Poll for the New Recognized Chess Variant of Autumn 2005

Autumn 2005 is almost over, and I haven't yet conducted a poll for this season's new recognized chess variant. So here it is. This poll is for adding a new game to our list of recognized chess variants. It will be the new addition for the autumn season of 2005. The winner of this poll will be added to the list, and it will subsequently become a candidate in polls for selecting the recognized variant of the month. Given the short notice for this poll, the moderate size of candidates, the absence of new candidates, and the elimination of last month's last place candidate, no candidates will be dropped this time around. Instead, the usual rules described on the recognized variants page will apply. Here are the candidates:

Cavalier Chess: Chosen for the 2003 Multivariant PBEM Tournament and the First Game Courier Tournament.
Chess on a Longer Board with a few Pieces Added: One of the games chosen for the 2003 Multivariant PBEM Tournament.
Chessgi: Chosen for the First Game Courier Tournament
Crazyhouse: Crazyhouse can be played at the four major online chess servers (ICC, FICS, US ChessLive, Chess.net) and has been available at each of the above sites for many years. It is extremely popular at each site and is an excellent game and deserves to be mentioned. -- Ed Collins
Dark Chess: This chess variant can be played on 3 game servers (BrainKing, SchemingMind and ItsYourTurn) and is a quite popular. I personally consider it the best chess variant with incomplete information, with elegant rules and more interesting to play then Kriegspiel. -- Andreas Kaufmann.
Eurasian Chess: Chosen for the First Game Courier Tournament
Jumping Chess: First place winner of the 100 Squares Chess Variant Contest.
Kamikaze Mortal Shogi: Chosen for the First Game Courier Tournament
Maxima: Chosen for the First Game Courier Tournament
Outback Chess: First place winner of the 84 Spaces Contest.
Philosopher's Chess: First place winner of the 40 squares contest.
Pocket Mutation Chess: Chosen for the First Game Courier Tournament
Prisoner's Escape: Winner of the 44 Squares Contest
Rococo: One of the games chosen for the 2003 Multivariant PBEM Tournament.
Vyr�morn Chess: First place winner of the Large Variant Contest of 1999.

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Poll number Fall 2005 Poll for New Recognized Variant. Vote for the new addition to the recognized Chess variants list for Fall 2005.

🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Dec 18, 2005 08:56 PM EST:

Just a reminder that there are fewer days left to vote in this poll than there are shopping days left till Christmas. Since this is a poll for Autumn's new recognized variant, it ends with the end of Autumn. Any registered user or member of this site can vote, and anyone with an email address can become a registered user.