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Week ending November 30, 2024

Wizard. Moves one diagonally or makes (1,3)-jump. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
Champion. Added AI image and expanded historical notes Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Daniel Macdonald.
Wizard of Oz Octal Chess. Fixed malformed text (8x8, Cells: 64) By George William Duke.
Chess with Wizards. Corrected malformed text; switched to Markdown (10x10, Cells: 100) By Abdul-Rahman Sibahi.
Vao. moves like bishop but must jump when taking. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Amazon. Changed AI image, added printable pieces and new information Author: Fergus Duniho.
Dragon Horse. Moves as Bishop or Wazir. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Dragon King. Added new images, printable pieces, and new information Author: Fergus Duniho and Sergey Sirotkin.
Gold General. Added new graphics and revised movement description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
Silver General. Added new graphics and revised movement description Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.

Week ending November 23, 2024

Crooked Queen. Added AI image of piece By Ralph Betza.
Crooked Bishop. Added AI image of piece Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: J. de A. Almay.
Bowman. Added AI image of piece Author: Ben Good.
Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.
Canvasser. Added AI image of piece By Charles Gilman.
Caliph. Added AI image of piece Author: Charles Gilman. Inventor: Mark Hedden and Charles Gilman.
Bishopper. Added AI image of piece Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Windmill. Added AI image of piece Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Alexandre Muñiz.
Zebrarider. Makes a (3, 2) leap and can make more (3, 2) leaps in the same direction.
Wazir. Added AI image of piece Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Alberto Monteiro.
Raven. Can move as a Rook or a Nightrider. Author: Sergey Sirotkin.
Rhino. A set of pieces which combine the movements of the Mao with that of the Wazir. By Peter Aronson.
Edgehog. Moves as a Queen, but only to or from an edge. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: John Driver.
Barc. Added AI image of piece Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Crab. Jumps as knight but only `narrow forwards' or `wide backwards'. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Dabbabah. Changed AI image Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Pao. Changed AI image Author: Fergus Duniho.
Chu Shogi Applet. An applet script for playing Chu Shogi. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
Rose. Can make consecutive knightmoves in a circle.
Notchess. Corrected broken links () By Charles Gilman.
Old Chu Shogi Applet. The old version of the Chu Shogi Applet. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
BD or Bede. Added AI image of piece Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Antelope. Changed AI image Author: Ben Good.
Alibaba. Changed AI image of piece Author: Fergus Duniho.
Grasshopper. Moves along queenlines to first square after jumped over piece. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: T. R. Dawson.
Squirrel. Added AI image of piece Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dr. Francesco Piacenza.
Pushmi-Pullyu. Added AI images of the piece Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Fergus Duniho.
Nightrider. Added AI image of piece
Mushroom. Jumping piece whose destination squares form a mushroom pattern. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Joker. Moves like last piece moved by the opponent. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
Centaur. Changed AI image and added printable pieces Author: Fergus Duniho.
Camel. Changed AI image and corrected link Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

Week ending November 09, 2024

Variants playable against the diagram's AI. Index of variants that can be played against the interactive diagram. By H. G. Muller.
Reiwa Dai Shogi. Variant of Dai Shogi with better piece balancing. (15x15, Cells: 225) By A. M. DeWitt.

Week ending November 02, 2024

Raichu Shogi. A variant of Chu Shogi in which capturing a Lion grants you an extra turn. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.
A. M. DeWitt's Chu Shogi SVGs. A. M. DeWitt's SVG Graphics for Chu Shogi. (8x8, Cells: 64) By A. M. DeWitt.

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