Doris: Thank you. It's nice to be missed, although it makes me feel a bit guilty, too. ;o) Big hug, ((((((Doris))))))

I might start being more active here when I win a membership. I'm in a prize tournament that's just started a new round so, with luck, I'll be a Rook within three to five years. ;O)

playBunny: Love those hugs..}  Hopefully it won't take that long for you to become a rook again.  I just posted a Backgammon Prize Tournament in one of my fellowships.  

Doris, heavenrose, Carnie: Thanks for the kind thoughts but it's okay. :-) I only mentioned winning the Rook as an ironic joke. I'm in one of those decades-long tourneys but BrainKing goes on "suicide watch" starting next year. It's amusing in a way (yet sad as well) that some of these ancient tourneys might outlast the site itself.

(Just as an aside, I'm not sure that Bishops are eligible for Fellowships. The Paid Membership information suggests that they are but inside a Fellowship it says "You cannot join the fellowship because this feature is available for Brain Knight or higher membership level")

Carnie: I joined fellowships as a bishop. :)

Ah, That's interesting. So it's the fellowship info that needs to corrected. :-)

heavenrose: Someone more deserving than me, perhaps. :-)

Are you buying brains or earning them?

heavenrose:   I have already paid for it.

heavenrose: i am earn them

I was wondering how...

heavenrose: who got you membership?

Good question! It came out of the blue, a complete surprise.

playBunny:
Re: Good question! It came out of the blue, a complete surprise.

How lovely for you. I think you have a secret admirer?
Hugs know what I mean?

playBunny: Did you borrow my magic wand ?

Mélusine: Can anyone borrow it?

crosseyed: Sometimes, I forget where I put it and some people take advantage of this situation.

crosseyed: How lovely for you. I think you have a secret admirer? Hugs know what I mean?

Lol. Yes, the door is open to that theory, among others.

Mélusine: Did you borrow my magic wand ?

I did - but I didn't use it to give myself a Rook!

playBunny: To get carrots, I'm sure.

playBunny: Yes indeed.

Can brainking feature the Pieces Function Exchanged chess variant ?

Landrover:
We can see this variant explanation in my wall.Please visit my wall.

(copy-paste from my Outbox)
Hello Fencer. Many of my games (8002929, 946993, 8003349, 8003405, 8008220 and 8006693) with standard vacation were lost due to timeout. I have 10 more vacation days left. How come?

Hi
The feature where a player can offer a draw without making a move is something that may be applicable in games I am unaware of, however I have only experienced it being used by a particularly bad loser in a game of Amazons which I make reference to in my profile. I don't think it applicable to mention a name.

If the player was only allowed to offer this feature when making a move then the opponent will clearly see it on their next move and can agree or not.

But when done without the person moving, the opponent has no reason to go to the game and must rely on finding it in their private messages. While the player in question in my situation has done it since on every move and sought out other games with me from the waiting list and does it every move is a blight on the feature. I have no issue with him waiting to the last moment to move but findit an abuse of this feature. I should add that for new players to the site this feature is not easily discovered as a pawn.

In essence my request is this feature only be applicable when making a move and not without moving.

Thanks for your consideration.

I think BK should implement Memorial Tournaments in remembrance of those who've passed away.

Nice works:

Do you mean asa feature request?

Nice works:

Do you mean as a new feature?

Nice works:

So funny!

Carnie: agreed.
But be aware that some games would end after one or two 'real' moves then...

Please add DiceCheckers:
dice 1 - no move
2,3 - move or hit to the side of vertical 1
4,5 - move or hit to the side of vertical 8
6 - move or hit to any vertical

There is a handicap feature for shogi games, but it appears that it can't be used for tournaments. I'd like to try a tournament in which the players each play one game giving and one game taking a handicap against each opponent. How difficult would it be to set that up?

ughaibu: I don't see handicap in rules https://brainking.com/en/GameRules?tp=69