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Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-11 05:18:57)
FICGS council / staff
About job specification, as I said, I would like FICGS to be a place that fits to the most, and not under a dictatorship (even mine :)), so the idea to create a council with all members who want to be part of it, voting all decisions relating server rules, tournaments, wch cycles, titles... (or simply opinion poll on the website ? or both...)
The FICGS staff should be able to manage the server (registering new members, moderating the forum, referees...) Nothing difficult, just needs motivation. Most important is that it could completely work without me. Of course, if developers want to help, making a drag & drop interface ie. or improving whatelse..) About "go", we'll see later, Hannes :) (it's a fine game, you should learn !)
Anyway I'll send an email to all players responding in this thread soon. We will discuss about that.
Best wishes & thank you !
Dinesh De Silva (2006-04-12 14:15:16)
Solution...
I have 2 suggestions which might be viable..... *The FICGS decision making committee should make a decision regarding it. OR *Have some sorta poll/voting on FICGS to decide on it.
Hannes Rada (2006-04-16 09:52:16)
time and vacation
>There's objectively no difference >between "vacation" & time for move... >Rules on other servers There is a difference. If the player does not have the time on the clock, because he is involved in many tournaments .... I think we should start a poll about this issue.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-18 23:26:06)
Live games
Hello to all.
I don't know (I hope) if the "live" concept is somewhat a reason for this, but I'm quite surprised to see already Alekhine defence played 6 times (and King's gambit the same). I wait for more accurate statistics, but no : everyone don't play Sicilian and that's great :) Spectacular & original games are welcome, I'm to install a "best game" poll script.
Marc Lacrosse (2006-07-10 15:04:46)
Football world cup :-(
cher Monsieur Muller ...
N'y-a-t-il pas un seul endroit sur le web où on puisse échapper à cette footballistique obsession ...
... et à ces leçons de morale bon marché sur fond de jeux de ballon??
Si vous étiez italien ou français, passe encore... mais vous êtes belge, en plus.
Qu'est-ce que votre commentaire a à faire ici et en quoi peut-il intéresser quiconque ?
Faites-le plutôt sur
www. FanaDeFootMoralDésappointé.com
ou sur
www.AQuIlEstBonDeChambrerLesFrançais.com,
par exemple ...
... mais la leçon élémentaire de moralité publique à deux sous à base de coupe du monde sur des forums d'échecs moi, pour parler clairement, j'en ai déjà eu ma dose jusqu'à l'écoeurement ...
.. et j'espère que ça ne va pas continuer à polluer longtemps encore ce forum-ci comme tant d'autres!
Elmer Valderrama (2007-01-03 11:00:42)
Blitz correspondence chess
Well, as long as it's an unrated chess game, you can call it Silver Thematic and virtually any variation would qualify as a real chess game..
The way the winner is chosen in a 1-game (or 2-game for that matter) match is what is debatable, it's a little advantage to have White that's why having Black would be good if the color decides.
I think that players would agree to enter a tournament under some conditions (e.g. as playing on Satuday 3pm & Sunday 3pm), people were/are happy to enter the Chessbase "marathon" (freestyle with 3 rounds per day) and most here hang around making several moves per day in their CC games every day, so it's a matter of agreement about the appropiate time (easier to achieve with just two players (2-game match) than a tournament of course)
Maybe a poll would help although the players who would enter these events may not be even registered to FICGS yet, lol
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-14 17:00:55)
Elections in France :-)
A small thread about politics (could be interesting), just curious about what people from the whole world see and hear about elections in France, that will start in about 40 days from now.....
The news that Jacques Chirac will not try to be re-elected has been relayed everywhere, but what about the election itself ?
One more time opinion polls could influence the way people will vote and create a surprise at the end of the first "round"...
So just curious, who did you hear about among them : Nicolas Sarkozy, Ségolène Royal, François Bayrou, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marie-George Buffet, Dominique Voynet, Olivier Besancenot, Arlette Laguiller, José Bové, Philippe de Villiers, Nicolas Dupont-Aignant, Frédéric Nihous ?
