I take it that Double chess is out of the question? I see all these tournaments taking place ( will get a star soon! ) and had this insane notion that a (non-rated of course) tournament of doublechess would be neat :-0
you know, 4 players, 2 chess boards, you play white your friend plays black, pieces taken go to your friend (etc etc)
i take it that this type of chess is strictly for the chessclub around the corner (and down the road, past two set of lights, beside the zoo? *Hi Mom!*)
- the programming involved would be too much effort for this to be feasible?
Also, Unless I am mistaken all the tournaments I see are 1 vs All. Well, what about teams? you know, 4 vs 4 or 4vs4vs4vs4vs4vs4vs4 (or even 40 vs 40?)
(this might appeal to those involved in the Map war thingy I keep hearing about)
anyway, just a few suggestions. (the 2nd one sounds feasible i thought?)
ps I love this site :-)
Here's a link for you to follow. It will take you to a site that shows our first two tournaments, which were organized by members before the RHP tournament page was operational. One is completed, and the other is still in progress I believe...
http://students.washington.edu/magates/
regards, Marc
Wow, tag-team would be great! However, you'd have to really good communication with your teammate to decide on your plan - otherwise I can see myself banging the screen say "AGH!@$#!%@!% Why did you move that piece!!! You weren't supposed to move that!!!"
Team chess would be fun as well - it would probably take a while to play games though, since I imagine a voting system would have to be used to make a move, and therefore everyone would have to weigh in their opinions on every single move before it could be made. I think you'd be very fortunate to get one move per side per day in that kind of situation.
Still, great ideas.
-mike
I've played no-talking tag team chess OTB and it can be really fun. Especially when 2 stronger players are each paired with a weaker player, since what generally happens is one weaker player will make a bad move, and his/her teammate will groan and the other stronger player will grin, with both the weaker players looking confused.
Originally posted by legionnaireMike,
Wow, tag-team would be great! However, you'd have to really good communication with your teammate to decide on your plan - otherwise I can see myself banging the screen say "AGH!@$#!%@!% Why did you move that piece!!! You weren't su ...[text shortened]... per day in that kind of situation.
Still, great ideas.
-mike
As a captain of an internet chess team, they don't work that way. It's just like any other game you presently play, except they have a standard 3 day T/O. The highest rated player on team A plays the highest rated on team B and so forth. You get points for wins, none for draws and negative points for loses, but your individual accomplishments are recognized as well.
-Bob
What a great idea! For RHP purposes though, I think it might be best if they were unrated. Of course there could always be rated and unrated, but the option of unrated tournaments is the only way I can see getting some of the players here to join. I can't imagine anyone high in the rankings putting their rating at risk, except perhaps if they got another high rated player to team with. If nothing else, it would be a real hoot for those of us who don't care much about our ratings. 🙂