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| Date | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2000 | Good | This is an awesome sight, but you don't list where you can purchase a 3d Star Trek chess board. If you have any information on where to purchase one, please e-mail me back with the information at (email removed contact us for address) mail.com. Thank you and live long & prosper!!! |
| 1 Nov 2000 | None | These sets can usually be found on ebay (www.ebay.com). |
| 25 Nov 2000 | Excellent | KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, RAY JONES NYC |
| 2 Oct 2000 | Excellent | An excellent page in an excellent site, well organised, with very good material selection. Most enjoyable. Thank you for your effort. |
| 15 Aug 2000 | Excellent | A very concise reworking of basic chess into 32-turn aggravation! |
| 23 Oct 2000 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 18 Oct 2000 | None | Does an opponent's piece moving through an adjacent square to the Immobilizer become immobilized? Can the Coordinator jump ove a piece to land on the Bomb, or must it move to the Bomb's square from an adjacent square? I very much enjoy the game!!! |
| 24 Sep 2000 | Good | |
| 23 Feb 2001 | Poor | |
| 6 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 2 Nov 2000 | Excellent | I've never been to a site with so much info on chess....i mean wow this is a really good site and im a huge chess fan |
| 26 Sep 2000 | Good | |
| 14 Sep 2000 | Poor | No comment. |
| 28 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 8 Feb 2001 | Excellent | i was looking for a chess related ascii signature file, and bingo, what excellent stuff you have here! |
| 12 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 18 Feb 2001 | Poor | |
| 13 Dec 2000 | Good | Actually this game is very similar to chess on infinite size board which is regular chess played on infinite sized board with a stipulation that For Each piece there exist another piece that is within 8 spaces away, put it another way for each piece there is a 8x8 square that includes at least another piece in it. And the pawn rule is changed to that pawns can promote if it is on a rank beyond which (in the forward direction) there is no opponent pieces. In practice, of course this game does not really need a infinite sized board but a ever changing board. |
| 3 Oct 2000 | Poor | These cards are available in different kinds in any Chinese or South-East Asiatic store in big European cities (at least London, Paris, Brussels, etc.). The games are not related to chess but to rummy-like games. More soon. Thierry Depaulis, Paris (playing-card collector, member of the Council of the International Playing-Card Society) (email removed contact us for address) esbee.fr |
| 2 Jan 2001 | Excellent | I'd rate both the site and the game as excellent, the site because the comments at the top prompted me to try the game, which has become my preferred form of chess. I haven't seen a zillions file for this; I wrote one myself which works fine except for the limited promotion rule -- given the current Zillions language, FIDE type promtion to any piece is easy, promotion restricted to previously captured pieces would be tedious to code. |
| 27 Oct 2000 | Good | has it anything to do with real chess?? i like the pics, but do not understand the meaning... would you give me an explanation? |
| 20 Sep 2000 | Excellent | |
| 9 Oct 2000 | None | Rather like an entry I created but forgot to submit (oops). My entry allowed for pawns to promote upon reaching the rearmost two squares, and had some new pawn moves to allow the outer pawns to get there. Additionally, I created a new pawn move called a "side sac" which a pawn may capture an opposing pawn to its left or right if the square behind the opposing pawn is vacant, but upon performing such a capture it is removed from the game as well. This helped considerably to open up the center of the board when the pawns got gridlocked. |
| 8 Dec 2000 | Excellent | I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED PLAYING THE APPLET AT THE DEADSQUARE HOME PAGE!!! |
| 25 Sep 2000 | Good | A fun variant..But doesent the No En Passant violate the spirit of the game? |
| 11 Aug 2000 | Excellent | Concise. |
| 7 Dec 2000 | Excellent | I had a friend in college that had a 3d chess game. He built it and played it acc to rules
from a magazine. It was a beautifull set, wood frame, etched glass boards, and hand painted pewter
figurines. I've been looking for some time for a copy of this information for some time, and I was
thrilled to find your site with almost everything I need right there.
