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Highest rated game: European Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) , rated: 4.7 (Rate Games) (Rating System)

Week ending Feb 15, 2012

Shogi (Japanese Chess). Rewritten and redesigned with new graphics. (9x9, Cells: 81) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.

Flexible Chinese Chess (F-Xiangqi). Xiangqi variant where the horses are initially external (with zrf). (9x10, Cells: 90) By M Winther.
Tee Garden Shogi. Array unified in new Ascii Art diagram. (9x9, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
Plattraum. 2d variant which, like Raumschach in 3d, has three basic long-range pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

Man and Beast 08: Diverse Directions. -bante usage modified. By Charles Gilman.
Man and Beast 06: The Heavy Brigade. More pieces amphibian on cubic board given amphibian names, -bante usage modified. By Charles Gilman.

Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces are external and can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
Flexible Chess (F-chess). The light pieces can move from any empty first rank square (with zrf). (8x8, Cells: 64) By M Winther.
The Clash of Continents Chess . (10x10, Cells: 100) By Namik Zade.
Man and Beast 21: Lords High Everything-Else. Pieces added that I have been prompted to look into by recent comment threads. By Charles Gilman.
Man and Beast 15: Strengthened Across the Board. Querquisite added, Zelig corrected. By Charles Gilman.
Index W to Man and Beast. Zelig definition corrected. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Chess without pawns. Variant where only kings can take and no pawns are used. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Chess without pawns . Corrected a rule. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Mats Winther. Inventor: Vladislav Rapetsky.
Zebulon. Added information on game. (7x7) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Herbert Schuetzdeller.
Chess 2 - The Sequel. Different armies, a new winning condition, and duels. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: David Sirlin.

Official Football Chess. Variant from the 1960's with pieces replaced by football players. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Notake Shogi. All pieces stay on the Shogi board at all times. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Drunken Nights. A toned down version of the Nutty Knights for Chess with different Armies. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Fearful fairies. An experimental army for CadA, featuring the Dullahan (Ferz-Knight compound) and the Banshee. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jörg Knappen.
Chaturanga with minor changes. Newt replaces Rosette. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Half Shoxiang. Newt replaces Rosette. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
Symgi. Newt replaces Rosette. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
Shogi-set Nearlydouble Variants. Newt replaces Rosette. (13x12, Cells: 156) By Charles Gilman.
Man and Beast 11: Long-nosed Generals. -ette and -ebud pieces stripped out. By Charles Gilman.
TOWER SIEGE: 3D CHESS GAME. (8x8, Cells: 64) By kenneth Fourcell.

Djambi. Four player variant with different taking rules and special central square. (9x9, Cells: 1) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Jean Anesto.

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