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Recognized Chess Variant: Crazy 38's

In 1997/1998, the first chess variant design contest was held on the Chess Variant Pages website: design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares. Winner of this contest was Ben Good with his game Crazy 38's. The game also received the largest number of votes in the categories: Most original game and Best Game design.

Most striking feature of this variant is the board: it has a remarkable shape which creates interesting possibilities in play. The game borrows many elements from Shogi.

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Crazy 38's

WWW page made by Hans Bodlaender.
WWW page created: February 15, 2000.