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Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
j_carrillo_vii wrote on Thu, Jun 3, 2004 07:32 AM UTC:
Is there a way that you can sort this view, to only show the games that a particular player is playing? (i.e. one's games) or for a specific variant only?

Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Jun 3, 2004 07:52 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Fergus,

Thanks! I can't wait to play Korean Chess in Game Courier!

As an option for the game pieces, maybe you can use the same Chinese
characters you are using for Chinese Chess, but inside octagons, instead
of circles.

Jose

Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 10:57 PM UTC:
Fergus,

What I meant to say was, use the Chinese characters as an option for the
Piece Set that the players are allowed to use.

For example, I don't have a Korean Chess set, but use a Chinese Chess set
when I play Korean Chess over the board with my friends. We ignore that the
river is there and voila!

If I had the Piece Set choice, I definitely use the Chinese Chess set, as
it was hard enough for me to learn the Chinese Characters in the first
place (I'm Spanish). My oponents could choose to display the Korean
characters, and I would use the Chinese, but we could still play each
other and enjoy a game right away.

Of course, if there is no choice, I would learn the Korean characters as
well.

You could also give as another choice the westernized characters in your
Korean Chess rules webpage, for those that do not know Korean or Chinese
characters, and want to try out Korean Chess. This way I'm sure you would
get a lot more westerner players to enjoy the game.

It was just a suggestion.

Jose

Mortal Shogi ZRFs ZIP file. Play Shogi and a couple variants with diminishing pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Jun 13, 2004 07:30 PM UTC:
I too had problems with the ZIP file. I downloaded it several times, and could not open the game. At least the files ShogiBrd.bmp and King.bmp in the flip directory show just a black screen on the downloaded file. Can someone email me a good ZIP file to [email protected]? Thanks.

Game Courier User's Guide. How to play games with the CV Play-by-Mail system.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Sat, Jan 29, 2005 05:23 PM UTC:
My opponent is offering a draw. 

How does he register a draw offer in Game Courier? 
How does one accept a draw offer?
Is there a draw command?

Chess Variant Construction Set. Putting together a set of materials for playing several different Chess variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 04:33 PM UTC:
Another option to get board segments is to buy the Taurus 4-player Chess board. You get an 8x8 (64 squares) plus 4 segments of 8x3 (24 squares) for a total of 160 squares. For $9.95 per board, you can't go wrong.

http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/myhomepage/index.html

Chancellor Chess. On a 9 by 9 or 9 by 8 board with a piece with combined rook and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 07:05 PM UTC:
What's the correct link for the Chancellor Chess preset for Game Courrier?

I found the Chancellor game log below:
/play/pbm/play.php?game=Chancellor+Chess&log=judgmentality-cvgameroom-2006-86-980

but I can't find the preset link in Game Courier to start a new game.

The link is also not on the alphabetic index of presets.

Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 07:10 PM UTC:
Just created a new preset for Modern Chess:
/play/pbm/play.php?game%3DModern+Chess%26settings%3DModern+Chess

I just discovered this variation in Puerto Rico while on vacation there when I played chess with some friends at a park in Manati.

Fischer Random Chess. Play Bobby Fischer's randomized Chess variant on Game Courier. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 08:50 PM UTC:
A better logic in the pre-game of the preset to give an equal chance to all 960 FRC positions is this:

drop B any a1 c1 e1 g1;
drop B any b1 d1 f1 h1;
drop Q any a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1;
drop N any a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1;
drop N any a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1;
drop R left a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1;
drop R right b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1;
drop K all a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1;

Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 04:33 PM UTC:
>> Is there any provision in Modern Chess allowing the Bishops to 
>> Change to opposite Diagonals?

Yes there is.

There is a 'Bishop-Castling' or 'Bishop Adjustment' rule.

For only ONE of the bishops, you can 'castle' (switch positions) with either the Knight, Queen or Minister next to it, therefore moving that Bishop to the white squares.

The Bishop in question must have not moved before 'castling', and the Knight, Queen or Minister to 'castle' with must have not moved either.

