Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too
For posting: - invitations to games (you can also use the New Game menu or for particular games: Janus; Capablanca Random; or Embassy) - information about upcoming tournaments - disussion of games (please limit this to completed games or discussion on how a game has arrived at a certain position ... speculation on who has an advantage or the benefits of potential moves is not permitted while that particular game is in progress) - links to interesting related sites (non-promotional)
...is not such a strong program as "Vortex" or "Smirf".Anyhow it has some interesting features:It is freeware,it has a fullscreen display and his handling allows fast and blitzgames.You can try out to beat Max in Janus or Gothic in a fast 15 minutes game and it is not easy.
Menu - Live - Challenge - choosing the game and the time.
The following game was played by me with a 15 minutes time limit: http://caissus.gmxhome.de/Partieen/janusgames.htm?0_1665