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Contest to design a chess variant on 44 squares. Our annual N-squares chess variant design competition.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jared McComb wrote on Mon, Nov 24, 2003 01:25 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
When will last year's winners get their prizes?  Or did I miss something?

--Jared

David Howe wrote on Tue, Nov 25, 2003 01:34 PM UTC:
They'll get their prizes when I get off my lazy rear end and send them out! :)

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Thu, Nov 27, 2003 02:28 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
I am preparing two games for the contest, but the ZRF's are not ready yet.
May be in two or three weeks, more or less. I´ll send my games once I have
finished the ZRF´s and tested the games, making the final adjusts and
re-testing, if necessary.
The prizes?. Well, if someone offers prizes, it is expected that winners
can get the prizes, but I have not read WHEN.

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Fri, Mar 5, 2004 05:33 AM UTC:
Have anyone noted that Symmetron!44 (Fourrière-Lavieri) is competing?. I can´t say it is going to win (other games in the contest are very good), but I think it is not so bad for being absolutely ignored. Please, actualize this page.

Peter Aronson wrote on Fri, Mar 5, 2004 05:41 AM UTC:
Has anyone e-mailed Hans (who is, after all, the first round judge and the person who maintains this page) that Symmetron!44 is a competing entry?

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Wed, Apr 14, 2004 08:16 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I´m expecting more games in competence (are Horus and Prisoneer Scape in?). the deadline is April 21. Designers, send your contributions!

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Wed, Apr 14, 2004 08:20 PM UTC:
Are Horus and Prisoner´s Escape competing?. If so, these games are not still in the list...

Peter Aronson wrote on Wed, Apr 14, 2004 08:58 PM UTC:
Yes, <u>Prisoner's Escape</u> and <u>Horus</u> are competing entries. Strange, I e-mailed Hans about it a few weeks ago. Also, any games sent in before the deadline are considered in time, even if they haven't been put up yet.

Hans Bodlaender wrote on Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:42 PM UTC:
I didn't receive the emails on these new entries. I've added them now...

Jared McComb wrote on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 01:47 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
You guys got my entries (and non-entry), right?

Peter Aronson wrote on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 03:26 PM UTC:
We got them Jared. They'll get up someday soon.

Doug Chatham wrote on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 01:56 PM UTC:
I wonder why there are so few entries for this contest.

Hans Bodlaender wrote on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 03:27 PM UTC:
There are several submissions that still must be added to the contest page. Please, have a little patience. <p> However, our mailbox had a problem, as it run out of space. Please look at the size of the files you are sending. We received two files of over 1 megabyte size, by two different submitters. Files of this size cannot be put on the website: it uses too much of our webspace and most readers will not be able to download them. (I still have internet connection with a normal telephone, and there are many more such people on this world!) <p> In case you got an error message when submitting your game, please send it again, but now to the email address of me you can find at <a href='www.cs.uu.nl/staff/hansb.html'> www.cs.uu.nl/staff/hansb.html </a>. <p> If you missed the deadline because of such a problem, send the game a.s.a.p. to us; we'll accept such entries for a number a days.

Peter Aronson wrote on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 08:02 PM UTC:
We have yet unposted submissions from the following people at the very least: <ul><p> <li> David Jagger <li> Jeff Rients <li> Erez Schatz <li> Doug Chatham <li> Roberto Lavieri <li> Jared McComb </ul><p> Sitting in the queue at the general pool at chessvariants.com -- this does not count entries that may have been sent to individual editors or entries that did not indicate that they were 44-square contest entries on their subject line (they are not required to -- but that's how I just compiled my list). <p> We will be working on them as time permits, but we, the editors, all have busy lives away from the CVP, and time is often at a premium. <p> Pete, you might want to send yours in again just to be on the safe side.

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Apr 21, 2004 02:34 AM UTC:
I think I'll skip the contest this year. I haven't had any fresh game ideas suited for a small board, and I still have plenty of other things to work on.

Peter Leyva wrote on Wed, Apr 21, 2004 07:02 PM UTC:
Dear Editors,

Should I send you another copy of my submission?  I only ask, because most
of my day I'm at work, and I don't get home until a little before
midnight.  Sorry, to be a pest, I understand you too are busy with work.
Thank you gentlemen.

Sincerely Peter Leyva

Peter Aronson wrote on Wed, Apr 21, 2004 09:11 PM UTC:
Peter, I still don't see anything -- where exactly are you sending it? Mind you, if you are sending it to a specific editor, it will be forwarded to their home e-mail address. Have you tried [email protected]? We seem to be receiving e-mail from other people. Did it perhaps have very large attachments?

Jared McComb wrote on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 12:22 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Can entrants vote for their own games in the second round? I would assume not, but I may be wrong.

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 01:24 AM UTC:
Epsilon Eridani, a game played on a 44 squares board that I sent a few days
ago, is  a NON-competing entry to the Contest. The main reason is because
I have Hexetera competing and Antoine and me are the authors of 
Symmetron!44. Epsilon Eridani is based basically on Achernar, with some
differences (Achernar is the name of the blue star Alpha of Eridani,
Epsilon Eridani is a yellow star in the same constellation. Epsilon
Eridani is an interesting star, it is almost sure that at least one planet
orbits the star), although the game play is very different. The board size
adds clarity to the game, so calculations are easy, this is not the case
in Achernar. Nevertheless, the E.E. game play is nice and very
interesting, at least I think so, and I hope that the community can enjoy
this out-of-competence game.

Peter Leyva wrote on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 06:21 AM UTC:
Pete,

I'll send it to you.  I have been sending it to
[email protected].  I don't believe it has a big attachment, just
simple instructions.

Sincerely Pete

Peter Leyva wrote on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 06:27 AM UTC:
Pete, 

I just sent it to you, did you receive it?


Peter Leyva

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 01:29 PM UTC:
Thanks, Mike!. Epsilon Eridani is a non-competing entry.

Peter Leyva wrote on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 03:58 PM UTC:
Peter,

Thank you, for your time and help.  I got my submission to David Howe.

Sincerely Pete Leyva

Peter Leyva wrote on Sun, Apr 25, 2004 06:36 AM UTC:
Hi David H. ,

Have you currently had a chance to go over my submission for the 44 square
contest.


Pete Leyva

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Fri, Apr 30, 2004 08:16 PM UTC:
Apart from my non-competing entry, Epsilon Eridani, I think there are some other entries that have not been posted yet, isn´t it ?

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