I'm wondering though...do you happen to have the diagrams for building the set? Of course, I'm assuming those diagrams were actually in the magazine and that he didn't come up with the board setup himself. |
| 24 Aug 2000 | Poor | *wry grin* As the creator of this variant, I feel justified in giving a poor rating to it. *shrug* It was an interesting game when I first started playing, back in middle school, but, like my ex-girlfriend, it has serious issues =p I'm thinking that the situation may be fixable if I shuffle around the pieces or tweak them a little, perhaps even change the size of the board. Any suggestions (those already made by Robert J. Jr. Mate are greatly appreciated) would be appreciated. Sure, I originally made it as kind of a joke, but it has sentimental value. I can give a more detailed description of where I believe the faults to be if anyone wishes to email me and ask. Sean Duggan (email removed contact us for address) ocent.com |
| 12 Nov 2000 | Good | Better pictures would be nice. The old ones are fine though. Thanks! |
| 14 Sep 2000 | None | I played this game when I was still in school and enjoyed it better than Chess. |
| 13 Sep 2000 | Excellent | I wish the author had said a word or two on the method by which the costs of the modifications were obtained. Also, the size of the board ought to have been stated; unlimited sliding (infinite repetition) is obviously worth a good deal more in Jupiter or Tenjiku than it is in Orthochess. --Ivan A Derzhanski <(email removed contact us for address) h.bas.bg> |
| 14 Nov 2000 | Excellent | Congratulations on coming up with something new. This is a great idea. And excellently presented. Perhaps you could also come up with a hex version of Xiangqi. |
| 17 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 15 Feb 2001 | Poor | |
| 3 Nov 2000 | None | We'll work on a page for Martin Gardner's Miniature Chess. In the meantime, here's a link to Ed Friedlander's java applet that plays this game. --D. Howe |
| 31 Oct 2000 | Excellent | Just wondering if you can put the rules for Martin Gardner's Miniature Chess up, if possible. Awesome website! |
| 15 Aug 2000 | Excellent | David, Have you considered joining the Kregen List, devoted to the Dray Prescot Saga and the works of Ken Bulmer (Alan Burt Akers)? We even have a guy who loves to play Jikaida ! Steve Servello |
| 26 Aug 2000 | Poor | No comment. |
| 3 Aug 2000 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 7 Feb 2001 | Excellent | |
| 25 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 26 Nov 2000 | Excellent | Great summary of the rules for one, like myself, who is dusting off childhood chess skills. I don't think I ever knew about taking pawns en passant. Thanks. Jim |
| 19 Nov 2000 | Excellent | |
| 12 Nov 2000 | Excellent | |
| 7 Nov 2000 | Good | |
| 26 Oct 2000 | Excellent | this page is very informational and was very helpful. THANK YOU. FLEE FORTY |
| 9 Oct 2000 | None | I found this page to be very useful and would like to thank you for the help that I received. I believe, although, that you have misworded the section describing castling in that I believe you gave the wrong square coordinates corresponding with the examples. Thank you and God bless. |
| 5 Oct 2000 | Poor | this sucks alot not the web page but chess. Laterz |
| 13 Sep 2000 | Excellent | I found this very helpful. I am a beginner and have been on several different sites which had pages of moves listed like, 1. e4, etc. This is the first site I've found that showed that every square on the board has an alpha-numeric designignation. Thanks for the clarification. John S. |
| 23 Aug 2000 | Excellent | One comment on the castling rule. The conditions for castling do not prohibit castling with a newly-promoted rook on the e-file! I believe that the Laws of Chess have added the stipulation that "the rook and the king are on the same rank". |
| 22 Aug 2000 | Poor | i dont think there should be allowed two queens on a board. i this should be so becuase when you get a pawn to the end of the board it is to get back a piece that was killed. if the queen was not dead, you can not get it back and therefore can not have 2 queens on the board at the same time.!!!!!!! so ha!! |
| 20 Aug 2000 | Good | No comment. |
| 18 Aug 2000 | Excellent | I needed the rukes for an eight year old.... I found this version to be informative and easy to understand... |
| 9 Aug 2000 | Good | No comment. |
| 12 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 12 Dec 2000 | Excellent | Nicely done! Curt, informative, and interesting. I must say, this variant (Gothic Chess) really appears to hold promise as a valid evolutionary transition from the current 64 square arrangement. |
| 5 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 29 Nov 2000 | Excellent | I've been hearing a lot about Capablanca/Gothic Chess lately and I find the information you have provided to be most useful. |
| 10 Oct 2000 | Excellent | Excellent Internet Gaming Site, including challenging computer players. Interesting moves with military game pieces in a chess-like manner. |
| 17 Oct 2000 | None | A couple of comments/questions about Dragonchess, and the eternal
problem of the Dragon itself.