And last but not least, any predictions ? :-)
Charlie Neil (2007-03-17 10:17:07)
Elections in France
Is it true that Jacques Chirac will face charges of corruption from the time he was Mayor of Paris after he steps down as President. The Head of State facing prosecution seems a bit bizarre. Also I believe that the week before the election there are no opinion poll findings released in case it may influence the voter.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-17 20:33:09)
Elections in France
No poll during the week before the vote is probably not enough, but anyway this system with 2 rounds has complex consequences on the way people vote. Really hard to find the best way to choose a president (or a world champion)...
About Jacques Chirac, we will see... I suppose there could be some surprises in future.
Dinesh De Silva (2007-03-18 06:14:25)
Re:
I have an opinion. It is that no opinion polls should be held at all. To substantiate my opinion, we should hold an opinion poll to decide if there should be or should not be any opinion polls. Whatever the final opinion, the opinion doesn't count. Those who have no opinion at all should let their opinion be known too. Hehe!
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-18 13:48:23)
Re:
Ok, now should be an election considered as an opinion poll ? :)
Dinesh De Silva (2007-03-18 14:50:13)
Re:
Well, as opinions might change quickly in a voter's mind even until the final moments of casting a vote, lets call an an election a DECISION POLL.
Nick Burrows (2007-03-18 18:00:41)
polls
Well, if opinion polls shouldn't influence the decision poll. The decision poll shouldn't influence future opinion polls which will in turn affect the next decision. Hence, I propose the only sensible course of action is to keep the results of the decision poll secret. From now on the french president must wear a mask!
Pablo Schmid (2011-07-13 23:01:37)
Shogi in ficgs?
Thanks for the link, but I think there is no real conclusion. Chinese chess and Japanese are really "classical" boards games that are quite related to chess, maybe it's not a bad idea to include these games, with the hope to get more asian players for example. If you are not convinced by that idea we could do a poll in this site for the inclusion of shogi, chinese chess, both or none?
Thibault de Vassal (2007-06-22 20:30:57)
Rybka's strength at CC time controls
An interesting poll, following a discussion at TCCMB :
http://ancients.correspondencechess.com/index.php?topic=109.msg809
Let's say Rybka playing alone, running 4 days per move (quite useless IMO) on a multi-processor computer, which rating would it/she achieve at FICGS ?
In my opinion, 2200 (with some peaks to 2300) would be great already... What do you think ?
Pekka I. Turakainen (2007-06-24 06:17:11)
One variant of BIG CHESS
For one variant of big chess, see http://apollo13.wippiespace.com/doublechess.html ________________________________ Good thing about this version is that it is faster than DeVassal's Big Chess, and that it can be played with two normal chess boards. From the rest I'm not at all sure of...suggestions for improvements?
Dinesh De Silva (2007-06-27 07:26:44)
Re:
It seems someone is trying to force issues by always trying to be confrontational. Any player who tries to be high & mighty & aggressive is surely unstable. What people like I & Miguel Pires were doing is just making a suggestion & making friendly debate. Maybe there should be a poll to determine if the vacation period should be increased or not. It's all upto Thibault, of course. Whichever way he decides, we as players would accept it in a friendly, calm, peaceful manner, unlike a very few who try to impose their will on matters by thinking they are ALWAYS correct..
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-13 13:44:25)
Droit de réponse
Christophe, as I said to you in private, it is only due to this rules change just before your post. It was too hard to make distinction of what is justified or not in some cases, so I was too much tolerant before. Now rules should avoid this. All responses to provocation will now be censured, a "droit de réponse" in this case is useless and pollutes the forum. Of course, you may ask for previous provocation & insults to be removed also.
Of course you were not accused of immorality ! .. Rules must avoid such discussions, nothing more.
Don Groves (2007-10-27 02:49:01)
Voting machines
The US now has some states banning voting machines also. But the states that favor the neo-conservative (more correctly, neo-fascist) status quo in our country will keep using them. Another vote-stealing effort that has been used in Florida and probably others as well, is challenging poor and minority citizens over their right to vote. Often these people cannot prove their resident status and so they are deprived of their rights. A tactic used in Ohio in 2004 was to put very few voting booths in minority neighborhoods, forcing voters to stand in long lines. When the polls closed, those still in line were told to go home. Politics is a very ugly business...
Thibault de Vassal (2007-11-11 15:46:30)
30, 40, 50... ?
One player (only) said to me that the 30 running games limitation before the program prevents to enter new standard or rapid tournaments [but wch cycles] was probably not enough. I think 60 is definitely too much...
Poll : What do you think about a reasonable number ?
Thibault de Vassal (2007-11-14 16:13:39)
new rapid categories
Poll : Do you think that rating ranges for Rapid chess tournaments should be 200 instead of 400 points, like in Standard tournaments (I mean the rating range that separate tournament categories)
Thanks for opinions.
Hannes Rada (2007-12-18 21:57:02)
conditional moves and ICCF bureaucracy
> ICCF decided to turn it off for all > ICCF tournaments. I don't recall the > exact reason for doing this, but it > has something to do with concerns > about time abuse. How can conditional moves be considered as "time abuse" ?? What is the rationale behind this ? Chessfriend.com had a perfect implementation of (secret) conditional moves. But ICCF is a slow, conservative and bureaucratic organization. Why not making a poll to find out if the players want this feature ....
Thibault de Vassal (2008-01-11 05:00:33)
FICGS improvements : Your opinion
Hello to all...
Kind of poll, it would be useful to know which part of the site looks quite or really unclear to you. FICGS website continues to grow, I tried to use some symbols repeatedly to make it coherent but it's quite obvious that it's not easy to understand how the site works at a first sight.
Feel free to point unclear functions or to make suggestions...
Thanks in advance :)
Thibault de Vassal (2008-02-07 17:05:08)
WCH candidates final tie break rule
I understand your point of view but I see no problem with this "CER rule" at stage 4. It looks 'logical' to me, firstly because this stage is not included in what is called the knockout cycle (just like stage 5, with another rule), then because the round-robin winner still appears like the challenger in this match.
Now we may have a poll on this issue and continue to discuss it, why not...
Should the same TER rule apply at stage 4 like in the first 3 stages of the knockout cycle ? Who is favourable to the current rule ?
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-05-21 17:34:47)
Poll
Have we (humans) the free will? (Y/N) :)
Thibault de Vassal (2008-06-02 21:44:21)
Poll : Texas hold'em Poker at FICGS ?
Hi all,
Still thinking about adding other games at FICGS. Of course, Xiangqi and Shogi are good candidates, a popular one (I quite like) would be poker texas hold'em. What do you think about such a [chancy] game played for fun at a correspondence time control at FICGS ?!
All opinions or advices are welcome.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-06-09 23:36:06)
Invitations
Ok, that's an interesting discussion, the idea is interesting and it has some advantages but in the other hand to limit the number of invited players from a lower rated tournament (like IECG) is a problem. My main argument remains the same : too many rules is not good.
A poll could be instructive anyway.
Don Groves (2008-06-10 02:09:17)
Brackets...
(1) "Somehow I don't think you know the meaning of the word 'reason', groves." Ah, here they come -- the insults so typical of you... (2) "Where did you get the 150 ELO figure from? I was under the impression it was a 200 ELO ceiling." I thought I remembered 150. If that's not correct you have my sincere apology... (3) "There is no certainty that the winner of the tournament will be near the top of the next lower rated group. They could very well be at the bottom of the next lower rated group, as I often was, as were many others, when I won tournaments." This is true and there is a simple fix -- add the condition that, in order to qualify for the exception, the player must be within 25 ELO of the next higher classification... (4) "I hope I don't have to repeat myself a third time here. It seems quite silly that you don't yet understand the simple and logical truth of what has been explained to you." Poor boy! I'm so sorry I made you repeat yourself. I get the feeling though you don't really mind as you seem to love the sound of your own voice so much. Thibault has decided this anyway and I abide by his decision. Your precious class M tournaments are safe from pollution by losers who are not yet up to your lofty standards. You can have the last word now -- you always do anyway.
Dirk Ghysens (2008-07-10 20:58:41)
Poll
I would never participate in a poll of my own free will.
Normajean Yates (2008-07-24 04:41:27)
on another note: absence of term for..
We [English] have a saying - "The French have a word for it"...
Now, I am lesbian in a partnership [call it 'common law/uncommon law marriage if you like :)] that is 24-year long now; but the sexual part of it is over for 8+ years now. I am asexual now. I know of a few similar gay-asexual males, including a close friend.
Also in a poll 1% of fellow britishers [or was it resrticted to englanders?] reported that they were asexual.
