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hirosi Kano wrote on Sat, Mar 15 03:28 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 02:36 PM:

Thank you for your lecture. I have learned very well, but it is very hard to understand for English. I am now learning English and Betza notation scripts etc. by this page. I am glad to make public of my jobs.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Mar 15 02:36 PM UTC in reply to hirosi Kano from 02:27 PM:

The [] are just delimiters to indicate everything written between them describes a single move. A dash - means continuation, and separates the various 'legs' of the move, a question mark indicates the continuation is optional, and that what was written before it is a valid move in itself. So [F-sF] means an F move mandatorily followed by another F move in the sideway direction (i.e. perpendicular to the first). By default non-final legs must go to empty squares, and continuation legs go as much as possible in the same direction.


hirosi Kano wrote on Sat, Mar 15 02:27 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 02:09 PM:

I have not ever heard the bracket notation. Maybe, I seem that I am hard to understand the system like a [] or ?-.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Mar 15 02:09 PM UTC in reply to hirosi Kano from 02:01 PM:

Yes, the bracket notation is easier. But it does not work yet for all combinations of moves. I hope to fix that one day.


hirosi Kano wrote on Sat, Mar 15 02:01 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 01:52 PM:

Thank you very much. It works well. I am weak in the notation of a.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Mar 15 01:52 PM UTC in reply to hirosi Kano from 01:04 PM:

You mean it can only move to (say) c5 if either b4 or d4 is empty? This would be FasF, or [F?sF] (which is equal to F[F-sF]) in bracket notation.


hirosi Kano wrote on Sat, Mar 15 01:04 PM UTC:

How to express the below piece(Conjurer) by Betza notation? This piece can move Ferz and a zig zag by slide, it is not jumping.

Conjurer
????

diagram

HaruN Y wrote on Tue, Mar 11 10:23 AM UTC:

My Pychess' ✍variant-design-contest submission

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQK graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none royal=K royal=Q extinction=0 pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 knight:N:mpabmpafmpafsmpafsoabFoabavsmpafsmpafmpabFmpafsmpafmpafmpafmpafoabmpafmpafmpafmpasmpafmpafmpafoabmpafmpafmpafFmpafsmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafoabmpafmpafmpafmpafmpasmpafmpafmpafoabmpafmpafmpafFmpafmpafmpafoabmpafmpafmpafmpasmpafmpafmpafoabmpafmpafmpafmpavsmpafsW:knight:b1,g1,,b8,g8 bishop:B:nAfF:bishop:c1,f1,,c8,f8 rook:R:vWvafsW:rook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 queen:Q:fhrK:queen:d1,,e8 king:K:fhlK:king:e1,,d8

HaruN Y wrote on Wed, Mar 5 03:15 PM UTC:

Attack of the Fort by Platy, AKA rookanga, Rookanga

files=7 ranks=16 promoZone=4 promoChoice=NSR graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= royal=K iron=8 shuffle=NASGR firstRank=1 borders=0 rimColor=#000000 darkShade=#14213d lightShade=#fca311 coordColor=#ffffff Soldier:P:ifmnDfWfceFbmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafmpabmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafmpafsmW:pawn--chinesepawn:b4,d4,f4,,b13,d13,f13 pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a6,b6,c6,d6,e6,f6,g6,,a11,b11,c11,d11,e11,f11,g11 morph=///////P knight:N:N:knight:a5,g5,,a12,g12 morph=A Knighted silver:A:FfWN:knight--silvergeneral:d5,,d12 ferz:F:F:ferz:c2,e2,,c15,e15 silver:S:FfW:silvergeneral:c5,e5,,c12,e12 morph=A gold:G:WfF:goldgeneral:d2,,d15 Iron lump:I:-:/membergraphics/MSdealerschess/%pyramid.png:a13,c13,e13,g13,a16,b16,c16,e16,f16,g16,,a1,b1,c1,e1,f1,g1,a4,c4,e4,g4 Buck:R:mKfcRfW:/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/%rookinv.png:b5,f5,,b12,f12 king:K:F:king:d1,,d16

But with shuffle.


