Glad I brought this up; some very interesting points.

Carpe Diem: well said.

Btw, Halma has a rule that you _must_ remove all your pieces from your own home after N moves, or you automatically lose. Although N is I think 30 or 50 depending on board size, and that is quite high. It is a bit like the 50-move rule in chess - only that one turned out to be too short after all, as now there are endgames known that force mate in more than 50 moves.

Aganju: Yes, my opponent was going to be up against that limit a few moves later, and I was aware of it. I don't believe there was any malicious intent here; just a matter of them wanting to get as many pieces home as they could, I suppose.

Hrqls: against most opponents it's usually point 3 or 5 ... but against you, from now on, it will be point 4 :-)

Lol. Then I shall make a point of seeking calmness and tranquillity of mind.

playBunny: lol ... or visit me on jijbent.nl ;-)

Me thinks it's time for a brainking.com membership fire sale. 75% off all paid membership through the end of 2017. Prices so hot they're on fire! Void where prohibited. Non-Sectarian. Not for profit.

ketchuplover: In your dreams.

Merry Christmas

MrDelete: thank you! Same to you 

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Carpe Diem: Thank you. I hope you had a Happy Christmas.

Yes, we are still here.

Fencer: It is still 2017 here in Colorado.
Happy New Year!

Fencer:

Happy New Year everyone. Hopefully I can say this again next year to you all!

Fencer:
Happy New Year Fencer

Happy new year to everyone.

Clandestine 1: Thank you and Happy New Year to you and yes I do hope we will be here this time next year.

Happy New Year!

heavenrose: Thank you.

crosseyed: Still there today.

it's a bird...it's a plane...it's a BK system upgrade!

crosseyed: Gone now the scheduled downtime must have sorted the glitches.

Did anyone recently extend his membership? Mine will run out in a week, and I am in an ugly sitation in that I technically cannot pay - my problem is not that I don’t want to risk an annual Rook amount or don’t have the money, the problem is that I cannot get it to Fencer.

If you care to know why, read on below. If you are willing to help me and live in Germany, let me know (I don’t expect you to pay for me, just execute the transaction for me)

First, I cannot use Paypal, as Paypal has blocked me for life (for the incredible vile crime of having transactions in two different countries). In the past, after discussing with Fencer about it, I simply used a bank-to-bank transfer to his account; as I have an account in Germany, that was easy and fee-free. However, my bank has now started to disallow international transfers without two-factor authentication (in the name of security), but they only offer mobile TAN to german mobile phones (I don’t live in Germany, so I don’t have a german mobile phone), and they cannot handle international SMS. As a result, I can no longer send money to Fencer.
What I am looking for is a volunteer X in Germany, so I can transfer (Überweisung) the required amount to X (national transfers still work with paper TANs, which I have), and then X pays to Fencer in my name. Anyone? If so, send me a personal message with your name and IBAN, and I’ll order a membership, and transfer the respective amount to you.
Thanks!

Aganju: I hope you get this problem sorted soon. If not post again and I will see what I could do to help you out.

Aganju: Why don't you mail him the money? That's what I used to do until I bought the life membership. A money order works well. I'm sure they have those in Euros, though I have only used the U.S. dollar.

Though he didn't ask for extra money, I'd also throw in a fiver so he could get himself a beer for his trouble.

Aganju: Is it possible for you to transfer money on the Paypal account of someone else ? Then, this person could pay for you. I can do this if you need, and if you trust me.

in battleboat plus U have to use all your shots or you can't move...

Mélusine: I don't know - would that work from a credit card? So I pay with a credit card, and Paypal (takes a fee and) puts the money into your Paypal account? That could work.
Thanks for your offer, I might get back to you - next year. I am in the lucky situation to have postponed my issue for a year - I now got my one-year rook till Jan 2019.

Aganju: It’s not possible with a credit card. I’ve already tried. You can use a credit card only for your own account.

Aganju: May I ask you how you succeeded in using Paypal ?
It could be useful to know it, in case we would have the same problem.

Mélusine: I didn’t - someone was nice and sponsored me.

So, do I have to forfeit the game or should the person I'm play do it...

Aganju: Oh, it’s very nice. Thank you for your answer.

DeaD man WalkiN: it's clear that you have won the game, so either ask them to resign or get Fencer to end the game for you.

tvm, for all the hard work you putinto this site............

Oriole: I agree....thank you Fencer