I'd like to try playing Janus Chess with Extinction Chess rules. Seems like it'd be a lot of fun and a fast game too. I suppose it could be programmed anew and have its own category like the other versions of Chess, but I was thinking more of having the whole of Chess type games on this site merged into one page and have the game creator check boxes for the version he'd like to create and play.
Something along these lines.

Board size []8 X 8 []8 X 10 [] 10 X 10 []Other

Pieces) []Traditional []Bird's []Grand []Ultima []Janus []Other []Extra []Players with same pieces [] Or different pieces opposed (As say Ultimamen versus Chessmen)

Set up) []Traditional []Gothic []Player defined []Screen []Random

Rules) []Traditional []Extinction []Dark []Loop []etc

King captures) []Not allowed []Allowed []Other

Pawn promotions) []Allowed []None []Restricted

Wins) []Checkmate []Stalemate []King captured []No Moves available, not stalemated []Other []Players with different objectives to win (This option would be important for opposing sides if selected earlier, though it might be good to handicap one player if so agreed between the two people)

Draws) []Stalemate []Agreed []Insufficient forces []Repeated position []No moves available, not stalemated []Other

That should cover just about every version of Chess on this site and quite a few that aren't. If such a deal is workable, I think it'd greatly add to people's experimentation and enjoyment with Chess type games. Not being a programmer, I can't tell if this would be worth the trouble, or if it's just eqasier to add games as is how it's done now. Since Ultima isn't on this site, nor are a lot of other variants, there'd be a lot of programming to do in any case. It'd still be nice just to check a box with an opponent that I've had a long series of games with and easily change the game format to Extinction play without having to have a special category for it on the site. The page could have regular Chess as the default game. If certain combinations are chosen that are the same as a game commonly played it could be announced to the game creator that these choices will make the game Screen Chess or whatever it might be. Or a list of the games and the corresponding checkmarks on the selections could be shown. Making it easy for the game creator to decide if he wants change some rule or play the game in the traditional way. This happens in Dark Chess as there is more than way to display the board and captured pieces during the game. IYT's way is slightly different than here at BrainKing and it can make a big difference in the game when it happens.

Hey, just a thought. What do you think?