What was new in April 1998?

April 23, 1998: Pixelpusher. New version of chess playing java applet. This one plays a tiny bit stronger, much slower, but has its source code (improved by Eli Bachmupsky) freely available.
April 22, 1998: csipgs Chess variants and overview. Variants on csipgs Chess and a handy overview of its rules.
April 21, 1998: The winners are known of the contest to design a chess variant on 38 squares. Congratulations to Ben Good, inventor of Crazy 38 chess! Read more about this and the other games and their results!
April 21, 1998: Chess 2000. Website of commercial chess variant with cards. Game to appear. (Link.)
April 20, 1998: ~~Links to pages of participants of the 2nd Progressive Fischer Random Chess tournament~~.
April 15, 1998: Fibonacci and Lucas chess games. Variants based on Fibonacci numbers by mathematician Misssoum.
April 15, 1998: The Iron Knight, and other variants with uncapturable pieces.
April 14, 1998: Version 1.2 of the Grand Chess program appeared.
April 14, 1998: Chess Kingdom. Chess font, based on diagrams from Latin American chess books, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
April 9, 1998: New played games from variants on boards with 38 squares.
April 8, 1998: Announcement of the 5th European Championship Hexagonal Chess.
April 8, 1998: Reform Chess. Short information on a book by Laszlo Polgar.
April 7, 1998: Dragons, Archers, and Oxen. Jim Aikin's chess variant on a 10 by 10 board.
April 7, 1998: Applet playing Paulowich's Chancellor Chess, Applet playing Chess on a board of 37 squares, and Applet playing Demi Chess, (but very badly.)
April 6, 1998: The Beaver Design World Circular Chess Championship 1998. Announcement of open world championship in Lincoln Castle, England.
April 6, 1998: Chess figurine font based on Switserland font. True type font for chess publications.
April 6, 1998: Race chess. On a circular board where white and black pawns move in the same direction.
April 6, 1998: Diceless Chessgammon. Move all pieces off the opponents side of the board.
April 6, 1998: New information on Hexagonal Chess: the International Hexagonal Chess Federation.
April 3, 1998: Applets that very weakly play Chess, Chancellor Chess, Almost Chess, and Centerless Chess.
April 2, 1998: Chess Leipzig. Chess font from book from Leipzig, end of 19th century, by Armando Hernandez Marroquin from Mexico.
April 2, 1998: ~~Moves of the games played in Round 1 of the 2nd WWW championship Progressive Fischer Random Chess~~.
April 2, 1998: Sho Shogi. Historic predecessor of shogi.
April 2, 1998: Judkin's Shogi. Small shogi variant on 6 by 6 board.
April 2, 1998: The Fair First Move Rule. Every turn you flip a coin to decide who goes first that turn.
April 2, 1998: Chessopoly. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise.
April 1, 1998: Steve Evans' Shogi Variants program has a new version, with added variants and computer players. (Link.)