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2007-2008 Chess Variants Design Contest. Chess variant inventors gather round! We're doing it again! Exact nature of contest to be determined with YOUR help!![All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Joe Joyce wrote on Sun, Nov 2, 2008 06:17 PM UTC:
Thomas, the contest split into 2 contests, the 45-46 square contest, which is now complete, and a nebulous design contest that actually did die a silent death. There have been discussions about a contest, but they have not actually coalesced into a contest. 

To actually have a contest, you need a few things. One is a decent theme, or a central reference point, for the contest. Another is a workable method of judging the contest. A third is a reasonable number of contestants. 

I am certainly willing to hold contests. But I'm not willing to be reduced to begging for help judging ... again. ;-) The 45-46 square contest started with me being a contestant and ended with me not only being the main judge of the contest but also an editor here. I may be slow but I don't need to get whacked upside the head more than twice to know that the next contest I get involved in is going to have a very different set of groundrules. :-)

That being said, the floor is open to all. What do we do? How can I help?