84 Spaces Contest

To celebrate its seventh anniversary, the Chess Variant Pages is holding a contest to design a Chess variant with 84 spaces. This is the number of months in seven years, i.e. seven dozen or 7*12. Games can be submitted for this contest till November 30, 2002. The winning games will be decided by a jury. More details can be found here.:

• 84 Spaces Contest Rules

Competing Entries

• Outback Chess. By Timothy Newton. First Prize!
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess. By Tony Quintanilla. Second Prize.
• TamerSpiel. By Eric V. Greenwood. Third Prize.
• Ultra Slanted Escalator Chess. By David Short. 4th/5th Prize (tied).
• Cross-Eyed Chess. By Uri Bruck. 4th/5th Prize (tied).
• Invasion by Jean-Louis Cazaux. Finalist.
• The Pit. By Daniel Roth. Finalist.
• Quintessential Chess. By Jörg Knappen. Finalist.
• Round Table Chess 84. By Richard G. VanDeventer. Finalist.
• Ryu Shogi. By Jared B. McComb. Finalist.
• Seenschach. By Jörg Knappen. Finalist.
• Tandem-84. By Jim Aikin. Finalist.
• Tetrahedral Chess by J. Mark Thompson.
• Tree Garden Chess. By William Overington.
• Delegating Chess. By João Pedro Neto.
• Orwell Chess. By Glenn Overby II.
• Beastmaster Chess. By Glenn Overby II.
• Herb Garden Chess. By William Overington.
• Wizard Chess. By Paul and Andrew Newton.
• Schizophrenic Chess. By David Short.
• Viking Chess. By Tomas Forsman.
• Battle Chieftain Chess. By Craig Daniel.
• Influence Chess. By Samuel H. Bell.
• Chessma 84. By Antoine Fourrière.
• Jacks and Witches 84. By Antoine Fourrière.
• Arabian Chess. By Paul and Timothy R. Newton.
• Ramayana Chess. By Luiz Carlos Campos.
• Wizard's War. By Mike Nelson.
• Transporter Chess. By Andrew P. Newton.
• Unconventional Warfare Chess. By Luiz Carlos Campos.
• Excelsior. By Este.
• Lions and Dragons Chess. By Tony Quintanilla.
• Flipworld. By John Ryan.

Non-competing Entries

1. Chaturanga 4-84 by Peter Aronson.
2. Not a Dodgson System Chess, by Hans Bodlaender.
3. Joko Urtaroak, by Glenn Overby II.
4. Los Alamos Vierschach, by Jörg Knappen.
5. Lilliputian Monochromatic Alice Chess. By Peter Aronson.
6. Star Pool Chess. By Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla.

Other Contests

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