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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sun, Feb 18, 2007 05:56 AM UTC:
Perhaps it's time to close this group? We have the Comments and Game
Courier for forums.

TriMac HexChess. Hexagonal XiangQi. (Cells: 135) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sat, Feb 10, 2007 08:29 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Looks very interesting. The use of the board is innovative.

Polymorph Chess. Knights and Bishops can morph into each other or into combined pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Feb 2, 2007 01:35 AM UTC:
Jeremy, feel free to add a new preset.

Shakti. Christian Freeling's simple, elegant game with disappearing squares.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Tue, Jan 16, 2007 06:19 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Ed, thanks for all your work over the years to create and maintain these applets. This 'Excellent' goes for all your many applets. I should note that your applets, in some cases, are the only entry that we have for certain games at CVP.

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Tue, Jan 16, 2007 06:16 PM UTC:
Mats, this is an interesting item. Could you create a link page for it?

Go-Chess (tm) A game information page
. Place your own pieces on a large board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sat, Jan 6, 2007 05:46 PM UTC:
Fortunately the game description was included in our link page. I have noticed that some interesting games with their own sites, sometimes commercial, are linked without description, as is their perogative. As often happens, when their sites go down the description of their game also goes with it.

ChessVA computer program
. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 10:15 PM UTC:
Greg, you may wish to consider creating your own link page that you can update as you wish. If you do, we can remove this one.

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 10:13 PM UTC:
Christine's comment about many more variants is interesting. I've often
marvelled at the seemingly endless bounty out there. This site is like the
goose that lay the golden eggs. That's why I completely agree with the
open-ended editorial approach. Sure, many games are a passing fancy, but a
few are trully golden, and they only emerge after being tried in the fire
of this community. Will there ever be a 'rococo' period, where good
ideas dry up and we are left with empty frills? (No pun on Peter's excellent 
game intended!!) I don't know, but it's not today! Happy New Year.

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 10:08 PM UTC:
Jeremy, thanks to you too for all your contributions, especially the
presets!

The ShortRange Project ZIP file. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 10:07 PM UTC:Good ★★★★
Great project! I second Abdul-Rahman's suggestion, could you add separate description pages for these games?

Tiling Rider Chess. This game was inspired by tiles seen in many bathrooms and sidewalks.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Jan 5, 2007 03:29 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
Looks interesting. I'd like to see a game.

ChessVA computer program
. Program for playing numerous Chess variants against your PC.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Wed, Jan 3, 2007 04:43 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Thanks Greg! Wonderful.

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Tue, Jan 2, 2007 05:47 AM UTC:
Chess is far from dead. As far as I know, no computer can yet *enjoy* a
game of Chess! Example: my kid enjoys tic-tac-toe, another 'dead' game?!

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Tue, Jan 2, 2007 04:54 AM UTC:
Happy New Year! Thanks to David for all his work to keep this site going
(especially the difficult site maintenance necessities).

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Mon, Nov 20, 2006 03:12 AM UTC:
Gary, I've used sculpy too, but how do you make sure you get a smooth and
even split when making the 2 mold halves? It's a nice and simple idea. As
you mentioned, the colors are very nice and come in a large variety. Do you
have pictures? Thanks.

Three Handed Chess. Three handed Chess with special rules to promote 3-way play. (Cells: 96) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sat, Nov 11, 2006 05:29 AM UTC:
Arak Leatham wrote to the editors:

'I wish to state a variant based on the current listed variant called 'Three Handed Chess'. My version is exactly the same layout, conditions and reasoning as 'Three Handed' except for the variation rules to eliminate ganging up on the third man.

'My method is that when attacking the man on the right and removing a piece, you get to remove the same piece from the man on the left as well. This has two effects; it shortens an otherwise very long playing game, and it means no player can afford to ignore his best chance of winning, i.e. attacking his '2 for one target', the man on the right. Also you can never trust the man on your left to leave you alone for very long. You are just too good of a target.

