panzerschiff:

Lets play a 2 game match. Lets email here.

I have tried it and like it. Will Brainking host it?

Can anyone tell me which sqaures the white K and R will land on in Capablanca Random Chess in algerbraic notation?

Do you happen to know the difference between Gothic chess and Embassy chess?

Does anyone know which of the 8x10 chess variants is the most popular?

SMIRF Engine:

Thx. How does one generate an acceptable random position in capablanca chess without a computer?

Which side is the k-side from white's perspective? What are the possible positions for the king and rooks after castling?

Has anybody heard from him in awhile?

Pythagoras: This is what I agreed with with from Sumerian:

"Those statements simply reflect the absence of opening knowledge, thus merely prove to be caused by psychological effects without a real base."

Take what you disagreed with and quailfy it with what I quoted.

Sumerian: That seems like an accurate statement. Janus seems way too complicated for its value on the first move to be decided at this point. But I was hoping their claims would go beyond the "feels" like black is better to a respected statistical statement. Ed did a good job arguing his case on the piece placement of Bird's chess, and why his suggested improvement works better. I was hoping for something along those lines.

I am curious on this idea that Black has an advantage in Janus. Does he also have an advantage in Gothic chess? And if only in Janus, why not in Gothic? Are these claims supported by several statistics, or between 2 people, which could be explained away simply by style. Funny enough, I know of a chess player who always loses as white but wins as black!, because she studies only black defenses. :-) In short, how do GMs fair with black gainst white in Janus. I know that Leko, Korchnoi, and Yuspov play Janus. Does anybody know how to retrieve their results? I would think that the best way to know the answer to this question is to set up 2 powerful chess engines against each other. Interestingly, this problem of the first move lives in classical chess too, and is only solved by having the players play 2 game matches. This will always solve the problem if there were ever an instance of the first move proving to be advantagous or not.

I happen to like both of these games. Does anybody know what the main difference is between these 2 games besides the chanceller in Gothic? Does anybody think one better than the other for any reason?

I was wondering if anybody wanted to play live tonight there? If so, just go there. I am on board one.

Does anybody know how to buy one (if it exist?)

Does anyone know here where to purchase a wooden Janus chess set? I would also like to purchase a wooden Gothic chess set. Any suggestions? I am starting to think that I am going to have to make my own.

Thanks for all the comments.

I posted at the Gothic board as well. Could someone please tell me the major differences between Janus and Gothic? I know about the different pieces and castling rules, but what is the general consensus as to which is a more exciting game? I know that a lot of GMs play Janus-Peter Leko being a Janus 4 time world champion. Do any GMs play Gothic? My personal opinion is that Gothic offers more exciting play from having the chancellor. Any comments anybody?

Could someone please tell me the major differences between Janus and Gothic? I know about the different pieces and castling rules, but what is the general consensus as to which is a more exciting game? I know that a lot of GMs play Janus-Peter Leko being a Janus 4 time world champion. Do any GMs play Gothic? My personal opinion is that Gothic offers more exciting play from having the chancellor. Any comments anybody?

I am becoming a Gothic chess fan too! Also Janus. I am trying to organize a Gothic chess tournament at my school. Do I need Ed's permission for that?

How do I sign up for a gothic chess tournament? What is the name for the current one?

I was wondering why this chess variant is called gothic chess? Why the term "gothic?"

Also, I am intrigued by it. Does anybody know the drawing percentages at these tournaments? Also, how many players on average play in them?

One last question. In standrd chess, opening theory is out of control. Shuffling the bank rank helps alleviate this. I am wondering if gothic chess will experinace this same fate since its bank rank is the same for each game? I do not believe so because the 2 added pieces makes it too complex. What are people's thoughts here?

Regards,
Mark Havrilla