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I wrote [2006-01-05] 'I searched the Game Courier records for all games started in the year 2005, and came up with some interesting facts. Fischer Random Chess had 53 games, Shogi had 45 games, and 25 games included the word 'Shatranj' (15 Shatranj plus 10 modern variants). Chinese Chess and (FIDE) Chess also had around 25 games each - not counting games with zero moves. Game Courier records contain many unanswered (person to person) challenges. Searches for *Grand* and *Great* yielded 14 and 4 more games, not counting the 'Grand Shatranj' and 'Great Shatranj' games. Pocket Mutation Chess accounted for 8 games.'

I have run another search, this time for [Finished] games that started in the year 2006. Zero games of Fischer Random Chess (one game was played in 2007). Shogi = 32, (FIDE) Chess = 24, Chinese Chess = 19, Pocket Mutation Chess = 16, Grand Chess = 6. These games include Chess-Xianqgi-Shogi Tournament #1. A *Shatranj* search turned up 31 games, played by the usual suspects.