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July 1975 - Tuesday 22
203rd day - 162 days to come

Rcd. a postcard from Steve Wilson asking whether I had rcd. the material he sent me on REVERSI and other material. Rcd. a letter from S.K. Howard. He enclosed the rules for CROMPTON'S CHESS (4 page booklet). Mentioned BEAT THE MARKET and Richard Berg. He'd like repros of the following: ZODIAC STAR CHESS, 5-5, TANGLE, PHALANX (Whitman), HANNO (by E.P. White), AJEDREZ MODERNO (booklet by G.V. Maura), RULES OF TOTAL CHESS AND OF QUADRUALENT TOTAL CHESS (by C. Beatty); CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER, ENDURING SPIRIT OF DASAPADA, IDEA FOR A PERSONAL GAME (last three by V.R. Parton). Mention of THE WARLORD, JET CHESS, and a CHESS variant played on an 8x8x8 field that was advertised in CHESS LIFE & REVIEW. Some game ideas and things that have come out that are similar: GO variant, ROSETTE, G & P, CHECKERS III, DELTA, HEXAGO, HEX-TRIANGO, TRIANGO, AMERIGO, SIT AND THINK.