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2009-08-23

• John Smith's Very Unofficial 47 Square Chess Variant Contest. Yes, just as the title says! I hope this is legal! (Cells: 47) By John Smith.

2009-02-14

• 47 Contest Results. (Cells: 47) By John Smith.

2007-11-28

• 45 or 46 Cell Contest - 2007 Design Contest. Quick contest for 45 or 46 cells. Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2007. By Jeremy Gabriel Good.

2007-08-02

• 2007-2008 Chess Variants Design Contest. Chess variant inventors gather round! We're doing it again! Exact nature of contest to be determined with YOUR help!! By Jeremy Gabriel Good.

2007-02-20

• Game Courier Tournament #3. Vote for which games should be in the third Game Courier tournament. Author: Fergus Duniho.

2006-06-15

• Chess/Xianqi/Shogi Tournament #1. Enter the First Chess/Xiangqi/Shogi Game Courier Tournament! Author: Antoine Fourrière.

2006-03-20

• Game Courier Tournament #2. Sign up for our 2nd multi-variant tournament to be played all on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.

2005-12-27

• Results of finals voting of the 10-contest. Who won the contest celebrating 10 years of this website? Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2005-06-30

• Voting on the contest to design a 10-chess variant. Voting rules and grouping of the games in four sets. Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.

2005-06-29

• Voting page for the 10-chess variant design contest. Page with four groups of games; vote before September 15, 2005. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2005-02-07

• 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies. Webpage of contest held in 2001/2002. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
• CVP Hall of Champions. See who has prevailed in all the competitions we've ever held, and hints about the future. Author: Glenn Overby II.

2004-11-26

• Game Courier Tournament #1. A multi-variant tournament played on Game Courier. Author: Fergus Duniho.

2004-08-20

• 44-squares chess variant design contest.. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition. (Cells: 44) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2004-03-10

• Contest: the 9 Queens Problem. Put 9 queens and 1 or 2 pawns such that queens do not see each other. Send your solution before Feb 29, and win a book! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wim Henk Bodlaender.

2003-08-02

• Lùotuoqí (Camel Chess). Fun contest: Help us create a new chess variant by committee. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Glenn Overby II.

2003-08-01

• Invent-and-Play. A design contest and a small PBEM tournament, combined! Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2003-07-27

• Two Variant Problem Contests. Problem construction contest open to December 15th; solving contest in 2004 uses entries! Author: Glenn Overby II.

2003-07-26

• 84 Spaces Contest. 84 Spaces Contest begins! (Cells: 84) Author: Fergus Duniho and Hans L. Bodlaender.

2003-07-17

• Multivariant Tournament 2003. 2003 Multivariant PBEM tournament headquarters page. Author: Glenn Overby II.

2003-07-07

• Lùotuoqí: Nominations. The list of official nominations for the variant-by-committee. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Various.
• Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 43 squares. (Cells: 43) Author: Glenn Overby II and Hans L. Bodlaender.

2003-05-14

• Proposed World Open Variant PBEM Tourney. Tournament proposal open for public comment before creation. Author: Glenn Overby II.

2003-01-31

• 84 Spaces Contest - Jury members. Please consider becoming a judge for the 84 squares contest! (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2002-12-19

• 84 Spaces Contest. Information/proposal on judgement of the contest. (Cells: 84) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2002-11-26

• 84 Spaces Contest: Prizes. (Cells: 84) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2002-09-23

• Rules for the 84 Spaces Contest. Contest held in 2002. (Cells: 84) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.

2002-09-17

• 42-Square Design Contest Results. The results of the contest to design a Chess Variant on 42 squares are now official. Author: Peter Aronson.

2002-02-04

• The Chess Variant Pages: Contests. Index page on the contests of this website. (Old index.).

2001-09-29

• Pocket pieces thematic tourney. Chess problem composition tournament. Closing date April 30, 2002. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Juraj Lörinc.

2001-09-27

• 1st Email Championship Chess with Different Armies.

2001-08-07

• Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2001-08-02

• 42-squares chess variant design contest.. (Cells: 42) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2001-06-08

• Report on 41-square Chess Variant Competition. Author: David B. Pritchard.

2001-03-26

• 32-Turn Contest Results. Author: David Howe.

2001-03-21

• Hexagonal chess - problem solving contest 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2001-03-01

• Kriegspiel. Problem solving competition. Author: Juraj Lörinc.

2001-01-04

• Progressive Fischer Random Chess Contest 1998. (8x8, Cells: 64)

2000-12-18

• 40-squares chess variant design contest: Winners. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2000-11-27

• Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares. (Cells: 40) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2000-10-23

• 100 Square Chess Variant Contest.

2000-10-12

• 41-squares chess variant design contest. Contest rules. (Cells: 41) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2000-07-31

• 32-Turn Challenge Index Page.

2000-03-09

• 32-Turn Challenge. Author: David Howe.

2000-01-02

• Contest: Large variant design, 1999.

1999-11-21

• Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.. (Cells: 39) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

1998-06-22

• Contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.. (Cells: 38) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

1998-01-30

• 2nd WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. (8x8, Cells: 64)

1997-10-28

• 1st WWW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Championship. (8x8, Cells: 64)

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