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by sam
Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:15 am
Forum: Musketeer Chess
Topic: Musketeer Chess Tournament
Replies: 24
Views: 55748

Re: Musketeer Chess Tournament

For your information, I'm working on a new "Play mode" feature for the Board Painter. You should be able to start a game with a subset of pieces (Classic, Musketeer, personal setup...) and then send a board with all positions by email or any message app, just a link to share. No rules con...
by sam
Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:52 am
Forum: Musketeer Chess
Topic: Musketeer Chess Tournament
Replies: 24
Views: 55748

Re: Musketeer Chess Tournament

So this is a computer assisted tournament? It doesn't sound like anything that I would be interested in. PBEM is Play by Email, as opposed to PBM (Play by Mail). Because we both learned to play chess in the late 1960's we use English descriptive notation and Board Painter to facilitate movement not...
by sam
Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:06 am
Forum: Musketeer Chess
Topic: Musketeer Chess Tournament
Replies: 24
Views: 55748

Re: Musketeer Chess Tournament

It is an engine that you can use to assist on your analysis. Download it at https://github.com/ianfab/Musketeer-Stockfish/releases. Also download the winboard GUI from the References link and setup the engine as musketeer. You can use winboard gui to save your correspondence game, and analyze positi...
by sam
Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:55 am
Forum: Musketeer Chess
Topic: Musketeer Chess Tournament
Replies: 24
Views: 55748

Re: Musketeer Chess Tournament

A. Participants so far. 1. MusketeerChess 2. Sam B. Proposed tournament conditions 1. Double round-robin 2. Each player starts with white and black for every pair 3. 1 move / 3days C. Rating Games will be rated, players will get Musketeer Chess Correspondence Rating after the tournament. D. Softwar...
by sam
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:57 am
Forum: Musketeer Chess
Topic: Musketeer Chess Tournament
Replies: 24
Views: 55748

Re: Musketeer Chess Tournament

I would like to propose a new correspondence musketeer chess, could be 1 move per 3 days. Players are allowed to use the engine stockfish-musketeer. Who are interested?
by sam
Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:29 am
Forum: News & Future Projects
Topic: NextGen Pawns, how to improve the Classic Chess Pawn
Replies: 19
Views: 99563

Re: NextGen Pawns, how to improve the Classic Chess Pawn

I like the simplicity of Athens, its top 1 on my list, it can move one square back vertically (non-capture) except of course if is at 2nd rank or start square. This can convert the usual even game in chess to a win in KPvK ending. It would be interesting to see the results for KRPvKR. Next is Prussi...
by sam
Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:46 am
Forum: Musketeer Chess
Topic: Some results from Musketeer Chess End-Game Tables
Replies: 3
Views: 13685

Re: Some results from Musketeer Chess End-Game Tables

I investigated some pawnless end-games with Musketeer pieces, to determine their drawishness. (Which often plagues pawn-less end-games.) To this end I had FairyGen generate the required End-Game Tables, and interpreted their statistics. For a chess engine it is important to have such knowledge; oth...
by sam
Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:33 am
Forum: Geneva Chess
Topic: Geneva Chess available on Musketeerchess.net
Replies: 6
Views: 39583

Re: Geneva Chess available on Musketeerchess.net

OK, that explains it. So an oblique Pawn move like b2-c4 can generate both an e.p. square and an o.c. square, depending on presence of enemy Pawns (on a4 for e.p. and on b4 for o.c.). The o.c.-square is different from an e.p. square in that it matters which capture move (left or right) of the Pawn ...
by sam
Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:26 am
Forum: Geneva Chess
Topic: Geneva Chess available on Musketeerchess.net
Replies: 6
Views: 39583

Re: Geneva Chess available on Musketeerchess.net

The diagram still leaves it unclear over which square the oblique initial moves can be reached (i.e. where they couldbe blocked), and where after them an enemy Pawn has to move to in order to e.p. capture. If I understood Zied correctly, these are actually different squares, so that e.p. capture is...
by sam
Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:45 am
Forum: Massilia Chess
Topic: Massilia Chess available on Musketeerchess.net
Replies: 1
Views: 31887

Re: Massilia Chess available on Musketeerchess.net

https://i.imgur.com/agFTrkh.png Other info: a) Pawns at 5th, 6th ranks have the same movements. b) Other pieces such as N, B, R, Q and K are the same to that of chess. N=Knight, B=Bishop, R=Rook, Q=Queen, K=King. c) This super pawn can promote to a N, B, R or Q. c) This super pawn can also make an ...