I am about to release my .zrf for Chu. I'd appreciate if the experts on this group would let me know whether they agree with my following wordings regarding...
Hello, I'm looking forward to try out your Chu Shogi zrf file. ... It's even allowed to put his own K into check and then *not* block it. This ollows already...
Eduard Werner
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Apr 16, 2003 6:14 am
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... From: "Eduard Werner" <edi.werner@...> To: <shogivar@yahoogroups.com>; <jk@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [shogivar]...
John>> I'd appreciate if the experts on this group would let me know whether they agree with my following wordings regarding rule clarifications and game end...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 16, 2003 9:22 am
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... From: "Nick Bardsley" <nbardsley@...> To: <shogivar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: RE: [shogivar] New...
... John> 3. If you reduce your opponent to a Bare King then you win John> unless ... John> I didn't think it was my rule, I thought I'd got it from John>...
Colin Paul Adams
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Apr 16, 2003 10:01 am
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John>> I didn't think it was my rule, I thought I'd got it from Colin's John>> pages. I suspect K+S and >>several others would be unable to give mate on their...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 16, 2003 11:12 am
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... From: "Colin Paul Adams" <colin@...> To: <shogivar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [shogivar] New Chu...
... baring opponent's King is also given as a way of winning in the previous version of Chu_Shogi.zrf In other words, all 3 references I have seen had that...
... John> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Paul Adams" John> <colin@...> To: <shogivar@yahoogroups.com> John> Sent: Wednesday, April...
Colin Paul Adams
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Apr 16, 2003 11:43 am
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John> afraid I have still not been able to get Java to install on John> my machine so have been unable to use your program. CPA>>Why not? What machine and OS...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 16, 2003 11:55 am
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... Nick> Regarding which, what progress with your program Colin? I haven't done anything with it for a long time. -- Colin Paul Adams Preston Lancashire...
Colin Paul Adams
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Apr 16, 2003 12:04 pm
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... According to matehamtical associativity, then it surely it is! Guilty by Association! ;-) BTW your 'Bare King' rule states : "Since King and Gold General...
... John>>To move within, you have to have previously entered. The rules are crystal clear that if >>you enter and stay in the zone, then only the move after...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 16, 2003 2:49 pm
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... Nick> /would/ have been surprised if Colin had chosen to Nick> differentiate between entering the PZ and moving within, or Nick> exiting the PZ because...
Colin Paul Adams
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Apr 16, 2003 2:57 pm
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Well, I was talking about the game from Big Bang to Big Crunch (to probably overextend my metaphor) - mating problems are another issue. Remind me, Colin, if...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 16, 2003 3:19 pm
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... Nick> Remind me, Colin, if there is an unpromoted piece in the PZ Nick> at the start of the problem can it promote straight away or Nick> must it capture...
Colin Paul Adams
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Apr 16, 2003 3:30 pm
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... From: "Nick Bardsley" <nbardsley@...> To: <shogivar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: RE: [shogivar] New...
From: "John Kewley" <jk@...> Subject: Re: [shogivar] New Chu Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:32:15 +0100 ... Well, it seems a Shogi (Variant) tradition that a...
Eduard Werner
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Apr 16, 2003 7:32 pm
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... Trivially for anyone with a chess background. (like K + R vs K) Edi...
Eduard Werner
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Apr 16, 2003 7:32 pm
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John>>Because I had misunderstood it, and because for over-the-board games it would (to me) make >>more sense to have rules that were easy to carry out. Can I...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 17, 2003 8:09 am
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John>>My program takes a similar approach to what Colin replied. Similar to the author of the 'D' series of problems, that is. John>>If it was possible for the...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 17, 2003 8:20 am
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John>>I would have said 'Colin's program's "ruling"' as the De Facto standard in use in the West >>had I got it working, but Colin explained how it worked. ...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 17, 2003 8:26 am
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... Oops - I described it wrong way round! The code works the other way round - or it should!! JK...
John>>Black has 2 Golds, opne of them makes an incursion into the PZ John>>without promoting (for ... in the action until one >>of them moves into the PZ...
Nick Bardsley
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Apr 17, 2003 9:52 am
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... John> In the problems, should we also assume that any Gold outside John> the PZ has not previously ... Nick> I believe that is the assumption. Colin's...
Colin Paul Adams
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Apr 17, 2003 10:27 am
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... From: "Nick Bardsley" <nbardsley@...> To: <shogivar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:52 AM Subject: RE: [shogivar] New...
... for this.) ... capturing!) ... unlikely. Ah yes, missed reading a line (...and I though it was convoluted under my misreading). Still, here we go... Your...