HaruN Y wrote on Sat, Feb 22 02:15 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Homburs by rhombus, AKA hris_69, ⃟ & Popo Chess, AKA Politique 2.0

files=7 ranks=5 promoZone=0 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&w=853e1f&b=f1e358&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= symmetry= royal=K borders=0 firstRank=1 lightShade=#f60303 darkShade=#1d8d30 coordColor=#ffffff rimColor=#000000 Right peasant:P:rmWrcF:*>%pawn:b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5 morph=*.....*/"/"/"/" knight:N:N:knight:a2,,g4 Centaur bishop:B:fBbhN:knight--bishop:a1,,g5 Centaur rook:R:fsRbhN:knight--rook:a5,,g1 Centaur queen:Q:fhsQbhN:knight--queen:a4,,g2 Centaur king:K:fhsKbhN:knight--king:a3,,g3

HaruN Y wrote on Sat, Feb 22 02:13 PM UTC in reply to Lev Grigoriev from Fri Feb 21 08:18 PM:

Most of the variants they've created aren't on square boards. Guess I'll create Interactive Diagrams for their other variants too.


HaruN Y wrote on Sat, Feb 22 08:30 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Cannon Disabled by me

files=8 ranks=10 promoZone=2 promoChoice=NBRQC graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&w=b01212&b=21210b&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= royal=K borders=0 firstRank=0 coordColor=#fff400 rimColor=#44cc00 holeColor=#44cc00 lightShade=#b02828 darkShade=#5a5959 hole::::a0-h0,a9-h9 pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2-h2,,a7-h7 knight:N:N:knight:b1,g1,,b8,g8 bishop:B:B:bishop:c1,f1,,c8,f8 rook:R:R:rook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 queen:Q:Q:queen:d1,,d8 cannon:C:cpRfiiyoabspcFfiimpafmpaf(mpaf)1yoabspcFmpafmpabmpafafmpafmpabmpafyamW:cannon:a0,c0-f0,h0,,a10,c9-f9,h9 king:K:KisO2:king:e1,,e8

Lev Grigoriev wrote on Fri, Feb 21 08:18 PM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Mon Feb 17 02:06 PM:

This one’s nice) cool board)


HaruN Y wrote on Tue, Feb 18 10:32 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

Boulder Board by Ondohir

files=7 ranks=7 promoZone=1 promoChoice=PM graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png royal=K iron=1 borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#bf7826 rimColor=#7cb226 darkShade=#98b193 lightShade=#b8b799 Boulder:P:mK:/membergraphics/MSdealerschess/%circle.png:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,,a6,b6,c6,d6,e6,f6,g6 knight:N:N:knight:b1,c1,e1,f1,,b7,c7,e7,f7 cannon:C:mRcpR:cannon:a1,g1,,a7,g7 man:M:K:man: king:K:KisO2:king:d1,,d7

HaruN Y wrote on Mon, Feb 17 02:06 PM UTC:Good ★★★★

Peace and Hate by Platy, AKA rookanga, Rookanga

files=11 ranks=11 promoZone=0 promoChoice= graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&w=a9d3db&b=e7b567&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= symmetry=rotate royal=K iron=2 iron=4 iron=6 iron=8 borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#cee3c2 darkShade=#765b7e rimColor=#4e2858 holeColor=#4e2858 lightShade=#bd3d9a hole::::c1,d1,h1,i1,c2,d2,h2,i2,a3,b3,c3,d3,h3,i3,j3,k3,a4,b4,c4,d4,e4,g4,h4,i4,j4,k4,d5,h5,d7,h7,a8,b8,c8, knight:N:N:knight:e1,f1,g1,,e11,f11,g11 morph=////....ṄṄṄ/"/" Iron knight:Ṅ:N:knight: morph=//N/N/NNNN.../"/"/N/N rook:R:R:rook:e2,g2,,e10,g10 morph=////....ŔŔŔ/"/" Iron rook:Ŕ:R:rook: morph=R/R/R/R/RRRR.../"/"/R/R/R/R wazir:W:W:wazir:a5,b5,a6,b6,a7,b7,,j5,k5,j6,k6,j7,k7 morph=//Q//....ŴŴŴ/"/"//Q Iron wazir:Ŵ:W:wazir: morph=///W/...W/"/"/W queen:::: morph=////....♡♡♡/"/" Iron queen:♡:Q:queen: morph=Q/Q/Q/Q/QQQQ.../"/"/Q/Q/Q/Q king:K:KisO1:king:f2,,f10 morph=///////K Tree:K:-:king:

HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Feb 9 01:26 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Proto-Chess by Fylo, AKA Tenji

files=8 ranks=10 promoZone=2 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png royal=K borders=0 firstRank=1 rimColor=#ee3123 darkShade=#f15a4f lightShade=#f8ada7 coordColor=#fcd6d3 wildebeest pawn:P:fmW*fceF:pawn: knight:N:N:knight: bishop:B:B:bishop: rook:R:R:rook: queen:Q:Q:queen: kinginv:K:fmW:kinginv:e1,,e10 morph=////////K pawninv:P:fmW:pawninv:a1-d1,f1-h1,a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a9,b9,c9,d9,e9,f9,g9,h9,a10-d10,f10-h10 morph=///////P/RNBQKBNR king:K:KisO2:king:

HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Jan 26 06:25 AM UTC:

Connectima by me

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=0 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= symmetry=none royal=K borders=0 firstRank=1 rimColor=#000000 lightShade=#de002b darkShade=#00568f coordColor=#fcbb2c Mid Connector Pawn:P:yasdaubafcabRmR:templarpawn:c2,d2,e2,f2,,c7,d7,e7,f7 Edge Connector Pawn:E:yapafcabdaufRmR:templar--berolinapawn:a2,b2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,g7,h7 Mermaid:N:mQcamfK0:grasshopper--longleaper:b1,g1,,b8,g8 Fool:B:I:fool:c1,f1,,c8,f8 Antiranker:R:frbl(af)afrblmpafmpafmpafcabmpafmpafmpafFfrbl(af)afrblmpafmpafmpafmdaubmpafmpafmpafFflbr(af)aflbrmpafmpafmpafcabmpafmpafmpafFflbr(af)aflbrmpafmpafmpafmdaubmpafmpafmpafFs(af)avmpafmpafmpafcabmpafmpafmpafWs(af)avmpafmpafmpafmdaubmpafmpafmpafWv(af)asmpafmpafmpafcabmpafmpafmpafWv(af)asmpafmpafmpafmdaubmpafmpafmpafWsafafafmW:/membergraphics/MSdealerschess/%cylqueen.png:a1,,a8 Withdrawer:Q:mocabyafmKdabuyafmK:withdrawer:d1,,d8 Thricer:L:cafafKafcafKcafcafKmQafafK:edgehog:h1,,h8 king:K:KisO2:king:e1,,e8

An Ultima-like game where Pawns capture by moving to a square adjacent to a friendly piece.

Mid Connector PawnTravels like a Rook, or travels like a Rook to a square orthogonally adjacent to a friendly piece & an enemy piece then captures that enemy piece if that enemy piece is in the same orthogonal line as the friendly piece adjacent to this
Edge Connector PawnTravels like a Rook, or travels like a Rook to a square orthogonally adjacent to a friendly piece that's orthogonally adjacent to an enemy piece then captures that enemy piece if that enemy piece is in the same orthogonal line as this
MermaidTravels like a Queen, or captures on Queen lines, landing in the square just past the enemy piece
FoolMoves like it is of the same type as the last piece that was moved (and was not itself an imitator)
AntirankerTravels like a Queen. If the square in the same rank that's exactly 4 squares away from the square the Antiranker moved to is occupied by an enemy piece, that enemy piece is captured
ThricerTravels like a Queen, or moves like a King thrice in the same direction
WithdrawerTravels like a Queen. If this moves directly away from an enemy piece that was adjacent, that piece is captured
KingSteps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 2 squares towards the Antiranker

