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  • Members: 120
  • Category: Chess
  • Founded: Jun 19, 2001
  • Language: English
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I'm taking Jack's pawn to get out of check and open up my castle on Tox's queen. Dan, as usual, you'll have to wait and see what Tox does before you decide on...
10 May 17, 2004
9:11 pm

Jack Cheiky
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I'm taking Tox's castle (a6xa7+) and putting him in check. Tox only has two moves, either to take my pawn with his queen or with his king. Mark...
5 May 11, 2004
4:31 pm

Jack Cheiky
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Dan, I would suggest either taking Tox's knight (Bf8xe7), which seems most appealing at first, or starting a pawn attack on Jack (h5xh4). We can't leave Jack...
3 May 7, 2004
5:30 pm

Jack Cheiky
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Dan, I'm going to continue my course of attack with a5xa6. That will presumably force Tox's hand (Ca7xa6) and enable you to carry out a similar intrusion with...
3 May 7, 2004
5:05 pm

Jack Cheiky
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Let's get the game started. I'm opening with a4xa5. To answer your question about typical openings, Dan, this is one of the most common. I'm threatening one...
7 May 7, 2004
4:22 am

wechselstrom
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I created a photo album to keep track of the moves in our demo game. Click the "Photos" link, then click on the "Demo Game" photo album. Mark...
1 May 5, 2004
11:20 pm

wechselstrom
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okay, i'm looking at the board on the home page. Do we go clockwise in this order? 1. White = Mark (Team A) 2. Black = Toxnx (Team B) 3. Brown = Dan (Team A) ...
2 May 5, 2004
11:07 pm

wechselstrom
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I found this group from the Intuitor page on Forchess (which I got to from a page about bad movie physics, which was in turn referenced on boingboing.net), and...
3 May 4, 2004
4:14 pm

dan_percival
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Tom said: 1) "The pawn can still only move and capture in the forward direction as it does in standard chess, however, the method of moving and capturing is...
13 May 4, 2004
8:29 am

wechselstrom
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Forchess books and t-shirts are available at www.intuitor.com/store...
1 Dec 1, 2003
4:23 pm

wechselstrom
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how do we actually go about playing this game????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????/...
2 Nov 4, 2003
11:14 pm

wechselstrom
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I need a replacement player for an e-mail correspondence game of Cutthroat Forchess. We're only 5 rounds into the game, and all of the players are about equal....
2 Jun 19, 2002
8:20 am

toxnx
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hello there! i'm a tad bit new to the group. i haven't played chess in 5 years, but i'm getting back into it now. there is this extremely pompous guy that i...
2 Jun 19, 2002
8:15 am

toxnx
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I just want to play a correspondance game via email, so the time zone difference doesn't matter. I'm just trying to figure out how I can keep track of the ...
1 Feb 9, 2002
10:30 am

toxnx
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where can I get the applet for playing?<br>And I would like to join the game, but I dont know if it works wel, because I am from the netheerlands, and with...
1 Feb 8, 2002
9:37 am

skadrian1
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It doesn't save any games. It barely works, other than letting you move pieces around the board. I haven't had time to work on it lately....
1 Feb 8, 2002
12:04 am

wechselstrom
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Yes, I am still interested in playing a correspondence game. Will your Java applet save the game or will I lose it when I close the applet?...
1 Feb 7, 2002
1:10 pm

toxnx
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I am a new member of this club.<br>I never played Forchess, but I think it must be cool, so if you want to play against me post something, and as I will log on...
1 Feb 6, 2002
10:42 am

skadrian1
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Scott, are you still interested in playing a correspondence game?...
1 Feb 3, 2002
6:32 pm

wechselstrom
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<a href=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=115433...
1 Jan 20, 2002
8:46 pm

mat_sloughter
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Yes, Mat took over for Josh.<br><br>I have a half-finished Java applet that will keep track of a game. It checks for some degree of legality in the moves, but...
1 Jan 14, 2002
8:40 am

wechselstrom
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Is it correct to assume that Mat took over for Josh?<br><br>Mark, do you happen to have anything programmed that will allow one to keep track of moves and save...
1 Jan 9, 2002
7:34 pm

toxnx
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For anyone who cares, here is a summary of our Cutthroat Forchess game so far:<br><br>Round 1<br>-------------<br>Tom c4xc5<br>Bart d6xe6<br>Josh e7xd7<br>Mark...
1 Jan 5, 2002
7:04 pm

wechselstrom
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For anyone who would like to follow the correspondence game of Cutthroat Forchess that some of us are playing, Josh has set up a website to track our moves....
1 Sep 9, 2001
5:07 am

wechselstrom
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It would seem we are waiting on the first player to make his move......
1 Sep 2, 2001
8:25 am

wechselstrom
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You said play should commence shortly....
1 Sep 1, 2001
11:49 am

goodlookingguy2be
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Hello, Trevor! Welcome to the club. Instructions for Forchess are posted on <a href=http://www.intuitor.com/forchess...
1 Aug 29, 2001
5:22 am

wechselstrom
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I just e-mailed all of the participants of the Cutthroat correspondance game. Play should commence shortly.<br><br>--Mark...
1 Aug 29, 2001
5:09 am

wechselstrom
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Message number four. How do I play? Why does Tristan post annoying messages, and How did your dad come up with the game?...
1 Aug 29, 2001
1:39 am

jurassicparknut
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Welcome to the Yahoo! Message Board for Forchess Online...
17 Aug 28, 2001
10:02 am

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