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Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Thomas McElmurry wrote on Sat, Mar 25, 2006 12:31 AM UTC:

I was reading about GAME Code in the Developer's Guide, and following its
advice I looked at the Pre-Game code for FRC.  It appears that this preset
does not generate the 960 starting positions with equal probability.  Of
the 960 possible positions, 216 have the white king starting on b1 or g1,
336 on c1 or f1, and 408 on d1 or e1.  But the preset places the king on
these six squares with equal probability.

The easiest way to generate all 960 positions with equal probability is to
place the bishops first, then the queen and knights, and finally the king
and rooks.

🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Jan 5, 2005 01:54 AM UTC:

I've updated the preset to recognize check, checkmate, and stalemate. Basically, I replaced the old code with completely new code that makes use of the checkmate include file and a fischer include file that modifies some of its routines and adds a couple more.

frcec wrote on Sat, Oct 30, 2004 10:16 PM UTC:

Fischerandom Chess email Club (FRCEC) ratings for 
SchemingMind players.

The table below lists the FRCEC ratings for the top 15 
club members that are also members of Chess Variants, but do 
not represent rated games exclusively played in the Game Courier. 

FRCEC members can play their games via plain text
email, the E4 Emailchess Club chess server, Chess Variants
or any other graphical interface that currently
supports FRC in the net. 

See more details on these choices in our website at:
http://frcec.tripod.com


FRCEC ratings for Chess Variants members as of October 30, 2004:

Rank	Rating	Member Name	Country		Wins-Loses-Draws
1	1582	José Carrillo	Puerto Rico	16-7-4
2	1536	David Symoens	France		2-0-0
3	1530	Marc Wakeham	Wales		2-0-0
4	1516	Abhay Kumar	India		2-1-1
5	1514	Jean-Pierre Avy	France		4-4-0
6	1514	Mark Havrilla	USA		3-2-1
7	1494	David Atkinson	Canada		3-4-0
8	1486	Gregory Strong	USA		0-1-0
9	1484	Martin Yates	USA		0-1-0
10	1481	Raúl E. Palacio	Argentina	2-4-0
11	1472	Juan Izquierdo	Spain		0-2-0
12	1470	José Sánchez	Costa Rica	0-2-0
13	1432	Peter Leyva	USA		0-5-0
14	1422	John Richardson	USA		1-6-0

                 

To see FRCEC's Top 20 players ratings go to:
http://frcec.tripod.com/FRCEC_Top20.htm

To see a list of all FRCEC's members and their ratings
go to:
http://frcec.tripod.com/Club_Members.htm

If you are not a member of FRCEC and want to join our
Fischerandom Chess Club, send an email to:
[email protected]

To visit FRCEC's homepage, go to:
http://frcec.tripod.com

frcec wrote on Sat, May 29, 2004 12:22 PM UTC:

Fischerandom Chess email Club
http://frcec.tripod.com/

FRCEC rated games via Game Courier!

To play your rated FRCEC via Game Courier, advise your Chess Variant ID
when you setup your FRCEC match. You will be assigned an FRCEC Match
Number, and a the FRCEC moderator will setup the match at Game Courier
for you. You will receive an email from Chess Variants confirming the
match details, and you can now start your game with Game Courier. 
 
To join FRCEC, send an email to:
[email protected]

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