So, French wo/men; do you have a word for gay-asexual? [i prefer to use the term gay for both gay females and gay males. For one; not every inhabitant of Lesbos is or was 'lesbian' or for that matter female! :)]
Normajean Yates (2008-07-25 05:19:01)
anothing thing ..
that poll i mentioned about 1% of english people reporting asexual -
they reported they had ALWAYS been asexual; and they had found the 'travails' of non-asexual people amusing sp. during their teenage years ..
so you have 3 categories actually: gay-asexual [incl lesbian-asexual], hetero-aesexual, AND asexual-asexual!
Wayne Lowrance (2009-07-10 02:51:57)
combining
Tribault have you polled all participants if they approve combing the two tourney's
Wayne
Thibault de Vassal (2009-09-22 17:37:12)
Important issue : Moves taken back
Hello all,
A player (no need to specify the game, at least not yet) asked me as the FICGS admin to take back his opponent's move which is an obvious mistake. In this case both players agree to take back the move to not waste the game, after that the player who made the mistake kindly asked to the other player if it was possible take back the move. At this point, all depended of the other player's fair play, but of course only the FICGS admin can take back a move in any game.
However I just wonder if it is fair in all cases to do this, particularly when a player shows a great fair play in all his games.
I've just read the rules again and nothing is mentioned on this and what should do the FICGS admin (or tournament director). Note, I've already taken back a few moves when both players agreed to do this in the past.
Question, not really a poll but your opinion would be appreciated : Do you think that the FICGS admin should...
1) take back all moves in this case.
2) take back some moves in this case (at his discretion).
3) never take back any move even in this case.
IMO, choice 2) is the best one as more or less complex cases may happen, what do you think ?
Thanks for sharing your views !
Jimmy Huggins (2010-12-07 19:16:41)
Who's the favorite in the WBCCC?
This is just a poll to see what others think. I had do I similar on the Rybka Forum, but seeing there would have be bias base on each forum I decide to do one on each one.
So the question is simple.
Who do you think among the FICGS side will have the best finish? choices--->
Wayne Lowrance
Gino Figlio
Sebastian Boehme
David Evans
Ruben Comes
Scott Nichols
Daniel Parmet
Kevin Plant
Ramil Germanes
Peter Marriott
Daniel Parmet
Hrubaru Mircea
To my knowledge that is everyone on this side. Since there is no poll option just post a name and if you want give an answer. Pairing will be posted in less than 3 weeks. Good Luck to everyone playing! and I'll try to keep the forum posted on updates as the tourney goes a long.
David Ang (2010-12-31 07:48:11)
Cluster Rybka
I don't think this is going to end well. Unless he has figure out already what clients he has. If you look at the poll that was taken. You will see that it was over 60 no's and 2 yes. We had joke that Vas was one of the yes's
Jimmy Huggins (2011-03-05 06:14:08)
Poll for best game of round 1
If you have been following some of the games I would like for you to cast a vote for the best game of Round 1. Look here for the poll and read the directions because I was unable to put up all the games for vote.
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=21096
Garvin Gray (2011-12-29 10:30:09)
WBCCC 2012 Binding Poll:
Over at www.rybkaforum.net, World Blitz Correspondence Chess Championship begins in a couple of weeks.
There is now a poll out at http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=23854 which is to decide how many rounds will be played (10 or 12) and also when round times will be announced (start of tournament or near end of a round).
For those players who are thinking of entering, played last year or are interested and knowledgeable spectators, you can vote as per the instructions below.
The four options are:
1) 10 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed before the start of the tournament
2) 10 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed a few days before the end of a round
3) 12 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed before the start of the tournament
4) 12 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed a few days before the end of a round
As this preferential poll covers both options and will be binding, as in the final vote will be what format we will be using for WBCCC 2012, I am going to ask all voters to write in their votes.
As a write in system is be used, everyone has the option of choosing only one option if they want, or can allocate as many preferences as they want, up to 4 numbers in total.
So if a person only wants to vote for one number and does not want to allocate a preference, that is acceptable.
The reason for using write-in votes is three-fold:
1) All twenty four different options are evenly allocated
2) A voter can choose to allocate only one preference
3) It gives me the opportunity to see if all votes are genuine, rather than possibly the results being skewed by people who have no interest in playing in the tournament.
If a person does not feel comfortable posting their vote in public, but does want to record a vote, they can send me a private message, which will be counted in the total votes.
Voting will close Thursday January 5.
Alvin Alcala (2012-01-17 10:26:08)
Time control for lightning games
I would go for:
60 min + 15 sec./move because it's the most popular time control for freestylers. Plus this time control more than compensate for the lack of hardware fire power to compete.
However, the current blitz time control is far too long, if you will observed the number of people who played the blitz time control is very few for the period of two years. So I would suggest to change this time control to 60 min + 15 sec./move for blitz and change the time control for lightning 30 min + 15 sec./move.
We can run a poll to see the choice of the other members.
Daniel Parmet (2013-01-10 18:11:49)
Chess Server Team Tournament
I volunteer to be team captain. But we now have 31 players wanting to play. Also I would point out that we will probably get slaughtered on the lower boards as things stand right now. I saw at least one person wanting an ICCF team average of 2300. I would point out that I think a 2000 player here is 2300 over there but as things stand our FICGS rating average is 1964 based on the top 30 players ratings. For the 9 players that do have ICCF ratings our rating average is 2235.
Here is what information I could collect on our team so far:
Name FICGS Rating ICCF ID ICCF Rating TITLE Comment
1 Ostap Hladky 2527 941012 FIM
2 Valery Nemchenko 2521 940836 2465
3 Frits Bleker 2313 220159 2395
4 Garvin Gray 2281 30503 1993
5 Alvin Alcala 2237 896046
6 Wayne Lowrance 2194 FIM
7 Maxim Genchev 2187 940752 2309 Wants ICCF average of 2300
8 Arkadiusz Wosch 2169 89923 2307
9 Neel Basant 2138 280279
10 Daniel Parmet 2098 514938 2300
11 Om Prakash 2091 280243
12 Bogoljub Teverovski 2083 862003
13 Niklas Hallqvist 2082 451419
14 Kieran Moore 2042 260252
15 William Fuller 2033 514688 2350
16 Dmitry Tsimbalenko 1959 142268
17 Sergey Demchenko 1955 142224 2077
18 Nick Burrows 1944 212164
19 Rich Pinkall Pollei 1900 515095
20 Daniel Blike 1874 515250
21 Jose Moreira 1831 Are you the IM Jose Moreira id#399007, Rating 2390?
22 Thomas Hasyn 1808 865001 1922
23 Mathaios Vardoulakis 1800
24 Dinesh Bhandarkar 1707
25 Shih-Chu Liao 1660
26 Josef Zmolil 1632
27 Ray Downs 1536
28 John Worthington 1510 515287
29 Claudio Cabrera 1462
30 Arnab Sengupta 1340 280192
31 Jiri Mach 1010
Horatiu Adrian Petrescu (2013-01-16 01:38:23)
FICGS admin scam me
petrescu horatiuadrian :
you threaten me and others with your con
(2013-01-16 01:36:49)
devassal thibault :
Just pollute other places with this and I'll defend myself..
(2013-01-16 01:34:31)
devassal thibault :
.. defend your views but now you threaten me
(2013-01-16 01:34:08)
devassal thibault :
I was patient enough and gave you a large occasion to...
Horatiu Adrian Petrescu (2013-01-16 01:49:36)
FICGS admin scam me
...and
petrescu horatiuadrian :
how you defend smart crook?
(2013-01-16 01:45:39)
petrescu horatiuadrian :
conversation from 2010
(2013-01-16 01:43:33)
petrescu horatiuadrian :
you defend of what? you forgot I have proofs?my proof is our
(2013-01-16 01:43:15)
burrows nick :
there's a strange smell in here...
(2013-01-16 01:39:51)
petrescu horatiuadrian :
you threaten me and others with your con
(2013-01-16 01:36:49)
devassal thibault :
Just pollute other places with this and I'll defend myself..
(2013-01-16 01:34:31)
devassal thibault :
.. defend your views but now you threaten me
(2013-01-16 01:34:08)
devassal thibault :
I was patient enough and gave you a large occasion to...
(2013-01-16 01:33:19)
Scott Nichols (2016-10-10 16:05:00)
New quotes?
