Comments by jean-louiscazaux
Hmm, this is not obvious at all. Archbishops are very mobile and develop easily anywhere and in this respect the center of the back rank is not less favourable than the sides. I even think they can develop easier from g1 because the center Pawns are often moved first, freeing their squares, than from b1, k1 where they are trapped.
I have noticed that several games of Gross Chess end up with some Marshalls and/or Archbishops unmoved. Maybe the presence of two Marshalls and two Archbishops is somewhat excessive. I wonder if a variant with a single Marshall on g1 and Archbishop on f1 with empty a1, b1, k1, l1 would be worth to be investigated.
Apothecary Chess-Classic. Large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Aurelian, I saw that yesterday. I know how I did: When I look on your preset page on Safari (with a McBook), if I click on the diagram, I get the nominal preset. But if I look under the diagram there is the sentence "Apothecary Chess - Classic is an Grand Chess and Omega Chess inspired large board variant that features the joker who imitates the last moved enemy piece at every turn, along with the capablanca compounds and two new minor pieces of which one (the siege elephant) is specific only to this game at the time of the game's creation." This sentence is preceded by a small blue square with a question mark ?, like an image which doesn't show. If I right-click on it and select "show in an other page", I get the diagram with the Brouhaha squares in the corners in a different preset.
Hope this helps
I don't see what would be abnormal
History of the Chess Variant pages. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Yes indeed, this is the page I had seen before and I couldn't find again. Thanks a lot
No it is not that. I was looking for history information about the CVP, fresher than 2001. For example the successive editors in chief, who and from when to when, and any important fact that marked the history of the CVP.
This is a feedback not a critic. I'm not sure that anything can be done to improve.
Being based in France, I see ads from e-bay in French. But many are not related to chess. The reason is that "chess" is "échecs" in French, always at plural, with an "s" at the end. The word in singular, "échec" means "failure" in English. (It also means "check" which may complicate).
So, there several ads for books dealing with the failure of something, failure of education, failure of economy, whatever, but no relation at all with chess.
Hope this may help
Fantastic XIII. This is the G.C. preset for Fantastic XIII, a bizarre CV,13 types of pieces on 13x13 board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Big thanks!
I have a bizarre problem I can't solve with the GC preset. The Black ship on e13 can go on a12 and I don't know why. And while on a12 it can go on a11. These moves are not at all allowed. This doesn't happen with the White Ship. When the ship is every where but on the raw 13, that problem does not occur anymore.
The Ship is supposed to move as a vertical half-gryphon.
The code is:
def s fn (checkride #0 #1 0 1 and empty #0)
where #0 1 1
#1
or fn (checkride #0 #1 0 1 and empty #0)
where #0 -1 1
#1
or fn (checkride #0 #1 0 -1 and empty #0)
where #0 1 -1
#1
or fn (checkride #0 #1 0 -1 and empty #0)
where #0 -1 -1
#1
or checkleap #0 #1 1 1;
def sL mergeall
leaps #0 1 1
ray where #0 1 1 0 1
ray where #0 1 -1 0 -1
ray where #0 -1 1 0 1
ray where #0 -1 -1 0 -1;I don't understand what's going on. Thanks for any help
Ed.Note: formatted the code
Fantastic XIII. A bizarre large odd chess variant with the weirdest men from Cazaux's family.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Thank you BnEm. I don't understand all what you say. English is not my mother tongue and I don't get the meaning of "Idk","afaik","ofc", "iirc" which are probably shortcuts but I don't know for what.
Also, I don't get this sentence "Otherwise a pawn reaching the middle rank has an advantage over its counterpart that can't be trivially made up for." What do you mean "trivially made up for", I'm lost.
Concerning the Ship, I used it only in my Tamerlane II, not on my other variants. Actually, I adopted it long long time ago, in the very first CV I created (and fabricated, pictures exist in https://www.chessvariants.com/d.photo/tamerlane.html), in 1978, https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/tamerlane2-old.html Of course in that time we had not Internet, I had no computer, it was prehistory, I was not speaking English at all, and I didn't know Betza (smile).
Chak. A modern vision of what a Mayan chess would look like.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Great looking, nice thema. What I have not understood reading the rules, is how the pieces start? What is the initial setup?
