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Week ending May 30, 2020

• Fischer-Benko Chess. Three pieces are placed randomly, the other five by the players. By Davor Vujacic.

Week ending May 23, 2020

• Diagram Editor with scalable graphics. Missing description By H. G. Muller.
• Neoclassical Chess. The opening moves are selected through a random ballot. By Gabriel F. Bobadilla.
• Hexofen. 91-cell hexagonal variant with three knights and parallel pawn rows. Author: Daniil Frolov.
• Chess+. Players choose when and where to place their pieces behind the pawns. Author: Ola Sassersson. Inventor: Nick Bentley and Christian Freeling.
• Shogun Chess. Pieces promote and can be dropped, similar to Shogi. By Daniel Lee.
• Orda Chess. Asymmetric variant where one army has pieces that move like knights but capture differently. By Daniel Lee.

Week ending May 16, 2020

• Nutty Shogi. Smaller version of Tenjiku Shogi on a 13x13 board. Author: Adam DeWitt. Inventor: H. G. Muller.

Week ending May 09, 2020

• Hanten Shogi. Variant of Suzumu Shogi with different promotion rules. By Adam DeWitt.
• Suzumu Shogi. 16x16 Shogi variant based on Tenjiku Shogi. By Adam DeWitt.
• Taishin Shogi. Enormous variant of Suzumu Shogi based on Tai Shogi and Taikyoku Shogi. By Adam DeWitt.
• Tenjiku Shogi. Four hundred year old, large, historical variant of Shogi. Author: Adam DeWitt.
• Fusion Chess. Clarified the rule regarding when a piece is attacked. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.
• Castling Rules in Chess Variants. An investigation of castling rules in chess and chess variants. Author: Greg Strong.
• Waffle Chess. Chess on a 10x8 board with waffles added. By Kevin Pacey.

Week ending May 02, 2020

• Tiger Lily Chess. hexagonal chess on a board inspired by a flower. (6x12, Cells: 72) By Graeme C Neatham.
• SASR chess symbols. Minimalistic graphics for chess and variants. By Ola Sassersson.
• Zanzibar-XL. timurthelenk. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Metamachy. Large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces. Author: H. G. Muller. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.

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1 'Desktop Publishing item' entry listed	1 'Reference item' entry listed
3 'Play by mail item' entries listed	7 'Large board' entries listed
2 'Oriental' entries listed	1 'From ancient times' entry listed
2 'Board with hexagonal shaped cells' entries listed	1 'Each player has a different army' entry listed
1 'Chess combined with some other game or sport' entry listed	6 'Shogi, or Shogi-based' entries listed

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