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Games featured in the Arena | 
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| Name |
Platform |
Comment |
| Chess |
Java |
The world's most popular variant ((includes Chess960) |
| Draughts |
Java |
Also called 10x10 draws |
| Go |
Java |
The quintessential territory game |
| Grand Chess |
Java |
Chess with the complete set of pieces |
| Dragonfly |
Java |
Blending western Chess with Shogi |
| Dameo |
Java |
"Like exploring a new continent!" |
| Hexdame |
Java |
Draughts' hexagonal twin |
| Bushka |
Java |
Compares to Draughts as karate to judo |
| Emergo |
Java |
The quintessential columns game |
| Havannah |
Java |
Simple, deep, and very hard to program |
| The Glass Bead Game |
Java |
The ultimate mancala! |
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Games not featured in the Arena |
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| Name |
Platform |
Comment |
| Shogi |
Java |
Japanese Chess |
| Yari Shogi |
Java |
A modern Shogi variant |
| Xiangqi |
Java |
Chinese Chess |
| Congo |
Java |
A fun-to-play Xiangqi variant |
| Chad |
Java |
A simple, elegant and deep Chess variant |
| Caïssa |
Java |
The favorite of the Muse of Chess! |
| Shakti |
Java |
The world's smallest Chess variant |
| Loonybird |
Java |
The world's weirdest Chess variant |
| Croda |
Java |
Blends Turkish and 10x10 Draughts |
| HexEmergo |
Java |
A flawed masterpiece |
| Dominions |
Java |
Make every game a work of art! |
| Othello |
Java |
The oldest modern classic |
| MacBeth |
Java |
Ah, at last ... another way to play Othello |
| Superstar |
Java |
Score points with different kinds of connections |
| Gonnect |
Java |
A love child of Go and Hex |
| Lines of Action |
Java |
A non-typical connection game |
| Pente |
Java |
Non trivial 5-in-a-row |
| Hexade |
Java |
Configure this one out |
| Amazons |
Java |
A claustrofobic shoot-out |
| MiniMancala
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Java |
A perfect program using the game's complete tree |
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has implemented Grand Chess (sort of) and Shakti |
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| Name |
Platform |
Comment |
| Luminous Chess |
Macintosh |
View the 'influence' of a (Grand) Chess position
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| A Shakti program |
Macintosh |
Play the smallest Chess variant with a non-trivial
strategy against a strong 3-level program with several display modes (including '3-D')
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has incorporated Yari Shogi in his Shogi variants program |
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| Name |
Platform |
Comment |
| A Shogi variants program |
Windows |
Play Shogi and 16 Shogi variants, both old and modern, against a digital opponent!
Introductions and rules provided. |
