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2 Apr 2013http://lsxcxiegbowq.com/None v3BSWF (a href="http://helbgvtwcirp.com/")helbgvtwcirp(/a), ...
31 Mar 2013http://xurtxmncwnwr.com/None o9zQzU (a href="http://jeidakxzupfk.com/")jeidakxzupfk(/a), ...
31 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone Note that any CV whose rules are lost would serve as Thespis ...
31 Mar 2002Chess Variant Craft ProjectsNone ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR)I really ought to sieze the publishing delay as an oppor ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone "would perhaps come close to being almost nearly playable" A ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone "would perhaps come close to being almost nearly playable" A ...
30 Mar 2002WWW link: PINone This company seems to be out-of-business. Is it? ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone As long as we are flogging this theme, how about Gondoliers ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR)In Basingstoke Chess, each turn after making a legal mov ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR)What is the state of a bare king? Naked, of course.(P) ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone By the way, Race Chess is kind of like Rollerball Chess, whi ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone The very concept of Ruddigore Chess leads immediately to, "W ...
30 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR)Too many new ideas here to reply to, so I'll addd some n ...
29 Mar 2002Alice: A chess variantNone Daniel, do you realize that the site icon in the upper left- ...
29 Mar 2002Alice: A chess variantGood Make your pages have a "printer option!" That way I could ta ...
29 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone Oops, only added three squares to the Knight, maybe would a ...
29 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone John, I was going to reply to your, er, ah, (i)proposal(/i), ...
29 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone How about Syncretic CHess? Another way to think about Feebb ...
28 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR)I think your ideas for Feebback Chess are excellent. It ...
28 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone Of the standard CDA Armies, the one that I suspect would gai ...
27 Mar 2002DanadazoNone Speaking of different topologies, I could swear I once came ...
27 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessNone I would think that Feebback Chess is a wager game you might ...
27 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessNone (HR)After I wrote my last note I saw a page than thanked me ...
27 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessNone (HR)The calculations are indeed of a nature that inspires la ...
27 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessNone (HR)The calculations are indeed of a nature that inspires la ...
27 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR)I had forgotten that the published Augmented Chess speak ...
27 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone This article is talking as if Augmented Chess was based on a ...
27 Mar 2002Way of the KnightNone (HR)I am ever so happy to hear that somebody has played and ...
27 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessNone The basic problem with doing the calculations, is that at he ...
27 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessNone (HR)In several web pages, I have written down, step by tedio ...
27 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessNone (HR) On a 10x10 board, the forwardmost (1,3) jump is not so ...
26 Mar 2002Rutherford?s 1-dimensional Sho...Excellent This is a cool idea. Someone ought to write a Zillions of G ...
26 Mar 2002DanadazoExcellent I do like the idea of playing on edges as opposed to points ...
26 Mar 2002Archoniclastic ChessExcellent The world obviously needs more Augmented Chess variants! I ...
26 Mar 2002Spinal Tap ChessExcellent Definitely an amusing game! I particularly like the Ministe ...
26 Mar 2002Augmented ChessNone The second entry below's header ought to have read (b)Black ...
26 Mar 2002Augmented ChessExcellent I recently finished a PBeM game of this variant with Tony Qu ...
25 Mar 2002Chance ChessExcellent Hi Hans, Just thought I would let you know I have redesig ...
25 Mar 2002Illustrated rules of chessGood I can't say this page is excellent, because it has the old F ...
24 Mar 2002/d.chess/echec.htmlGood there is an error on the picture of the "Castling" where the ...
22 Mar 2002Chess pieces - gifsNone shit crap bollaucks ...
21 Mar 2002Illustrated rules of chessExcellent No comment. ...
20 Mar 2002ChaturangaGood No comment. ...
19 Mar 2002Bughouse and Tandem ChessExcellent No comment. ...
18 Mar 2002Isle of Lewis Chess MenNone A small point, but the Isle of Lewis is not an English islan ...
18 Mar 2002Bughouse and Tandem ChessExcellent Great! The tandem chess rules were just the thing I was loo ...
15 Mar 2002Fellowship of the Ring PuzzlesNone On puzzle #11, after P*a6-a7, instead of Qd7xa7, it seems ...
13 Mar 2002Pixelpusher: the weakest chess...Excellent Thanks for a program that plays as badly as I do. I don't e ...
13 Mar 2002WWW link: Doubles Chess Partne...None I'm interested in ordering doubles chess but don't know how? ...
11 Mar 2002WWW link: CheskExcellent Hi this is Khalid waheed the auther of the chess variant gam ...
11 Mar 2002An applet to play Chess agains...Good I emailed you directly already, but the biggest problem for ...
11 Mar 2002ChaturangaPoor this is a useless page and it shows no intrest and the facts ...
11 Mar 2002Oblong chessPoor game is wack ...
11 Mar 2002Oblong chessPoor game is wack ...
11 Mar 2002Shatranj Kamil (with War machi...Excellent great page ...
11 Mar 2002Shatranj Kamil (with War machi...Poor this page is whack and i wish i have never found it. it was ...
11 Mar 2002ChaturangaGood the page gives good information but when you show the games ...
10 Mar 2002/d.chess/echec.htmlExcellent No comment. ...
8 Mar 2002WWW link: Four Dimensional Che...None hello, just a stupid comment about the 4d chess dealing wit ...
7 Mar 2002http://www.geocities.com/chess...None Hello, The 2002 Edition of the Chesmayne Chess Dictio ...
7 Mar 2002Piececlopedia: Gold GeneralNone It may be worth mentioning that the Gold General is also th ...
7 Mar 2002WWW link: Big BattleExcellent No comment. ...
7 Mar 2002DoubleEIGHTEEN-STONEchessGood Well, I know I am biased since I am this game's creator, bu ...
6 Mar 2002Xiangqi: Chinese ChessExcellent Very useful and informative. Thanks for your effort. ...
5 Mar 2002N by N chess gamesPoor This "variant" is good just as a mathematician toy. Where in ...
5 Mar 2002Progressive ChessExcellent No comment. ...
5 Mar 2002Chess Variant Construction SetNone help wanted to buy poker chips , need 5000 for scout proje ...
3 Mar 2002Link to: An Introduction to Sh...Excellent A corrected text is now at www.crockford.com/chess/shogi.htm ...
21 Feb 2002Big Board ChessNone i would like to purchase a game my e-mail address is apyrami ...
21 Feb 2002WWW link: Dream Green CatalogNone Hi, Just wanted to let you know that our G8 GameTimer is ...
20 Feb 2002Illustrated rules of chessExcellent Eaxctly what I was looking for! ...
19 Feb 2002Rules of Chess (German Transla...Poor Sorry, you missed the boat on this one... Very Bad Ger ...
18 Feb 2002New Chancellor Chess VariantsExcellent No comment. ...
18 Feb 2002Chess Word Macros & FontsExcellent thx for the free files! ...
18 Feb 2002Kriegspiel - positions for sol...None Ba-had English ...
16 Feb 2002Dragonchess - rulesExcellent Great game ...
16 Feb 2002Piececlopedia: CannonPoor LOusy ...
16 Feb 2002ParachessExcellent This page is fascinating and fairly easy to use. Chessvaria ...
16 Feb 2002email articles from July 1999Excellent Excellent reading material for the CV enthusiast - like me!! ...
15 Feb 2002On ShareDebate InternationalNone This is Roleigh Martin speaking - I can get in trouble using ...
14 Feb 2002Tingles, Bumps, and PunchesNone How's about some chatter here? I worked really hard on the p ...
13 Feb 200284 Spaces ContestPoor this site suck ...
13 Feb 2002Illustrated rules of chessNone l ...
13 Feb 2002TurnstylePoor I read the page three times and still couldn't understand ho ...
12 Feb 2002ChaturangaPoor this is completely in error, chataranga is a four player gam ...
11 Feb 2002Chess problems of 1001 years a...Excellent No comment. ...
11 Feb 2002UpchessExcellent No comment. ...
9 Feb 2002Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None If a king gets to the other side of the board can another pi ...
