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Subject: Re: An idea to make chess more interesting

Author: Reinhard Scharnagl

Date: 08:48:05 11/14/02

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On November 14, 2002 at 01:53:04, Dana Turnmire wrote:

> I would be inclined to support Fischer Random Chess as opposed to other
> variants because it would allow all the rules of classical chess.  While this
> may not prevent computers from becoming supreme it would I believe do away
> with the many draws currently made although that doesn't seem to be a problem
> at the lower levels of play.

I agree a lot with this.

> Also none of the excellent computer programs we have would be outdated.  In
> other words chess would still be chess even though the starting positions may
> vary.

There will be a need to implement extended castling rules and to widen slightly
chess engine protocols like UCI. Find more on that at:

http://www.rescon.de/Compu/FullChess1_e.html

Regards,

Reinhard




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