ClayNashvilleTn:

She is 6'4 and 7/8ths, but she was strutting around in 3 inch heels. She usually wears platforms...

http://alexisskye.com/gothic_chess/new%20pic%20heels%20and%20ruler%203.jpg

The prize is open to anyone in the world. Alexis travels 300,000 miles a year as a model and has killer frequent flyer miles.

We also have a contract, so whoever wins, that's where she goes.

Here are some more pictures of Alexis with us in New York:

http://www.gothicchess.org/alexis_pictures.html

I mention this to show that she really has agreed to be the prize for a date in this tournament:

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=10737

Andre Faria: You had better check your pockets after a date with Wynnona, she was arrested for shoplifting before.

ScarletRose:

Well then why not play in this checkers tournament instead?

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=10797&tri=55182&trnst=0

Alexis has agreed to meet with the winner, based on the contract we have with her for promotional events and appearances for 2005/2006. I don't think some of you take this seriously, but the prize is there for the taking, and if more people don't sign up, I am going to join!

Since some players condone sending duplicate pawn IDs into tournaments to effect the outcome, this will cure that and produce a valid checkers champion of BrainKing.

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=10797

An interesting prize to the winner.

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=10737

where is the setting so that you can make it a "vacationless" tournament?

http://brainking.com/en/DefineTournament?trg=9541&trnst=0

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=9541

fungame: I wanted to create a tournament with 2 games, Froglet and Ant Froglet. Whatever I try, the result is always a tournament with ALL games. Some nasty bug there or can someone help?

The solution requires some Quantum Mechanics knowledge. First, matter and anti-matter will annihilate one another if present in equal mass equivalences, producing a fantastic release of energy (see E = MC squared).

When you combine "Froglet" with "Anti-froglet", the subsequent energy release creates what is known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge (also known as a wormhole.) Under the right conditions, this may spawn a "white hole" the opposite of the well known infinite gravity well ("black hole"). As a black hole destroys matter, a white hole releases matter (and energy) back into the universe.

So, your froglet/anti-froglet pair produced this extra mass, and they came out as additional games that you did not specify.

Beg pardon?

THE HIT MAN: sorry thats all part of playing games You can't win them all

Umm... I disagree.

fungame: ...But it's strongly unpolite...

Just as an FYI, the word is impolite. Another one of those weird English words that does not fit the standard mold.

Everyone invited.

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=8873&trnst=0

BIG BAD WOLF: I couldn't get into the Gothic Chess section, darn

I remember those raingutter regattas we used to race popsicle sticks along the curb after a soaking rain.

There were 6 signed up, I deleted the tournament and started over

The software key generator is $175. Am I supposed to send that to you with the unlocked appication so you can generate the key when the winner sends you the code?

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=8694&trnst=0

Fencer: ridiculous micro management

I cant send the key until the winner sends me info from his hardware where the program is running

I have a question. I am running a prize tournament, but the prize is a copy of my software program which is available here:

http://www.GothicChess.org/vortex.zip

Given that the prize is easily bestowed, why will the tournament still not start?

I have emailed Fencer but have no reply. There is no "cash" for this event, just a software key, which will only work on one machine, the machine of the winner.

How does one get the tournament started?

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=8679&trnst=0

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=640&u=3629&trnst=2

You left off one of the tournaments with 103 gothic chess players. It is still going on now.

ScarletRose: yay, I won!

well, if you are not sure who he is, then...

"you don't know jack!"

There is an apparent "studder" in the second section when seeding the players.

Section 1 gets seed #1

Section 2 gets seed #2
Section 2 gets seed #3

Section 1 gets seed #4
Section 1 gets seed #5

then it alternates. It's a good system which promotes competition to the maximum.

The only time I don't have fun is when I give up a draw :)

Dano has died, was reincarnated, and came back speaking English.

I didn't know Ronco was even running a Master's Checker Tournament.

...a tournament that I had long since forgot about is now starting the Final Section. This 3-day Gothic Chess Tournament started back in June!

Here is the link for those who have good memories and can remember that far back.

I have not deleted any posts in this board today. If they were moderated, Fencer has done the moderating.

There are some posts that still don't belong here. If you want everyone to see what you wrote, let it remain. Otherwise, moderate yourselves.

I see there are 37 posts that showed up here while I was teaching my Gothic Chess classes.

