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Uwe Schächterle (Corpsman)
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Username: Corpsman
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 4:56 am: | |
Hello everybody.
I try to find a Chess variant for Zillion.
here you can see what im searching for
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~wend/Skripte/games/Chess.html
I hope someone of you can help me, otherwise i have to try to write my own *.zrf file. |
M Winther (Kalroten)
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Username: Kalroten
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 1:01 pm: | |
Perhaps you can find it here (but it's a whole lot!):
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/mainquery.php?type=Any&category=Shape&orderby=LinkText&displayauthor=1&displayinventor=1&usethisheading=Unusually+Shaped+Boards |
Corpsman (Corpsman)
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Username: Corpsman
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 2:48 am: | |
I found that page previos but it isn't there.
only a other torus variant i found, hope that i can modify this one to my version . |
Ronald W Brierley (Ronaldwb)
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Username: Ronaldwb
Post Number: 55
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 6:42 am: | |
I’ve designed a Torus Chess game along the lines suggested. The increased mobility of the pieces makes the choice of starting positions critical. I’ve been examining some alternatives and am investigating how successful the Zillions AI is in coping with them. This should all be completed soon. The game is a little complex but also very intriguing. Practise is needed to become familiar with the movement of pieces. |
Corpsman (Corpsman)
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Username: Corpsman
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 7:44 am: | |
Hello Ronald.
I Decided now to Programm it by my self.
Here is what i get : http://tyrann.deadbyte.de/corpsman/klickcounter.php?url=download/torus_chess.zip
I Think this resulution is much better than Zillion could do. |
Ronald W Brierley (Ronaldwb)
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Username: Ronaldwb
Post Number: 56
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 11:26 am: | |
Hello Uwe,
Your work has relieved me of any need for haste. Your exe program certainly shows some excellent implementation.
My design is based on each side having a full complement of pieces consisting of a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and as many pawns as is appropriate for the particular starting position.
My preferred starting position creates an excellent basis for a game but I am currently mystified by the AI of the Zillions system. This does need much more investigation and it may take quite a while.
There have been some messages posted in the past claiming to describe the way in which Zillions evaluates its final positions in a depth search but I have not experimented to test whether the claims are correct. Some guidance from the implementers of the Zillions program would be greatly appreciated.
That’s all for now,
Ronald |
Ronald W Brierley (Ronaldwb)
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Username: Ronaldwb
Post Number: 57
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:03 pm: | |
I intend to use the new case sensitive whole word search technique to find out what has already been said about the AI of Zillions |
Corpsman (Corpsman)
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Username: Corpsman
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:36 pm: | |
Hello Ronald,
Thanks for the flowers.
My English isn't unfortunately not realy good ( Im a German boy ). But if i understand you right you are searching for someone who can explain you the Zillions AI.
If you have the Actual Version of my Torus Chess ( ver 0.02 ) you see 2 *.zrf files with it. Open one of them with a Programm like Notepad and read the first 3 lines. There you can find the Email addres of the man writing the *.zrf files. Maybe he can help you. |
Ronald W Brierley (Ronaldwb)
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Username: Ronaldwb
Post Number: 60
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 11:25 am: | |
Hello everyone,
Sorry about my recent silence.
I completely lost my internet access and have only just reinstated it.
More, hopefully soon, will be heard about my finalised Torus Chess.
Ronald |
Corpsman (Corpsman)
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Username: Corpsman
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 12:06 pm: | |
I am not shur but if you search for the torus chess version try the downloads on my page
http://tyrann.deadbyte.de/corpsman/index.php?doc=projekte/torus_chess
one is my game the other for Zillion |
Alfred Pfeiffer (Apf)
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Username: Apf
Post Number: 10
Registered: 7-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 10:27 am: | |
The Torus Chess variant that Corpsman has found
was invented in the early 1980's by Jeff Weeks.
I implemented it now for Zillions and added some
further setups with more pieces per player.
You may get it as "TorusChess-JW" from Zillions'
Download page.
Alfred Pfeiffer |