Author: Ed Trice
Date: 11:34:41 01/01/04
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On January 01, 2004 at 11:47:13, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: > >Am I right, when stating that gothic chess is differing from Capablanca's chess >only by the placings of the new both piece types? Or am I wrong here? Hello Reinhard, You are correct in that regard. > >What about an engine which could play capablanca's chess and your version too, >or more precise, any shuffle version of this piece set? Free or protected? I understand why you are asking the question, bu please understand my friendly advice here: attorneys and patent law is not something to quibble over. If you produce a game that plays Capablanca chess, then "change the setup" to place the pieces on different squares, such an electronic representation is a direct infringement on the patent rights. You see, Gothic Chess is protected by a METHOD patent, which is painted with a very broad brushstroke. Basically, once pieces that can move in the manner described in the patent are CONFIGURED in the starting arrangement, you should really have a patent license sitting next to you :) Trust me, it would be worth the licensing fee of $1 (terms and restrictions apply) to get the license from me rather than try and circumvent the issue with loopholes. I am not looking to milk people for licenses, but according to Patent Law I must persue every instance of infringement that is encountered. > >Well, something like that would be a big surprise. > I am not sure I follow you here. What is the surprise? >How many active players are known? Will it really make sense to engage? > There are at least 237 people who have played 4 or more games at correspondence time controls at the BrainKing.com website since April of 2003. The latest rating list is... http://www.GothicChess.org/brain_king.html There have been over 3000 games played that you can sample. Worldwide, there are about 35,000 players if we go buy Gothic Chess set sales so far (since the year 2000).
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