I wouldn't know. I play pente only. You can look up his profile here... That may give you an idea.

in his active time was second league both
on the board and in correpondance chess.

not only due to the changed german landscape that
would be 3rd league OTB and 1st league CC nowadays.

yes, but is danoschek and taurec the same person, that is the question...

next question please. :-)

why are you spaming this board with your crap taurec?
this is a PENTE Board-
seems you dont play much pente.....
Unless you got another ID "danoschek"

unlike me. :D

Just to let you guys know that the Southwest Regional Championships as well as the World Pente Championship are gearing up. If you want more information about them, go to PlayPente. If 30 people come to the WC then we will have a total purse of $1500!

8 peoepl have already registered for the WC and 5 for the Southwest Regional

Announcing the 2004 Pente Email Open World Championship. Top Pente and Renju players from around the world take part in a very competitive tournament. It will be using the opening variant D-Pente in which the first four moves are placed by one player, then the other player has the option of which color to play. This opening removes the advantage of moving first which exists even with the regular Pente tournament rule.
The tournament will be held on Richard's Play by EMail server, send me a message if you would like to play or if you have questions about how to use PBEM.
-Mark

Play in a live tournament in Baltimore!!

There will be a live round robin Pente tournament in Baltimore around the middle of May (the exact date is not yet set). So far we only have 7 people: dmitriking, up2ng, cicerolove, dweebo, mmammel, mike321, and kevin. We need some more people -- I am sure there are a LOT more people around on the East Coast. But the tourn is not limited to people from the East Coast -- Greg is coming all the way from Texas!

A live tournament is a fantastic opportunity to meet some of the top players and personalities face to face. So make a commitment to support the live Pente community and join us for fun over real boards.

Go to WPPF site (tourney section) to sign up (now):
http://www.playpente.com

See ya there!
Mark

Sign up for the new Pente tourny for players with BKR above 1700. It is fast start and I`m hoping to start games May 25th.
Hoping to see many of the BK top players in the tourny!

I have tried to play Pente ever since the 28th of June, but just cant get it to work, I cant even delete the game, what do I do???

I guess you are refering to this game ?

Since you and your opponent have each made two moves, the game cannot be deleted. Sorry, I don't have a solution though.

Im interesed in be part of a PENTE TEAM, but i didnt see any.... :( where are the pente players here everybody quits??.. a new fellowship tornament its beginin, anyone :)

The Fellowships page shows 41 fellowships with a Pente team :-)

HOME needs pente players! And a captain too!

could some one look at the game between me and Slavka in the All-in-line no3..tournament.according to the pente rules ,i should have won that game on the start of the 8 t/h move

Do you mean This game?

Yes Kevin..i should have 5 in a line on my 8 t/h move according to the rules

Where do you see five in a line?

whats them 2 whites doing between my blacks

hmm...that'd be where your opponent put them? :-)

well Kevin when u do that in any game i ever played they will disapear

Two white pieces are captured when between opposing pieces only if at least one of the black pieces was placed after both the whites.

All,

I have created another tournament called "Satan's Annual Hellish Halloween PENTE Tournament." This is the 2nd year I've created this, so I'm calling it annual now. Please sign up for it. It is open to all players. The winner will recieve a paid membership if the turnout is greater than 10 people. So come on everyone, sign up!!!! Thanks!

-Scott aka Satan aka Snut

Satan's Annual Hellish Halloween PENTE Tournament

I'm in.

Cool! And thanks for the link, Thad.

? I thought once you had more than 10 pieces in all games of Pente you won. Is this right?

In regular versions (Pente, Open Pente, & Small Pente) capturing 10 (or more) stones is a win. In Keryo Pente (& Small Keryo & Open Keryo) it takes 15 captured stones to win.

Ok thanks Thad

I heard a rumor that Fencer will be combining some of the boards, particularly game variants. I don't want to start a huge discussion here, but I would like to know how players feel about the various pente boards being combined. There are corrently four: Pente, Keryo Pente, Small Pente, & Small Keryo Pente. I realize that there are variations in the tactics, strategies, & player preferences in all of them, but the discussion here has been extremely light in the past few months, so I don't think there would be a problem with all four being combined into one.

Thad: I don't think I have a problem with it. Off the top of my head, it seems like an alright idea to me. It may be a bit easier to get any new pente news this way. I'd tell fencer to go for it...

-SS

Hey pente freaks, there is a pente tournament starting at www.pente.org march 4th, 2005 if any one is interested! Must register by march 3rd, 2005 and be an established player which means 20 games!

Hey All - Here's another pente tournament with a prize for the one to rule them all...

Pente and more Pente - and then some more

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7489&trnst=0

Hi All - here's another tournament for all pente variations with a prize for the one to rule them all...

Pente and more Pente - and then some more

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7489&trnst=0

Hi All - here's another tournament for all pente variations with a prize for the one to rule them all...

Pente and more Pente - and then some more

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7489&trnst=0

Hi All - here's another tournament for all pente variations with a prize for the one to rule them all...

Pente and more Pente - and then some more

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7489&trnst=0

But too short time to singup. I will not end my tour first ; (

Chaosu: sorry bout that - there will be more ....

You are the first familiar face I've seen here at brainking! I finally gave up waiting for pente.net to come back to life! Good to see you!

LC: GAME ON

Did anybody noticed that pente board now has bigger items? Is it possible to change it back?

In settings, there is a Pente section for selecting which size of pieces you want:

http://brainking.com/game/Settings?p=8

Calling all Keryo beasts, sign up for:

Scary-O Keryo

PENTE OPEN... I mean OPEN PENTE

does anyone know if a book teaching basic Pente exist?

ClayNashvilleTn: Google found: Pente Strategy Book by Tom Braunlich

Don't know anything about it. www.playpente.com has a good introductory strategy section.

And, check out the Plente o' Pente fellowship - it's dedicated to Pente strategy and discussion. We've got an open game going on right now, with detailed move discussion on the board, and an unrated "talking" tourney where we discuss our moves and strategy with our opponents.

ClayNashvilleTn: That book, and the one or two others that have been written are all out of print. :-(

Thats what I had head, no books in print! Dang that is hard to beleive!

Thanks Guys!

there are books that you can get. I don't have time at the moment to list them. I will list them later this afternoon.

-Snut

ClayNashvilleTn: A GREAT PENTE RESOURCE