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Is anyone interested in English Progressive Chess? I would like to assemble an e-mail club to play this game....
Tony Gardner <orion45...
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Jan 1, 2003
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1402
Just wanted to let everyone know that you can follow along and watch at least one of the games in progress on the website at: ...
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I have updated the Play-by-Mail system at Play.Chessvariants.com to let you record and view annotated games. Although you could sort of do this before by...
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Hello Group I am the assistant manager of a small group: http://groups.msn.com/ChessVariantClub We use ZOG2.0 (Zillions of games) to play online. I was...
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Cool! I don't have a copy of ZoG 2 yet (just ordered it)... How many people take part in that? ... how...
Malcolm Maynard <Malc...
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2.0 does have some nice features including the improved net play. Our group is still quite small about 20. If you are interested just request membership on our...
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2003 3-D Chess World Championship Tournament The 3-D Chess Federation ( http://www.3dchessfederation.com ) will officiate the first annual 3-D Chess World...
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I am starting up an Amoeba tournament on Richard's PBM server. You must have a userid on Richard's PBM server to play in this tournament. The structure of this...
David (not telling ye...
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Jan 28, 2003
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1410
Dear All, You may want to be aware of our magnificent Chess Set. All hand made, first quality and very reasonable price. ...
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Jan 31, 2003
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Game #1 was won by Kasparov playing white in 27 moves. Game #2 was a draw. Game #3 was won by Deep Junior. [Kasparov playing white resigned on the 36th move.] ...
Derek Nalls <dsn8@...>
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Feb 1, 2003
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Game #4 was a draw. 2.0 : 2.0 The match is presently tied....
Derek Nalls <dsn8@...>
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Feb 3, 2003
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I have found allot of information in the archives about past tournaments but nothing on how to run one. Could someone with experience in this area please let...
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Game #5 was a draw. 2.5 : 2.5 The match is presently tied....
Derek Nalls <dsn8@...>
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Feb 6, 2003
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Game #6 was a draw. 3.0 : 3.0 The match ends tied....
Derek Nalls <dsn8@...>
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Feb 8, 2003
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It is generally understood that white has a slight advantage, by virtue of moving first. To offset that advantage, and put black on a more equal footing, I...
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That sounds like a better-thought-out idea along the same lines as one I proposed here awhile back: which was, that White would not be allowed to castle until...
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Feb 18, 2003
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1418
Although I approve as well to reducing the first-move advantage present in standard FIDE chess, my objection to the proposals of "markthomps" &...
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Feb 18, 2003
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1419
That's not much of an advantage. How often are you presented with a position where you would desire to castle out of check. Where talking one minute chance...
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Feb 18, 2003
2:03 pm
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There could also be placed a turn restriction for this particular privilege. For example, Black could only exercise this new castling move within the first ten...
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Feb 19, 2003
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... position where you would desire to castle out of check. Current chess openings take into account that neither side may castle out of check. Accordingly,...
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... within ... It has already been suggested that allowing black to castle would be too minute to counter white's opening advantage, and you're proposing ...
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Feb 21, 2003
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Another possibility for attempting to artificially provide equality would be to not allow White to castle Queenside. This would be only slightly...
michaelwnolan
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Feb 21, 2003
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1424
... only ... of ... has ... make ... Sounds like you're proposing another chess variant....
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Feb 21, 2003
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The entire basis for this suggestion is that White has an opening advantage. So, should not any privilege for Black be restricted to the opening? As the game...
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Feb 21, 2003
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... This sounds like quite a few games to me. Now I wanna see numbers in which oppurtunities come up for castling out of check. I would say it would occur in...
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Feb 21, 2003
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The opening extends into the middle game, and there is no clear demarcation as to when the opening ends and the middle game begins. In some games the opening...
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Feb 22, 2003
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Here's an example of an opening in EOC (Equal Opportunity Chess), in which black, by virtue of being allowed to castle out of check, has a stronger...
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Feb 22, 2003
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I created a ZRF for Equal Opportunity Chess, and ran through some games. There does not seem to be any advantage for Black, or any disadvantage for White....
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Feb 22, 2003
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I think the objection raised by robertkjr3d, that there are few games in which Black has an opportunity to castle out of check, misses an important point: a...
markthomps
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Feb 22, 2003
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I think this would be a good way to shake up orthodox chess a little -- I mean, a new way to try to get a few from the legions of usual chess players to try...
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