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Game Courier Tournament 2017. Chess Variant Tournament played on Game Courier in 2017.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Sorry, I come after the flood...
I would have liked to choose the Remarkable Rookies but random assignation is OK for me.
I'm OK to start the third round.
. 16 by 16 board with 64 pieces per side.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Oops, sorry, I was just testing the page for posting new submissions, I didn't notice that the submission was stayed...
Game Courier Tournament 2017. Chess Variant Tournament played on Game Courier in 2017.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Sure, we can't change the tournament rules during this. My apologies.
Congratulations to all for the first round.
Wouldn't it be possible to give a maximum time for the games in the time settings? We started the first round on June 25, and it has just finished. A time limit of 30 days is possibly too short for most of us, but I think 40-50 days (or max. 2 months) would certainly works. I'm not the best placed to propose that, since my Chinese chess game against Vitya Makov was one of the lengthiest :) but a time limit would be a good thing if we don't want that the 2017 Tournament ends in 2018.
I think 3 games at a time is good. But 4 games are also OK for me.
Hello everybody,
I'm interested to participate in this tournament. I would thank Greg for organizing this, and for offering me to join in.
Just a few questions:
- Is the game list definitively adopted, or may be subject to other propositions? (I don't speak of obscure or too experimental games, of course, but games, without being necessarily widely recognized, which are at least popular or recognized on this website.) It's just a question; the games proposed by Greg are okay for me.
- for Chess with Different Armies (if we are led to play this one), is there a list of armies from which we must choose? For example, could we take one that is not Betza's?
In all cases, here is my preference order for the mentioned games:
Chess with a small modification:
Berolina Chess - Marseillais Chess - Extinction Chess - Switching Chess - Fischer Random Chess
Regional variant:
Xiangqi - Janggi - Makruk - Shogi
Capablanca variant:
Janus Chess - Embassy Chess - Grotesque Chess - Victorian Chess - Capablanca Chess
Decimal variant:
Eurasian Chess - Omega Chess - Grand Chess - Opulent Chess - Unicorn Great Chess
Alternate geometry:
Glinski's Hexagonal Chess - Diamond Chess - McCooey's Hexagonal Chess - Cylindrical Chess - Circular Chess
Historical game:
Grande Acedrex - Courier Chess - Shatranj - Los Alamos Chess - Chu Shogi
Recognized variant grab-bag:
Ultima - Wildebeest Chess - Alice Chess - Chess with Different Armies - Pocket Mutation Chess
Chess Rules for Kids. An illustrated guide to the rules of chess for children.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]9 comments displayed
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I have a question about a point of rules that seems not to be clarified, if I well understood and not missed anything.
Can a player whose the Dux is in check play in a way to block his last open path (which normally results in a checkmate), if this move performs a Push & Crush attack or a Phalanx that captures in the same time the opposite surrounding enemy Soldier, so that the Dux has a new open path? (In a somewhat similar manner to the Go rule where capture has priority over suicide.)
I hope my question is clear enough.