9 Feb 2002Ultra ChessExcellent QUESTION:HOW DO I PURCHASE THIS GAME? MY E-MAIL IS APYRAMIDS ...
9 Feb 2002Ultra ChessExcellent QUESTION:HOW DO I PURCHASE THIS GAME? MY E-MAIL IS APYRAMIDS ...
9 Feb 2002Quick ChessNone If there is no piece to be "rescued" when a Pawn reaches a b ...
9 Feb 2002Quick ChessNone In Quickchess, can a Pawn advance to the last rank if no pie ...
7 Feb 2002Chess-set from PolandNone can you plz. call me about your chess sets, juan , 305-82 ...
7 Feb 2002Questions and answers: ShogiGood No comment. ...
7 Feb 2002Photos of Homemade Symbolic Sh...Excellent No comment. ...
6 Feb 2002Home page of The Chess Variant...Excellent I enjoy playing Chess ay many different Chess Clubs and on ...
5 Feb 2002Whale ShogiGood No comment. ...
4 Feb 2002Bent RidersNone A tchochka (spelling?) is an object belonging to the class o ...
4 Feb 2002Illustrated rules of chessNone Excellent short and complete summary of the rules! My quest ...
3 Feb 2002WWW link: Thai Chess ProgramsExcellent No comment. ...
3 Feb 2002/feedback.htmlGood No comment. ...
3 Feb 2002The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessNone 10/10 ...
2 Feb 2002Bent RidersNone As a former resident of Brooklyn, NY, I would like to observ ...
1 Feb 2002Illustrated rules of chessExcellent I was teaching my mother how to play chess and this is a ver ...
1 Feb 2002Dabbabante ChessNone For what it is worth, according to Jelliss' page, a Ferz+D ...
31 Jan 2002Dabbabante ChessNone It is not obvious how to mate a Black King on the first rank ...
30 Jan 2002Revisiting the Crooked BishopNone (HR)Thanks for cooking my problem. I never claimed to be a g ...
30 Jan 2002Illustrated rules of chessGood good ...
29 Jan 2002Link to: ChessMage (tm): A Liv...Excellent Revised update on ChessMage(tm) from Elemental Designer Game ...
28 Jan 2002Abstract chess setPoor it did not have what i was looking for ...
28 Jan 2002Abstract Chess PiecesPoor did not have what i was looking for ...
27 Jan 2002Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Excellent this page answered alot of my questions. Thank you ...
26 Jan 2002Qiguo XiangqiExcellent Thank you for the wonderful website. I have learned much fro ...
26 Jan 2002Desertion ChessNone OOPS, there is a second difference. Benedict Chess doesn't ...
26 Jan 2002Desertion ChessNone A comment: This game is very similar to Benedict Chess (ava ...
25 Jan 2002Chess Word Macros & FontsPoor this site sucks ...
25 Jan 2002Link to: An Introduction to Sh...None The url has changed: http://www.crockford.com/chess/shogi.ht ...
25 Jan 2002ChaturangaNone THE WORD ''CHATURANGA'' IS A TURKISH COMPOUND WORD. ''CHA ...
25 Jan 2002Modest Proposals - Various Aut...Excellent No comment. ...
24 Jan 2002The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessExcellent About pawn's promotion: the rule is clear aout it but at ho ...
24 Jan 2002Chess Variant Pages Chess Book...Poor very very poor. you just don't know where to go! ...
24 Jan 2002The chess variant pages: Offli...Good No comment. ...
23 Jan 2002Chess puzzle task: shortest ga...Excellent No comment. ...
23 Jan 2002Retrochess - A chess variant c...Excellent No comment. ...
21 Jan 2002WWW link: Stan Goldovski's Los...Poor Link doesn't work!!! ...
19 Jan 2002Review: Sammy Seahorse Teaches...None hi i was just wondering if sammy seahorse and stella starfis ...
19 Jan 2002Review: Sammy Seahorse Teaches...None hi i was just wondering if sammy seahorse and stella starfis ...
18 Jan 2002StratomicGood Excellent page and a well-thought out variant. Although the ...
16 Jan 2002Duck Soup ChessGood We have always been at war with the Pawns on white squares. ...
16 Jan 2002/d.link/round.htmlNone The link is not valid yet. You can found the page in the web ...
16 Jan 2002Illustrated rules of chessGood The description of castling mixes up the coordinates and the ...
15 Jan 2002Pawns ChessPoor No comment. ...
15 Jan 2002Pawns ChessPoor No comment. ...
15 Jan 2002Illustrated rules of chessExcellent your web page saved an argument in less than 5 seconds than ...
14 Jan 2002Quadlevel 3D ChessExcellent About the page : very clear and instructive, impossible to m ...
13 Jan 2002Illustrated rules of chessNone this page is great but should have some stragties for moving ...
12 Jan 2002Thoughts on Chess with Differe...Excellent David Paulowich writes: It may actually be easier to change ...
12 Jan 2002www.etabi-it.comExcellent Hi, I have produced my first chess variant game, it's called ...
11 Jan 2002Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None can you please tell me how many legal opening moves are ther ...
10 Jan 2002Home page of The Chess Variant...Poor I need the rules of the game every time my wife i sat down t ...
9 Jan 2002Byzantine or round chessExcellent More historic references is desirable ...
9 Jan 2002Xiangqi: Chinese ChessGood Thanks for the initial overview of this unknown game. I had ...
8 Jan 2002Home page of The Chess Variant...Excellent Thanks you very much for this site, which offer the possibil ...
7 Jan 2002Chess pieces - gifsNone get some real pics of chess pieces because im making a set o ...
7 Jan 2002Circular ChessNone Dear Mr Reynolds Can you prove your claim of having inven ...
6 Jan 2002The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessPoor No comment. ...
5 Jan 2002Beau Monde ChessGood Interesting concept, with all the female heavyweights. But ...
5 Jan 2002CourtyardGood Hi! This game looks very interesting. One thing I noted a ...
4 Jan 2002Mate in two moves: solutionNone I believe this is a mistake. -If Rd8 moves: 1. ... Rd7: ...
4 Jan 2002Extinction chessNone You can play Extinction Chess online at itsyourturn.com ...
2 Jan 2002Info on Strato ChessNone I have a 1973 Strato Chess Set made by Reiss Games Inc. Anyo ...
1 Jan 2002Xiangqi: Chinese ChessGood No comment. ...
30 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent Just got a chess board for Christmas...this is the best site ...
