BBW, I don't understand how some can sign up and others can't. In a few of them I got a message that I couldn't sign up because my rating was say 1510 or 1600, yet there are some members signed up in some of the games with much higher ratings (some over 1800).
Will these be allowed to stay? Just curious!!

Need two more players for Dark Chess in the ChessMinded tournament.

Attention, chess fans and chess-curious: Join the ChessMinded--Chess + Variants tournament, including the standard game, Janus Chess, Dark Chess, Gothic Chess, Screen Chess, and (for those who do not mind the stilted strength of white's army in this case) Horde Chess. We need players, and it starts on the 28th May.

More players needed for Fast start Pente tournament starting tomorrow!
Tourny is for players with 1700+ BKR.

Yea..... NOW you tell me a couple of weeks before the new system will be here! :-)

NEVER use the refresh button when creating tournament sections or games! :-))
However, it will be solved by BK 2.0 tournament system soon.

Actually my screen went to white, which made me have to hit the refresh button.... I believe. :-)

lol I had 2 spider line 4 games with myself. I bet I could still lose those :)

BBW: You had clicked on the "create" button more than once, huh? :-)
That's why there will be no such button in BK 2.0 and all tournaments will be controlled automatically by a script.

HUH!!!

hey it's ok, I can lose more than 2 games at a time :)

i didn't msg, Fencer, i won't play those games til they're fxed.
thx.

I have already wrote to Fencer about the Spider Line4 tournament which is messed up. Also, the Five in line 4 tournament I recently started is also messed up. Fencer should be able to fix it the next time he is on-line! :-)

i was hoping maybe BBW can fix it, i just counted, i have 24 games. LOL.. i'll send him a msg to read this bd. thx. rod.

ImUpChucking, I think your best bet would be to click on one of the games to see when the first move was made... I think that is your only way, really..

Write to Fencer, Ellie... I just was put into a round 2 of a tournament where I lost in the first round... Fencer fixed it right away.

not only do i have too many games in the fast spider that just started, i'm even playing myself, and i wished myself Good Luck before i realized it was me. i think something is wrong.

... To find out when a tournament began? (as in the date it started)

Hey, just five more weeks until they start.
They're both opens, all are welcome. Both have some top rated players, it'll be a challenge and an oportunity.
In the first quarter Dark Chess. Tenuki and I have won section one, with section two up for grabs amongst three players.
The Extinction Chess first quarter has me eliminated with a three way tie for first place with two games being played.

The 4th Tournament for "Dummies" is set to start on June 1st.

OK, Tournament is not really for dummies - but for people who do not have a very high rating, and would like to play games with others of similar skill (Without having to worry about getting beat badly by game experts!)

Tournament: ALL GAMES - People rated 1500 or under.

Unrated Players: You are allowed to enter, and is a great way to learn a new game.

NOTE: Sometimes a person will enter unrated, and by the time the tournament starts, might have a rating higher then 1500. Before the tournament starts, I may remove players that are WAY over the 1500 limit. If someone has lets say 1525 or something, I may let them slip by.

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ughaibu: There is a set number of slots required [5 for one-game tourneys, 10 for two-game ones] because there is no way how to determine exact number of required slots before the sections are created [because some players can be removed during this process].

i believe they need to have one more free space than what they need Ug, I am sure someone can help more than i can though :)

I don't think it's a good idea. (Even though I'm not best at the game), I know for myself, I will at times let myself be checked once or twice if I believe I can trap the other person to get 3 quick checks.

Win a 2 year BrainRook membership!!

Membership level : All
Minimum number of players : 4
Maximum number of players : unlimited
Maximum number of players per section : 5
Time per move : 3 days
Player rating : 100 - 2700
Unrated players : yes
Last term to sign up : 30 June 2004 (17:00:00)

Winner of this Candidates Tournament will play a 3 point match against the "current" BK World Champion. The "current" BK World Champion will be determined by the highest established rating of all signed players at the start of the tournament and will be removed from the tournament to await the challenger. Winner of the match is awarded the title of BK World Champion and receives a 2 year BrainRook membership!! In the event of a tie in the final round the challenger will be the player with the highest rating at that time. In the event of a draw in the match the "current" BK World Champion "retains" the title and is awarded the prize. Good Luck to all!

Congratulations to mangue for his victories over Caissus and Fencer to win this tourny!

I noticed it when first I read it.. just took me that long to get here. :) *edit* Except that I first read it as MadMnokey and was thinking a mad monkey on Keryokee<sp?> drugs. ;)

Reminder: The AntiSocials MidMay Open is due to start in a couple days and we are still sadly lacking in players. :'( C'mon peeps.. There surely are more Atomic Anti players out there. ;)

Well i did notice Stevie, but took into account it was your Stella night LOL

best part of 48 hrs for someone to notice LOL

MadMnonkey? Erm.. interesting, but....

So if interested, contact me or Aragon or MadMnonkey :o)

New tournament: "No BKR Stress--Gothic Chess".

