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Note- The following is a CC of a recent message from Derek Nalls to L. Lynn Smith. It was informal and friendly. So, there are several personal remarks and...
i have no idea what that is about i play std. chess and variants ain't it please resign from forwarding these items as the barn is full of them Derek Nalls...
Hey Eric, maybe you have it wrong? Isn't the purpose of this group to look at chess variants? I remember when I first joined I was scolded for talking too much...
James F. Holwell
chessteacher@...
Jan 11, 2004 11:50 pm
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you can play superchess at Cowplay.com if you want to play me my screen name is Dralius ... about normal chess! ... what it is and possibly playing a game of...
David, Yes, I am playing Super Chess at Cowplay.com, and have completed a couple of Super Chess games there. What I am proposing to play with a member of Chess...
James F. Holwell
chessteacher@...
Jan 13, 2004 7:47 am
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Hey, Mike, I love your reply to this guy! Taking the liberty of forwarding the wisdom on to "ChessCourse" and some other groups who are into the study of...
James Francis Holwell
chessteacher@...
Jan 13, 2004 7:47 am
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Andrew, No, it is not the same game. Michael's invention uses standard board and pieces, and games are often over in twenty moves or less. I hesitate to play...
James F. Holwell
chessteacher@...
Jan 13, 2004 7:48 am
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... COACHING: This move seems to invite White to win a pawn by capturing the black knight, for then the e5-pawn is defenseless. Consider what happens if now 4....
James Francis Holwell
chessteacher@...
Jan 13, 2004 7:48 am
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Daniel, this is excellent analysis and I am forwarding it now to all chess players on my list. Many thanks for your summary of the main lines in the French ...
James Francis Holwell
chessteacher@...
Jan 13, 2004 7:48 am
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Exactly how many versions of "Super Chess" are there? This seems to have been a very popular title. For ease of discussion, we might start prefacing this...
Finally ... I think a virtually-perfect solution to the most serious problem facing chess variants in general is within reach. I am most interested to know...
In is quite difficult to minimize the advantages in a turn-based game. As long as each player must wait for another to preform their turn, they will always be...
Hi all, We've just added 3 new chess variants to www.CowPlay.com... "The Lost Pawns" - The Lost Pawns maintains the standard board setup, however positions of...
"A solution would seem to be simultaneous moves." _________________________________________________ Well, yes, making the first-move-of-the-game by white &...
Simultaneous movement would occur throughout the game, not just with the first move. And there is no hidden information in this form of play. Just a greater...
Some more thoughts about simultaneous play: What if both players simultaneously checked each other? Both would be required to either remove the check threat...
Doing a little research into how other developers have handled simultaneous play, I came across this game. It was developed by Vitaliy Korolev in 1991. I was...
Another conflict in simultaneous play would be an attempted capture by a Pawn with the opponent moving from the target cell. Since the opponent piece was...
"But it is aggravating to attempt to capture an opponent's piece and learn that it has moved from that cell." ________________________________________ It is...
The Knight becomes very powerful in simultaneous play. Since its movement can barely be blocked, it will quickly leap across the field and offer check. There...
U both might want to examine the variant Kung-fu chess, although i'm fairly certain the name has changed. A general search will pull up some possible links to...
... i'm fairly ... possible ... (simul. movement) ... timer will ... the ... in response to pieces ... have ... two and four ... chaotic and a tad ... the...
Continuing the discussion of simultaneous movement: Taking the rule of all pieces being denied an immediate subsequent move after moving(whether capturing or...
certainly moving to a square that seems advantagous, only to have your opponent remove that advantage (threat, support, whatever) with his simultanious move...
Chessvariants.com will be hosting a multi-variant Game Courier tournament a bit later this year, and there are two weeks left for you to help us decide which...
... nothing ... No harm in asking, or even in speculation. This particular situation is a good example. Synchronous Chess solved this with the same rule which...
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