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Lances and Reverse Chariots in Chu (or other larger shogis)   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #1682 of 1693 |
Re: [shogivar] Re: Drops

>>>>> "George" == George Hodges <george.hodges@...> writes:

George> Middle Shogi, thought by
George> many to be the finest variant of all, is such a wonderful
George> game in all its aspects why does anyone ever want to
George> change anything?

Seconded.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
Fri Jun 5, 2009 8:17 am

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I've seen it stated that every piece in Chu has a role to fill. Would somebody care to enlighten me on how the Lances and Reverse Chariots are useful, being... 		unic
unic_fnord
Offline Send Email 		Jun 2, 2009
10:03 pm

... I find them useful in their unpromoted state for either ... a) rear support for step-movers advancing on the enemy territory, or b) clearing the way for...
Phoenix
tkr101010
Offline Send Email 		Jun 2, 2009
10:17 pm

... Unic> I've seen it stated that every piece in Chu has a role to Unic> fill. Would somebody care to enlighten me on how the Lances Unic> and Reverse...
Colin Paul Adams
colin@...
Send Email 		Jun 3, 2009
5:45 am

By the way, what precisely makes the drops 'impossible' in Chu Shogi, and beyond? I had already started a correspondance game of dropped Chu, without noting...
roland.marounek
Offline Send Email 		Jun 3, 2009
9:02 pm

... Chu -=> Lions Tenjiku -=> Fire Demons!, and Range Jumpers Dai Dai -=> Lion, Hook Mover, Long Nosed Goblin, etc Loosing pieces as strong as these and having...
Phoenix
tkr101010
Offline Send Email 		Jun 4, 2009
2:08 am

... Even without drops, Fire Demons make the Tenjiku 'impossible' , in my opinion. ... your opponents army would certainly suck. 1. One could have believed...
roland.marounek
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9:03 am

... Roland> Even without drops, Fire Demons make the Tenjiku Roland> 'impossible' , in my opinion. Have you tried it with Edi's proposed rule change for the...
Colin Paul Adams
colin@...
Send Email 		Jun 4, 2009
9:11 am

... For me it's the range jumpers. I see it as completely useless to have all the other pieces with which to build a defensive structure, just to have range...
Phoenix
tkr101010
Offline Send Email 		Jun 4, 2009
2:45 pm

... using their Lion to it's full potential. ;) I meant : in a dropped Chu, the game remains dense as all the pieces stay potentially on the board. ... thing,...
roland.marounek
Offline Send Email 		Jun 5, 2009
7:55 am

Re Middle Shogi with drops. Here is an extract from an article by Peter Blommers published in "Variant Chess" Magazine - Volume 3, Issue 25 - Autumn 1997:- ...
George Hodges
bty396556
Offline Send Email 		Jun 5, 2009
8:12 am

... George> Middle Shogi, thought by George> many to be the finest variant of all, is such a wonderful George> game in all its aspects why does anyone ever...
Colin Paul Adams
colin@...
Send Email 		Jun 5, 2009
8:17 am

... "Variant Chess" Magazine - Volume 3, Issue 25 - Autumn 1997:-... That is a clear answer. The merit is also to have tried it, to reach to a conclusion. ... ...
roland.marounek
Offline Send Email 		Jun 5, 2009
8:48 am

... Roland> You are right of course, the main problem is to find a Roland> only one player. That is partly for that reason -besides Roland> the personal fun...
Colin Paul Adams
colin@...
Send Email 		Jun 4, 2009
3:01 pm

... I have still a library for a graphical board (platform independent), and a working plugin for most shogi variants on the generic gameserver. I have also...
Kristof Bastiaensen
kuribas
Offline Send Email 		Jun 10, 2009
10:59 am
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