There will be a Zertz+11 (i.e., 48 ring) Zertz tournament on Richard's PBEM server starting Friday January 8, 2003. All entries must be in by January 6 to...
I have uploaded a couple dozen new ZERTZ puzzles to the File section of this group site. I've attempted to create some which are both challenging and ...
First to clarify dates. It should read: Last date to enter: Wednesday, January 8, 2003 Tournament begins: Friday, January 10, 2003 I wanted to give people on...
Hello Zèrtz players, here are some good news about ZF1. I just uploaded the final release of ZF1 2.5 on my homepage: http://www.assimilate.de I got a bunch of...
I wanted to play Zertz over a network with friends and therfore coded a Zertz implementation myself. The name is Holtz because I didn't want to risk any...
The Virtual Game Club (VGC) has a Zertz implementation which is supposed to allow network play (they have their own Yahoo newsgroup) but I have never been able...
Hi, ... I will. But at the moment I am quite busy. ... I use a server based solution for the communication, but the server itself is a normal peer. My protocol...
Hello, ... standards-based ... "server-based solution" above meant dedicated server, so your solution is a peer-to-peer solution with a "master-slave"...
Hello Zèrtz players, I have an easter egg for all ZF1 users: ZF1 2.6 I just uploaded the setup for ZF1 2.6 to my ZF1 homepage: http://zf1.webhop.org This...
Corrected the draw condition which resulted from depletion of the draw-pile. Now when there are no more pieces in the common stock, just select a vacant spot...
Hello! I just found out that you can get a draw in Zèrtz, (well not me really, Zillions did) so I have a question... Is the 3-rd repetition rule in effect in...
... Such a draw is extremely rare in usual games, but Zillions plays extremely bad, so I'm not surprised. ... I'm not sure if there is such a rule officially...
I couldn't help myself, I've put up a site where you can play Zertz against other humans in realtime. All you need, right now, is an opponent. So arrange a...
Hello Zertz folks, I'm organizing two Zertz events on the Internet this year. First of all there will be a new Zertz+11 PbeM tournament on Richard's PbeM ...
Hello Zertz folks, the Zertz+11 league will start at May, 12th. 5 players have already signed up, and 2 slots are still free. So, take the chance of the...
Hello Zertz folks, the Zertz+11 PbeM championship will probably start at May, 24th. 12 players have already signed up, and 4 slots are still free. So, take the...
Hello Zertz folks, the Zertz+11 PbeM championship is about to start. 16 players signed up and were divided into 4 groups. The players were first ordered...
A real draw by repetition occurred in a game on boardspace.net, which was definitely the natural outcome, not the result of collusion between the players. ...
... << A real draw by repetition occurred in a game on boardspace.net ... Do you have a transcript of the game? It'd be interesting to see how that came about....
Spring equinox marks the beginning of the second year of Zertz at BoardSpace.net. Thousands of games of Zertz have been played, including a couple of small...
I've now played about 70 games of Zertz + 11, and it is looking to me and my opponent that the second player seems to have an advantage. The player playing...
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... Your observation is correct. I agree that the second player has a slight advantage, but I usually look at that from a different perspective. IMHO the two...
I agree with the observation that the second player has an edge although I think the difference is more marked on the smaller board. I also echo Michael's ...
