Author: Chris Taylor
Date: 11:44:49 08/27/99
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On August 27, 1999 at 12:35:01, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 27, 1999 at 11:01:21, Chris Taylor wrote: > >>Thanks Terry I have the Nunn Teast set! >> >>I am unsure as to the rules of setting up Fischer randoms? >>Bishops on different colours, seems obvious? One could not have two white >>squared bishops, as the daftness of this would be extreme! >>Does black have to have the same line up as white? >> >>One thing I could do is put the two bishops on different colours and draw lots >>for the other pieces.......That would be semi-random?? >> >>I would be grateful for any pointers, especially those in the right direction! >> >>Chris Taylor >>Notts >>England > >I had a whole big text file on it at one time but I'm sure I don't have at any >more, yes black and white are mirrored across the board, Bishops on different >colors, and one rule (according to Fischer I think but I may be wrong about this >rule) is that the King is placed between the Rooks. > >I went and downloaded and tried the old Gromit that I mentioned since I brought >it up I wanted to see it again, and Gromit 1.2 does not put the King between the >Rooks, but I think that it might be a detail that Frank got wrong, maybe someone >will speak up about that. I'm sure that if you did a Yahoo or Lycos type of >search for Fischer Random that they'd point you to some sites with it outlined. > >There's also some Chess variation sites that have rules for all of the >variations, sorry I don't have any links handy. > >I have generally found playing against a Fischer Random opening positions to be >very difficult, a program addopts to it better than I do. > >An odd side note, that old Gromit 1.2 actually comes with a few old Edwards >style engame tablebases! > >Pete > >Pete
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