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Charles, thank you for your message.

To have a game be able to go from A-Class into either X-Class or V-Class there is only two things that need to be done:
1. Make sure your game equipment matches up with your rules, and rules match up for equipment. In other words, you want to do promotion, make sure you have the pieces to cover it. Don't have as standard chess does where people need to flip a rook to be a queen, and the rules say nothing on this.
2. Look over the B-Class rules. State which ones you are not going to use, or change, and which you are going to keep. In other words, are you using drops and gating, or just one, or none? If one or the other, are they being redefined? Also, if you are going to mix gating with other moves, or drops, please state that also. It is best to have this in one section of the rules, but isn't that critical also. Just the first immutable rule needs to be done here.

Do these two things, and the game goes into X-Class, and then eventually be a V-Class, once it is shown to be a solid variant. You can even keep your board for the X-Class or V-Class. I would say also, make sure that your game will be ok. The object of the framework is to provide a way to add new pieces later, and be able to catergorize what kind of game it is. All your other rules also would fit in.
If the chessvariant gets integrated more into IAGO and the IAGO World Tour, a lot of the thumbs up designers will end up becoming V-Class rules, rather than X-Class. There isn't much difference here, except one is shown to be established, and the other is experimental.
Please let me know if this cleared up. In one sense, IAGO Chess doesn't say a lot. In another it can be restrictive. Also, I should add that the whole framework needs to be tested out by the community and games played in it. It is up for modifications. What was listed is the starting point of a discussion. I am sure it is going to need a bunch of rewording to, and things crystalize and likely fixing some typos.
What I want people to see is IAGO Chess is meant for a way for people to get integrated into the chess world better, not some sort of thing that keeps you out. It does provide a structure in order to help, but allows freedom to deviate, and gives you a place to land when you do, and still be accepted. It is meant to add greater granularity between the variant and regular gaming worlds, to facilitate growth.
Again, thanks for the message. Oh yes, and review the rules on the site again here: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSiagochesssyste