BrainKing - Panouri de discuţii (Chess variants (8x8))

HOME fellowship needs a player for cylinder chess so we can join the team tournement. Just ONE player! There must be someone who wants to join the tournament?!

27. Octombrie 2004, 20:13:01

It's good to see the Q+B outside of maha chess.

27. Octombrie 2004, 08:07:08

Aha. A bug.

27. Octombrie 2004, 08:06:57

Hell, does it work or not?

http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=4906
65

26. Octombrie 2004, 19:37:03

http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=490665

26. Octombrie 2004, 18:16:56

Caissus

Subiectul: Rook-Ending

Modificat de Caissus (26. Octombrie 2004, 22:08:36)

It is incredible, but this position with the rook/king vs. king ending is draw!

http://brainking.com/game/ShowG
ame?g=4
90665

We have to verify all elementary endings!

26. Octombrie 2004, 17:27:05

votacommunista

Subiectul: my first experiences

i played some games in amazon chess and at first it seems to be mostly similar to chess (because most of my opponents wanted to exchange the amazons).
but against bratr i played the first game in which i really noticed the power of the amazons - with a funny mate! http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=491106

26. Octombrie 2004, 16:27:49

andreas

Subiectul: Re: opening book

There is a binary openning book for Sjeng engine (about 300Kb). I think it is compiled from a collection of Crazyhouse games played at FICS.

25. Octombrie 2004, 14:08:59

515484

Subiectul: opening book

Does someone know where I can find an opening book of loop chess (crazyhouse, Transferschach, or what it is called *;) )?

Thanks!
I have not found anything in the web...

24. Octombrie 2004, 17:41:23

troydaniels

So it would. Thanks for pointing that out.

24. Octombrie 2004, 01:39:07

Pafl

Troy: The pawn cannot move because its move would expose your king to the check by the white bishop. These things are often not spotted in cylinder chess :-)

24. Octombrie 2004, 01:22:44

troydaniels

Subiectul: Re: Bug in pawn capture

I was reading the letters as if I was white. It's my A6 pawn that I want to move, not the H6. Sorry about that.

23. Octombrie 2004, 23:25:50

ArnieTxx

Subiectul: Re: Bug in pawn capture

I don't see any legal move for your h6-pawn. In fact, h5 is occupied, while a5 and g5 are both vacant. This prevents the pawn from moving forward or making a capture.

23. Octombrie 2004, 22:59:58

troydaniels

Subiectul: Bug in pawn capture

In this game, http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=482245, my pawn on h6 can't move. All of my other pieces with legal moves are clickable links, but this one is just a non-clickable image. It might be related to the fact that I can capture into the a column with that pawn.

23. Octombrie 2004, 13:29:04

pauloaguia

a draw can be agreed upon...
doesn't necessarily have to be a stalemate

23. Octombrie 2004, 01:38:36

Stalemates must be quite common. According to the games rules page, 10.42 % of games end in draws. Strange in such an unbalanced game...

18. Octombrie 2004, 01:16:16

Bobes

Kevin: Thanks *;)

9. Octombrie 2004, 08:44:46

Nothing will be changed.

8. Octombrie 2004, 20:32:34

ArnieTxx

Subiectul: Re: the shape of pawns

In my opinion, the rose border around the board already indicates that this game is quite different from regular chess. Changing the shape of the pawns is not really necessary.

8. Octombrie 2004, 20:23:34

Because Berolina Pawns' different movement makes them different pieces which should not be confused with regular pawns. For example, this page shows a Berolina symbol.

8. Octombrie 2004, 10:52:44

Hrqls

ok thanks :)

8. Octombrie 2004, 09:53:43

Why not?

8. Octombrie 2004, 09:52:11

No.

8. Octombrie 2004, 08:06:36

Hrqls

Subiectul: pawn promotion

when a pawn reaches the other side of the board .. is it allowed to promote it to a pawn again ?

is this allowed with the last pawn on the board ?
would you lose if you promote your last pawn to a pawn ? (in theory there might be a short period during the promotion in which you have no pawn left ?)

8. Octombrie 2004, 00:56:10

Maybe Berolina Pawns should not look the same as regular pawns?

