What was new in February 1998?

• February 27, 1998: Review of a Grand Chess program.
• February 27, 1998: 4 players variant for Knightmare chess.
• February 26, 1998: Twins chess. Rooks, knights, and bishops are twins and move together.
• February 23, 1998: Pre-Grandchess. Variant on ten by ten board inspired by Freeling's Grandchess.
• February 23, 1998: Shatar. Mongolian chess.
• February 23, 1998: Strato Chess. Information (no rules) about a quarter-century old three dimensional chess variant.
• February 23, 1998: Billiards Progressive Chess. Progressive chess variant where queens and bishops bounce against the edges of the board.
• February 23, 1998: Promotion progressive chess. Progressive chess variant where a piece `promotes' when it takes.
• February 20, 1998: Universal Chess. Large system of many different chess variants.
• February 20, 1998: Ubi-ubi chess. Experimental variant with powerfull knights.
• February 18, 1998: New Chess by S. Nagy. Link to website describing several variants: two 4-player variants on 11 by 11 board (Dual and Quad Color-chess); variant on 8 by 8 board with additional cannons (Nasa Chess); 3-player hexagonal variant (Triangle chess); 4-player variant on star-shaped board (Star Chess). With demo program to play these on the web.
• February 17, 1998: Chess Motiv. True type chess font by Marroquin, described as `Quite simple and bold'.
• February 17, 1998: Circular Perspective Chess. Pieces must travel through a central point to get to the opponent's side of the board.
• February 12, 1998: Cornersquare Chess. Taking is only allowed when your king is on a cornersquare.
• February 11, 1998: Chipps. Let all pieces gain a chip by moving to the other side of 4 by 8 board.
• February 10, 1998: Multiplayer chess variants. Additional rules for playing multiplayer chess variants.
• February 10, 1998: Peterson's 3-d Space Chess. Improved rules for Space chess.
• February 10, 1998: Derick Peterson's Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant.
• February 9, 1998: Anywhere Chess. Pieces (except kings) can make teleport moves to any empty square on the board. With several variants.
• February 9, 1998: Eric's Great Chess. Modern variant on historic large chess variant.
• February 6, 1998: How to vote for the submissions in the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.
• February 6, 1998: The Last Mourning. On board with 38 squares and Jesters. (Entry to the 38-challenge.)
• February 6, 1998: Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games.
• February 5, 1998: midi Games. Webserver that allows to play many games, including many chess variants. (Link.)
• February 5, 1998: Internet Chess Servers. List of many Internet Chess Servers. (Link.)
• February 5, 1998: Uncle Wang Chinese Chess. Home page of a commercial Xiangqi program. (Link.)
• February 5, 1998: Limited Doublemove Chess. Several variants on Doublemove Chess.
• February 4, 1998: Infinite Chess accepted by U.S. Chess Federation. (News item.)
• February 3, 1998: Nuclear Pawns Chess. Pawns have chance to explode when they move.
• February 3, 1998: Juggernaut chess. Dice determine where a juggernaut piece goes to.
• February 3, 1998: Schizo chess. Renewed description: board halves get swapped every five turns.
• February 3, 1998: Crazy 38's. On strange board with 38 squares. (Entry to the 38-challenge.)
• February 3, 1998: Chess Merida. Classic design chess font by Armando Hdez. Marroquin.
• February 3, 1998: Swap chess. A move can consist of a series of pieces swapping places.
• February 2, 1998: Chego and ChessNim on four special boards with 38 squares. (Entry to the 38-challenge.)
• February 2, 1998: Chessnim. Drop chess pieces and reduce the number of unattacked squares on the board.
• February 2, 1998: Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Entry to the 38-challenge.)
• February 2, 1998: Chego. Drop chess pieces on the board to control the largest number of squares.
• February 1, 1998: Over 200.000 files downloaded in January.

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