'Notice also that attacking is of higher value than defense. But at some point, you must try and slow your attacker down. This is a fast, aggressive game.

'However, there is one more rule; after a check, if a possible check-mate exists and the third player has not had a turn between the check and the failure of the victim to escape, the third player is guaranteed one last move to break the check-mate. If he succeeds, play continues in the normal direction from the 'third' player.'


Ajedrez Hexagonal de GlinksiA game information page
. Glinski's Hexagonal Chess page translated into Spanish. (Spanish Language)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Nov 10, 2006 05:51 AM UTC:
Glinski page in Spanish posted. 

See all languages: 
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/whatsnewalllang.php

Giveaway Chess. Taking is obligatory; the first player that loses all his pieces wins. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 02:44 AM UTC:
The editors received the following correspondence from Doron Singer:

Your example claims Bxc1 wins. It, in fact, loses, which goes to show
suicide chess is deeper than what most people give it credit for.
Black's win is as follows:
1. Bxc1 g5
2. Bxg5 a6
3. Bxe7 axb5
now:
4. Bxf8 Nc6
5. Bxb5 Nd7
6. Bxd7 Ra3
7. Bxa3 b4
8. Bxb4
0-1

or:
5. Bxc5 Ra3

if:
6. Bxf8 Nd7 and so on
and if:
6. Bxa3 Nc6 and so on.

Doron.

Gala ZIP file. Historical German variant from the Middle Ages.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sat, Oct 28, 2006 02:40 PM UTC:
Mats, you have a very nice page on Gala. Could I suggest that you create an indexed link item for it? Thanks!

Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sun, Oct 15, 2006 02:42 PM UTC:
Gilbert: this is an ongoing debate. For a good introduction see Jean-Louis
Cazaux's excellent discussion at,

http://history.chess.free.fr/comparison.htm

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 08:47 PM UTC:
Retrograde Chess? Like the planets, you expect a normal move, then the
weird back-swing. Quick question, how will a Pawn or King advance?

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Tony Quintanilla wrote on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 01:50 AM UTC:
Sam, may I suggest that you convert this message into a member-posted page?


http://www.chessvariants.org/index/membersubmission.php

That way, it will be properly indexed and posted. Otherwise, it is likely
to get lost among the myriad messages posted on this site.

Tridimensional Chess (Star Trek). Three-dimensional chess from Star Trek. (7x(), Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sun, Oct 8, 2006 04:18 AM UTC:
The editors received the following correspondance from Rainer Hecker:

Dear Sirs and Madam’s,

thank you for this fascinating Page about “Star Trek Chess”. But if my
information is correct you have made two mistakes:

No movable Level (or in Star Trek terminology “Attack Board”) is ever
placed below, always above a corner! For some reasons: 1. Continuous use
would wear the Boards and Pins so that the Attack Boards would hold any
longer upside down. 2. I have never an Attack Board below a corner,
neither in the original series nor in any of its following series.

The position of the pieces at the start of the game is not correct.
According to my sources the queen and king start the game on the Attack
Boards occupying the places of the knights in your diagram. the knights
start the game on the Main Boards on the outer lines occupying the places
of the bishops in your picture. The bishops start on the inner lines
occupying the places of king and queen in your diagram.


yours sincerely
Rainer Hecker

King's Reincarnation. Captured Kings return to the board, but at a price. 2 versions of play. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Tony Quintanilla wrote on Mon, Sep 25, 2006 05:19 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Very nice! Sounds like a lot of fun. I like the main variant, since it is more true to the basic idea. Also, a Queen-powered King would be awfully difficult to capture and would lead to draws, unless off-set by something, like an extreme promotion rule like the one in James Spratt's Imperial Chess. This is a kind of royal succession, with battle field promotion!

Mainzer Schach. 11 x 8 variant with two Januses and one Marshall, and different setup.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sat, Jun 17, 2006 05:02 AM UTC:
Corrected.

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