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| If 10x8 (10 wide, 8 deep) which is what I assume is the subject 
| is dead, it is because you can't find the board anywhere.  

This is not true at all. 10x8 boards and Chess sets are even sold
commercially, and a lot of people play 10x8 variants. There are even
internet servers dedicated to it. It is just that it is not allowed on
this forum to mention where. This has to do more with being brain dead,
than with the game being dead, though.

Where I live, virtually every Chess board has a 10x10 board on the back
(for playing draughts). For instance, I have a very nice one where the
squares are wood inlays of light and dark wood. If I want to play a 10x8
game, I can simply cover the two back ranks by a piece of cardboard or
clip a small wooden plank over it.