HaruN Y wrote on Fri, Jan 10 05:19 PM UTC:

Step Exclusive Retreating Chess by Radar, AKA radarundetectable

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/galactic/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=gif borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#e8e0a0 darkShade=#909848 rimColor=#684040 lightShade=#a06070 whitePrefix=W blackPrefix=B Campawn:P:fafmoabWfmpWfcabzmFfmpabaspaqcW:Pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 Retreating knight:N:fmopafsmocabqmWfmpababspafqWfmopafzcmaqmFfmpabasmpafpaqWbmpabasmpafqmcafqmWbmpafopabzFbmpafqmcafmFbmpafmpafsopabqW:Knight:b1,g1,,b8,g8 Step Exclusive Retreating bishop:B:FfyafyomcabzmFfyafympabzpabFbyafyomcafqmFbyafympafqopabF:Bishop:c1,f1,,c8,f8 Step Exclusive Retreating rook:R:WfyafomcyabWbyafymcamfWfompabasyafmycazmWbyafympafpoabWfompabasyafmypazopabW:Rook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 Step Exclusive Retreating queen:Q:fyafyomcabzmFfyafympabzpabFbyafyomcafqmFbyafympafqopabFKfyafomcyabWbyafymcamfWfompabasyafmycazmWbyafympafpoabWfompabasyafmypazopabW:Queen:d1,,d8 king:K:KisO2:King:e1,,e8

HaruN Y wrote on Thu, Jan 9 04:54 AM UTC:

Elban Chess

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQ graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/eurasian/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=gif royal=K shuffle=N!BRQK borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#f7b343 lightShade=#ededed darkShade=#686868 rimColor=#4d4d4d oddShade=#7c6250 whitePrefix=W blackPrefix=B Pionbal:P:faqmnFfasceWfmpabasaqcW:Pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 Cavabal:N:afasWasafW:Knight:b1,g1,,b8,g8 Foubal:B:aisR:Bishop:c1,f1,,c8,f8 Tourbal:R:aisB:Rook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 Damebal:Q:aisQ:Queen:d1,,d8 Winkel-König:K:asWisO2:King:e1,,e8

But 960.


HaruN Y wrote on Tue, Jan 7 01:25 AM UTC:Poor ★

Pond of the Foul

files=9 ranks=8 promoZone= promoChoice=M graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png royal=K Isa:P:fsmWfcF:pawn:d1,f1,a2,i2,,a7,i7,d8,f8 morph=...*** wazir:W:W:wazir:c1,e2,f2,,e7,f7,c8 dababba:D:D:warmachine:g1,i1,d2,,d7,g8,i8 camel:C:C:camel:b2,,b7 modern elephant:M:FA:elephantferz:g2,,g7 Banana:T:T:moon:a1,,a8 Jester:F:mNfceF:fool:b1,h1,,b8,h8 highpriestess:H:FAN:highpriestess:c2,h2,,c7,h7 king:K:K:king:e1,,e8

Randomly generated by Picasso the random board generator.


HaruN Y wrote on Wed, Jan 1 11:10 PM UTC:

