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Knavish Shatranj. Shatranj with Knaves and Debtors. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Oh, I see with the site being down recently some stuff was lost, like my game courier game with Carlos I had to redo a move I already had done. I posted here before it went down about releasing a zrf for this game, and i uploaded the game and some screenshots for the download page, should I do that again.
About Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Hi, when i click on 'what's new' and then 'last game courier move' i get
The Chess Variant Pages: 404 Error - Page not found Welcome to the Chess Variant Pages, a site about games related to, based on, or similar enough to Chess.
We're sorry, but the page https://www.chessvariants.com/pbm/logs.php could not be found.
This page is not listed in our database. The URL may be misspelled, the page may have been removed or renamed, or the page may have never existed.
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play/pbm/logs.php
ok, when i click on that i am starting to see games, there is 4 there right now
Heya all, I see Charles Gilman hasn't logged in since 2016, is he still around, still with us. Thanks.
Great Shatranj. Great Shatranj. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Hi Kevin, yes, I'm having a fun game of Sky with Carlos at the moment. I see your playing Joe at Great Shatranj, good luck there, hope you win lol. I'm joking, hope you both draw hehe. I see it's a close game.
I do notice though, the HightPriestess (alfil knight fers) could have a more precise graphic, the one like you using now but has the fers symbol on it. Also, the Warmachine (dabbaba wazir) or Wazaba piece could have a more precise piece graphic too, the one with wazir symbol on it. But it's all ok if you know what is happening.
Yes thanks Joe, I might also throw in a Pasha promotion variant too, seeing you suggested it. But yes, thanks very much, your a true hero!!
So, after all that talk, we can do what we want, haha, amazing, trolled by a master. Well, I think I might do two versions, one where promotion is to General only, and the other promotion only to a lost piece.
Yes Greg, i'll check out your program.
And, I do like the General, it's a nice piece.
I'm fine with the General (Wazir/Fers) too, it's a less power piece than the Pasha, but either one, I don't want to influence Joe at all (lol).
Sorry whaaaatt, whose trying to make you change the promotion rules .. oh, Greg, shame on you!!! How could you!!
Alright, with that said, Joe, interesting idea with the Pasha, pretty powerful piece, Alfil Dabbaba Wazir Fers. Interesting because it isn't in the starting line up. I like it :)
Are you doing this game for your program Chess V Greg. First off, I notice on your 'person info' page, the link to Chess V ....
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessv
this doesn't seem to work.
I have actually done a zrf file for this, I did it years ago, but I notice it wasn't released, the file is titled 'great shatranj -test' lol, so I must of forgot. I see that I have made pawns able to promote to General, Minister or High Priestess :)
Joe, you need to change your pawn promotion rules, stop making life difficult for everyone :) .. and I sent you an email too, look in your junk email section hehe.
About Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]the problem occurs straight away, it's like i'm viewing someone else's game ....
ok, I have moved, i had to click the box where it says 'christine bj to move', i didn't realise you had to do that, i'm pretty sure i never did that when i did first move.
as far as setting to 100 and then click 'preview', i can't see that word preview, but i can see a 'view', but after i do that, the board stays same size, wouldn't it have to changed in the setting, i dunno.
at least i have moved lol
oh, and this game is also set at 50, to do with the size, can that be changed, the board is very small, though Carlos and I both use something else to play our moves, still, shouldn't it be set at 100.
I can't make a 2nd move in my game of Sky with Carlos
https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Sky&log=sissa-zcherryz-2021-44-954
i'm signed in, not sure what is wrong.
Fairy Pieces Part 1 
. zillions file with many shogi pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]This page is once again directing someone to the mainpage when you try to download this zrf. Can someone see what is wrong, it has done this before and it was fixed.
Also, I don't really know why, but this file is 'Fairy Pieces Part 1' but it shows in the listing page as simply 'Fairy', can that be changed also to 'Fairy Pieces Part 1'.
Alright, sorry for this, lol. Problem file it appears!!
Enlarged and Improved Chess. Early large-board variant from Holland.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Yes, i see the names 'Biok' and 'Roshop' and also the 'Quight' and 'Kneen' on the Wiki fairy piece page ..
Thinktank Chess. Frank Maus' game where most pieces move differently when capturing from how they move without capturing.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Is it the last 3 columns, they don't line up with the piece name first given amazingly ...
