop' rule and strong pieces, and there is no draw. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.

Week ending Nov 05, 2022

1. Mapped Chess. Mapped Chess Game with extended 3D moves mapped on 2 boards. (8x8x2, Cells: 128) By Stephane Burkhart.
2. Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi, made by Eric Silverman. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Adam DeWitt.
3. Mitsugumi Shogi. Smaller variant of Suzumu Shogi on a 13x13 board. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Adam DeWitt.
4. Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Adam DeWitt.
5. Paragi. Shogi without drop rule + Strong pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daphne Snowmoon.
6. The Marvellous Megafauna. A diverse Chess with Different Armies faction with riders and leapers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Andrew L Smith.

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