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Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, Nov 28, 2022 08:02 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Sun Nov 27 10:29 PM:

OK, fixed. (Flush browser cache to use new version!)


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Nov 27, 2022 10:29 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 09:35 PM:

I have no problem with using 'unmoved', but do you have a short alternative for 'virginity' used further down in the legend?

Here is your text:

Click on piece to toggle virginity on/off

English does not have a single word noun for what you mean. I would suggest "moved status" or "unmoved status" if you want a noun, or you could rewrite it to say "Click on piece to toggle whether it has moved."


H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Nov 27, 2022 09:35 PM UTC:

Well, the inventor of the 10x8 chessvariant that could not be mentioned here even objected to the use of 'fairy' for the same reason, and insisted that Fairy-Max would participate in his championship under another name. :-)

I have no problem with using 'unmoved', but do you have a short alternative for 'virginity' used further down in the legend?


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Nov 27, 2022 05:14 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 02:05 PM:

H.G., I think by virgin you mean unmoved. The latter word is preferable, because its meaning is precise and literal, whereas the former could be used only metaphorically, and it comes with the baggage of sexual and human sacrifice connotations.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Nov 27, 2022 02:05 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Lee from 02:53 AM:

Thanks. I rendered them at 50x50, and put an Interactive Diagram using those inside the article. This is a bit smaller than the original diagram (which was more like 64x64).


💡📝Daniel Lee wrote on Sun, Nov 27, 2022 02:53 AM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Thu Nov 24 05:15 PM:

Sorry for the delay; the piece images are in the github repository for PyChess: https://github.com/gbtami/pychess-variants/tree/master/static/images/pieces/chak


H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Nov 24, 2022 05:15 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Wed Oct 12 02:11 PM:

Please, where can I find these pieces?


H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Oct 12, 2022 02:11 PM UTC in reply to Greg Strong from 02:02 PM:

If you have a link I could upload them to the image server at winboard.nl .


Greg Strong wrote on Wed, Oct 12, 2022 02:02 PM UTC in reply to Greg Strong from Mon Oct 10 08:56 PM:

Is it possible to get the graphics in their original form?

Actually, please disregard.  I found the original SVGs in the PyChess source code.


Greg Strong wrote on Mon, Oct 10, 2022 08:56 PM UTC:

This is an interesting game and I like the custom graphics. Is it possible to get the graphics in their original form? I'd like to make this available in the next version of ChessV and would like the graphics to look as good as possible.


H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Jan 20, 2022 08:28 AM UTC in reply to Daniel Lee from Wed Jan 19 10:10 PM:

Nice! One thing I notice is that the script asks if you want to promote -- it's mandatory and not a choice.

Good point. I used the regular Shogi-style promotion supported by the Diagram, which always offers the choice. It is possible to implement mandatory promotion by supplying an additional JavaScript routine WeirdPromotion() on the page, which is a bit of a hassle. Perhaps I should support an alternative method for declaring promotion mandatory, e.g. through the already existing promoChoice parameter to the Diagram. With Shogi-style promotions this is currently not used. It would be logical to let the setting + mean mandatory promotion, and += that there is a choice. Unfortunately this is not backward compatible with Diagrams of games with Shogi-style promotion I (and others) made in the past, which often specify promoChoice as just +,  or not at all. I will give it some thought how best to make this a standard feature of the Diagram.

[Edit] OK. I fixed it by using a newly added feature of the Diagram (so only active after refresh of the browser cache): if the promoChoice string contains !L in some variant with Shogi-style promotion (i.e. promoOffset non-zero), the piece with ID L will not be allowed to defer, and will promote automatically on reaching the zone. This was inspired on the same notation being used with Chess-style promotions for indicated that the choice is not allowed on last rank. (Which is commonly used to force promotion of a Pawn there when promotion on other ranks is optional.)


💡📝Daniel Lee wrote on Wed, Jan 19, 2022 10:10 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Sun Jan 16 02:40 PM:

Nice! One thing I notice is that the script asks if you want to promote -- it's mandatory and not a choice.


💡📝Daniel Lee wrote on Sun, Jan 16, 2022 03:29 AM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from Sat Jan 15 08:48 PM:

Oops, I think I lost the image for that. I'll update.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sat, Jan 15, 2022 08:48 PM UTC:

Great looking, nice thema. What I have not understood reading the rules, is how the pieces start? What is the initial setup?


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