Comments by j_carrillo_vii

Thanks Antoine.

Cheers,
Jose

Fergus,

My opponent Thomas has made an illegal take back of moves in our 3rd round Euchess game.

How do we return the game to the position after my last legal move, which he also took back.

I sent my opponent an email to try to sort this out, but his email address is no longer valid, and the email bounced.

Can you please stop the clock in this game until the issue gets resolved?

Thanks.

Jose

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game=Euchess&log=crazytom-j_carrillo_vii-2010-59-178

This is an interesting twisting rule that can be applied to any variant.

Well done Tony!

Here is a preset for Schachdame that doesn't enforce any rules, but allows the game to be played.

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game%3DSchachdame%26settings%3Ddefault

The Guard's on Korean Chess don't move like Wazirs. They can also move diagonally on the diagonals in the palace.

The King in Xiangi does move like a Wazir, and Chinese Chess is another historical old variant.

Link with instructions to Hiashatar.

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

Thanks for the questions Nick.

I updated the page to address all your concerns.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Just got in the mail today a set of Dragon Chess I purchased on ebay.

Not too impressed with the 3-squares movement of the Dragon...

But a nice looking set to have for playing variants (I'll most likely redefine the movement of the Dragon).

My 9 year old son loved the look of the set, specially the Dragons.

I saw these Renaissance pieces years ago (never owned this type of set) when I was in university.

What I paid for the Dragon Chess set was money well spent, and it is in brand new condition.

Agree with H.G.

Castling makes both positions different, and no symmetrical.

For instance, g-castling (O-O):

In 'B B R K R N N Q' g-castling is accomplished by the King jumping 3 squares, and the Rook moving once.

In 'Q N N R K R B B' g-castling is accomplished by just having the King jump over the f-rook, while the rook stays on the same spot.

Also, b-castling in one of the positions is not equivalent to g-castling on the other.

There is no symmetry because of castling.

Fergus,

When reviewing completed games, after pressing the View button, the next move is no longer automatically filled in in the text box, so that if one pressed the View button repeatedly the game would progress a move at a time.

Now we have to locate the next move within the drop down each time which makes reviewing games very painful.

Can one of the admins update the link on this page to:

http://webspace.webring.com/people/pm/millennium3dchess/

The geocities link is broken.

Not true.

For instance, in Chess3 if the Rook is located on 1A1 it can move to: 1A2, 1A3, 1A4, 1A5, 1A6, 1A7, 1A8, 1B1, 1C1, 1D1, 1E1, 1F1, 1G1, 1H1, 2A1, 3A1. 

In Millenium 3D Chess, a Rook at 1A1 can additionally move to 2A2, 3A3, 2B1 and 3C1.

The Millenium 3D Queen also has the same additional mobility accross levels as the Millenium 3D Rook.

In Chess3 a Pawn on 1B2 can move to: 1B3, 1B4, 2B2 or 3B2 on his first move.

In Millenium 3D Chess, a Pawn at 1B2 can additionally move to 2B3 or 3B4.

Promotion rules in Chess3 are not clear.

Chess3 doesn't make any mention about Castling or En Passant in the rules, Millenium 3D does.

Full rules for Millenium 3D Chess are at:
http://webspace.webring.com/people/pm/millennium3dchess/millennium_3d_chess.pdf