is first two games in 5 mins, then two 4 mins per game,
and so on down to one min per game - already the sound is frightening :P ~*~

what happens if theres no checkmate?

and the opponent has to notice himself
all offered help from 3rd sides is a cheat as always.
we used to value it as draw if both times are run out when it's noticed. ~*~

so the total game ..from start to finish...is 5 to 1 minutes long?

you said it - training the blitz-castling is recommended then. ~*~

we play 2 minute games at Doylestown for beers :) if you do good you can get a free 6-pack in no time :)

after a couple of wins I'm sure the game evens itself out :)

Redsales: If you're refering to your games in the "For the honest,and friendly,not cheating. (Atomic Chess)" tournament, observe its description: "Unrated games (no BKR will be affected by this tournament): yes"

Let's not confuse unrated games with the real problems with the rating system. :) And I don't see how simple win percentages reveal much about a player's skill.

Bwildman, you can download a testversion (30 days) on www.playchess.com and look there.
It is very interesting if you have never seen such fast games before.!

Builder, thanks, I didn't notice that! No wonder. If you don't see how win %ages reveal skill, you need look no further than loop and gothic, seeing the top two players. A win % from a large sample size such as ughaibu and Ed Trice tell me much more than prov ratings based on 4-6 games...sure, the provs may be as good or better, but they haven't really proven it. Statistically it's much easier to get a high rating on BK from a small amount of games.

If I had played all my games of loop and gothic against ughaibu and Trice respectively I expect my winning percentages would be lower, without my skill being reduced.

As it happens, my games of 3 checks chess against ughaibu seem to have given me a high rating despite my losing both.

but i meant large sample size against different players, not just playing against the same player...that shows a wider skill base. I know of some false accounts of BK that were created to get to the top precisely by that method of playing against the top guys in their first games.

its funny how some players are referred to by the BrainKing name and others by their last name. Hmmmm.

Well if a user changes their username often, it is sometimes easier to use a common name like thier last name.

it has been going on long before my name change.

I remember it starting around the time you switched to ...Inventor, from whatever else it was. But that has been awhile, so you would know better than I do.

...the very first page of this DB:


Felix (1486) Personal to GothicChessPro 21. March 2003, 19:51:22
Dear Mr. Edward Trice,

i referred to you as GI until you relocated to Vanuatu...

well, take Danoschek for example. His name is Johan Buttox and you don't see any of us calling him by his Anglo equiavlent name, Jack Ass.

perhaps you prefer to be called "Richard Cranium" ? LOL:)

LMAO

and the world will be better, for sure ...
too many dead hamsters in spinning wheels, yano ~*~

where knowing a person's true name is dangerous.

who dare name true are dangerous too ... 0:) ... ~*~

ok Mr. Buttox

how little respect some people have even for the reward of their own name *grin* ~*~
btw
the whole humbug was saved of course and is available at the known reliable source

ok Mr. Buttox

Maledicta homine docto indigna esse videntur ~*~

well Dano...its kinda good to see our dear dear friend,Richard Cranium,aka..Gothic Chess Pro,aka..Gothic Inventor,aka..I dont know how to pronounce that....has somewhat a sense of humor! LOL:)

I sensed just that it's time for spammocrap noise alert ...
- and it's kwoh-ISS-kweh ... ( until when ) ... ~*~

Unless you birds are fueding over a broad how can this be important? You are both invited to check into the Purple Rehab Center. TWELVE steps. :)

yes - you already look toasted again ~*~

I challange you to a game of gothic chess!!

I only play real men's games. I challenge (note correct spelling) to checkers, Halma8 or Five in a line.

are you trying to say Gothic Chess isnt a mans game?
are ya scared???

dang...2 invitations declined...guess he's just scared:(

I don't play tiddily winks, jacks, jump rope, house or any chess games. I might however play doctor under the right circumstances, :)

Click on this link at the University of Alberta for more information.

And yes, that is my name there for helping out with that project.

That is incredible. A lot of work.

even not the worst have a good income by pushing buttons under robo-command ~*~

Oh... he has always had that sense of humor.. just no one ever cared to notice.. too concerned with the challenge!

Well I will be the head nurse!! LMCAO!!

Sorry, couldn't pass that up!!

So.. what would you consider to be the stronger of the two.. the Archbishop or the Chancellor? and Why??

It depends. If my opponent has a Chancellor and I have an Archbishop, then the Archbishop is stronger. If I have a Chancellor and my opponent has an Archbishop, then the Chancellor is stronger :)

Look at the last game between ChessCarpenter and I. He snagged my Chancellor earlier, leaving me with just an Archbishop, but I felt I had the greater attacking chances.

The Archbishop is, in general, weaker than the Chancellor, but the question is, by how much? Would you trade Archbishop + Pawn for a Chancellor? How about Archibshop + Knight for Chancellor and 2 pawns?

See it gets complicated!

Even stranger is Archbishop + Rook vs. Chancellor and Bishop! These are made of the "same pieces" once you decompartmentalize them (Rook + Bishop + Knight) but I think the Chancellor + Bishop is stronger since you can have a "Chancellor's Vortex" occur with this piece combination.

See this paper for a complete discussion on the derivation of the piece values.

Shouldn't a person be of at least average ability at regular chess before they took up Gothic?

While I was giving a 20 board simul in Kansas City in 2001, I lost one game to an 11-year old participant in the Supernationals-2 National chess tournament.

At the end of the game, I asked him his rating. I was surprised when he said it was 1340 or something like that.

I allowed a skewer of my Chancellor and Queen, loosing the C for just a Bishop. I was embarrassed by this miscue, and thought I could surely trick this youngster and recover.

No chance.

So, I would have to say this singular example demonstrates players of any strength can pull off amazing wins.

Most tournament players are "booked up" in chess. You are not playing them, you are playing every master game they have studied and incorporated into their repotoire.

Gothic Chess levels that playing field. The truly talented players shine in Gothic, even if their ratings are held back due to battling so many "bookworms".

I guess that just demonstrates that anyone can have a "bad hair day" ;)

i'm curious, and maybe Caissus can answer this too, is there a large "book" for Janus? I'm assuming the game has been around for awhile, and in fact it seems gothic chess is loosely based on it, with the Janus and board size and all. Not to mention Janus is German chess and Goth means German. How popular is Janus in Germany? Could you give a ratio of normal chess to Janus tournaments or clubs? And how long has it taken to acuqire that status. How long before Gothic chess can achieve a similar ratio in N. America?

Bad hair is often covered up by hoakie looking hat designed to also make dwarf look taller.

redsales...I'm no expert...but Janus is actually a 2faced God.the brainking dog(?) is just an easy facsimile:)

I just read the rules. My head is spinning.