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SMIRFBROKEN LINK!. Program that plays various 8x10 chess variants.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
M Winther wrote on Mon, Jan 22, 2007 07:26 PM UTC:
Reinhard, in the following game played between Smirf as white and Zillions
as black (1.6 GHz, 10s/move), Smirf moves both his flank pawns, wholly
without motivation, and put his bishop ahead of a centre pawn on its
initial position. This kind of play is strategically indefensible. In
games against humans the game is strategically lost, even after only one
or two of these positional blunders. It sometimes adopts this style of
play also in normal chess. On the other hand, it is easy to create a
tenable position as white. Always move (1) the kingpawn one step, (2) the
queenpawn two steps, and (3) the queenbishop-pawn two steps. This position
is good regardless what black does, and white can always play for a win. As
black one can always make the steps (1) and (2) and have a good position,
regardless of white's moves. In almost all cases one can also make (3).
These moves could be rewarded in Smirf regardless of variant. Then Smirf
will always begin with a strategically tenable opening, until an opening
book is developed.
/Mats 


(for Zillions I used my rules file
http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/capablanca.htm ) 
Zillions Save Game File Version 0.02 HCC
RulesFile=CAPABL~1.ZRF
VariantName=Bird's Chess
1. Knight i1 - h3
1. Pawn d7 - d6
2. Knight b1 - c3
2. Pawn f7 - f6 Black H M1
3. Pawn d2 - d3 White H M2
3. Pawn g7 - g5 Black H M3
4. Bishop c1 - e3
4. Pawn c7 - c5 Black H M4
5. Pawn g2 - g3
5. Knight i8 - h6
6. Bishop h1 - d5
6. Pawn e7 - e6
7. Bishop d5 - e4
7. Knight h6 - f5
8. Bishop e4 x f5
8. Pawn e6 x f5
9. Pawn j2 - j4
9. Bishop h8 - g7
10. Pawn a2 - a4
10. Knight b8 - c6
11. Pawn j4 - j5
11. Pawn g5 - g4
12. Knight h3 - f4
12. Chancellor d8 - d7
13. Pawn j5 - j6
13. aRook j8 - i8 = Rook
14. Pawn j6 x i7
14. Rook i8 x i7
15. Pawn h2 - h3
15. Knight c6 - d4
16. aQueen e1 - d2 flip Z6 = Queen on d2
16. Pawn h7 - h6
17. Knight c3 - d5
17. Pawn g4 x h3
18. Pawn i2 x h3
18. Pawn b7 - b6
19. Bishop e3 x d4
19. Pawn c5 x d4
20. Queen d2 - b4
20. Bishop c8 - b7
21. Queen b4 x d4
21. aRook a8 - c8 = Rook
22. Chancellor d1 - e3
22. Bishop b7 x d5
23. Knight f4 x d5
23. aQueen e8 x e3 = Queen
24. Knight d5 x e3
24. Archbishop g8 - e6
25. Queen d4 - h4
25. Archbishop e6 - g5
26. Queen h4 - h5
26. Bishop g7 - h8
27. Archbishop g1 - f3
27. Bishop h8 - g7
28. Archbishop f3 - d4
28. Rook c8 - c5
29. Pawn b2 - b4
29. Rook c5 - e5
30. Knight e3 - c4
30. Rook e5 - d5
31. Archbishop d4 - c6
31. Chancellor d7 - c7
32. Pawn b4 - b5
32. Archbishop g5 - i3
33. Queen h5 x j7
33. Rook i7 x j7
34. aRook j1 x j7 = Rook
34. Archbishop i3 - h2
35. King f1 - e1 @ e1 0 0
35. King f8 - g8 @ g8 0 0
36. Pawn d3 - d4
36. Chancellor c7 x c6
37. Pawn b5 x c6
37. Rook d5 x d4
38. Knight c4 - e3
38. Rook d4 - e4
39. aRook a1 - a3 = Rook
39. Rook e4 - e5
40. Rook a3 - c3
40. Rook e5 - e8
41. Pawn c6 - c7
41. Rook e8 - c8
42. Knight e3 x f5
42. Bishop g7 - f8
43. Knight f5 - e7
43. Bishop f8 x e7
44. Rook j7 - j8
44. King g8 - f7 @ f7 0 0
45. Rook j8 x c8
45. Archbishop h2 - i1