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by Jens Bæk Nielsen
Torben Osted and I have played a correspondance game ofchess with changed rules.
It is inspired by the version 'Are thereany?' (Kriegsspiel),and like that version the goal of the game is to come as close as possibleto a real war. To do this, the most important is that you do not exactlyknow where the opponents pieces are! We havecalled this variant for 'darkchess',as you feel like moving in the dark, when you play the game.
The startposition is as usual. The rules are easy if you imagine, thata piece is able to 'see' the squares it attacks and can go to(Torben invented this essential rule for this variant). If you open e2-e4you are told what the pawn can see on d5,e5,f5, and what the bishop andqueen can see on their opened diagonals. For each single move both blackand white are told what they can see.
We have discarded the en-passant move, as it is difficult to handle anddoes not influence the game anyhow. If you have an uncovered piece whichbecomes captured, you are only told that it has disappeared.
The goal is not to mate the opponents king, but to capture him! This meansyou are not told if your king is in check or you put him into check yourself.During castling the king is allowed to jump over an attacked square.
The game is not so serious as normal chess, but quite amusing and exciting!
To run the game we used a third part. It was my wife who acted as gamesupervisor(the task could be done by a computerprogram with passwords for black andwhite. Who makes it?).
Now to the game which was played from 7 nov. 1989 to 30 may 1992, but firstan explanation to the notation of the information given from the gamesupervisor:
- The empty squares a moved piece can see are not notated at all (blacksfirst 2 moves).
- A '-' denotes, that no information was given for the opponentsmove (whites first 6 moves).
- Any information is shown in brackets ().
- If an opponents piece moves to an attacked square, the piece is shownin brackets (whites 7. move). Similar notation is used for which opponentspieces a moved piece can see (blacks 3. move). Several pieces are separatedwith a ',' (blacks 14. move).
- If a move for either player opens for a row/line/diagonal of a piece,the information is given after a '/' as shown in whites 22. movewhere he played Ne2-c3. The move opens the view of blacks Ba6, which cansee an empty square at f1 (empty squares are always notated here to assure,that this information was not forgotten).
- If an uncovered piece is captured it looks as whites 15. move.
To give the right feeling of the game, it is only reported from blacksview (the whole game follows).
White: Torben Osted Keep the keep mac os.
Black: Jens Baek Nielsen
1.-,Nf6
2.-,b5
Hoping that white has not played g3 and Bg2.
3.-,Bb7(Pg2)
Still hoping the same! But with the look at g2 I would now welcome thepawn to move.
4.-,a5
5.-,Ra6
6.-,Re6(Pe3)
7.(Bf3),Qc8
8.-,Rd6
9.(Bd6),cxd6(/Qc8-Pc3)
I have made unusual moves to make it harder for my opponent to guess mymoves. I tried to use the rook as a spy and now lost the exchange. Theloss of material is probably not so important in this variant of chess,where information is important. But I had with -,cxd6 got a cramped position,that requires many moves to develop.
10.(Pa4),b4(Pc3)
11.-,Ba6(Ne2)
12.-,d5(Pd4)
13.(Pe4),dxe4(Bf3)
14.(Ne4),Nxe4(Pf2,Pc3)
15.(Ne4 captured),d5(Pd4,Be4)
It is not covered, but white did not know!
16.(e4),e6
17.-,Qd8
18.-,Bd6(Ph2)
19.-,g5
Something had to happen.
20.-,h5
21.(Pb4),Bxb4(Re1)
22.(Nc3/Ba6-f1),Kd7
I feared a capture at d5, as white probably had a rook at the e-file. Themove also cleared the 8. row and gave an unusual placement for my kingwhich might be hard for white to guess.
23.(Be2),g4
24.(Ba6),Nxa6
25.-,Qb8(Ph2)
I had to see if the white queen should arrive at b5 giving check. I didnot bother to cover Na6.