"Quiet can only be peaceful when it isn't polluted by loneliness and unpredictability." (Jonathan Kellerman)
Nelson Bernal Varela (2016-11-07 05:23:32)
Poker Poll
Poll: It could Nichols to be # 1 in Poker or Bernal reach the 2400 elo in poker?
Make your bets gentlemen, place your bets
Ilmars Cirulis (2016-11-07 09:39:50)
Poker Poll
Bernal
Herbert Kruse (2016-11-07 13:02:13)
Poker Poll
Nichols
Scott Nichols (2016-11-07 13:59:47)
Poker Poll
Nichols
Scott Nichols (2016-11-07 18:36:23)
Poker Poll
The problem with this system is that if someone KNOWS when they call a bet, they will win that game. Some players then BANK that game for later when they need some quick rating points. The same goes for a loss, WAIT till you can easily afford to lose a few points without to much damage. THEN call, :/
Thibault de Vassal (2016-11-07 19:15:35)
Poker Poll
Bernal & Nichols :)
Well, I quite agree with Scott, the fairest test may be a 12 (or more) game advanced poker match.
2400 will be very hard to reach but with some optimization, it may be possible. But to stay over 2400 while finishing games that go wrong would be much much harder IMHO.
Scott Nichols (2016-11-07 20:35:56)
Poker Poll
Your 2nd point is my exact point also.
Scott Nichols (2016-11-07 21:57:16)
Poker Poll
My idea was just a heads up match between 2 players who both feel they are the best:) No ratings, no money, everything just stays the same. The reason I offer this is because I'm 99% mathematically sure with this rating system, reaching 2400 would be next to impossible with everyone so much lower rated.
On the other hand, all I have to do is win a dozen or so games quickly and there it is. I feel it is an unfair advantage to me.
Scott Nichols (2016-11-07 22:15:35)
Poker Poll
One last caveat before we agree. If I reach 2225 or higher first, I will know in my mind it will just be a matter of time IMO. Then I will have to rescind my offer and let things go on as they are. Sorry if I am rambling...
Herbert Kruse (2016-12-18 14:37:43)
Poker Poll
Poll: It could Nichols to be # 1 in Poker or Bernal reach the 2400 elo in poker?
Bernal Varela
Scott Nichols (2016-12-20 15:54:52)
Poker Poll
ANY skills I may have acquired during the all night poker or chess fests I played at during my youth, I would gladly give back in an instant to have that time back to spend with my family who are now gone. Sure I would like to make it to #1 here like anybody else, but I regard it for what it is--a harmless pastime.
Thibault de Vassal (2016-12-08 19:34:33)
Poker Poll
You meant advanced poker, maybe... anyway, to be continued :)
Thibault de Vassal (2016-12-20 23:13:45)
Poker Poll
Cheers!
And we'll see if Murphy's law applies ^^
Thibault de Vassal (2016-12-14 20:28:07)
Poker Poll
Rules are very clear about defending (e.g. responding to provocation) Please follow the rules so that we can keep peace here. That's essential...
Thibault de Vassal (2016-12-14 23:30:09)
Poker Poll
[provocating or insulting messages deleted]
Rules will apply from now, stricto sensu.
Thibault de Vassal (2017-01-20 17:31:22)
Thematic with lowest chances of draw
Poll! :)
According to you, what are the most interesting chess thematics that are the less drawish (with the lowest chances of draw)...
Of course, this is in the idea of a possible future championship that would keep the historical part of chess & chess openings (chess 960 is another game IMO). But this is only an option for now.
As for me, I'll start with King's gambit, that is not only chess, but (IMHO) the most romantic & beautiful part of chess...
Your opinion?
Scott Nichols (2017-01-26 14:29:40)
Poker Poll
The traffic on this is 10% of what it once was. Who knows why. The way it worked out in it's heyday is probably how it will stay. In my mind there is still questions, but as it stands there is a #1 & then the rest, :)
Thibault de Vassal (2017-01-27 00:21:27)
Poker Poll
Well, now you're #2, where there's life, there's hope ^^
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 15:38:56)
Poll: renaming the Queen as Dragon
Hi all,
As it may be quite sexist to have King and Queen with different importances on the chess board, what about renaming and changing the icon of the Queen for a Dragon? The PGN notation could also evolve this way, replacing Q by letter D.
