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Sorry you got a negative response from John. What he wrote to me was not so negative as you make it sound. I think he just wants something a bit more definite,...
George Jelliss
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Apr 1, 2008
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2639
... The IAGO Store (what will consider selling the tiles eventually, and carry a range of boards (Definitely interested in having a Byzantine board available...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 1, 2008
8:14 pm
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... Thank you for the reply here. Did he send you the vision document? It was after I sent him that, that things took a turn for the worse (aka, nothing will...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 2, 2008
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2641
Well Rich i can't say i've done what U're talking about exactly, but i think i may have made steps in the direction U're heading. Check out my variant here...
SBlkWlf@...
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Apr 3, 2008
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2642
... i think ... variant ... page i have ... method i use. ... and it ... Thanks for the reply. Would you be interested in trying to position what you are...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 3, 2008
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2643
I believe the framework of chess can be addressed now so that we never turn chess into a solved game. I personally believe there is part of the answer in a...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 3, 2008
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Solving Chess: Computers will only continue to grow faster and this means that simply increasing the complexity of your variation will not resolve the problem....
John Kipling Lewis
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Apr 3, 2008
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2645
... problem. ... Incomplete ... configurations the ... You are saying that computers will reach a place where their ability to handle abstract strategy games...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 3, 2008
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2647
... Chess ... spent on ... I will need to change the legal conditions then. The point is to have people using it to network with one another. If anyone wants...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 4, 2008
10:29 pm
2648
... You may want to look into getting some Beyond Chess tiles (gobeyondchess.com) which should give you enough to do what you need....
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 6, 2008
4:23 pm
2649
This is a follow up post to my prior "Unsticking Chess" one. To the end, the purpose of the project is to come up with perhaps a bit of standardization in...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 7, 2008
1:41 am
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... Chess ... spent on ... If you check the updated legal conditions, they have been changed. Please review them here and let me know if you find it...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 7, 2008
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I would like to run this concept as part of the Chess of Tomorrow project. Someone in discussing the future of chess, brought up Calvinball. The posted a link...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 7, 2008
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I was playing around with an IAGO version of Grand Chess (8x8 board). Well, I took the basic configuration and shoved the rooks up to be in line with the other...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 8, 2008
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2653
Can you show in XFEN what the board looked like?...
John Kipling Lewis
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Apr 8, 2008
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2654
... I believe this is it: 8/rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR/8...
Joe Joyce
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Apr 9, 2008
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I don't think I've seen this particular set up before. It's an interesting variation on the initial set-up. I would suggest eliminating castling....
John Kipling Lewis
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Apr 9, 2008
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Rich, I've suggested the variant (with some furhter simplifications) on SchemingMind.com. We will be testing it to see how it plays. The additional...
John Kipling Lewis
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Apr 9, 2008
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... board ... immediately ... the ... trades ... can add ... Ok, this sounds like a starting point (you going Los Alamos Chess route?) The game I was talking...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 10, 2008
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2658
... By the way, I happened to simplify the rules more in what I was working on, and called it: "Near Chess". You can see the rules here: ...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 10, 2008
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2659
... eliminating ... I think I mentioned it before. It was under the modest chess variants entry on the chess variants site. I found it when I was playing ...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 10, 2008
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... board ... immediately ... the ... trades ... can add ... John, just an FYI. I have Near Chess up now on the CV site as its own entry (see below). It is...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 12, 2008
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Rich, I carve my own variant chess pieces. I have made a full Omega chess set, a Gigachess set, and a Renaissance chess set. I've carved just about any piece ...
Matthew La Vallee
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Apr 12, 2008
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... <melmelmarms@...> wrote: ... Hi, Matt - I'd like that info, and any pix. Joe...
Joe Joyce
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Apr 12, 2008
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2663
Hi Mathew, please send me more info about your hobby ... I love this idea, Regards, Andy.(ChessVariant) ... From: Matthew La Vallee <melmelmarms@...> To:...
andy lewicki
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Apr 12, 2008
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I have found a simple solution to the problem encountered by us chess variant aficionados with regard to the difficulty of finding boards of appropriate sizes...
Matthew La Vallee
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Apr 13, 2008
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2665
... set, a ... any piece ... Alfils, ... Cannons, ... about my ... Matthew, would you be interested in making and selling custom pieces for people that aren't...
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 13, 2008
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... Can you code it up in Zillions so it can be dabbled with? I would be interested in seeing how the AI plays with it....
Rich Hutnik
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Apr 13, 2008
5:27 pm
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Yes. I would definitely be willing to sell them! I have decided to give it a try as a business of sorts. I do have one issue, at the moment, which will delay...
Matthew La Vallee
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Apr 14, 2008
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Another alternative, for those who have some artistic skill, is to mold pieces in polymer clay. It comes in many colors and can be dried in the oven....
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