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Contest to design a 10-chess variant. Cebrating 10 years of Chess Variant Pages with a contest to design a chess variant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Gardner wrote on Mon, Mar 21, 2005 06:21 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Decima is a very intriguing concept; especially appealing are the point
accruals and tactical possibilities.

Given the previous reviews, I wonder if it would be better to place pawns
in front of the Rooks and move the Ns or Ks to inner positions.  Or
instead, perhaps two squares could be blacked out -- such as a5 and j6 --
to limit the immediate power of the Rooks... Is there any restriction on
movement of a piece once it has reached the tenth rank?

The rudiments of a good variant are here, and with some fine tuning should
produce an excellent game.

Games for Game Courier. The many games you can play online with Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Gardner wrote on Sat, May 14, 2005 10:19 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Rather than (or perhaps, in addition to) the tournament format now being
offered here, it would be interesting to hold tournaments for each game
type.  For example, there could be an omegachess tournament, and a shogi
tournament, etc., maybe on a yearly basis.  In this way, every player
could enter their favorite events.

Prize funds and entry fees to cover them and any incremental costs in
running the events could be considered also.

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