I searched the Game Courier records for all games started in the year 2005,
and came up with some interesting facts. Fischer Random Chess had 53
games, Shogi had 45 games, and 25 games included the word 'Shatranj' (15
Shatranj plus 10 modern variants). Chinese Chess and (FIDE) Chess also had
around 25 games each - not counting games with zero moves - Game Courier
records contain many unanswered (person to person) challenges. Searches
for *Grand* and *Great* yielded 14 and 4 more games, not counting the
'Grand Shatranj' and 'Great Shatranj' games. Pocket Mutation Chess
accounted for 8 games.