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Subject: Re: TRANSPARENT CHESS PIECES!!!!!!!! Great Idea for Blindfold!

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 09:33:51 04/06/04

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On April 06, 2004 at 12:21:23, Evgeny Shu wrote:

>On April 06, 2004 at 10:48:46, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>On April 06, 2004 at 01:20:50, Luis Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Bob,
>>>
>>>I assume you're using the "Blindall" peice set to play this blind fold game.
>>>but instead of entering the move this way you can still move the peices.  They
>>>are not gone just transparent.
>>>
>>>BTW you're a brave soul to play Fritz in a blindfold game =O).
>>
>>Please provide additional information about the blindall piece set.  Is is
>>already on Fritz?  If not, where to get it?
>>
>>I had already hit upon the idea of changing the color of the pieces but could
>>not get around the idea that a piece of the color of half the squares would be
>>the wrong color for the other half of the squares.
>>
>>Actually, I am not as brave a soul as you guess!  I had set the time limit at
>>thirty minutes so Fritz would, in practice, never get to move.  Before Fritz
>>would move, I would enter the move for "him."  That way, I would be playing both
>>sides and Fritz's only role would be to detect and prevent illegal moves.
>>
>>The idea of using "transparent" chess pieces sounds very promising! [Maybe
>>that's what they did at Amber.]
>>
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>
>Of course there are already in fritz :)
>
>Board design > pieces > Blindall
>then just move the "pieces" with the mouse
>
>I don't understand why use keyboard at all ...
>If you want use keyboard - visit some online chess club like fics and play there
>blindfold using style 9 and keyboard to enter moves
>Legality is checked also by the gui . You also will have more fun then against
>computer :)
>or just  minimize the board and only look at the text , then you have it all :)

Thanks for the help!  You have actually solved my problem completely!  : )

You are right that keyboard entry is pointless if transparent pieces are used.

Thanks again,

Bob D.



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