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Joe Joyce wrote on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 01:42 AM UTC:
Sam, Mike, Greg; thanks for the comments.
Mike, all the games listed to be released do have 'modern' pawns except
Shatranj 10x8; castling is also available. I do have to admit that this
project is already pretty lengthy, though. Also, you are right that most
of my games are actually, and as deliberately as they could be, part of
this project, although I didn't realize it would involve something like a
position paper with a fancy name and lots of work and definitions.
Christine certainly didn't, and she was there and very involved right at
the start, which was just after I posted Modern Shatranj, and we started
corresponding. She lets me do most of the writing, but I let her do all
the ZRFs, so it works out. The next article will be at least a while,
though. 
Sam and Greg [you guys ever consider singing together?], I also have
worried about the possibility of draws, but the only format in which I
fear them is 8x8. Ironically, the one posted game of mine that I fear has
a substantial draw potential is Modern Shatranj, the only one of my games
to make it into the upcoming tournament. The larger board sizes, coupled
with shortrange piece sets, pretty much seem to eliminate draws. In MS,
I've drawn 4 of the 6 games I've played online, but I've never had a
draw in any of the larger variants, whether played online or
face-to-face.
Finally, Sam, 'of course' a knight move can be described as a 2 square,
2 step move with ferz being the first step and wazir the second step. [But
I'm almost computer illiterate these days.] It's like being on the SW
corner of a city block and going to the NE corner. You can go N, then E,
or go E, then N. Now, what's a 'bulldozer' piece? Looking forward to
your definition of 'rider'.

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