30 Dec 2001Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagon...None My wife and daughter made me two chessboards for Cristmas. ...
29 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent No comment. ...
28 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent Hard to remember them all, but great illustration's ...
27 Dec 2001J-ChessNone Can a jester at d2 move to a1? ...
27 Dec 2001Rules of Chess (Spanish Transl...Excellent Congratulations!!!! ...
27 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent No comment. ...
27 Dec 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Excellent No comment. ...
26 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent i'm a total novice and have never played looks like this wil ...
25 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent No comment. ...
24 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent No comment. ...
24 Dec 2001Space ChessGood I still have my game ... but lost my instructions too. (Som ...
24 Dec 2001WWW link: Roman ChessExcellent No comment. ...
23 Dec 2001List of Chess VariantsNone Regarding game of three kingdoms You are obviously not colo ...
20 Dec 2001Queen's QuadrilleNone You refer to a 15-16 puzzle, I believe it should be the 14-1 ...
19 Dec 2001Piececlopedia: Honorable HorseNone The link to the Piececlopedia from the What's New page doesn ...
19 Dec 2001WWW link: 3D Chess 4Poor The link is outdated! What happened? I have been to this sit ...
19 Dec 2001WWW link: ChessmayneExcellent The 'Chesmayne' Chess Dictionary is currently offline due to ...
18 Dec 2001WWW link: Club XiangqiGood No comment. ...
17 Dec 20013D chess from Star Trek - Rule...Excellent thanks. ...
15 Dec 2001The Piececlopedia: CardinalExcellent One web page for Cardinal Super Chess states: "Because of th ...
14 Dec 2001Queen's QuadrilleNone FYI, I asked if a minimum-tour could be made to let the quee ...
14 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessNone Thank you forthe rule information. ...
14 Dec 2001Atomic chessGood If you skip rule 3, it seems like a forced win for white aft ...
13 Dec 2001Raumschach: the Thoroddsen boa...Good No comment. ...
12 Dec 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None To the previous rater: (p) The two pieces you think are bi ...
11 Dec 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Good i am on a mac and i would like to know of any website that w ...
10 Dec 2001Viennese ChessNone Does White really have 9 (nine) pawn, with black having onl ...
10 Dec 2001Tiger HuntPoor this site sucks ...
10 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessGood The information given employs an assumption of understanding ...
9 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent Easy and informative ...
8 Dec 2001Tim's 3D ChessNone Tim... Thank you for your innovation. I think this is the f ...
5 Dec 2001Revisiting the Crooked BishopExcellent Have I overlooked something in the first version of the pro ...
5 Dec 2001Mate in two movesPoor No comment. ...
4 Dec 2001Illustrated rules of chessNone You forgot to include a draw game when a player has a king w ...
4 Dec 2001Link to: Millennium 3D Chess (...Excellent No comment. ...
4 Dec 2001Index: Three Dimensional Chess...Excellent Hi David Howe and the group, I'm the author of Millennium ...
4 Dec 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None Here's another funny observation: The Ferz is at the same ti ...
4 Dec 2001Piececlopedia: SquirrelGood The Squirrel occurs in Archisacchieri (Archchess) as Centur ...
4 Dec 2001Rules of Chess (Spanish Transl...Poor I know that my english is not very good, but the way you hav ...
3 Dec 2001Interdependent ChessExcellent I found this game to be very enjoyable, although it does tak ...
29 Nov 2001Thoughts on Chess with Differe...None I should never write comments at 2 AM. I'll bet you would ha ...
29 Nov 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None To the Good Rater of November 29:(p) In standard chess, you ...
29 Nov 2001Thoughts on Chess with Differe...None (HR)I think you're missing the point that "chess with differ ...
29 Nov 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Good While reading the Frequent Asked Questions page, I repeatabl ...
28 Nov 2001Spacious torusNone Thanks. ...
28 Nov 2001TauschachExcellent Absolutely beautiful in its simplicity and effect ...
27 Nov 2001The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ches...Excellent No comment. ...
26 Nov 2001Chess Variant Construction SetNone I looked up rotary cutter on google and the first one I foun ...
26 Nov 2001Spacious torusNone I just added a preset for Spacious Torus Chess to the PBM pa ...
26 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...Excellent The reading of this page inspired me to design another theme ...
26 Nov 2001Evolution ChessGood Interesting. (p) Humble suggestion: When you get a second ...
25 Nov 2001Thoughts on Chess with Differe...None The discussion of the question of whether you can have "Ches ...
25 Nov 2001Mega-ChessNone I agree that a recursive Go game would be simpler. I also ag ...
25 Nov 2001Kobayashi Maru Variant of Star...Excellent GREAT! I've been looking for this for years!! Thanks for ...
25 Nov 2001Floppy Board TilesNone Sounds like a rotary cutter might have been a better tool. I ...
25 Nov 2001The Chinese Chess InstituteNone Hello friends!. I am a fan of chinese chess, and i want to b ...
24 Nov 2001Link to: LaserChess DXNone This link is broken. - JCL ...
24 Nov 2001Chess Variant Construction SetNone I was talking to my wife about this (No, she doesn't even kn ...
24 Nov 2001Floppy Board TilesNone I was talking to my wife about this (No, she doesn't even kn ...
24 Nov 2001Mega-ChessNone A recursive Go game would actually be simpler than this game ...
23 Nov 2001Index: Chess with different ar...None This page is missing a link to Mad Chess. --fpd ...
23 Nov 2001Piececlopedia: Crowned RookNone Shatar reference added -- thanks! (p) PBA ...
23 Nov 2001Game Review by Ben Good: Noble...None The links has changed. The picture of the board is at: http: ...
23 Nov 2001Awards given to the Chess Vari...None The CHess Addict site has been closed. ...
23 Nov 2001Thoughts on Chess with Differe...None As e-mail of the 22/11/01. Advanced Chess with Royal Pawn ...
22 Nov 2001Piececlopedia: Crowned RookNone It is worth noting that the crowned rook is also used in Mo ...
22 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None There is a technichal error on this page, the second javasc ...
22 Nov 2001UltimaNone I have known of Ultima for more than 30 yrs & I apppreciate ...
22 Nov 2001Chess puzzle task: shortest ga...Excellent No comment. ...
22 Nov 2001Illustrated rules of chessGood ifp rlayer has have a quen and and his pawn rich the other s ...
21 Nov 2001Spacious torusNone Thank you PBA. You hit it right on the head. -JJ ...
21 Nov 2001Spacious torusExcellent I really like this game! In particular, I like how the elem ...
21 Nov 2001WWW link: Quantum ChessPoor This link leads to a dead end site. The company's phone num ...
20 Nov 2001The PiececlopediaPoor You forgot several interesting pieces, most notably the Anza ...
20 Nov 2001Spacious torusNone A small correction: The line that read currently as: To ...
20 Nov 2001Link to: Variations on GoNone New link is at: http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/ ...
19 Nov 2001WWW link: Regimental ChessNone Regimental chess author/inventor is Tom Bacon (email removed contact us for address) ...
