Rich Hutnik wrote on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 03:14 AM UTC:
George, I am sorry to see that happen with the fracturing. I will say that if there is a serious effort to help standardize chess variants, and also work towards 'The Next Chess' (in all its flavors, using mutators, and other things perhaps, like gating), IAGO should be able to get fully behind it, and help to sanction tournaments and help to get champions of variants, and 'The Next Chess', whatever it may be.
To this end, I do offer up the IAGO Chess System as a framework, and would
look for it to be modified and a LOT more added. I am up for mutators,
formations (see Near and Near vs Normal Chess), reserves, and whatever
else people want, and we go from there.
On the equipment front, there is the IAGO Hall of Fame that will be
looking to push getting more equipment out there. This could lead to a
10x10 board becoming available, which then will help the variant
community, through the demands perhaps for International Draughts. Work in
the area of producing a version of an abstract strategy game 'Decathlon'
can also help.
Anyhow, if yourself and others want to work on this, I am in favor of it.