I don't like the idea of moving the sylphs to slow the dragon. One of the features of the initial setup is that each warrior is defended by either a sylph or dwarf. To maintain this and shift the sylphs would also require moving the dwarves, which would block the Elemental's normal start (although it's not a huge effect, it is there). I don't worry about the Dragon taking the easy sylph - I worry about the direct assault. If Gold opens to 1d4, it forces the Scarlet dragon to stay to defend the square g7, otherwise the Gold dragon can take it and attack the King 'from afar'. Indeed, try the opening of DR-1d4, G-1i4, and G-1e4 - UGLY. Scarlet has to scramble to hold the 1g7 square and avoid the various threats (Dragon in the royal court, or a Griffon on g7 forking the Mage and Paladin). My pet alteration is expanding the Cleric's move. Instead of moving directly up or down between boards, I'd like to see it be able to move to any adjacent square on any level (that's 26 possible moves from the center of an empty board). This would enable the Cleric to defend the royal court quicker. (Scarlet Cleric to 1g8), and keep it safer from attacks by Griffons, Elementals, and the Dragon. JIMMC. |
| 6 Oct 2000 | Excellent | ...Very informative...I espesially am interested in the ad on SUPERIOR-CHESS. I'll contact Mr. Ashley and inquire...thank you much! ...Bill |
| 30 Aug 2000 | Poor | Although you have tried to make the chinese chess westernised in appearance, the pieces of designs are still too ugly to be attrative. |
| 4 Dec 2000 | Good | I used to have this game but it was stolen in 1974. Where can I get another one? Please let me know at (email removed contact us for address) .com Thanks. |
| 22 Nov 2000 | Excellent | Short and sweet. love it |
| 28 Dec 2000 | Excellent | Great game. What is mesa saying? It's my game. |
| 1 Jan 2001 | Excellent | |
| 10 Dec 2000 | Good | Great site. Even though either the typos or poor sentence construction could use some improvement, the explanations, especially the one on castling, were very interesting and informative. Thank you. |
| 25 Nov 2000 | Excellent | |
| 7 Oct 2000 | Good | |
| 22 Aug 2000 | Excellent | |
| 22 Aug 2000 | Excellent | |
| 21 Aug 2000 | Excellent | Thanks - I looked at a couple of other web sites before yours - I will use you in my class - tHanks |
| 23 Sep 2000 | None | Excellently done and explained, especially the En-pasant move. |
| 4 Aug 2000 | Good | show more thought provoking situations! |
| 17 Nov 2000 | Poor | |
| 22 Nov 2000 | Excellent | Excellent short and sweet. |
| 6 Dec 2000 | Poor | page loads to slow need to compress the files and a need a clearer picture now available with newer camerias. Len |
| 20 Dec 2000 | Excellent | Very good, it hooked me again on shogi after an absence of abt 17 years! The links gave me playing theory, computer shogi games and the opportunity to play on line. So now I can hone the "players blade" again! Gert Visser (email removed contact us for address) thus-dijk.nl |
| 28 Aug 2000 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 18 Oct 2000 | Poor | I am unable to make out your photos of the pieces. If one is going to the trouble of putting something on the internet to teach people, then one ought to put deciferable information on one's page. I might suggest a complete description of a shogi set, with possible variations of the graphics, perhaps using a graphics program, so that persons can Learn something from you page. thanks. |
| 20 Feb 2001 | Excellent | I too played this game in the early 70's but it belonged to a friend. I would like to find
this game again but I understand that Parker Brothers doesn't produce it anymore. Any ideas? Connie D.