26.-,Bd6(Ph2/Qb8-Pb2)
27.(Qb5+)
The white queen actually came to b5! I had not expected this after whitessafe play so far and realised I could have won with the trap 25.,Qa8and 26.,Rb8.
At this point I felt I had a reasonable position with the plan h4 and g3(hoping white had castled kingside), but white now forced exchange of queensand knew where my king and knight were positioned.
27.,Qxb5(Pa4,Pb2)
28.(Qb5 captured/Pa5-a4),Nb4
29.-,Rg8
30.-,h4
31.-,g3(Pf2,Pg2,Ph2)
32.(Pg3),hxg3(Pg2,Ph2)
33.(Ng3),Rb8(Pb5)
34.-,Rxb5
35.(/Bd6-Ph2),e5
36.(Pe5/Pd5-d4),Bxe5(Ph2,Rc3)
37.(/Bd6-Pb2),d4
38.-,d3(Ne2/Be5-Pb2)
39.(Nc3/Pd3-e2),Rc5(Nc3)
40.-,Bg7
Would lose if white played Rxf7+. I had let my king stay at d7, as whiteprobably had assumed I had replaced it after 27. Qb5+. He probably assumedthe king covered f7. My plan was now to play the bishop to h6 to supportthe pawn to d2. 41.(/Bg7-Pb2),Rc2(Pb2,Ph2)
I assumed white played the knight to d1 and dropped the plan to promotethe d-pawn. But I better move the rook if white had played 41.Ne4.
42.(/Rc2-h2),Bd4
White moved his h-pawn (and has earlier moved the g-pawn), and I cannotstop them. With this move I took a riscy (white could have a rook at f4or more likely e4) look at g1. But of course whites king was not on a blacksquare.
43.-,Rh2+(Kh1,Ph5)
I had a strong feeling, that whites king was at h1. If this chance hadto succeed, it required that
1) h2 was only covered by the white king
2) the g-pawn was not at g3 (or unlikely a rook at f4)
3) white did not know if my bishop covered g1-a7 or h2-b8.
44.(Rh2 captured)
White captured the rook and said he would play his king to h1 next move,so I resigned. He had found it most likely, that I most would have likedhim to play 44.Kg1 and have had the pleasure to play 44.,Bxg1 winningthe game and have fooled him. He is right! But it is still a fifty-fiftychance, as I could have thought he would think so, and have played my bishopto e5 etc.
42.,Be5 had won the game.
Here is the complete game. Cyber lover mac os.
1.d4,Nf6 2.Bf4,b5 3.c3,Bb7 4.Qc2,a5 5.e3,Ra6 6.Be2,Re6 7.Bf3,Qc8 8.Nd2,Rd69.Bxd6,cxd6 10.a4,b4 11.Ne2,Ba6 12.Rc1,d5 13.e4,dxe4 14.Nxe4,Nxe4 15.Bxe4,d516.Bf3,e6 17.0-0,Qd8 18.Kh1,Bd6 19.Rfe1,g5 20.Qb1,h5 21.cxb4,Bxb4 22.Nc3,Kd723.Be2,g4 24.Bxa6,Nxa6 25.Re3,Qb8 26.Qd3,Bd6 27.Qb5+,Qxb5 28.axb5,Nb4 29.Ne2,Rg830.Ra3,h4 31.R1c3,g3 32.fxg3,hxg3 33.Nxg3,Rb8 34.Ra1,Rxb5 35.Ne2,e5 36.dxe5,Bxe537.Rf3,d4 38.Raf1,d3 39.Nc3,Rc5 40.g4,Bg7 41.Nd1,Rc2 42.h4,Bd4 43.h5,Rh2+44.Kxh2,resign
https://ify-download.mystrikingly.com/blog/monument-stack-1-0-mac-mac-os. This game can be played via email onRichard's Play-By-eMail Server.
WWW page created: June 11, 1997.Mar 2000: D. Howe added link to Richard's Play-By-eMail Server.
