The Chess Variant Pages: Contests

Game Designing

Annual 'N Square' contests

• The contest to design a chess variant on 42 squares. Deadline for submitting a game: March 31, 2002. Partiticate now!
• The contest to design a chess variant on 41 squares. Held in 2000/2001.
• The contest to design a chess variant on 40 squares. Held in 1999/2000.
• The contest to design a chess variant on 39 squares. Held in 1998/1999.
• The contest to design a chess variant on 38 squares. Held in 1997/1998.

Other Game Design Contests

• The contest to design a large chess variant. Held in 1999.
• The 32-Turn Challenge. Held in 2000.
• 100 Square Chess Variant Contest. Held in 2000.
• 84 Spaces Contest. Held in 2002.

Game Playing

• 1st Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Held in 1997.
• 2nd Progressive Fischer Random Chess. Held in 1997/1998.
• Chess with Different Armies competition. Held in 2001.

Problem Solving

• Hexagonal chess problem solving contest. Held in 2001.