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Subject: Re: Chess program crash generator [corrected]

Author: Marc D

Date: 14:59:43 05/10/05

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On May 10, 2005 at 17:06:17, F. Huber wrote:

>On May 10, 2005 at 16:40:01, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 10, 2005 at 16:22:12, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>On May 10, 2005 at 16:16:22, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 10, 2005 at 16:15:18, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 10, 2005 at 12:42:21, Ryan B. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I can not see why one should expect there to be more than 32 pieces on the board
>>>>>>at one time.
>>>>>
>>>>>[A] chess problemist can see why and would be disappointed by the limitation.
>>>
>>>Well, having more than 32 pieces is rather ´fairy chess´ than chess IMO.
>>>
>>>Why then not also allow other board sizes (5x7,...) or even complete different
>>>board types (e.g. L-shaped, ...)? ;-)
>>
>>There is a game kit that does that sort of thing.
>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessv/
>
>Thanks for the link, Dann!
>
>I´ve just tried it a bit, and it´s really a nice toy -
>especially the Cylindrical chess is quite interesting. :-)
>
>Regards,
>Franz.

I have tried this cylindrical chess type myself although i thought i would
play on a real cylindrical board :-)

I noticed that the engines seems not to be that strong.

Regards
Marc



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