BrainKing - Diskutaj forumoj (Chess variants (8x8))

Blizzards fellowship has the same request :-D

28. Oktobro 2004, 10:55:09

harley

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. Oktobro 2004, 20:13:01

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

27. Oktobro 2004, 08:07:08

Aha. A bug.

27. Oktobro 2004, 08:06:57

Hell, does it work or not?

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

26. Oktobro 2004, 19:37:03

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

26. Oktobro 2004, 18:16:56

Caissus

Temo: Rook-Ending

Modifita de Caissus (26. Oktobro 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. Oktobro 2004, 17:27:05

votacommunista

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 16:27:49

andreas

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 14:08:59

515484

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 17:41:23

troydaniels

So it would. Thanks for pointing that out.

24. Oktobro 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. Oktobro 2004, 01:22:44

troydaniels

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 23:25:50

ArnieTxx

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 22:59:58

troydaniels

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 13:29:04

pauloaguia

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

23. Oktobro 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. Oktobro 2004, 01:16:16

Bobes

Kevin: Thanks *;)

9. Oktobro 2004, 08:44:46

Nothing will be changed.

8. Oktobro 2004, 20:32:34

ArnieTxx

Temo: 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. Oktobro 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. Oktobro 2004, 10:52:44

Hrqls

ok thanks :)

8. Oktobro 2004, 09:53:43

Why not?

8. Oktobro 2004, 09:52:11

No.

8. Oktobro 2004, 08:06:36

Hrqls

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 00:56:10

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

5. Oktobro 2004, 12:22:01

rabbitoid

Temo: loop chess tournament

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

5. Oktobro 2004, 04:34:46

Yes :-)

4. Oktobro 2004, 12:13:12

Is it better now?

3. Oktobro 2004, 17:18:25

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

Cylinder Maharajah Chess :-)

3. Oktobro 2004, 10:23:20

redsales

i like Z too

2. Oktobro 2004, 07:24:53

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

2. Oktobro 2004, 07:18:06

CardinalFlight

How about Z for amazon?

1. Oktobro 2004, 17:54:08

Win or draw as black? :-)

1. Oktobro 2004, 17:35:56

Bobes

Temo: 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. Oktobro 2004, 10:40:53

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

1. Oktobro 2004, 02:04:59

Temo: Amazon is H?

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

28. Septembro 2004, 05:58:29

Whoops - I meant maharajah on B4 :-)

27. Septembro 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. Septembro 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. Septembro 2004, 12:29:34

Chessmaster1000

Temo: Re:

Modifita de Chessmaster1000 (27. Septembro 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. Septembro 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. Septembro 2004, 06:29:52

Modifita de Kevin (27. Septembro 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. Septembro 2004, 04:31:09

ArnieTxx

Temo: 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. Septembro 2004, 02:49:54

Temo: 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. Septembro 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. Septembro 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. Septembro 2004, 23:19:39

Modifita de coan.net (27. Septembro 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. Septembro 2004, 14:14:19

WhisperzQ

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

23. Septembro 2004, 02:43:11

redsales