19 Nov 2001WWW link: Regimental ChessNone I am the author/inventor of Regimental Chess and hold the in ...
19 Nov 2001Fischer Random Chess PositionsExcellent No comment. ...
19 Nov 2001UltimaGood Ultima is very interesting, I play it with Zillions (not str ...
19 Nov 2001WWW link: Black Hole ChessNone This link is broken. - JCL ...
18 Nov 2001WWW link: Targetchess TMNone This link is broken. - JCL ...
18 Nov 2001KriegNone Somewhere in my effects, I have the Basic source code for th ...
18 Nov 2001WWW link: NARF!None This link is broken. - JCL ...
18 Nov 2001WWW link: ChessmayneNone This link is broken. You also have Chessmayne banners. - JC ...
18 Nov 2001Pixelpusher: Chancellor chessNone On seeing the mention of the Bishop conversion rule, I dug o ...
17 Nov 2001The Pizza KingsNone I failed to note in my previous comment that my daughter, Re ...
17 Nov 2001The Pizza KingsNone The concept of Alphabet Chess has been anticipated, sort of. ...
17 Nov 2001The Pizza KingsExcellent (HR)I had to digest this for a few days before I could comme ...
16 Nov 2001Chess Word Macros & FontsGood I've got some nifty VBA code for converting FEN/EPD to font ...
16 Nov 2001VendettaExcellent I my self made this board before i came on this site now i k ...
15 Nov 2001Piececlopedia: A TaxonomyNone I don't know if I might have missed this information, but h ...
14 Nov 2001Link to: Variations on GoNone This link is obsolete. - JCL ...
14 Nov 2001Chancellor Chess (Book)None The rules to Chancellor Chess call for a 9x9 board, but all ...
12 Nov 2001Chess Variant Construction SetExcellent I measured the squares on the Gothic chess board: they're 2" ...
12 Nov 2001WWW site: midi GamesNone Link removed. Thanks JCL... ...
12 Nov 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent Great! This website has taught me a lot about the basics of ...
12 Nov 2001Progressive ChessPoor needs 4 man kill move ...
11 Nov 2001WWW site: midi GamesNone This link is obsolete. Check it out right away. - JCL ...
11 Nov 2001WWW site: MacrochessNone This link is broken. - JCL ...
11 Nov 2001Link to: Gunjin ShogiNone Both links are broken. - JCL ...
11 Nov 2001WWW link: Cai QiNone The link attached to the diagram is obsolete. - JCL ...
11 Nov 2001WWW link: Uncle Wang Chinese C...None This link is broken. I was just there 2-3 weeks ago, too. - ...
11 Nov 2001Home page of The Chess Variant...Poor In the opening line of this website: "It is generally ass ...
11 Nov 2001http://www.geocities.com/greek...None Download Greek chess games. ...
10 Nov 2001Spacious PiecesNone (HR)"The next square". So, a Spacious Knight going from g1 t ...
10 Nov 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None Question? IF a pawn got to the oth ...
10 Nov 2001Spacious PiecesExcellent A question and a comment: First How does a spacious knigh ...
9 Nov 2001WWII ChessExcellent No comment. ...
7 Nov 2001Worse than WorthlessNone (HR)I'll answer the easy question and quietly ignore the oth ...
7 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...Excellent A pleasing, if unsurprising result: when writing the page fo ...
7 Nov 2001Dabbabante ChessNone Thanks for the suggestion, David. I have done so, and V.R. ...
7 Nov 2001Dabbabante ChessNone The (a class=extern href="../link2.dir/vc-website.html")BC ...
7 Nov 2001Worse than WorthlessExcellent Mindblowing ideas. Too bad the term "White Elephant" ca ...
6 Nov 2001Piececlopedia: QueenPoor it's worthless and poorly designed. ...
4 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None Regarding the Bifferbubarc: perhaps it could be a standard o ...
4 Nov 2001Spacious PiecesNone The (0,1) was changed to (0,3) as per your request. You (b) ...
4 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None Xiang Qi addition added. (p) PBA ...
4 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None The fix is in! (p) PBA ...
4 Nov 2001The Fighting FizziesNone OK, I've deformalized it (is (em)deformalized(/em) an actual ...
4 Nov 2001The Fighting FizziesNone Too much formal training or something. While it seemed fine ...
4 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)After all that rewriting and rereading and proofing, sti ...
4 Nov 2001The Fighting FizziesExcellent Excellent, but what's this "MR. Betza" cra^H^H^Hstuff? If yo ...
4 Nov 2001Turning and ChurningNone No, most chessmen are molded -- like your joke!! ...
4 Nov 2001Rules of Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chin...None tgyh ...
4 Nov 2001Rules of Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chin...None tgyh ...
4 Nov 2001Turning and ChurningNone Actually, although the last word may have been said about tu ...
3 Nov 2001Piececlopedia: Crowned RookNone Whoops! OK, it's fixed. (p) PBA ...
3 Nov 2001Piececlopedia: Crowned RookNone Note that in the first line, the piece is referred to as the ...
3 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None OK, I made the Fizzies a page. It's at: (p) (a href="../d ...
3 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None qH would be circular H, but lame (what you want) is nH. That ...
3 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None qH would be circular H, but lame (what you want) is nH. ...
3 Nov 2001A Game of Remarkable Rookies v...Good (HR)The notation presented is odd.(P)13...Pf5-f4 is the move ...
2 Nov 2001A Game of Remarkable Rookies v...Good play ...
1 Nov 2001Photo's of Exchess SetExcellent I just received a set of these, and they are as nice (or nic ...
1 Nov 2001Turning and ChurningNone Note that the Right Rhino, of October 2001, is in effect a f ...
1 Nov 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None The latest version of the Spacious Cannoneer ZRF is 1.3(br) ...
31 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)I should have said, at the end of the "The traditional X ...
31 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesNone (HR)Is it legitimate to correct a braino in a feedback corre ...
31 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)I love the Fighting Fizzies and can only hope they don't ...
31 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...Excellent I've been inspired by this series of articles to create my ...
29 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None If anyone has downloaded the Spacious Cannoneers ZRF to play ...
29 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesNone (HR)Castling is special, and of course following the idea th ...
29 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesExcellent You know, Halflings vs Spacious pieces would be very confusi ...
29 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesNone Here's another annoying detail question of little practical ...
28 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesNone (HR)You have invented Specious pieces! Development is indeed ...
28 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesExcellent Comment on Note [2]: I would reserve "specious" for the "in ...
28 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)Intuitive but not obvious. The estimates of what the mul ...
28 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesNone "or as a combination of W plus lame (0,2) plus lame (0,3)" I ...
28 Oct 2001Spacious PiecesNone (HR)When a Spacious Rook wants to go from e1 to e8, it is ne ...
28 Oct 2001Piececlopedia: WazirNone Fixed the link. Thanks to the reader for reporting this erro ...
28 Oct 2001Rules of Chess (Italian Transl...None I have changed the link to use the page specified in the pre ...
28 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)No, really, I swear I put that error in the analysis of ...
28 Oct 2001Platform ChessGood The background color is too dark not providing enough contra ...
27 Oct 2001Piececlopedia: WazirNone Note the Tamerlane chess link on this page takes you to Chat ...
27 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None You could say, as the math professors did in college, "It is ...