I would like to see 20+ players. Come and check it out. No risk.

Could you rephrase your post MASTERMIND? Least ways, I couldn't make head nor tail of it after re-reading it a few times. As your Subject line is from either a post of mine or Lythande's, I'm assuming it refers to them.

All the Anti games and Atomic Chess, just as we play in the AntiSocials fellowship, only this time open to the whole Brainking famdamly. ;)

DOH!!!

???

excuse me?

YES WE ALL READ A BETTER BOOK ON CHESS THAN YOU DID YOURS MSTERMIND.

with two players only:It must be played a 3-wins match.
But I think it takes a too long time,until the finale is completed.
A 2-wins match should be enough!

AntiSocialites, to the clubhouse, please. The next Anticheckers tournament is about to start. We have 13 members now (more welcome!), surely we can get more than 4 in the tournament! (I think some of you need to add the board to your favs. ;)

Thanks to the players who have signed up sofar.. Still in need for some teams to complete. @ the end of the week, I'll kick them off :-)

Please check out:

>Tournament True to Yourself

to Straman71 & TheViper for winning their section in the BK fund raiser tourney. Good luck to both of you towards the $50. Thanks for entering.

For the big reversi fans :o)
Stevies Reversi 10x10

Have fun and enjoy your games :o)

Steve

Only 8 signed up :o( Ill give another couple of days
Stevie want 2 Get more interested in anti Reversi

As it says, I wan to get more of you interested in anti reversi so you all want to join Aragon and my ladder tournament too :o) pawns and knights be sure to have space to play.All known frequent last minute movers will be removed before tourny starts Have fun and enjoy :o) Steve

I have only played a couple of games of dark chess and would concur with WM ... and most certainly agree that skills in Poker would be particularly useful. It would be interesting to play physically opposite your opponent so that you could also read facial expressions ... another supreme skill of the great poker players.

Thought I would mention that in one game I played up until about move 10 I could locate all my opponent's pieces by deduction but after that it deteriorated as more space became available on the board. I enjoy it but have enough things to do without "seriously" learning how to play this variant. Just like many of the other variants I believe that it has its place in strengthening normal chess play as it makes you think through how your opponent may play and what options are available to them without being distracted by their actual movements. Obtuse i know but I am sure someone understands what I am saying.

Can I suggest any further dicussion be undertaken on the Dark Chess DB.

Cheers WQ:)

I'm not sure what you mean by Chess-serious. There's uncertainty in the game, so it cannot be played perfectly as regular Chess can be. I'm the highest rated player on this site, but I know the game can be played better than I play it. Sooner or later one of them players will come along. I'm playing the player that's won the most tournaments on IYT and we're going to split our pair of games. I think it would be a great game to play live. Especially at a tournament. Or just at home. You'd need a computer programmed for it and two or more monitors. Extra monitors for the kibitzers. This same set up would work for Battleboats, Stratego, and lots of card games. Though those games don't need that since the games work without the computer. Dark Chess requires a lot of supervision. I suppose it could be done without the computer, but you'd need a referee and two assistants to make it work. Plus a way to mark the board for each player as the game developes. There's an old version of Chess called Kliegspiel that's very simluar to Dark Chess. The main difference is that you're not allowed to move into check or make illegal moves using regular Chess rules. I believe this version is from the 1800's. I imagine the wealthy Chess enthusiast of the day could set it up to play. I had never heard of Dark Chess until a couple of years ago when I stumbled upon IYT looking for a site that had a Chess variant called "Ultima". There's no book on Dark Chess, least ways I haven't heard of one. Seems like Gothic Chess is developing a following. It only requires a differ board and extra pieces to play. Extinction Chess works with a regular Chess set and is easy to understand if you already know how to play Chess.

I notice that you have no completed or running Dark Chess games, Lythande. When or where did you ever play? Have you played it live somewhere? I'd certainly like to play it that way. Battleboats is a good comparision. Imagine a Battleboats game where you could move the ships from time to time. Stratego is simular too. The thinking in Dark Chess requires you to bluff at times. Also you need to imagine what your opponent is up to. Deduction is important to play well, too. In regular Chess, none of them things are important. It can even be argued that whoever your opponent is in regular Chess, it shouldn't affect your play. Since we're humans and not machines, that's not the best way to play regular Chess. Knowing your opponent's habits in Dark Chess can sometimes be important. How to learn them is something that takes a few games. And it's always dark. Seems like the better opponents that I've played actually set me up, knowing that I know that they know I know what they're up to. Kind of like a different level than if they were playing a new player at the game. In which case, never leave your troops unguarded, or they'll be draped in a hurry. :)
Well, that's about how serious I play it. I'm sure if some the champions of Chess or Poker put their minds to Dark Chess, you'd have a better answer.

Just ooc, does anyone play dark chess 'seriously'.. as in chess-serious, that is? I mean, don't get me wrong, I like the game. I think it's great fun, but to me it's rather more on par with battleboats than chess. ;) I was just curious to other views.