Game Courier Developer's Guide. Learn how to design and program Chess variants for Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Hello Aurelian. I have no plan to use them. There are probably very special to put in a CV, but not without interest.
Fantastic XIII. This is the G.C. preset for Fantastic XIII, a bizarre CV,13 types of pieces on 13x13 board.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I believe the pages Fantastic XIII and the one for the GC preset can be published. Thank you
Game Courier Developer's Guide. Learn how to design and program Chess variants for Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Warm thanks to both of you. It seems to work fine for both pieces. That's great.
I beg some help, this is above my skills. I do cut and try, but I'm unable to get it. I want to code a Ship (t(FvR), vertical Gryphon) and a Snake (t(vWB), vertical Manticore). I was thinking to go from Gryphon and Manticore. How should I modify those:
def G fn (checkride #0 #1 1 0 and empty #0) where #0 sign - file #1 file #0 sign - rank #1 rank #0 #1
and != file #1 file #0 and != rank #1 rank #0 or checkleap #0 #1 1 1;
def GL mergeall leaps #0 1 1 rays where #0 1 1 1 0 rays where #0 1 -1 1 0 rays where #0 -1 -1 1 0 rays where #0 -1 1 1 0;
and :
def U fn (checkride #0 #1 1 1 and empty #0) where #0 0 sign - rank #1 rank #0 #1
or fn (checkride #0 #1 1 1 and empty #0) where #0 sign - file #1 file #0 0 #1
or checkleap #0 #1 1 0;
def UL mergeall leaps #0 1 0 rays where #0 0 1 1 1 rays where #0 0 -1 1 1 rays where #0 1 0 1 1 rays where #0 -1 0 1 1;
Thanks!!!
Tamerlane II. Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Yes indeed, if I update this page I wish to keep the diagram too, it's very nice to have it. Thanks
Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I have an idea, but maybe it will not work. This is my idea: if I write a new page for Shako as a "member submissions". Then someone just removes all contents in the existing Shako page except a link directing to the new one. Will it work?
Tamerlane II. Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Exact HG, I had not realized that. This is the consequence of the fact that I can't edit this page like I do with my other games. (I have the same problem with Shako).
This page on our site is not updated. The updated page is here http://history.chess.free.fr/tamerlane2.htm
If I could I would update the page on CVP too. I could then explain why this evolution.
Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Ben, why not giving me the right to edit the page to make it simple? If I can edit the pages of my other variants why not editing Shako? If we do this way, no links will be lost. If for any reason my new edition wouldn't satisfy you or other editors, it would always be possible for you to restore the previous version.
I think Shako would deserve a better page with better graphics.
I wish I could edit this page to present it in a better manner, and consistently with my other variants. Is that possible?
Tamerlane II. Modern variant based upon ancient large chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I was looking to this Interactive Diagram (thanks HG). The Prince's move is not correct. It is not K. It should be KimfnD.
Play-test applet for chess variants. Applet you can play your own variant against.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Thank HG. I will try again because I was getting 0 only for any changed move.
The table with all pieces on this page is pretty useful to estimate values. I wish it could include more piece: Manticore, Buffalo (NCZ), Okapi (NZ), Bison (CZ), Duchess (KADGH), Cheetah (CZGH), Tiger (CZGHAND), Centaur (KN), Heroin (RFN), Templar (BWN), Lion KAND, Ship t(FvR), Snake t(vWB), Troll (mfWcfFGH), promoted XQ pawn, Mao (XQ N), Osprey t(DB), Ostrich t(AR). Well, that's a lot, too many maybe. Maybe just some of them...
Happy new year to all chess variants enthusiasts all around the world, and their beloved ones. Keep safe and have a lot of happiness in your life.
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Thanks Kevin and Aurelian. I understand. Placing the Vaos needs care indeed, I met this also in my variants. I concluded that it is best to put them in the center of the 1st rank as much as possible, at least not on the sides, to avoid that they threat the opponent's lines too early, as soon as the center Pawns are developed.
In the case of a single BN and single RN, then maybe the full 1st rank would have to be considered in order to give the Cannons a max of lateral mobility and a avoid a premature threat from the Vaos. Interesting.