27 Oct 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent great job it looks nice ...
27 Oct 2001Piececlopedia: FriendExcellent The Friend and Orphan are the reciprocal of Mannis Charosh's ...
27 Oct 2001RHINOS: A FAMILY OF VARIANT CH...Excellent (HR)This is what an encyclopedia entry should look like! Lot ...
26 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None When I say "the multiplier for Dabbabbabbarider should be", ...
26 Oct 2001Piececlopedia: WaffleNone This is a perfect example of the deficiencies in the piececl ...
26 Oct 2001Piececlopedia: RavenNone (HR)Piclopaeda entries ought to give the estimated value of ...
26 Oct 2001Chessvariants.com -- What's Ne...Poor I think it is amazing that nobody has ever fedback about the ...
26 Oct 2001Pot-Hole ChessGood (HR)Can Knights jump over potholes? Can you lose your K to a ...
26 Oct 2001Rules of Chess (Italian Transl...None http://www.maskeret.com/micio/docfide.htm was found by goin ...
26 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None The Nutty Knights' honor has been restored. (p) PBA ...
26 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None Error corrected -- it's gone like it never was there. Ocean ...
25 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)I would prefer not to make such a horrible error, but at ...
25 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None OK, now I understand, thanks. (But you say, "These percenta ...
24 Oct 2001Rules of Chess (Italian Transl...None If anyone knows of such a page (chess rules in italian), ple ...
24 Oct 2001Index: Themed Chess VariantsNone So added, and while I was at it, fixed some broken links. -- ...
24 Oct 2001Mega-ChessNone You left off the invisible smiley... -DH ...
24 Oct 2001Illustrated rules of chessNone I was impressed with your display of rules and want to share ...
24 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None To have 41 to 45 empty spaces means that 9 to 13 pieces must ...
24 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...Excellent Maybe I'm just being dense, but this statement doesn't seem ...
23 Oct 2001Rules of Chess (Italian Transl...Poor (HR)Ci dev'essere gia' da qualche parte un'esempio degli reg ...
23 Oct 2001Mega-ChessExcellent What, no zillions file? ...
23 Oct 2001Mega-ChessExcellent (HR)We need a rating better than excellent.(P)I appreciate t ...
23 Oct 2001Index: Themed Chess VariantsExcellent Piazza San Marco Chess and Closing Time are also themed game ...
23 Oct 2001Troll ChessNone If your only King is demoted to a Pawn, you must not promote ...
23 Oct 2001Giveaway ChessExcellent I think its great that you have it! Hopefully the variant wi ...
23 Oct 2001Rules of Chess (Spanish Transl...Good No comment. ...
22 Oct 2001Quest-ChessExcellent Cooles Game! Simon Budde ...
21 Oct 2001WWW link: NetBlitz Chess Progr...None scvsdc ...
19 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None (HR)Oh, I just put that error in there to see if anybody was ...
19 Oct 2001Link to: Go-Chess (tm)Excellent 2 things I like especially - no opening move sequences to me ...
19 Oct 2001/N.htmlNone Neo Chess was a commercial version of an old game that has h ...
19 Oct 2001/N.htmlNone Back in the seventies, my mother was browsing at a mall when ...
19 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...Excellent One minor point about Avian Airforce match-ups: the Nutty Kn ...
18 Oct 2001A Glossary of Basic Chess Vari...Excellent No comment. ...
18 Oct 2001Chess pieces - gifsExcellent Thanks for the pics...I've cleaned them up a bit to use with ...
17 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesNone (HR)(P)"Unplayable" is relative, of course. I have played an ...
17 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None OK. For each article in this series, I have linked the (em) ...
17 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None Would it be possible to link each mention of an exotic piece ...
17 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...None The Chess Variant Pages' own Piececlopedia contains definiti ...
17 Oct 2001Ideal Values and Practical Val...Good Concerning the entire series, most of us don't play Chess wi ...
16 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesExcellent While driving home from work today, it occurred to me how to ...
15 Oct 2001Matrix Chess NotationExcellent No comment. ...
15 Oct 2001Illustrated rules of chessNone Comment about the image about castling undertitled "Neithe ...
15 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesNone Oh, I figured on some interpretation of that order. My resp ...
15 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesNone I think it's a great idea. Perhaps 'unplayable' is a mislead ...
15 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesNone Whilst unplayability is in the eye of the beholder, I feel i ...
15 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesNone Perhaps we should have a contest for wacky, unplayable chess ...
14 Oct 2001Chess with Cyclical ArmiesExcellent (HR)(P)This is positively wacky and unplayable and I love it ...
14 Oct 2001The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessNone I have already sent you an abusive language online player ca ...
