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Week ending October 12, 2024

Interactive Diagram Piece Sandbox. A sandbox that allows you to try out your own pieces for Interactive Diagrams. (16x16, Cells: 256) By A. M. DeWitt.
Interactive diagrams. Diagrams that interactively show piece moves. By H. G. Muller.

Week ending October 05, 2024

Jabberwocky Chess. Chess with transformations of pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Вадря Покштя.
Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: H. G. Muller.

Week ending September 21, 2024

Minjiku Shogi. Wild shogi variant, with pieces that burn neighbors or jump many pieces. (10x10, Cells: 104) By H. G. Muller.

Week ending August 31, 2024

Tengu Dai Shogi. Turbo version of Dai Shogi, with some Dai Dai Shogi pieces. Author: H. G. Muller.

Week ending August 24, 2024

Suspicious Spies. An army where some pieces cannot be captured until it has captured a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
VaoQi. XiangQi with Vaos. (9x10, Cells: 90) By HaruN Y.
CC Top. Column Chess (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Spider-Chess. Beware of spiders. (25x19, Cells: 369) By Gerd P. Degens.
Avatar Riff Riders. degenschess66 (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.

Week ending August 03, 2024

Dice Landing Chess. Few pieces in play at the opening. Roll a dice to get other pieces joining the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jishan Zhang.

Week ending July 27, 2024

Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.

Week ending July 20, 2024

Little Rider Reef. Overcome the reef. (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.
FOOD FIGHT. Game Courier preset for FOOD FIGHT!!! (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.

Week ending July 13, 2024

Minishogi Gold and Silver / 5五将棋金銀. Super-aggressive version of Minishogi on a 5x5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) By Вадря Покштя.
Mischia. A small 6x6 chess variant that plays like normal chess. (6x6, Cells: 36) By William Wragg.

Week ending July 06, 2024

Comrade Chess. Comrade instead of Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Maka Dai Dai Shogi. Pieces promote on capture, some to multi-capturing monsters. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: H. G. Muller.
Secret Intelligence Chess. A game of secrecy, disinformation, and detection. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.

Week ending June 29, 2024

Different Pawns Random Chess. Missing description By Vitya Makov.

Week ending June 22, 2024

Chu Shogi Applet with Assorted Tsumeshogis. An applet for playing Chu Shogi, complete with an AI, a Position Lab, and a collection of Tsumeshogi problems. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.

Week ending June 15, 2024

Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) Author: H. G. Muller.

Week ending June 08, 2024

Morphomania. Morphing wherever you look. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Shahrady. Chess with "passes". (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Вадря Покштя. Inventor: Victor Anatolyevich Kupchenko.
Nutty Shogi. Pieces jump over many others, and a Fire Demon burns neighbors. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.

Week ending June 01, 2024

Centurion Chess. Centurions replace the Kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Florin Lupusoru.
Spot the Intruder Mini-game. A mini-game by H. G. Muller. Spot the intruder as quickly as possible! (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: A. M. DeWitt and H. G. Muller. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Hyper-Banzai Chess. Sub-variant of Banzai where you can push more than 1 piece per move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincenzo Rapisardi.

Week ending May 25, 2024

Ultra Grand Cavalier Chess with Zebra-Queen. Expansion of Fergus Duniho's Grand Cavalier Chess. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Aurelian Florea.

Week ending May 18, 2024

Chess New. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 64) By Hector Quintana.
ZeCaRi. Game with ZebraCamelRiders. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Gerd P. Degens.
Monster Mash. Armies consist of classic monsters and scary creatures. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Bob Greenwade.

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