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Help, we are having different interpretations of the rules, looking for outside input. In football chess, based on rules as listed, must a player kick the ball at least once if he can? Thanks in advance.

...as did I...and it worked. Perhaps it had to do with solar bursts or organic chicken matter...either way, glad it worked and thanks for your attention to the matter Fergus.

Trying to move my numskull from e1 to f1. Preset keeps saying 'you cannot capture your own piece'. Is there a bug in the preset or am I overlooking something? Thanks for any help.

Your move, George

Joe, based on the demo game, Fergus vs Fergus, the answer is yes. He did it a few times in that game.

thanks guys, managed it the unconventional way

...but g8 is occupied. On this side of the board is g8 my rook's destination when castling? I was hoping it was h8...

Confused by this: the omega-castling (O-O, White's right side): like in FRC the king will be placed one row distant from the border (here i-file) and the rook at the next inner neighboured square...do you think I can castle by leaving the king where it is and moving j8 rook to h8? (the preset won't let me...) Or would my king go to the 3rd rank and thus be in check? Do I have any castling options at the current moment?

Jeremy, Jejujeju here. Notice that you haven't made any chess moves for awhile now. Hope things are ok. The clock is ticking on this one, you're down to about 3 days...hope you're able to move before getting timed out.

....yeah, and I'm tempted to play Q d1-a8 // check...but guessing you'd find some 'technical' illegality associated with that too!! Seriously though...oops! Was too focused on the impending onslaught of bishops and queen on my fragile king's little corner of the world to even notice the rook up there. My bad. If you could, as the computer thinks it's your turn, you can, with my permission, type 'won' or type 'g2-h1; r-g2; (your move)' or type 'g2-h2;r-h2 // check' and I'll make a different move (Q d1-a8 // check?)...guess typing 'resign' would also be an option, but it may not be legal if it follows my illegal move. Good game, you crushed me. Sorry for the goof up.

Due to the clever ambiguity of the response, I hereby rescind the prematurely expressed gratitude...but will (hopefully) use the nonspecific response to my advantage.

Carlos and I have decided to see how this one plays out... Question regarding the two-step limitation. Can a knight (or related piece) make a standard knight move or does that violate the two step rule? (or is a knight's standard move deemed to be one ortho and one diagonal as opposed to 2+1?) Thanks in advance. Jejujeju and carlos carlos

Mats, Great, thanks. I'll let juan rod know so he can move. Thanks, guys.

More information ... We were having problem with moves as early as move 3, and used some 'creative' commands to get the pieces where we intended them to be. This may have caused confusion for the preset. The reason I entered the Queen move from a2-d5 in the manner I did originally was because when I entered just a2-d5 it didn't swap the pawn and queen as intended (I don't remember what it did or said - and if I'd have entered Q a2-d5 it may have worked, but I didn't try that). As we were using creative commands as early as move 3, do you think we should just delete the game and reenter the commands correctly?

Mats, Thanks for your input and advice. We went back a few moves and tried again, this time I think I input the white queen move correctly. Still, when black tries to take the white queen with his black pawn, the preset informs him it is illegal to take his own piece. Any ideas? Anyone? Thanks in advance.

George, I just made an illegal move...sorry. Meant to move g7-e9. If you could correct that when you make your next move I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Jejujeju

Carlos, hope you haven't forgotten about our game. Just a heads up, you have only 3 days left on the clock... I'd hate to beat you on time again...

Thank you for that comment. Was wondering precisely about that. Cheers!

I did notice the time getting short, I think we were both at about 2 days and change, both taking about an 8 hour loss presumably while the other slept, and then there was one occassion of you missing a cycle and losing a day or so that I retained. All rough numbers, but I think I was just over a day left when you had 7 hours or so...and after that you didn't move before time expired. If setting with no grace period, 14 days might be more practical than 7 days. Regarding the wording on the top of either our game or the one with Carlos...I have no idea how/why they would be different or how/why one might change 57 days after its completion.

George, I can't move and have no idea how to re-set. The reason the game ended is that you ran out of time. This game had 0 seconds of grace period, so when it was your turn and you hadn't moved, or my turn and I hadn't moved, the clock ticked and additional time was never given when a timely move was made. Both of our clocks were getting low, but yours got there first. As I accepted your invitation for this game, I assumed you were aware of the time settings. I kind of like the idea of a ticking clock, but probably doesn't work so well when the players are in very different time zones.

Gee Bee and I are having trouble getting this game to the position prior to my illegal move. With his agreement, I am deleting the game and will reinvite him to start again.

Thank you. First time and a bit confused. Will read rules more carefully. Thanks again. Jeju