I have seen Smess sets offered for auction on ebay (www.ebay.com). -- D. Howe |
| 13 Aug 2000 | Good | This page brought back many fond memories of playing Smess for hours on end with friends and relatives in the early 1970's. |
| 7 Feb 2001 | Good | I like the pictures. they gave me an excellent view of the board. I valued the narrative, although the rules were not as I remembered them from the set I bought at a Star Trek convention in the seventies.I'm going to the site named above to see if I can get a set. Barry M. Williams |
| 25 Nov 2000 | Excellent | Chess Variants: Thank you for the Honorary Commendation for "Oblique". I very much enjoyed creating this variant for the contest. You have a great site! -- Tony Quintanilla (e-mail: (email removed contact us for address) e.com) |
| 10 Feb 2001 | Good | |
| 18 Sep 2000 | Good | |
| 18 Nov 2000 | Good | were can you play it? |
| 2 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 25 Nov 2000 | Excellent | |
| 4 Oct 2000 | Excellent | This is a great page. I love chess and so does my sister. We play al the time my dad tought us. We go to New York just to play chess in the park. This is a good thing. I just learned somthing new about the game. |
| 6 Sep 2000 | Excellent | I'm so proud to have been able to read your rules display. It clarifies the rules so much, and verifies rules that I long knew, but did not know how to prove to others. Thanks, Enthusiast!! |
| 13 Aug 2000 | None | Name of this game in Chinese: San-kwo-k'i
New piece names: for red, Chuo (fire); for blue, Ch'i (banner); for green, Feng (wind). Source: A History of Chess, H.J.R. Murray, pp. 133-134 --D. Howe |
| 8 Aug 2000 | Good | It looks like a fascinating variant but could use more Chinese information such as the name of the game in Chinese, the names of the three new pieces in Chinese and perhaps some photographs of an actual set. Also, some clarification of the rule regarding "adding a mated king's army to that of the mating king" would be appreciated, possibly including a sample game with examples of this feature highlighted. Does anyone know if a Zillions file of this variant has been made? |
| 24 Aug 2000 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 2 Aug 2000 | Excellent | Well, someone had to make the first comment, so I figured I'd choose a safe bet: this game truly is excellent! --D. Howe |
| 8 Nov 2000 | Excellent | Excellent for a beginer like me who has never touched chess pieces. |
| 23 Sep 2000 | None | isn't this getting really complicated? (email removed contact us for address) oo.com |
| 1 Sep 2000 | Excellent | |
| 20 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 12 Aug 2000 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 12 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 31 Aug 2000 | Good | |
| 9 Oct 2000 | None | I came across your website whilst checking something else. I wish to point out for the record that 'CHESS 2000' was in fact a gam based on chess and brought out by my partner, Terry Lezemore and myself, in 1990/1991, tooled up and manufactured as a boxed game, and launched at The Earl's Court International Toy and Hobbies Exhibition, London, in 1991. It was successfully sold to a number of outlets, including Harrods in London, but we then ran out of money for marketing and currently are sitting on approx 700 of the games in storage until such tiome as we can launch it again. It was actually originally patented world-wide and we retain full rights, including intellectual copyright and rights to the name Chess2000, as associated with the game of Chess or variants. I would be interested in your comments and repsonse. Yours faithfully Akos N Roth United Kingdom E-mail address: (email removed contact us for address) k21.com |
| 17 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 11 Nov 2000 | Good | |
| 6 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 3 Sep 2000 | None | Very interesting... Do the pyramids represent squares to which no man may move? From (email removed contact us for address) anchess.com |
| 1 Oct 2000 | Excellent | No comment. |
| 9 Nov 2000 | Excellent | |
| 31 Dec 2000 | Excellent | |
| 29 Dec 2000 | Good | very good |
| 5 Dec 2000 | Good | |
| 5 Sep 2000 | Excellent | |
| 8 Oct 2000 | None | I've seen this game, but with a few differences. Most of my relatives know this game as Moon Chess. The rules are basically correct, except that the ranking is wrong in your page. This is how most people I know play: General -> Guard -> Elephant -> Car -> Horse -> Soldier -> General (anglicized) King -> Guard -> Bishop -> Rook -> Knight -> Pawn -> King The cannon is special. It can take any piece, but only by jumping over another piece, at any distance, no matter if the piece is flipped over or not. It can move one space orthogonally. Any piece except the soldier can take the cannon. I'm pretty sure this is the official way to play Moon Chess. Ken Liao |