I'm trying to get a copy of the original book from Gabriel Maura from a friend in Puerto Rico, to formalize the rules, and request an update to the rules page in Chess Variants.

Haven't heard of the Bishop's one square ortogonal move in Modern Chess, but will ask for the clarification.

Game Courier. PHP script for playing Chess variants online.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 04:57 PM UTC:
I created a new preset for Modern Chess:
/play/pbm/play.php?game%3DModern+Chess%26settings%3DModern+Chess

I just discovered this variation in play in Puerto Rico while on vacation there when I played chess with some friends at a park in Manati.

Gabriel Maura invented Modern Chess in 1968, and it was last played in tournaments in 1983.

I'm looking for player to try it out. If you are interested, please send me an email. Thanks.

Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 08:10 PM UTC:
Here is the move coding for Game Courier for Modern Chess' Bishop-Adjustment (or 'Bishop Castling'): c-Bishop Adjustment with Knight: White: B-b1;N-c1 // [Bc<=>N (c-Bishop-Knight adjustment)] Black: b-b9;n-c9 // [Bc<=>N (c-Bishop-Knight adjustment)] c-Bishop Adjustment: White (with Minister): B-d1;M-c1 // [Bc<=>M (Bishop-Minister adjustment)] Black (with Queen) : b-d9;q-c9 // [Bc<=>Q (Bishop-Queen adjustment)] g-Bishop Adjustment with Knight: White: B-h1;N-g1 // [Bg<=>N (g-Bishop-Knight adjustment)] Black: b-h9;n-g9 // [Bg<=>N (g-Bishop-Knight adjustment)] g-Bishop Adjustment: White (with Queen) : B-f1;Q-g1 // [Bg<=>Q (Bishop-Queen adjustment)] Black (with Minister): b-f9;m-g9 // [Bg<=>M (Bishop-Minister adjustment)] Neither piece swapping places may have moved before the 'Bishop Adjustment' (or 'Bishop Castling')

Bishops Conversion Rule. Rule for variant where bishops start on equal colored squares, with sample games.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 12:34 PM UTC:
Maura's Modern Chess already has a solution for the 'Bishop Conversion' to the light squares.

Modern Chess has the 'Bishop Castling' rule, where one, and only one, of the Bishops is allowed to swap places with the Knight, Queen or Minister adjacent to it.

Neither of the pieces involved in the 'Bishop Castling' must have moved before, and the move is optional.

Unlike Carlos Cetina's Bishop Conversion Rule, which mandates one of the Bishops to convert to the light squares; Maura's Bishop Castling is just an option.

If a player is confortable playing with 2 Bishops on the dark squares, he may choose to do so. But he may end up playing against a formation that has Bishops on both light and dark squares.

Chess Variant Pages Membership. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 10:34 PM UTC:
Is Chess Variants not been able to send emails anymore?

I'm tyring to get a friend subscribed to CV to play a game of Modern Chess, but the email with his password has never arrived.

His id is: pleyades21

I notice that I'm not getting an email advice when my opponents make their moves. Is there a problem?

Who can help me?

Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 02:00 PM UTC:
Thanks Joe.

We can work around for checking our turn to move.

But how about new memberships?

Can someone reset the password of my friend pleyades21 so that he can start playing in CV?

Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Feb 27, 2008 01:28 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Can someone edit the link on the page for Modern Chess to list the 'Game
Courier Logs for Games of Modern chess'?

Currently this link points to:
/play/pbm/logs.php?age=0&stat=any&gamewcp=Modern+chess

and displays no games in progress.

The right link should be:
/play/pbm/logs.php?age=0&stat=any&gamewcp=Modern+Chess

with a Capital C for Chess (the search is case sensitive).

[Done! -Eds]

Thanks!!!

Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 09:26 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
The email systems is working again! I received a move notification today!

Great!!! Thanks!

CHESS Eccentricities, By Major George Hope Verney. Images from the book (complete).[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 09:32 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
An excellent gift indeed! Great job! Thanks!

About Game Courier. Web-based system for playing many different variants by email or in real-time.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 10:26 PM UTC:
I just created the preset for Advanced Chess:
/play/pbm/play.php?game%3DAdvanced+Chess%26settings%3DAdvanced+Chess

Anyone interested in playing a game?