I love playing chess. They say it is the game of Kings and Queens and guillotinesÑ:No, wait… That's an Aerosmith song. Anyway, my problem: I'm good at chess. 'Why's that a problem?' you ask.
Easy game 2 mac os. Here's the scenario: I'm no Bobby Fisher, mind you. I'm very much in the intermediate range of chess player. However, this puts me leaps and bounds ahead of most of my friends. This in turn means that I often win when I play my friends, and it also means that they don't like to play me as often as I would like to play, because they are tired of being beaten. Solution to this problem? Play chess on my Mac. This article is going to discuss a few options for doing just that.
Panther's Chess
You could always navigate to your Applications folder and launch OS X's default chess program. Besides being pretty (you can have a 3-D board made of grass, marble, metal, or wood, and pieces made of fur, marble, metal, or wood), this chess program is a powerful little chess app complete with spoken moves, optional take backs, and hints. The problem? Like I said, I'm no Bobby Fisher, and winning against OS X's Chess isn't in the cards unless you happen to be on the level of Gary Kasparov, Bobby F., and the Grand Master boys. That one ghost on the tabletop mac os. It's hard. Sometimes, I think I remember beating OS X's chess program once, but I'm not really sure if it really happened, or if it was just a dream…
Big Bang Chess
Big Bang Chess from Freeverse Software is the chess program that you wish came as part of Apple's iLife package. Actually, it is better that it doesn't, because it is free. This chess program is cooler looking than Apple's (Chess becomes the game of the gods in Big Bang Chess, as you play as either the sun or the moon), but the computer chess engine isn't nearly as strong. I can be assured a regular win when I play the computer on Big Bang Chess. Unfortunately, consistently winning can be just as annoying as consistently losing; however, due to its nice integration with OS X, Big Bang Chess is not limited by the computer. You can invite friends to play online via iChat, the program is fully Rendevous aware; you can play Big Bang Chess via email with a long distance friend who is hard to catch online; and as an added bonus you can access your iTunes playlists from within the game, for some easy listening or search-and-destroy type music, depending upon the type of game you're having. The only downside to Big Bang Chess is that it doesn't find an opponent for you, so if you, like me, are better or more enthusiastic about chess than most of your friends, then you will need something more…
White: Torben Osted Keep the keep mac os.
Black: Jens Baek Nielsen
1.-,Nf6
2.-,b5
Hoping that white has not played g3 and Bg2.
3.-,Bb7(Pg2)
Still hoping the same! But with the look at g2 I would now welcome thepawn to move.
4.-,a5
5.-,Ra6
6.-,Re6(Pe3)
7.(Bf3),Qc8
8.-,Rd6
9.(Bd6),cxd6(/Qc8-Pc3)
I have made unusual moves to make it harder for my opponent to guess mymoves. I tried to use the rook as a spy and now lost the exchange. Theloss of material is probably not so important in this variant of chess,where information is important. But I had with -,cxd6 got a cramped position,that requires many moves to develop.
10.(Pa4),b4(Pc3)
11.-,Ba6(Ne2)
12.-,d5(Pd4)
13.(Pe4),dxe4(Bf3)
14.(Ne4),Nxe4(Pf2,Pc3)
15.(Ne4 captured),d5(Pd4,Be4)
It is not covered, but white did not know!
16.(e4),e6
17.-,Qd8
18.-,Bd6(Ph2)
19.-,g5
Something had to happen.
20.-,h5
21.(Pb4),Bxb4(Re1)
22.(Nc3/Ba6-f1),Kd7
I feared a capture at d5, as white probably had a rook at the e-file. Themove also cleared the 8. row and gave an unusual placement for my kingwhich might be hard for white to guess.
23.(Be2),g4
24.(Ba6),Nxa6
25.-,Qb8(Ph2)
I had to see if the white queen should arrive at b5 giving check. I didnot bother to cover Na6.
