What was new in June 1998?

Thanks are due to David Howe, who donated a digital camera to the Chess Variant Pages!

June 29, 1998: Tournoy. Pieces have orientation that can be rotated.
June 29, 1998: Power Chess 1998. Taken pieces can reenter. Submission for the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.
June 29, 1998: Master Chess Triple Game. Two players play on three boards connected by corridors. Commercial game.
June 24, 1998: Elevator. Three-dimensional chess variant by Ben Good.
June 22, 1998: Balanced Swap Chess. Move has second part where a swap is made on the board.
June 22, 1998: Chess the fourth dimension. Commercial 4-player chess variant. (Link.)
June 22, 1998: Hex39. Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. Submission for the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.
June 22, 1998: Thirty-Nine Squares Chess. Variant on board with 39 squares with special drop and promotion rules. Submission for the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares.
June 22, 1998: New played games of Amoeba and Hourglass Chess.
June 15, 1998: Short announcement of the 39-squares contest.
June 10, 1998: TryThis Chess. Java applet plays chess variant against you: the computer has seven queens, and you a normal set of pieces. But then, the computer plays very weak. Can you still win?
June 10, 1998: Shocky. This Shogi program now also can play Micro-Shogi, Mini-Shogi, Judkin's Shogi, Tori Shogi, and Chess.
June 10, 1998: Tamerlane II. Modern variant upon ancient large chess variant.
June 9, 1998: Half Bughouse. Piece may make non-capturing moves to arbitrary squares.
June 8, 1998: Chessapeak Classic. Impression and photo's of four handed chess variant (`classic' variant.)
June 8, 1998: Contest: Design a chess variant on a board with 39 squares: the Challenge. With index page.
June 8, 1998: Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board.
June 8, 1998: Interview with Ben Good. Ben was winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.
June 8, 1998: 9x9 Squares Rotating Chess. Usual set of pieces in different setup and changed movement on 9 by 9 board.
June 5, 1998: Retrochess: A challenge. Can you make a good chess variant based on retrograde chess analysis?
June 5, 1998: Link to: Cosmic Chess. Website with program that lets you play this game against others on the WWW.
June 3, 1998: Cetina Random chess. Play with a sissa and a chancellor from a randomly generated setup.
June 3, 1998: Announcement of 2nd English Progressive Chess Championship.
June 3, 1998: Removed links to website with (in my personal view) objectionable `adult' (pornographic) materials.
June 3, 1998: Corrected board for Hexchess.

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