Enlarged and Improved Chess. Early large-board variant from Holland.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]So with this here, we have the info 'From Holland, 1696. Guards move as rooks, capture as bishops. Ensigns move as bishops, capture as rooks.' This page here .. http://www.quadibloc.com/chess/ch0502.htm
it says here .. 'D. B. Pritchard's Encyclopedia of Chess Variants brought to my attention an extended form of Chess from 1696, called Enlarged and Improved Chess.' (And further down the page, we have) ... 'the two added pieces were the Ensign, a Bishop-mover/Rook-capturer, and the Guard, a Rook-mover/Bishop-capturer.'
So, these two pieces sound exactly like the ones in this game yeah, https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/thinktank.html
The Bisroo - Bishop-mover/Rook-capturer
The Roobis - Rook-mover/Bishop-capturer
that is correct yes, hopefully i got it right lol
Canvasser. Compound of Rook and Camel.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Yes it's an interesting piece the 'rook camel'. As i just mentioned on the page for 'Lùotuoqí' (Camel Chess), here .. http://www.chessvariants.org/contests/luotuoqi.html
.. it doesn't appear that is actually a rook camel, but with David's comment 'Back in February 2000, S. Sirotkin sent a 7x7 chess variant, called 'Herd', where Pawns promote to Rook-Knight, Rook-Camel, or Rook-Bison.' which is here https://www.chessvariants.com/small.dir/herd.html that is right, we have a rook camel, one that is promoted from a pawn.
Charles has given a name for it though, good work.
L. Fun contest: Help us create a new chess variant by committee.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]I've noticed there is an error in thought on this 'rook camel' piece, probably confusion due to the name. It is said on the page though ...
'The Rook-Camel may move like a standard rook, sliding any number of clear spaces horizontally or vertically. Or the Rook-Camel may move like a non-leaping camel, sliding exactly two squares orthogonally followed by one diagonally without a leap.'
I don't know if I am missing something, but that description is not a rook camel lol, the 'camel' doesn't leap.
However, it's an interesting piece!!
Oh ok, thanks Ben, i'll do that soon then, hopefully, hehe. Thanks Greg, It's fun to be back!! How's the site going, are there people producing fun games still!!
Hi all, long time no see, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to all!!
I have a question about how to post 'Fairy Pieces part 2', not sure how to go about it, ages ago I posted part 1, all Shogi pieces, but I remember putting that 'as a game' however it was correctly put as a piece article, someone must of done that. All i can see about posting something seems be either a game or game courier stuff. Can someone direct me what to click on to get me started on posting in the right spot. Thanks!
Yes, it was ages ago lol, 2012 I posted 'Fairy Pieces Part 1', which showcases 154 shogi pieces from all the old and medieval shogi variants. You can see here ... https://www.chessvariants.com/ideas/fairy-pieces-part-1 zillions file here ... https://www.chessvariants.com/zillions/fairy
Well, I'm going to post Fairy Pieces Part 2, there is a lot of pieces with a lot of info, when I post it, if people want to supply info to me about diff pieces I will add it to the article, when you see it you will know what I mean. With many pieces, i state when it first appeared and what games it has been used in from then, so you can probably guess that is too big a job to do by an normal human being who doesn't live for centuries lol. Anyways, i'll post more laters when I know how and where to post this article.
Thanks all!!
Oh, btw, there will be a zrf for this, probably 2 or 3 in the package.
Fairy Pieces Part 1 . zillions file with many shogi pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Hi hi all, is there something wrong with the download of this file, when you try to download zrf, it just seems to take you to mainpage, i uploaded the file, by 'upload files' link, and i got message it was uploaded successfully. Anyway, this was out ages ago on zillions site, i just noticed i never up it up on this site for download of the zrf.
Also, what do you do to make a gap between paragraphs when you make a page, lol, i've done so many before but i can't seem to do it with this page.
Sky. Brilliant original game by Christine Bagley-Jones. Pieces promote through a succession of odd leapers eventually to a rooks.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]Oh Jeremy sorry, i must have missed your mail. It is fine that you want to make a game based on Sky, please feel free to do whatever you want and call it Sky Kamil, i am honored :)
Hi, i just noticed your talk about what was original setup. I added a screenshot of the original setup at the bottom of the Sky page :) Not sure if it was a problem, but the game was updated to stop a 2nd move check from white, and another change to slow down the promotion process. http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MZsky
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I'm going to play a game or two of this game on game courier if possible, I notice your comments about this game Kevin, if you want a game you can send me invite, i'll play the black and green side!!
Link is here, i'm giving the link because it is spelt 'chatarunga', not the usual way.
https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=4-Handed+Chatarunga&settings=4-handed%20chat%201.00
Of course, if we play this game, we are playing with double mate rules that is on this page :)
Oh, if anyone else wants a game, send me an invite, i'll play the black green pieces.