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Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Reinhard Scharnagl wrote on Sat, Jan 8, 2005 05:22 PM UTC:

I want to make clear, that I do not intent to patent the idea of CRC.
Everybody who like it, may use it freely. Nevertheless it is not public
domain concerning the idea, because I want to be asked when changes or
improvements should become necessary. In so far I claim my copyright on
that idea. 

As an example currently there is a discussion, how the new pieces should
be represented. Indeed it seems neither being simple nor to be skipped
finding appropriate icons DISTINCT to existing and RELATED to the GAITS of
the represented pieces. The solution Smirf (my program being able to play
FRC and CRC, see: [http://www.chessbox.de/_tmp/SmirfPrototyp.png]) provides
for that problem thus avoids the usage of horse heads or bishop hats. And
for newcomers additionally to those pictures it might be helpful also to
use new and better names, where some already have been introduced here: 

CROSSED SWORDS: A=ARCHANGEL (ger. E=Erzengel, protecting the paradise with
swords) instead of Archbishop or Janus 
ROOK on a HORSESHOE: C=CENTAUR (ger. Z=Zentaur, because of its double
nature, horse part below) instead of Chancellor

See for that at: [http://www.chessbox.de/Compu/schachveri1_e.html]

To Greg Strong: I still want to avoid unnecessary conflicts with Ed Trice.
Nevertheless I agree, that randomly produced starting arrays hardly could
be regarded as trial to break a patent, where chances are 1:21.000. May be
it would help to specify an ERC variant: EUROPEAN RANDOM CHESS without
that GC avoiding rule, because such patents seem not to be valid in Europe,
also reflecting the European history of that extended 10x8 variant.