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19. april 2003, 01:37:01

Samwise

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Ämne: Regarding The "Name of Pente"

Regarding The "name of Pente"
Let's start spliting some hairs!

You must remember that the real game "Pente" is played on a 19x19 board with opening move restriction. Its getting a bit out of hand with wanting to rename the game.... "Original Pente" "Pente" "Pro-Pente" "13x13 Pro-Pente" just so that the mistake by IYT can be made proper.

One example (with chess).... Bhavisya-Purâna- the original chess, shâhmât is for when it traveled to Persia, Échecs from the crusades in Persia, then Ajedrez for the Spanish who got it from crusades, Schachspiel for the germans who got it from the spanish and of course the last move in history for chess Ludus Scaccorum which is classical Latin...for the church. This way chess has been mapped out through history so that all
Players can be happy with its development.

One more thing (not off topic).... I think a great idea (also borrowed from chess) would be.

The game chess is played today according to the Laws of Chess (or Chess Code) as formulated by the World Chess Federation, officially the Federation Internationale des Échecs, or FIDE. The World Chess Federation controls world Chess events and is in charge of the revising and interpretation of the rules of the game.

Why not create a Pente federation so that rules can be upheld and variations properly controlled.

~Samwise

19. april 2003, 07:38:15

Gary Barnes

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Ämne: Samwise, YES! UNBELIEVABLY OUTSTANDING!!

To all -

I would like to refer EVERYONE to Samwise's post. His 'wise' part in his I.D. speaks VOLUMNS about who he is and what he represents. I have spoken to him several times by Email and at www.pente.org. At no point did I ever try to sway his opinion one way or another about this topic. He came to that conclusion on his own. One thing that I will mention about him because there is NO way that ANYONE would guess it unless it was stated. He is only 16 years old!!

He is saying that he is ALSO tired of seeing the correct version of the game MUCKED up with all of these co-called variants such that the name and what rules should be used are so confusing to everyone.

Also, his knowledge about the history of Chess is astonishing and he brings up an OUTSTANDING point! That is why not create a Pente Federation like there is in Chess!

Well guess what everyone! It is being DONE! The first meeting of the NEW World Pente Federation will take place in Oklahoma City on May 17th of this year along with the tournament that will be held there.

Amongst the topics of discussion will be how best to promote the game in the future and changes to the current opening restriction so that players of all levels will become interested and STAY interested in the game because it will be challenging for a LIFETIME instead of dropping out when they have accomplished all that can be accomplished in the game.

It is from this meeting that discussion will ensue such that CURRENT official rules of Pente will be CHANGED for the FIRST time since the opening restriction was accepted as the correct way to play the game way back around 20 years ago.

So like I said, we are starting to look at the long-term now. It was not just a euphamism but a statement of fact.

Gary