Game Courier supports many different games. Here is one picked at random:
Giant Chess - 16 x 16 variant with lots of powerful pieces and the unique four square occupying Dev piece which is not easy to capture.

Janus Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Janus Chess here.
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

The "Janus", here represented as a pegasus, combines moves of knight and bishop.

This large-board variant has a following among some masters and grandmasters. For the Januses, toothpicks are glued to the foreheads of knights to make unicorns.

These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.

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Written by Ed Friedlander

WWW Page Added: Sunday, December 30, 2001

/home1/chessvar/public_html/play/erf/JanusChs.html

Credits

Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.

See also

Janus Chess. Variant on 10 by 8 board. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
Janus Kamil Chess. A crossover between Janus Chess and Modern Kamil Chess. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Jörg Knappen.
Janus Chess Blitz Tournament . Taking place in Saarbruecken on March, 1st 2002. Author: Jörg Knappen.
Janusschach im Internet . (German Language). (10x8, Cells: 80) Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
Janus Chess. popular, well known 10 x 8 with two cardinals. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Werner Schoendorf.
Large Chess ZRF . ZRF for Capablanca's Chess plus variants: Bird's, Aberg's, Grotesque, Univers, Embassy, Janus, Archbishop, New Chancellor + more. (10x8, Cells: 80) Author: Fergus Duniho.

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