5. Octombrie 2004, 12:22:01

rabbitoid

Subiectul: loop chess tournament

Any interrest in loop chess? a tournament will start next monday, provided enough people show up... click here

5. Octombrie 2004, 04:34:46

Yes :-)

4. Octombrie 2004, 12:13:12

Is it better now?

3. Octombrie 2004, 17:18:25

Do you know what would be a more fun "Maharajah" chess game?

Cylinder Maharajah Chess :-)

3. Octombrie 2004, 10:23:20

redsales

i like Z too

2. Octombrie 2004, 07:24:53

A is Archbishop in Gothic Chess. I think there should be some distinction between them, considering they move differently...

2. Octombrie 2004, 07:18:06

CardinalFlight

How about Z for amazon?

1. Octombrie 2004, 17:54:08

Win or draw as black? :-)

1. Octombrie 2004, 17:35:56

Bobes

Subiectul: Tournament final

I play final match in the tournament and it's 3 wins match. I started with black ... so this is, teoretically, loss for me. Is there way how to solve this problem?

1. Octombrie 2004, 10:40:53

Eeeew, it should be something else. A, maybe?

1. Octombrie 2004, 02:04:59

Subiectul: Amazon is H?

Why, in the notation, is an amazon represented by a letter "H"?

28. Septembrie 2004, 05:58:29

Whoops - I meant maharajah on B4 :-)

27. Septembrie 2004, 21:07:23

pauloaguia

"black King on A1
white Majarajah on B3

black to move."

This isn't stalemate... White just checkmated black by placing the maharajah at that position. So it's not black's turn: a win as already been accomplished.

27. Septembrie 2004, 19:02:29

Pafl

It is actually a good strategy for white to try and get "into" the black's position, hoping for a stalemate :-)

27. Septembrie 2004, 12:29:34

Chessmaster1000

Subiectul: Re:

Modificat de Chessmaster1000 (27. Septembrie 2004, 12:31:03)

<>It says in the rules: "...the game is finished if the Maharajah or the king is in a checkmate, >one player is in a stalemate, etc."

OK the game is finished but how??? With what result? Your copied text is incomplete and incapable of explaining the compete rules. You should have added:

The game is finished WITH THE SAME RESULT AS IN CHESS if the Maharajah or the king is in a checkmate, one player is in a stalemate, etc.

27. Septembrie 2004, 06:31:12

It says in the rules: "...the game is finished if the Maharajah or the king is in a checkmate, one player is in a stalemate, etc."

27. Septembrie 2004, 06:29:52

Modificat de Kevin (27. Septembrie 2004, 06:30:07)

sure - black can't move if only two pieces are on the board:

black King on A1
white Majarajah on B3

black to move.

27. Septembrie 2004, 04:31:09

ArnieTxx

Subiectul: Re: Capture question

Pawns in Berolina Chess only capture vertically.
A 2-square diagonal move by one of them the first
time it moves cannot be a capture.

27. Septembrie 2004, 02:49:54

Subiectul: Capture question

A pawn can go two spaces diagonally on it's first move.

Can it capture a piece doing this?

For example if white had a piece on E5, could black take a pawn from G7 to capture the piece on E5?

27. Septembrie 2004, 00:37:23

Sorry, thought it was clear. Edited previous message to add "(Maharajah piece)" next to they so hopefully it would be more clear.

27. Septembrie 2004, 00:25:51

pauloaguia

when you mean they: the black or the white?
If the white can't move I think it's stalemate. So a draw.
If the black can't move... can this even happen?

26. Septembrie 2004, 23:19:39

Modificat de coan.net (27. Septembrie 2004, 00:33:53)

Quick question - if I DO NOT put the Maharajah piece into check, and they (Maharajah piece) DOES NOT have any valid moves - is it a win for me, or a draw?

*Edited to add "Maharajah piece" next to they

26. Septembrie 2004, 14:14:19

WhisperzQ

White deserves a draw for stupidity on the part of black LOL

23. Septembrie 2004, 02:43:11

redsales

wanna try in an unrated game? :)

21. Septembrie 2004, 18:44:02

grenv