14 Oct 2001/mansubat.dir/mans05sl.htmlNone On the 2nd image the General placed at a3 it's really placed ...
14 Oct 2001/mansubat.dir/mans05sl.htmlNone There's a little error on this line: 2. E c5 x e3, ... (I ...
13 Oct 2001Fianchetto ChessNone Yes, there should be a Bishop, not a Rook on h1. Thanks for ...
13 Oct 2001Global ChesshereGood You need more info on the rules involving diagonal movement ...
13 Oct 2001Fianchetto ChessGood H1 shouldbe a bishop? ...
13 Oct 2001Dutch ChessGood Does theking and queen leap over intervening piece? ...
13 Oct 2001Chess37Good This crys out for a 4/2 player variant where there's 4 sets ...
12 Oct 2001Tezhi Luzhanqi - Chinese army ...Good Hai Hans! I was just wondering if "Tezhi Luzhanqi" can be ...
11 Oct 2001Sittuyin: Burmese ChessExcellent I like your site thanks for leting me lerne form your site ...
10 Oct 2001Four player variant for knight...None I have seen 4 player chess with also 3 and 4 additional rows ...
10 Oct 2001Insect ChessNone Fixed. Thanks for pointing out the problem... --DH ...
10 Oct 2001Insect ChessGood Looks like fun, but I haven't been able to try it because wh ...
10 Oct 2001Jack-Be-Nimble ChessNone Reply to previous rating: Good point. We need candlesticks! ...
9 Oct 20011st Email Championship Chess w...None (P)The Paulowich Plan for playing with the Remarkable Rookie ...
9 Oct 2001Jack-Be-Nimble ChessNone How can there be jack-be-numble chess with no candlestick? ...
9 Oct 2001The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessGood No comment. ...
8 Oct 2001Ki ShogiNone Oops, Renormalized board is 7x7 ...
8 Oct 2001Ki ShogiExcellent This game soundds quite amazing. It can be renormalized, wit ...
7 Oct 2001Thunder ChessExcellent A possible variant would be turning thunder,where in additio ...
6 Oct 2001NOSTNone Thanks. I have updated the link: http://www.nostgames.com/ ...
6 Oct 2001NOSTNone Thelink seems broken -JJ ...
4 Oct 2001The Eight Queens problem - Sol...Good I found another way to do it ... keep the four pieces that g ...
4 Oct 2001Modest Proposals - MOVEMENT RU...Good Actually, I rather liked this part, since I have a variant o ...
4 Oct 2001Link to: Go-Chess (tm)Poor No comment. ...
2 Oct 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent no comment. ...
2 Oct 2001Xiangqi: Chinese ChessGood No comment. ...
1 Oct 2001WWW link: Knightstour programNone Sucks.... Sucks..... really sucks... ...
1 Oct 2001Quantum Mechanics and ChessNone Oops, dEdT)=hbar/2. That solves some problems with previous ...
1 Oct 2001Quantum Mechanics and ChessGood Of the suggestions, quantum chess,though untried looks the m ...
30 Sep 2001A fool's mate in Capablanca's ...None The score of Capy's short game is incorrect! The first move ...
27 Sep 2001Index: Chess variants with usu...None Interesting game, Carlos! But I will note that the name Kni ...
26 Sep 2001Index: Chess variants with usu...Excellent Another variant with same rules and pieces but different ini ...
26 Sep 2001Index: Chess variants with usu...Excellent Another variant with same rules and pieces but different ini ...
25 Sep 2001Changgi - Korean Chess ChessExcellent Thanks to Seongmo Yoon, this page seems all right. I like Ja ...
25 Sep 2001Rules of Chess (Korean Transla...Poor I am a reader from Korea, and this very translation of "Rule ...
23 Sep 2001Extended Half-ChessGood Castling can be accomdated by changing the castling rule thu ...
21 Sep 2001Mega-ChessExcellent Another way to limit this variant to make it more playable i ...
21 Sep 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent No comment. ...
18 Sep 2001Who is Who on Eight by EightGood With some division, you could calculate how many Pawns each ...
18 Sep 2001Photo's of Exchess SetGood I would like to know the names of the pieces pictured. -- Fe ...
17 Sep 2001CrazyhouseNone haha silly me. two player variant is correct of course. ...
17 Sep 2001CrazyhouseNone " Crazyhouse is a two-player version of Bughouse, and " ...
16 Sep 2001Five UpGood "because it's not possible to get the opposing armies far en ...
16 Sep 2001Rules of Chess (Norwegian Tran...None Thanks for the feedback Per. We could use your help in makin ...
15 Sep 2001Rules of Chess (Norwegian Tran...Poor The translation is rally lacking you have several words that ...
13 Sep 2001/42.dir/index.htmlExcellent No comment. ...
12 Sep 2001Play Chess Variants by MailExcellent No comment. ...
12 Sep 2001Quang Trung ChessPoor No comment. ...
10 Sep 2001WWW link: ItsYourTurn.ComNone How come I get an error message when I try to pull up itsyou ...
9 Sep 2001The worst Chess program in the...Excellent Great idea. I myself found another 6 move solution before r ...
8 Sep 2001Cannons and CrabsGood It seems a nice variant. The pieces are as they should be in ...
8 Sep 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent This is David Paulowich writing in support of the standard r ...
8 Sep 2001Index: Chess variants on a boa...None Try: (a href="http://www.chessvariants.com/Gindex.html")http ...
7 Sep 2001Mega-ChessNone Well, of course this game could be made even more 'over the ...
7 Sep 2001Rules of Chess (German Transla...Poor No comment. ...
6 Sep 2001Cincinnati 4-way ChessGood david moser, we have the quadular game, and for the first ...
6 Sep 2001Mega-ChessExcellent This game is completely, totally, utterly over the top. ( ...
5 Sep 2001Illustrated rules of chessGood No comment. ...
5 Sep 2001Index: Chess variants on a boa...Excellent i've been looking for a list of chess variants to be played ...
2 Sep 2001AmoebaGood No comment. ...
2 Sep 2001 4 x 4 x 8 Tri-dimensional Che...Good No comment. ...
2 Sep 2001CHESS 2000Good bravo ...
31 Aug 2001Kung Fu ChessNone A most interesting selection of pieces! The (unpromoted) Br ...
29 Aug 2001OMEGA CHESS - RulesExcellent Wow, never heard of Omega chess before! It sounds great beca ...
27 Aug 2001WWW link: Byzantine ChessGood No comment. ...
25 Aug 2001True Type chess fonts and Ches...None I'd like to be able to see the fonts before I download them ...
24 Aug 2001Modest ProposalsExcellent Intriguing-I'm not a chess player right now but I'm interest ...
24 Aug 20013D chess from Star Trek - Rule...Excellent LINK TO: Fully automated and FREE Star Trek 3D chess @ http: ...
23 Aug 2001Zelda ChessGood Just wondering if you could implement other types of capture ...
23 Aug 2001ChaturangaGood No comment. ...
20 Aug 2001Link to: ChessMage (tm): A Liv...Excellent Fabulous Fantasy Art! ...
20 Aug 2001Tamerlane chessExcellent Thank you very much for the clear explanation. I needed it f ...
20 Aug 2001Timur's Chess: Sample Game 1Excellent Thank you very much for the clear explanation. I needed it f ...
19 Aug 2001The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessExcellent No comment. ...
18 Aug 2001WWW link: Cubic ChessNone I like it. ...
13 Aug 2001Awards given to the Chess Vari...Excellent Congratulations for the awards! You deserve it! ...
9 Aug 2001Chess on a Longer Board with a...None David Paulowich says: Things are going get strange now! My ...
9 Aug 2001PieceEater ChessNone That's a very good question, David! I hadn't thought of thi ...
9 Aug 2001PieceEater ChessExcellent (pre) +---+---+---+---+ | | k | | | 5 +---+---+---+ ...
8 Aug 2001MEGACHESSExcellent I have played both megachess and megabug as a student of Mr. ...
7 Aug 2001Zork and TurnExcellent HEEEELLLLPPPP! Please write more soon! I can't stand cli ...
6 Aug 2001Mercurial ChessNone Note, the ZRF you want should have a Revision of 1.1 when yo ...
6 Aug 2001Mercurial ChessNone If anyone has downloaded the ZIP file containing the ZRF, a ...
6 Aug 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Excellent No comment. ...
6 Aug 2001Shou Dou Qi: The Battle of Ani...Excellent Thank you for providing so much information on this game. I ...
5 Aug 2001Home page of The Chess Variant...Good http://pages.infinit.net/tarrasch/ ...
5 Aug 2001Xiangqi: Chinese ChessNone Informative overview for the newcomer to Xiangqi, however, t ...
3 Aug 2001Illustrated rules of chessPoor none ...
2 Aug 2001Augmented ChessExcellent This is very nice, but I find myself wondering about the arm ...
2 Aug 2001Toystore ChessGood What if a player must place his king, but there is no square ...
2 Aug 2001Building Your Own Star Trek Tr...Good I do think that the page needs a few pics, because those ACS ...
30 Jul 2001Building Your Own Star Trek Tr...Good You need a link to his own page for rules ...
29 Jul 2001Growing and Shrinking: Playing...Excellent Mr. Howe: I found your article to be very informative. ...
29 Jul 2001SmessExcellent Smess was one of my first "chess" games when I was a kid, an ...
28 Jul 2001Link to: Millennium 3D Chess (...Excellent No comment. ...
28 Jul 2001Fischer Random Chess - NewsPoor No comment. ...
27 Jul 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None while playing an opponent on the computer, we work down to 3 ...
