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 Last Game Courier move entered 33 minutes ago.
 Last Game Courier open invitation made 2 DAYS ago.
 Last Game Courier game finished 8 hours ago.
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Last Chess Variant problem added 2268 DAYS ago.
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Week ending May 28, 2022

1. Ultimate Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess that has no equal. By Max Koval.
2. Shatranj With Different Armies. Like Chess with Different Armies, but for Shatranj. By Andrew L Smith.
3. Shogi with Impassable Kings. A modest fix to Shogi that makes impasses impossible. By Fergus Duniho.
4. Chennis. Kyoto-Shogi-inspired variant (with alternating piece sides), with a tennis theme. By Daniel Lee.

Week ending May 14, 2022

1. Turtle Shell Chess. Chess on a 33344-33434 tiling. (5x7, Cells: 64) By Samuel Trenholme.

Week ending May 07, 2022

1. Leo. Updated diagram and historical notes. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
2. Lion (2). Moves on queen-lines but must jump exactly one piece. Appears in fairy chess problems. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.

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1 'Oriental' entry listed	1 'Unorthodox shaped board' entry listed
1 'Board with hexagonal shaped cells' entry listed	1 'Each player has a different army' entry listed
1 'Chess combined with some other game or sport' entry listed	1 'Shogi, or Shogi-based' entry listed

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