PBMWaitingRoom[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 10:37 PM UTC:
Just a suggestion. 

The Game column in the waiting room should link to the CV game page for reference to the game instructions to those not familiar with the variants open for challenges.

Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Mar 5, 2008 04:26 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Excellent Antoine! Thanks!

Does it enforce that only one Bishop can castle per side?

Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Mar 12, 2008 12:59 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Thanks Antoine.

= = =

I just received today in the mail an original Spanish copy of Gabriel Vicente Maura's 1973 3rd edition 'Mathematical Thesis for Modern Chess including the Prime Minister'!!!

I found it in a Library of Antique Books in Madrid, Spain.

Nice little book (it's only 48 pages long).

It has Gabriel Vicente Maura's 'mathematical' explanation of why the chess board needed to be increased in size to 9x9, why a new powerful piece needed to be added to the game, and why that piece needed to be a Prime Minister (Bishop + Knight).

Interesting 'mathematical' theory.

I'll digest it first, and post a summary of his theory.

Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Mar 16, 2008 02:34 PM UTC:
BTW. The book confirms the Bishop Castling rule as I've described before. 

The rule is actually called the 'Bishop Adjustment' rule.

In the true nature of Modern Chess, Maura believed the game was better to be played with both Bishops on the dark squares.

But he left the possibility open for players that couldn't let go (of having Bishops in opposite colors).

Jose Carrillo wrote on Sat, Mar 22, 2008 03:34 PM UTC:
I'm working on the code for two new presets for Chess Courier for randomized variants for Modern Chess:

Modern Random Chess and Modern Fischer Random Chess

I'm trying to reuse some of the code already done for Fischer Random Chess, and found a statement that is too specific in the fischer.txt include file, that prevents this include file to be general enough to be used for 9x9 variants.

In the subroutine to evaluate actual moves by the Black Rook, in the elseif statement there is a reference to a physical coordinate (f8), rather than to a label (#roo):

sub r from to;
  set legal fn R #from #to;
  if not var legal or == old k:
    if == #to #rooo:
      castle #k #kooo #from #rooo;
      set k #kooo;
    elseif == #to f8:
      castle #k #koo #from #roo;
      set k #koo;
    endif;
  endif;
  unsetflag #from;
endsub;

The same is not the case for the subroutine for evaluating actual moves by the White Rook:

sub R from to;
  set legal fn R #from #to;
  if not var legal or == old K:
    if == #to #ROOO:
      castle #K #KOOO #from #ROOO;
      set K #KOOO;
    elseif == #to #ROO:
      castle #K #KOO #from #ROO;
      set K #KOO;
    endif;
  endif;
  unsetflag #from;
endsub;

Here the elseif has a #ROO label that allows this subroutine to be general enough to work for a 9x9 chess variant.

Can someone update the subroutine for black in fischer.txt to have the label #roo instead of f8?

Second question, how do I upload a new file into the include library?

I'm working on the code for a new modern-adjustment.txt file that will be general enough to provide for my new Bishop Adjustment in the randomized versions I'm working on, as well as for the Bishop Commuting found in the modern.txt include file.

Thanks.

Jose Carrillo wrote on Mon, Mar 24, 2008 06:24 PM UTC:
Thanks Antoine!

Can you update the Modern Chess webpage to include the 'Bishop's Adjustment' rule?

http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/modern.html

Below is my English interpretation of the rule, which appears in Spanish on page 32 of Gabriel Maura's 1973 'Tesis Matematica del Ajedrez Moderno' (Mathematical Thesis for Modern Chess):

==

The Bishop Adjustment Rule

It consists in exchanging the square of one of the Bishops with either of the adjacent major pieces - the Queen or the Queen's Knight on the right, or the Minister or Minister's Knight to the left - as long as neither of the pieces being exchanged has been moved from its original square.

The player would have four ways to do the adjustment, but he is only allowed to do it one time throughout the game, if he wishes to. This adjustment counts as a move, just like castling. The notation for it is: B=MN (example for the adjustment with the Minister's Knight).

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