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,...
... The IAGO Store (what will consider selling the tiles eventually, and carry a range of boards (Definitely interested in having a Byzantine board available...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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....
... problem. ... Incomplete ... configurations the ... You are saying that computers will reach a place where their ability to handle abstract strategy games...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
... board ... immediately ... the ... trades ... can add ... Ok, this sounds like a starting point (you going Los Alamos Chess route?) The game I was talking...
... 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 ...
... 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, 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 ...
Hi Mathew, please send me more info about your hobby ... I love this idea, Regards, Andy.(ChessVariant) ... From: Matthew La Vallee <melmelmarms@...> To:...
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...
... set, a ... any piece ... Alfils, ... Cannons, ... about my ... Matthew, would you be interested in making and selling custom pieces for people that aren't...
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...
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....