26.-,Bd6(Ph2/Qb8-Pb2)
27.(Qb5+)
The white queen actually came to b5! I had not expected this after whitessafe play so far and realised I could have won with the trap 25.,Qa8and 26.,Rb8.
At this point I felt I had a reasonable position with the plan h4 and g3(hoping white had castled kingside), but white now forced exchange of queensand knew where my king and knight were positioned.
27.,Qxb5(Pa4,Pb2)
28.(Qb5 captured/Pa5-a4),Nb4
29.-,Rg8
30.-,h4
31.-,g3(Pf2,Pg2,Ph2)
32.(Pg3),hxg3(Pg2,Ph2)
33.(Ng3),Rb8(Pb5)
34.-,Rxb5
35.(/Bd6-Ph2),e5
36.(Pe5/Pd5-d4),Bxe5(Ph2,Rc3)
37.(/Bd6-Pb2),d4
38.-,d3(Ne2/Be5-Pb2)
39.(Nc3/Pd3-e2),Rc5(Nc3)
40.-,Bg7
Would lose if white played Rxf7+. I had let my king stay at d7, as whiteprobably had assumed I had replaced it after 27. Qb5+. He probably assumedthe king covered f7. My plan was now to play the bishop to h6 to supportthe pawn to d2. 41.(/Bg7-Pb2),Rc2(Pb2,Ph2)
I assumed white played the knight to d1 and dropped the plan to promotethe d-pawn. But I better move the rook if white had played 41.Ne4.
42.(/Rc2-h2),Bd4
White moved his h-pawn (and has earlier moved the g-pawn), and I cannotstop them. With this move I took a riscy (white could have a rook at f4or more likely e4) look at g1. But of course whites king was not on a blacksquare.
43.-,Rh2+(Kh1,Ph5)
I had a strong feeling, that whites king was at h1. If this chance hadto succeed, it required that
1) h2 was only covered by the white king
2) the g-pawn was not at g3 (or unlikely a rook at f4)
3) white did not know if my bishop covered g1-a7 or h2-b8.
44.(Rh2 captured)
White captured the rook and said he would play his king to h1 next move,so I resigned. He had found it most likely, that I most would have likedhim to play 44.Kg1 and have had the pleasure to play 44.,Bxg1 winningthe game and have fooled him. He is right! But it is still a fifty-fiftychance, as I could have thought he would think so, and have played my bishopto e5 etc.
42.,Be5 had won the game.
Here is the complete game. Cyber lover mac os.
1.d4,Nf6 2.Bf4,b5 3.c3,Bb7 4.Qc2,a5 5.e3,Ra6 6.Be2,Re6 7.Bf3,Qc8 8.Nd2,Rd69.Bxd6,cxd6 10.a4,b4 11.Ne2,Ba6 12.Rc1,d5 13.e4,dxe4 14.Nxe4,Nxe4 15.Bxe4,d516.Bf3,e6 17.0-0,Qd8 18.Kh1,Bd6 19.Rfe1,g5 20.Qb1,h5 21.cxb4,Bxb4 22.Nc3,Kd723.Be2,g4 24.Bxa6,Nxa6 25.Re3,Qb8 26.Qd3,Bd6 27.Qb5+,Qxb5 28.axb5,Nb4 29.Ne2,Rg830.Ra3,h4 31.R1c3,g3 32.fxg3,hxg3 33.Nxg3,Rb8 34.Ra1,Rxb5 35.Ne2,e5 36.dxe5,Bxe537.Rf3,d4 38.Raf1,d3 39.Nc3,Rc5 40.g4,Bg7 41.Nd1,Rc2 42.h4,Bd4 43.h5,Rh2+44.Kxh2,resign
https://ify-download.mystrikingly.com/blog/monument-stack-1-0-mac-mac-os. This game can be played via email onRichard's Play-By-eMail Server.
WWW page created: June 11, 1997.Mar 2000: D. Howe added link to Richard's Play-By-eMail Server.