16 Jul 20013D chess from Star Trek - Rule...Good I just received a Tridimensional Chess set (Franklin Mint) f ...
16 Jul 2001Lucky Xiangqi: a variant of Ch...Good No comment. ...
16 Jul 2001Link to: ChessMage (tm): A Liv...Excellent No comment. ...
15 Jul 2001Behemoth ChessNone (BR)I haven't played this game but logic told me too much lu ...
14 Jul 2001Behemoth ChessNone I've played this game and I agree with Gnohman -- too much l ...
12 Jul 2001Field ChessExcellent The archer seems to add a unique style of strategy to chess. ...
12 Jul 2001Forsythe Edwards Notation Play...Excellent What you name as "Forsythe Edwards Notation" is "Forsythe Co ...
11 Jul 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent now I feel confident to win my wife in her own game ...
11 Jul 2001Behemoth ChessExcellent (HR)(P)This is an excellent idea, but -- oh, there's always ...
11 Jul 2001Xiangqi: Chinees schaakExcellent No comment. ...
10 Jul 2001/A.htmlNone The Chesmayne Chess Dictionary is off-line due to lack of in ...
10 Jul 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None To the last rater:(p) The enemy cannot move his king to a s ...
9 Jul 20013D chess from Star Trek - Rule...Good i was woundering if you can buy on of these sets, if so plea ...
9 Jul 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...None 0k lets say that i have just put the oponents king in check ...
8 Jul 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Excellent i think u have a great website i love it!!! ...
7 Jul 2001Space ChessGood You failed to mention how easy it is for the center poles to ...
6 Jul 2001BombalotNone The Sir Bombalot game plays subtely different to the rules o ...
5 Jul 2001Pocket pieces thematic tourney...None After thinking about it some more, I'm not sure a "pocket pi ...
5 Jul 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessNone Minimal Not-Particularly-New Chess can be turned into Chess ...
5 Jul 2001Perfect Chess by Köksal Karaku...None For a different arrangement of the same pieces, see Tutti-Fr ...
5 Jul 2001The Chess Variant Pages: Alpha...None Fascinating web site! I think you're missing a game on your ...
4 Jul 2001Knot ChessPoor There is one major difference between Circular Chess and Kno ...
4 Jul 2001Knot ChessNone A reader wrote: How is knot chess really any different fr ...
3 Jul 2001Pocket pieces thematic tourney...None I can't make heads or tails what these problems are about. ...
3 Jul 2001Pocket pieces thematic tourney...None There are several reasons why the examples on this page are ...
3 Jul 2001Pocket pieces thematic tourney...None Maybe I'm missing something, but the example problems given ...
3 Jul 2001Fifo ChessNone (HR)How interesting that I failed to mention something too o ...
3 Jul 2001Fifo ChessNone Jim, (p) The way I understand it, if you capture a piece a ...
2 Jul 2001/contributors.htmlGood I have also contributed DOUBLE-EIGHTEEN-STONE-CHESS and CAN ...
2 Jul 2001Fifo ChessExcellent Seems like this concept could lead to very interesting game- ...
29 Jun 2001 Shogi: Japanese Chess (the Ch...Excellent No comment. ...
29 Jun 2001Five UpNone I want to make one minor change to speed up the opening: The ...
29 Jun 2001Recognized Chess VariantsNone I think you misspelled my name at the bottom "Tom O'Lena", u ...
29 Jun 2001Double DiamondGood This is a perfectly nice rearrangement of the Chess pieces o ...
29 Jun 2001Catastrophic 8x8 ChessPoor This isn't a chess variant at all. He briefly describes an i ...
29 Jun 2001Fifo ChessNone Ok, now how about Fifi and Fido Chess? :-) Or perhaps we ...
28 Jun 2001Fischer Random ChessNone Hi, I have worked out a slightly different method of sett ...
27 Jun 2001Xiangqi: Chinese ChessPoor No comment. ...
26 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone Fergus, I've talked Jonathan a bit more. By sound in Canton ...
26 Jun 2001Stones and RelaysNone (a) Yes, null moves -- via one relay or via both of them tog ...
26 Jun 2001Four TowersNone I agree -- it's basically too complicated. The detachability ...
26 Jun 2001Four TowersNone PBA, apparently you all have seduced Jim into joining the Da ...
26 Jun 2001Double DiamondNone M = marshall, which moves like rook or knight, as mentioned ...
26 Jun 2001Double DiamondNone The rules are incomplete. What piece is designated by M? - ...
26 Jun 2001Stones and RelaysExcellent This game looks very interesting, and I think the relays wou ...
26 Jun 2001Four TowersGood Is this the (b)same(/b) Jim Aikin who wrote: (blockquote)( ...
25 Jun 2001ChaturangaNone Ok, I've uploaded a new chaturanga.zip, so now it should wor ...
25 Jun 2001All the Way ChessGood (P)In addition to anti-Rooks and the like, there are also "R ...
25 Jun 2001Trap ChessNone (P)I hated making the special rules for the K and Q, but ala ...
25 Jun 2001ChaturangaNone I've been warned that this still doesn't work even with the ...
25 Jun 2001ChaturangaNone It looks like the zillions implementation for this game assu ...
25 Jun 2001Rules of ChessExcellent No comment. ...
25 Jun 2001Rules of ChessExcellent No comment. ...
25 Jun 2001ChaturangaNone I also have problems with the zrf. It seems that the image ...
25 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessNone A new solution to the unguarded Pawn has been added as a sub ...
24 Jun 2001ChaturangaNone In the past, i have tried many times to download your versio ...
24 Jun 2001WWW link: Global ChessNone I looked more closely at the second link to a global chess s ...
23 Jun 2001Trap ChessGood Trap Chess is similar to another variant on this website: Al ...
22 Jun 2001The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessNone In regard to Jose Fernandez' question, your friend was perfe ...
22 Jun 2001Action Man's ChessGood Sorry, but I guess the same question could apply to Spearman ...
22 Jun 2001Action Man's ChessGood Can the Spearman capture forward only orthogonically or can ...
21 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone (P)I changed one rule regarding Pawn promotion. A Pawn may ...
21 Jun 2001Field ChessNone I apologize for the misunderstanding of the archers' movemen ...
21 Jun 2001The F.I.D.E. Laws Of ChessGood I have used the "The F.I.D.E Laws Of Chess" several times to ...
19 Jun 2001Field ChessNone Unless I misread the rules, it's never clarified whether the ...
19 Jun 2001Chess'3None Jim, the previous version of this clearly supports your inte ...
19 Jun 2001Chess'3Good I like the idea of a somewhat nonviolent piece. I didn't fin ...
19 Jun 2001Field ChessPoor Why is this new piece called an Archer? There is nothing Ar ...
19 Jun 2001Chess'3None I can not for the life of me figure out from the description ...
19 Jun 2001Pillar ChessExcellent (P)"Pillar Checkers" is an excellent historical reference. I ...
19 Jun 2001Chess Variant OrganizationsNone (Comment on previous comment:) I think this is not an org ...
18 Jun 2001More Halflings, by Ralph BetzaNone How about something really whimsical: A Reverse-Halfling th ...
18 Jun 2001Building Your Own Star Trek Tr...Excellent No comment. ...
17 Jun 2001Missoum Perspective ChessNone salut abdelkader missoum c'est moi ton frère missoum tayeb c ...
17 Jun 2001Chess Variant OrganizationsGood .... but why is Richard's Play By Email Server at http:// ...
16 Jun 2001Chess pieces - gifsPoor Needs improvement on the design and detail. ...
16 Jun 2001Field ChessPoor I have read the archers move 3 or 4 times, and I (b)still(/b ...
16 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone (P)I have now uploaded the oriental version, and a link to i ...
