The 38 challenge: Index
In autumn 1997, winter 1997/98, and beginning of spring 1998 a contest was
held to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares. Here you can find
links to information on the contest, the entries, the winners, etc.
The submissions
- Hans38 Special. By Eric Greenwood.
- Quad-Square chess. By David Howe. 4th
place!
- Hans38 Chess. A form of Limited Square Chess. By
Ralph Betza.
- Small Spherical Chess. By Andrea
Mori.
- The Weak Square of the Jumping King. By
Joao Pedro Neto.
- Amoeba. By Jim Aikin. 3rd place!
- The Royal Standard. By Alexandre
Muñiz.
- Cube+. By Jim Aikin.
- Guschess. By Gustavo Vargas.
- <a href="flip.html">Flip Chess and Flip Shogi. By John William Brown.. 2nd place!
- My38 Chess. By Dave Hogarty. 4th place.
- Pirates-Henge-Ho. By R. Stephen Chafe.
- Hourglass Chess. By Uri Bruck.
- Peanut Chess. By Philip John Brady.
- Chego and ChessNim on four special boards. By
Alfred Pfeiffer.
- Crazy 38's. By Ben Good. 1st
place!
- The Last Mourning. By Lester Jones.
The tournament
Also, a tournament is hold, where players compete playing the
variants submitted to the contest.
Games played in the tournament
Some games played in the tournament have a webpage with their moves.
See also
WWW page maintained by Hans Bodlaender.
WWW page created: October 24, 1997. Last modified: April 21, 1998.