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Contest to design a chess variant on 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Jared McComb wrote on Wed, May 19, 2004 06:47 PM UTC:

'If there is only one, and also if there are two entries in the extra
category, the judge (that is me) can decide to award no prize in this
category.'

Not even a li'l coffee mug for not following the crowd? ;)

In all honesty, I would think that this decision would not be fair, as it
would undercut the work I did on the game.  I started designing this game
months before the contest, and I would think that it should be possible
for that work to pay off somehow, even if it is only a coffee mug.  (Of
course, if it is moved to the main category, I won't have any reason to
complain, but I doubt that a preset could be easily constructed, and I am
incapable of programming a computer version myself, for ZoG or
otherwise.)

Just my 2 cents.  I'll shut up now.