This change could be done very soon, what do you think?
Ilmars Cirulis (2018-04-01 15:42:48)
Poll: renaming the Queen as Dragon
I dunno, the King and Queen nicely corresponds to tradicional domestic labour division. :Q
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 17:46:37)
Poll: renaming the Queen as Dragon
:)))) now I don't know anymore what is the most sexist, the game as it is now, your comment or mine? ^^
Ilmars Cirulis (2018-04-01 18:12:31)
Poll: renaming the Queen as Dragon
Traditional domestic labour division is the most sexist, if you ask me. (Anyway, that's probably discussion for some other website.)
William Taylor (2018-04-01 18:42:20)
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Not sure how sexist it is, or to whom. Yes, the King is the most important piece, but the Queen is by far the most powerful. It seems more sexist to remove women from the game entirely by renaming the Queen.
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 19:28:15)
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Ah. Interesting point... or maybe by replacing Kings by God & Evil? Hmm, no... or maybe cats.
And what about this Black & White thing? So many questions :)
William Taylor (2018-04-01 19:36:39)
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Black and White is at least the other way round in Go. Perhaps you should switch chess to Black moving first, and Go to White moving first, for the benefit of those of us who don't play both games.
The problem with cats, of course, is that we would be leaving out dogs.
Ilmars Cirulis (2018-04-01 19:38:11)
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Queen -> Cat, King -> Mouse.
Still thinking about B & W.
William Taylor (2018-04-01 19:45:27)
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Hmm. There is already a game, played on a chessboard, where the pieces are renamed in similar fashion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arimaa
Good game, btw.
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 21:22:05)
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Reversing colors... I like that :)
Arimaa of course! quite well known game.
Stanislas Gounant (2018-04-01 22:03:34)
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And renaming Bishop as Elf and Rook as Dwarf?
William Taylor (2018-04-01 22:11:41)
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Then you would have to give the Rooks/Dwarves the power to tunnel under other pieces, and the Bishops/Elves the power to shoot other pieces with their bows & arrows.
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 22:49:28)
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Why not Elf... maybe not Dwarf (even if the tunnel thing is pretty cool). I think we should completely replace chess for a "Game of thrones" or "Lord of ring" game ^^
William Taylor (2018-04-01 22:56:16)
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Agreed. Only question now is what we do with chess games in progress - let them play out, or somehow convert them to the new game partway through?
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 23:01:03)
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Let's change everything now... why not? It's a revolution! We could be pioneers & spread the word, let's replace this old sexist game for a truly fashionable game!
William Taylor (2018-04-01 23:06:04)
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On a related note, I have just moved to Paris, and had my first Domino's pizza here today, only to discover that it did not come with the traditional garlic & herb dip. I hope this is just another Frenchman playing an April Fool's joke on me, and that the dip will be back tomorrow, but who knows?
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 23:13:58)
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Anything can happen tomorrow :)
Steven DuCharme (2018-04-01 23:56:26)
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How about DragQueen?
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-02 00:01:40)
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!!! :)
Stanislas Gounant (2018-04-02 00:10:33)
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During french Revolution, there was some propositions to rename pieces:
King = Flag
Queen = Adjutant
Rook = Cannon
Knight = Rider
Pawn = Trooper
only male terms
http://www.mjae.com/revolution.html
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-02 00:13:20)
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Interesting! Reminds me the nice game The Attack ("L'attaque" en français). But only males in this one again.
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-02 03:25:33)
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Okay, time to "reveal" that this topic was my tentative of an april's fool joke, of course... Everyone understood it at the first line, I guess :o)
Rolf Staggat (2018-04-02 15:00:31)
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We have enough dragons in real life - Angela Merkel, Theresa May and many others.....
Don´t need dragons on the chess-board. And the king is called Donald (Trump) then?
Or this North-Korean joke of a man is a pawn, better a double-pawn?
In a few years, when the Chinese rule the whole world, the king will be called Mao. :)
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-02 22:09:05)
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I thought about this kind of joke... didn't dare ^^ But this kind of pieces could be added in the Musketeer Chess variant.
Kym Farnik (2018-04-04 11:37:11)
Poll: renaming the Queen as Dragon
D = Damen is German PGN - so maybe it is not so foolish?
Ditto N = S Springer
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