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Try mindsports.net for the Grand Chess set. Janus chess is trickier and tried that myself several months ago with little success. I use a couple of extra...
Dear Mr. Duniho, Thank you very much for all you have done to revamp the (your) site. The new enhancements, particularly the "click-move" feature, are...
Hi all. I'm a brand new member to this group. It looks like a lively bunch. I'm happily surprised there is so much interest in chess variants. I created a...
It's an interesting project. Adding D&D like aspects to the game certainly creates something new to the game. I have see other variants that decide who wins a...
What are the emotional and intellectual underpinnings of chess play, experience of variants and chess variant design? What guides you to think things through? ...
There are different methods of greatly enhancing variance in standard chess by an easy relocation method whereby one or two pieces can change place. There is...
... I wrote this recently in the chess variants discussion group: The motif behind the preoccupation with chess variants. It's obvious that chess has become...
The popularity of a game is based on many factors, but one factor in particular plagues standard chess. That is replay value. There is a bell curve in games...
My initial query: *Does anyone know of a variant in which the first threat doesn't count? That a piece has to threaten another piece for a full turn before it...
Here is a suggestion for how to equalize Balanced Pendulum Chess: One can only make a capturing move when a turn behind and not making a double move. In other...
Hullabaloo is undergoing revisions with more playtesting... Some different versions under development. To see the Hullabaloo arithmetic, go to this page: ...
Does it reflect a cultural value for dominance and parasitism over mutualism? For chaos and asymmetry? Over predictability and "reason"? [Non-text portions of...
I realize I'm making three or five separate discussions and lumping them altogether with controversial implications. ... [Non-text portions of this message...
I think there wasn't/isn't a preference for one move advantage. The idea of simultaneous movement is a fairly recent game mechanic. Chess, in particular, is...
Hi, the new issue of the italian magazine Il fogliaccio degli astratti is on line, you can download from: www.tavolando.net In this number also Shuuro a modern...
Yes and no. John, I may agree with you that given more historic time, the apparent preference will erase because multimove variants are relatively novel ...
Yes, that was me. I have invented, but not been happy with, simultaneous chess. I have hidden the problem in other variants I created. For example I have...
Are you referring to the one move advantage white has in chess? If so, I have 'solved' this problem with: http://www.d-chess.com/ In a nutshell: Random back...
The easier solution has been in many tournaments for other games for years. Player 1 makes any move as white. Player 2 may now decide to play as white or...
There are many possible solutions to the problem but the psychology of a chessplayer appears to reflect that of a individuals who seem to prefer to follow...
I have to disagree with the idea that the usual schemes, or even many unusual ones (please see below for examples recently posted) actually eliminate the first...