1972 in the Reformed Courier-Spiel page was a error. 1971 was meant and I have corrected it.
The date of invention of this game is confusing. Pritchard, who seemed in relationship with Byway, had probably the correct date with 1971.
The date of 1992 mentioned by Begnis in his page, and also in my own French book "L'Odyssée des jeux d'échecs" taken as reference by Begnis, is the date at which Modern Courier Chess seems to appear in Variant Chess magazine.
In http://www.mayhematics.com/v/vol5/vc37.pdf, Byway says "Some two decades passed before extended experiments at Powdermill chess club resulted in the present rules". The 1971's moves were different from the one, definitive, of 1992.
1972 in the Reformed Courier-Spiel page was a error. 1971 was meant and I have corrected it.
The date of invention of this game is confusing. Pritchard, who seemed in relationship with Byway, had probably the correct date with 1971.
The date of 1992 mentioned by Begnis in his page, and also in my own French book "L'Odyssée des jeux d'échecs" taken as reference by Begnis, is the date at which Modern Courier Chess seems to appear in Variant Chess magazine.
In http://www.mayhematics.com/v/vol5/vc37.pdf, Byway says "Some two decades passed before extended experiments at Powdermill chess club resulted in the present rules". The 1971's moves were different from the one, definitive, of 1992.