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2021-05-11

1. WGRCV. WGR Index of Chess Variants.

2010-09-09

1. Board Image Utility. A web based application being developed on the Chess Variants Wiki that creates images of CV boards and positions. By Graeme C Neatham.

2008-03-04

1. Gary Gygax. Announcement of Gary Gygax's death.

2006-09-23

1. 2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line. World Chess Variants Championship. By Stephen R. Stockman.

2006-01-01

1. David Pritchard. Death notice. Author: Mike Adams.

2005-07-04

1. Circular Chess Tournament for 2005. 10th Anniversary World Circular Chess Tournament. Author: Dave Reynolds and Richard Orange.

2005-02-08

1. Tony Quintanilla is a new Father!. Our Chess Variant Pages editor's new creation! Author: David Howe. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.

2005-01-07

1. News on Superchess. A championship in combination with Corus chess, and a third set of pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.

2003-12-03

1. Announcement Circular Chess World Championship 2004. Missing description

2003-11-24

1. Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
2. Superchess in Corus Chess tournament. Missing description Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.

2003-06-01

1. Major FUN's Daily Briefings. Article on the Chess Variant Pages. Author: Bernie 'Major Fun' DeKoven.

2003-05-26

1. Hans Bodlaender resigns as editor-in-chief. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2003-05-19

1. Zillions of Games 2.0.1 Released. Missing description By Jeff Mallett.

2003-05-14

1. Circular Chess World Championship 2003. Missing description

2002-10-03

1. A forum at chessvariants.com. A new place to discuss chess variants. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2002-08-30

1. New sets of Exchess (Superchess). Announcement of sets of chess variant pieces. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Henk van Haeringen.

2002-05-20

1. Dutch translations on the Chess Variant Pages. Missing description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2002-04-30

1. Award from ChessAward.Org. Chessvariants.com named 'Great Chess Resource'.

2002-03-22

1. The CMG 7th Computer Olympiad (announcement). Missing description

2002-03-01

1. Inventor of Stratomic to appear at International Games Fest. Runing from February 27 to March 3, 2002. Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux.

2002-02-27

1. Circular Chess Championship for 2002 Announced. Missing description Author: Rob Stevens.

2002-02-20

1. Janus Chess Blitz Tournament . Taking place in Saarbruecken on March, 1st 2002. Author: Jörg Knappen.

2001-01-04

1. News: D. B. Pritchard asks for information. Missing description Author: David B. Pritchard.
2. Three-players Chess. Newspaper announcement of three player chess. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

2000-02-26

1. Fischer Random Chess News. News on Fischer Random Chess. Author: Modest Solans. Inventor: Robert J. Fischer.

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