George Duke wrote on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 04:59 PM UTC:
We have thrown out ''Next Chess'' but not ''NextChess123.'' A fine
distinction. Joe Joyce coined the term NextChess, as I recall. Fischer announced in 1996, ''The old Chess is dead.''
What should replace it? All these authors below have a stake in their work. Can these 21 from earlier comments this thread be developed or winnowed under IAGO or other entities? So far we have Mastodon(Winther),
Modern(Maura), Eurasian(Duniho), Templar(Alvarez de la Campa), Centennial(Brown), Unicorn Great(Paolowich), Switching(Quintanilla), Seirawan(Seirawan), Black Ghost(Betza), Big Board(Shoenfelder), Courier de la Dama(Cruz), Eight Stone(Aiken), Wildebeest(Schmittberger), Fantasy Grand(Hatch),Venator(Winther), Great Shatranj(Joyce), King's Court(le Vasseur), Three-Player(Zubrin), Schoolbook(Trenholme), Melee(Boeree), Sissa(Cetina). Maybe Rich Hutnik could step in to explain whether proceeding to the Next Step would entail anything so specific as these actual named CVs. Are 21 too many? Or 200? I happen to think Brainking's mix of 38-40 CVs is far inferior to what we could easily draw up. On the other hand, among what Brainking has already, that could be CVPage-approved or Iago-approved constructively are Fischer Random, Janus Chess, Cylindrical, Capablanca Random -- with Reinhard Scharnagl okaying the latter. Otherwise, achieveable CVPage fare not in Brainking would be vast improvement toward the concept of 20 CVs, 30 CVs, or 50 CVs highlighted maybe even for real play. Otherwise, staying the course of artwork is continuing counterproductive option. Ralph Betza says he became motivated that Chess is no one fixed form and that formal approved Chess revolutionized already about once every 500 years. Bureaucrats associated with F.I.D.E. -- like one or two same anonymous naysayers within CVPage's own ranks -- would resist even such simple historical fact.