If you believe your post does not belong here, please feel free to remove it voluntarily.

If there is something you would like to discuss privately with another member, such as Reversi, Othello, variants...exercise your right to do so as well.

I will start by removing my post about reversi.

Connor, as well as some others, might be interested in looking at this link...

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/WallofHonor.php or click here

If you scroll way to the bottom of the first list, which is the list of those who played Chinook, the world's strongest checker program for years, on its most difficult setting, you will see...


86. Ed Trice, October 21, 1996
87. Carl "The Gloc" Reno, October 21, 1996
88. Richard Fortman, August 30, 1996
89. Valtas "The Great Huck-A-Buck" Hockenbury, June 10, 1996
90. Carl "The Gloc" Reno, March 31, 1996
91. James "Too Slick" Davis, January 27, 1996
92. Valtas "The Great Huck-A-Buck" Hockenbury, January 27, 1996
93. James "Too Slick" Davis, January 17, 1996

I was the fifth person to defeat Chinook, back in October of 1996. Just to remind everyone,in 1996 there did not exist any program that was nearly as strong as Chinook. This was a time when 100 MHz computers were top of the line, and hard drives were typically half a gig in size.

I beat one of the strongest checker programs of all time, and I was in the company of some truly great players.

I don't need a computer program to assist me to play. I beat the best of the best.

Now look at the "explosion' of names on the list in later years as programs and hardware advances made them more formidable.

Funny how so few had victories in 1996 when I played, but there were many more in later years.

It looks like gooner KM and ronco have both shell shocked Pedro Martínez with two quick wins in the Aragon's Checkered Past tournament. And SunFire KM gets a quick point against higher rated Aragon in section 2. Still no points on the board in section 1 at this early stage.

When is the start date for this Rob? Isn't it already past?

I am not sure to what you are referring. My guess is that Fencer moderated something?

Perhaps you should discuss this with him privately.

When it was first posed as a question, I do not think anyone knew what was the exact cause. It had not been observed previously.

But when messages are hidden, the counter increments external to the board, but the messages will not appear.

We all know this now, and nobody, myself included, was aware of this yesterday. I thought maybe a poster deleted the posts and that could account for the discrepancy.

herforder, please explain what your post has to do with tournaments, or delete it.

The parameters are still being discussed, but all entrants would have to send in a check, and sign a document as well. The document would cover all stipulations associated with the prize fund, including dispersements in the event of tragedies.

I did not delete the posts Filip is refering to. He did, however.

I imagine some of the tidbits were interesting to the general readership, but I did not want it evolving into a "the variant I like best is better than the variant you like best" contest.

Both have strong advocates that have at least tried the game more than occasionally. Both have strong followings in their own countries.

Since tournaments were discussed in the midst of the diatribe, this is correct place for the postings. But now I think all that needed to be said was said.

Some of the posts were not even remotely on topic, and they were removed. Some were still off topic and were left here for no apparent reason, just to keep happy those who view DBs as "permanent archives" of sorts.

Shall we dispense of the Gothic Chess vs. Janus Chess discussion?

I still don't see the point Caissus. The density of Grandmasters does not, in any way, correspond to the popularity of a chess variant.

The vote was taken over a 3-day period, not at night. Get your facts straight.

I count 3 for stopping the tournament, and 1 recent one for continuing it.

bwildman
Re: Vote on 2003 World Championship

12. November 2003, 15:36:17

I vote b

rabbitoid
Re: Vote on 2003 World Championship

10. November 2003, 13:53:59
thanks for asking, Ed
I for one find myself with far too many ongoing GC games from previous tournaments to start new commitments right now.
VOTE: A



ChessCarpenter
Re: Vote on 2003 World Championship

9. November 2003, 18:12:01

I think that it's fair to everyone that the tournament be started over in 2004! I had 6 wins and 1 game to be decided, so I think I would be affected more than anyone since I had already made it to the 2nd round!!

So my VOTE=A

GothicInventor
Vote on 2003 World Championship

9. November 2003, 16:47:25

My message box was full of mail about people who were winning whose games were lost, etc. So, should we just scrap the whole event and just run one in 2004?

Vote:

A - delete the 2003 Tournament
B - keep it, but start it when we get back to 32 rooks and 48 pawns.

My vote = A