16 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone Although I'm not putting the game on an authentic Chinese Ch ...
16 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone According to zhongwen.com, another character is much more co ...
16 Jun 2001Snake ChessNone David, I consulted with Sergey, and he agreed with you, so w ...
16 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone I'll ask Jonathan when he gets back from vacation. Mind you ...
16 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone Hmmmm... so what would the proper Chinese phrase be for "Wes ...
15 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone I asked my office mate, who is ethnic Chinese from Malaysia, ...
15 Jun 2001Ki ShogiNone The fact that the author of the game has to use a square gri ...
15 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone I'm glad you like the game. You can play it on a Chinese bo ...
15 Jun 2001Yáng QíGood This variant is a really good idea! The board and pieces al ...
15 Jun 2001Pyramid ChessNone Columbia Ventures, Inc. 50 S. Beretania Street, C-209 Hono ...
14 Jun 2001Jester ChessExcellent No comment. ...
14 Jun 2001Twenty-First Century ChessNone Since no Twenty-first Century chess sets are commercia ...
13 Jun 2001Ki ShogiExcellent This looks like a very interesting game, and I really like t ...
13 Jun 2001Four Handed Chess (I)Good hia my name is chuck and i'm 15 i been playin chess since i ...
12 Jun 2001Snake ChessGood This game is good, however, it is critical that stalemate be ...
12 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone Part of my perspective on Chess is from the aesthetics of ma ...
11 Jun 2001Yáng QíExcellent This is a very nice game, but it really doesn't play anythin ...
11 Jun 2001Yáng QíNone I appreciate the positive comments on Yáng Qí. Regarding th ...
11 Jun 2001Torus ChessGood I think the design of this game is good, however I think I w ...
11 Jun 2001Triune ChessGood I've been meaning to try out all these three player ideas, b ...
11 Jun 2001Yáng QíExcellent From an aesthetic perspective, I find this game very pleasin ...
11 Jun 2001AmoebaGood I like it. To the previous rater: The name seems to come ...
10 Jun 2001Rules of Chess - Frequent Aske...Excellent No comment. ...
10 Jun 2001AmoebaPoor what is this it has nothing to do with amoeba ...
9 Jun 2001Toe-to-Toe ChessExcellent Excellent! I really like how you did the deployment phase -- ...
9 Jun 2001Illustrated rules of chessExcellent I am a teacher and am thinking of starting a chess club at s ...
9 Jun 2001ShatranjGood I thought pawns are not allowed to make a double-step on the ...
8 Jun 2001Torus ChessNone Seems to me this variant, which is quite large, may be the ...
8 Jun 2001Report on 41-square Chess Vari...None Thanks to the judge for his hard work and for the kind words ...
7 Jun 2001Report on 41-square Chess Vari...None Hurray for Tony! ...
7 Jun 2001Triune ChessNone (P)In the 1960s, I played what you might call MultiMulti Che ...
6 Jun 2001Chess pieces - gifsExcellent Thanks so much for the pics of pieces. I've been looking fo ...
6 Jun 2001Lene Hau ChessNone (P)If info about moves only traveled one square per turn, it ...
5 Jun 2001ChaturangaPoor come pn you can o better!!!! ...
5 Jun 2001Lene Hau ChessNone Links. Oh, yeh -- there's one of (em)those(/em). Reading i ...
5 Jun 2001Clairvoyant ChessGood (P)Buying a Pawn drop and then buying a capturing move for i ...
5 Jun 2001Lene Hau ChessNone (P)The very first mention of Lene Hau in the text is a link ...
4 Jun 2001EditorsExcellent The excellent rating here is for Hans exclusively. I'd give ...
4 Jun 2001Clairvoyant ChessNone It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to buy an extra ...
4 Jun 2001Clairvoyant ChessExcellent Very nice! Is there any particular reason why you can't buy ...
4 Jun 2001Lene Hau ChessExcellent It took me a little research to figure out the meaning of th ...
4 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessNone (P)Is sticking the NB on the end of the Paulowich lineup too ...
4 Jun 2001Kung Fu ChessNone There is a bug in this .zrf. I submitted a fix to Chessvari ...
4 Jun 2001Lene Hau ChessNone (P)One does not play chess with a physical set, ever. The ch ...
4 Jun 2001Lene Hau ChessExcellent This seems as if it would be quite fun to play, although (as ...
4 Jun 2001Xiangqi: Chinese ChessExcellent No comment. ...
4 Jun 2001Clairvoyant ChessExcellent While I think this makes a great two-player chess variant, I ...
3 Jun 2001Index: Chess variants with usu...Excellent Great site! It had the setup I was looking for, and some oth ...
2 Jun 2001Xiangqi: Chinese ChessPoor No comment. ...
1 Jun 2001Free-for-all ChessNone My partner and I regularly play variant similar to Free-for- ...
1 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessNone No Mad Elephants in this game, this is supposed to be a (e ...
1 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessGood (P)and add an Archbishop at the (B)right(/b), oops.(P) -- ( ...
1 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessGood (P)I like the use of the Jester, whose niftiness was the red ...
1 Jun 2001Rental ChessNone (P)The prices shown by the UAD are the same as in Rental Che ...
1 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessNone Peter says,"Many of designers of these games are concerned w ...
1 Jun 20011st Email Championship Chess w...NonePeter, you are right! I've made the corrections. Hans B ...
1 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessNone David, in fact my name choice for this variant (em)was(/em) ...
1 Jun 2001Not-Particularly-New ChessGood This is weird: a couple of days ago, I came up with a varian ...
31 May 2001Fun-in-a-Box ChessNone This is yet another test. Please ignore... ...
31 May 2001Rental ChessNone I checked and discovered Ralph has already used the name Che ...
31 May 2001The birth of Fischer Random ChessExcellent No comment. ...
31 May 2001Falling OffNone (P)Your guesses, no and no, are both correct.(P)Falling Off ...
31 May 2001Falling OffExcellent This looks like fun, although a computer program might be re ...
31 May 2001Rental ChessGood Interesting... *almost* a blend of Chess with Monopoly :-) ...
30 May 2001Rental ChessNone (P)Last nite I had some vague memory of EOTW, but couldn't r ...
30 May 2001Fun-in-a-Box ChessNone Ah well Peter, it's ok. I think I'll change the rules, seein ...
29 May 2001Fun-in-a-Box ChessNone Obviously the implementor of the ZRF can not tell a King fro ...
29 May 2001Rental ChessNone "but the K costs as per its location rather than a universal ...
29 May 2001Rental ChessNone (P)Simplified bookkeepppiinngg ("Oops, I got carried away" a ...
29 May 2001Rental ChessNone Ooops. I meant center 2x2, not center 4x4 in the previous co ...
29 May 2001Rental ChessExcellent I can't think of any improvements to this game. However I ha ...
28 May 2001Xiangqi: Chinese ChessPoor No comment. ...
27 May 2001Fun-in-a-Box ChessNone Good idea. Makes it a bit easier to free up your things (unl ...