Author: Steve Glanzfeld
Date: 18:55:22 06/19/05
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On June 19, 2005 at 19:27:15, Christopher Conkie wrote: >>Re: Nobody needs FRC or Chess960 or whatever it is called > >Nobody? > >I need it and play it. >Reinhard needs it and plays it. > >All these people play it...... >http://www.frankfurtwest.de/ChessClassic/CC02/C960/Chess960-ELOListe.HTM > >>It's just not interesting enough for the majority of chess players. > >Really? The keyword is "enough" :-) Fritz already is shuffle chess capable. Now, is Chess960 interesting ENOUGH for the majority of chess players (most Fritz customers are normal chess players) to extend that with the 960 castling rules? (To put the bishops on different square colour is no problem.) For the fun of it, shuffle is just as good as 960 and any engine can play it. Even Playchess.com offers it for online games. But with Chess960, either all CB engine programmers would have to adapt their engines at least for that special castling (which they and CB probably wouldn't like to have as a top priority because the tough competition requires other things*) or the GUI would have to switch to a 960 capable engine, or pop up a message for the user that he must do that. Which makes things complicated. *) Yes I know that Hiarcs was made 960 capable; it won't pay. Shuffle chess does not have that problems, and you can be sure that 97% of the (few) people who actually try this once in a while, absolutely do not care for that 960 castlings. Shuffle is just a funny alternative for them, like wearing a hat once or twice a year. Then, you probably don't care if it's an original Stetson or a no name brand... Steve, who has an original Stetson :-) but never wears it because hats are out of fashion.
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