What's New? (All Languages)

Bottom of page
 Last Game Courier move entered 8 minutes ago.
 Last Game Courier open invitation made 1 hour ago.
 Last Game Courier game finished 6 DAYS ago.
Last kibbitz comment entered 2 DAYS ago.
Last Chess Variant problem added 1654 DAYS ago.
Last comment or rating entered 4 hours ago.
Last game review entered 70 DAYS ago.

Week ending Sep 19, 2020

• Maorider Chess. Image of starting position added. (8x9, Cells: 72) By Vitya Makov.
• Grand Alamos Chess. FIDE, but with an initial setup reminiscent of Grand Chess. By Jeff Cornell.
• Joust Chess. Revised opening setup and added ability for pieces to jump. By Jeff Cornell.

Week ending Sep 12, 2020

• The Sultan's Game. Updated with new information from A World of Chess by Jean-Louis Cazaux and Rick Knowlton. (11x11, Cells: 121) Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: Peguilhen.
• 88 Hexagons Chess. Hexagonal chess on chessboard with 88 hexagons. By Davor Vujacic.
• Cannon Shosu Shogi. Variant of Shosu Shogi with Dogs and Cannons. By Adam DeWitt.
• Full Cavalry. Rooks are replaced by Lancers and castling is still legal. By JT K.

Week ending Sep 05, 2020

• Double Chess. Sample game with analysis. By David Short.
• Mecklenbeck Chess. Pawns can promote on the sixth row. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Greg Strong. Inventor: Bernd Eickenscheidt.
• Grand Chess. Christian Freeling's popular large chess variant on 10 by 10 board. Rules and links. (10x10, Cells: 100) (Recognized!) Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.

Week ending Aug 29, 2020

• Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added. By Kevin Pacey.
• Grand Betza. A tribute to Ralph Betza on a 10x10 board with pawns on the third rank as in Grand Chess. Author: Greg Strong. Inventor: John Davis.
• Waffle. Historical information added and several errors corrected. Author: Greg Strong and Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format. Author: Greg Strong.

Top of page

10 'Game' entries listed	1 'Graphics Resource' entry listed
1 'Play by mail item' entry listed	1 'Piececlopedia entry' entry listed
1 'Sample Game' entry listed	4 'Large board' entries listed
1 'In a category all its own' entry listed	1 'Shogi, or Shogi-based' entry listed

Total items listed: 14

Next: between 30 and 60 days old

To see the 'old' What's New page, go to: Old What's New page.