Wildebeest Shogi by skyhistory

files=9 ranks=9 promoZone=3 promoChoice=!P!N!B!R!G!Ṅ!Ĥ promoOffset=7 maxPromote=7 graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?t=Greenwade&s=50&w=b6e677&b=776e6b&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= symmetry=none royal=K stalemate=win borders=0 firstRank=1 darkShade=#947435 lightShade=#f27b43 rimColor=#60a44d coordColor=#faedf3 holdingsType=-1 Adjutant:P:vW:tall:a3,b3,c3,d3,e3,f3,g3,h3,i3,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7,i7 knight:N:N:knight:b1,h1,,b9,h9 bishop:B:B:bishop:b2,,h8 rook:R:R:rook:h2,,b8 wildebeest:G:NC:gnu:e2,,e8 Nun:Ṅ:F2:lame--modernelephant:c1,g1,,c9,g9 Hut:Ĥ:W2:lame--warmachine:a1,i1,,a9,i9 Crowned Wide Knight:T:sNK:centaur--wide:d1,f1,,d9,f9 Knighted Copper General:Ɲ:NfhK:knight--iron: Rutabaga:H:BW2:rutabaga: Crowned Lame Ark:D:RF2:shortbishop--rook: wildebeestgeneral:W:NCK:gnu--general: Lame Silver Pashtun:S:F2fW2:lame--silverpashtun: Lame Gold Pashtun:L:W2fF2:lame--goldpashtun: Lame Pharaoh:K:K2N:lame--pharaoh:e1,,e9

HaruN Y wrote on Sat, Nov 30, 2024 06:17 AM UTC:

Liberation Chess by David Moeser & Mike Juhasz

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NBRQF graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&w=a121ad&b=f35800&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= symmetry=mirror royal=K shuffle=N!BRMK borders=0 firstRank=1 coordColor=#fde642 lightShade=#da121a rimColor=#000000 darkShade=#00853f pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 knight:N:N:knight:b1,g1,,b8,g8 bishop:B:B:bishop:c1,f1,,c8,f8 rook:R:R:rook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 Man:M:KisO2:man:e1,,e8 Fischer:F:KNSLJTWXFXDYNYAY:man--king: Queen:K:nQ:queen--king:d1,,d8

But 960.


HaruN Y wrote on Thu, Nov 28, 2024 10:19 PM UTC:

Simple Snails by me


HaruN Y wrote on Fri, Nov 22, 2024 01:39 AM UTC:Poor ★

This is the 111th comment in this comments section!

I've never posted my own chess variant in this comments section before this even though this is the comments section of my own profile so I felt like sharing this abomination I created in 2021.

Yes

files=5 ranks=7 promoZone=2 promoChoice=H graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none royal=K royal=T firstRank=0 borders=0 lightShade=#00dfff oddShade=#00abff darkShade=#005eff coordColor=#00ffc5 rimColor=#0004ff holeColor=#0004ff hole::::a0,b0,c0,d0,e0,a6,b6,c6,d6,e6 Genie lamp:L:fmR:lance:a0,b0,c0,d0,e0,,a6,b6,c6,d6,e6 morph=/*//..U.. wazir:W:W:wazir:a2,e2,d3,e3,,a3,b3,a4,e4 morph=///..U.. dababba:D:D:warmachine:a1,b1,b2,c2,,c4,d4,d5,e5 morph=///..U.. kirin:I:FD:warmachineferz:d1,d2,,b4,b5 morph=///..U.. highpriestess:H:FAN:highpriestess:c1,,c5 morph=///..U.. Dummy:U::/membergraphics/MSdealerschess/%dummy.png: king:K:KisO1:king:e1,,a5 morph=///..T.. Tree:T::king:

Why did I create this?


HaruN Y wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2024 02:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

The Two Knights March by yoshilikes24-chesscraft94, AKA YoshiLikes

files=8 ranks=6 promoZone=1 promoChoice=M graphicsDir=/cgi-bin/fen2.php?s=50&w=a41d8b&b=bad513&p= squareSize=50 graphicsType= royal=R royal=L extinction=0 shuffle=!FWMRL borders=0 firstRank=1 lightShade=#b8d14a rimColor=#299ed9 darkShade=#315dab coordColor=#ffffff symmetry=rotate Peasant:P:fmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a5,b5,c5,d5,e5,f5,g5,h5 wazir:W:W:wazir:a1,h1,,a6,h6 ferz:F:F:ferz:c1,f1,,c6,f6 man:M:K:man:d1,e1,,d6,e6 Royal chiral right knight:R:hrN:equesrex--nespearman:b1,,g6 Royal chiral left knight:L:hlN:equesrex--nwspearman:g1,,b6

But 960.


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