I love playing chess. They say it is the game of Kings and Queens and guillotinesÑ:No, wait… That's an Aerosmith song. Anyway, my problem: I'm good at chess. 'Why's that a problem?' you ask.
Easy game 2 mac os. Here's the scenario: I'm no Bobby Fisher, mind you. I'm very much in the intermediate range of chess player. However, this puts me leaps and bounds ahead of most of my friends. This in turn means that I often win when I play my friends, and it also means that they don't like to play me as often as I would like to play, because they are tired of being beaten. Solution to this problem? Play chess on my Mac. This article is going to discuss a few options for doing just that.
Panther's Chess
You could always navigate to your Applications folder and launch OS X's default chess program. Besides being pretty (you can have a 3-D board made of grass, marble, metal, or wood, and pieces made of fur, marble, metal, or wood), this chess program is a powerful little chess app complete with spoken moves, optional take backs, and hints. The problem? Like I said, I'm no Bobby Fisher, and winning against OS X's Chess isn't in the cards unless you happen to be on the level of Gary Kasparov, Bobby F., and the Grand Master boys. That one ghost on the tabletop mac os. It's hard. Sometimes, I think I remember beating OS X's chess program once, but I'm not really sure if it really happened, or if it was just a dream…
Big Bang Chess
Big Bang Chess from Freeverse Software is the chess program that you wish came as part of Apple's iLife package. Actually, it is better that it doesn't, because it is free. This chess program is cooler looking than Apple's (Chess becomes the game of the gods in Big Bang Chess, as you play as either the sun or the moon), but the computer chess engine isn't nearly as strong. I can be assured a regular win when I play the computer on Big Bang Chess. Unfortunately, consistently winning can be just as annoying as consistently losing; however, due to its nice integration with OS X, Big Bang Chess is not limited by the computer. You can invite friends to play online via iChat, the program is fully Rendevous aware; you can play Big Bang Chess via email with a long distance friend who is hard to catch online; and as an added bonus you can access your iTunes playlists from within the game, for some easy listening or search-and-destroy type music, depending upon the type of game you're having. The only downside to Big Bang Chess is that it doesn't find an opponent for you, so if you, like me, are better or more enthusiastic about chess than most of your friends, then you will need something more…
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Acessing the Internet Chess Club
If you want to find players online for chess, you could surf around Yahoo!Games for free (read ad-based) casual rated play via java in your browser, but if you really want some hardcore rated chess action, you need to go to the spot where the Grand Masters play: the Internet Chess Club. At right around $50 a year for membership, joining the Internet Chess Club is a pretty good deal. You can always find someone willing to play. You can play rated or non-rated games, chat with opponents, and you are ranked according to your skills. There are also numerous online tutorial sessions and tournaments that you can participate in to help improve your chess game. My favorite feature is that you can set the preferences to automatically email yourself a transcript of your game for later examination or future reference. There are two programs I recommend for playing on ICC once you have an account: Chessic and Jin. Chessic runs natively in OS X, and includes automated controls for seeking new games. Jin runs in a window, running on Java, and is a bit prettier than Chessic, although you have to type in all your options via the chat interface to the ICC. These commands are ICC commands and can be used in either program. To access all available commands, simply type 'help commands' in the chat window. Neither of these programs are as pretty as those previously discussed, but if you are looking for hardcore online chess action this is definitely the way to go. If you don't feel like investing $50 a year to enjoy the chess-action-goodness, Jin also works with FICS-The Free Internet Chess Server. Unfortunately, there aren't nearly as many players on FICS as on ICC, and FICS isn't .mac email friendly due to some spam problems they've had in the past, so you might have some difficulty signing up. If you go with either ICC or FICS, look for me online and we'll play a game. My handle is cks3 on ICC and cksthree on FICS. Let the games begin!
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One final note…
If you are tired of plain old chess, you might want to check out Shogi, Japanese Chess, and MacShogi, the first Mac OS X Shogi Database Program, is the way to go. Have fun!
