Comments by CBagleyJones

oh that is pretty sad, i didn't know it was removed.
was there a vote taken to remove it?
may the chess gods have mercy on this site lol :)
i don't understand the comment .. 'we don't know enough about
chaturanga to actually recognize it' .. isn't it the game that is
generally accepted as the mother of chess, isn't it the game that inspired
'shatranj' .. the game where the king starts on e1, and the game where
the king can move like a knight 1 time during the game etc etc ..  we can
recognize it, we just don't fully know the rules (maybe)
reading in your section 'what is a recognized variant', chaturanga looks
like one to me, i don't see anything saying that all the rules must be
known. and it is not the fault of the game that all the rules are not
known. anyway, with obviously such a huge historic ancient game, who cares if it is unclear.
Tony Quintanilla  makes a good point here with his comment, and i quote
..
'As far as 'recognized' goes, I would tend to think that both
'Chaturanga' and 'Shatranj' should be recognized, if for no other
reason that the CVP articles on these games suggest that the Indian game
migrated to Persia. Not 'recognizing' Chaturanga would seem to ignore
this root.'
anyway, i have had my say on axeing chaturanga, i will make sure i wear all
black every 4th of the 4th from now on :)

i would love to vote for it, but it seems you also have to make a list in
your preference order for a lot of games, most which i don't know
anything about, so it doesn't seem fair to vote.
we do know crazyhouse is played every hour of the day, probably on icc
alone that happens. i think the trouble is, so many people have played
crazyhouse heaps, or often, but are now interested in other new variants
etc etc and don't feel inclinded to vote for it. everyone here are fans
of chess variants, and get excited about new different stuff. i reckon you
could probably pick over 5 'recognized variants' at the moment, and
crazyhouse is being played more often than all of them put together.
but whatever.

yes there is dabbaba/wazir graphic, but not a fers/alfil but most that use
that combo use the elephant, which would suit more than bishop, seeing
dabbaba is old piece etc
brilliant idea about the king spawning pawns!

what does the person who made the game have to say about it?
how do you know that the pieces you call 'bishops' are bishops?

just a couple of questions, when you drop a pawn (cannot check king) you
get another turn, but you don't say if that pawn can move again, next
turn. i am guessing it can't, it would be a bit tough if it could.
i don't understand where you say 'X=Star: Moves 1 space diagonally. When
it captures, it says where it is and you get another turn.'
do you mean 'stays' instead of 'says', meaning after 'star'
captures, it cannot move next turn but another piece can? (same with 'i
point').

http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/contest/royalcourt.html
this game has a knight that also moves as a king too, called a
'crownedknight'

Stanley Random Chess gave me a good laugh when i first read about it, and
this site needs all the laughs it can get. i personally think it should
not be removed.
Next thing you will want to remove 'Gridlock' he he.

Moro is the best!!! :))

seriously, you need to spend a weekend with kate moss if you didn;t see the
'tongue in cheek' side of SRC.
anyway, if you started playing this game, you would have to play someone
who knew the rules right?! (lol)
if you started playing say on brainking server or whatever it is called,
would you eventually be able to know all the rules?

moro kasim is offically drawn now (go moro)

yep, most chess players have no sense of humor alright lol
he never said he was going to play the game, so i guess he stills finds it
amusing. i find it amusing, and i find your post amusing too :)
i get the internet, regardless of if i was to play src or not, i don't
really see a cost in it, maybe there is, who cares, and anyway, who would
seriously play src ha ha, but if you did, i think that is great :)
let us know how it goes :)

moro wins again, 2 wins in a row, against anand and kasim, not bad going

huh people bad mouthing the name 'elephant'?! :)
i like the name 'elephantqueen' for alfil/fers, everyone knows the
elephant mostly indicates alfil move, and fers is related to queen, i
think, in some way, he he, anyway, hey joe :)
(i love the name 'alibaba' hate the name 'fearful')

very interesting indeed, and courageous too i guess, saying at a chess site
that chess is flawed lol.
i think giving the alfil the power of bishop and throwing a piece like the
queen in the game has greatly made chess unstable, would you agree on that?
(not to mention the double pawn move rule).
what do you think of the openning set up of 4 player chaturanga?