Battlechess Contest (EAB vs A500)

Bloodwych · 09 June 2002, 16:25

Have you got what it takes to beat the man who beat the man who beat the man who beat the Amiga at BattleChess?

Then role up and let's have a nostalgic and friendly game! We can do this one of two ways:

1) Either 2 people slug it out against one another with others offering friendly advice OR

2) We all go up against the Amiga on hardest level! Although I've heard for experienced chess players this might not be a challenge.

I'll update the above screen grab of the board on my webspace as moves are made, so just press refresh in your browser to see how the game is panning out and join in the fun!

I'm totally useless at chess because I never play! But I'm sure there must be some veterans out there among you!

Well as you see the board is set up and ready for action.

Any takers? Are we going human vs human or EAB vs Amiga 500

Pyromania · 09 June 2002, 17:09

Quote:

Originally posted by Bloodwych
Have you got what it takes to beat the man who beat the man who beat the man who beat the Amiga at BattleChess?

Then role up and let's have a nostalgic and friendly game! We can do this one of two ways:

1) Either 2 people slug it out against one another with others offering friendly advice OR

2) We all go up against the Amiga on hardest level! Although I've heard for experienced chess players this might not be a challenge.

I'll update the above screen grab of the board on my webspace as moves are made, so just press refresh in your browser to see how the game is panning out and join in the fun!

I'm totally useless at chess because I never play! But I'm sure there must be some veterans out there among you!

Well as you see the board is set up and ready for action.

Any takers? Are we going human vs human or EAB vs Amiga 500

Chess is to blame for me being an Amiga user! In 8th grade I wanted to win the chess tournament so I studied all my opponents and noticed that there were two types of players. The bookworm chess player that read about chess all the time but did not get to play much. And the “Player”; a person that played his friends all the time but did not read up on any strategies. I knew that to win the tournament I would need to be both book smart and I would have to play lots of games to practice. One problem though, I had no one to play! I asked my father to buy me an Atari 2600 so I could play chess on it. It cost him about $150 I think total. I won the Chess tournament but soon outgrew the 2600. I learned about the Commodore 64 and liked the fact that you could do more than just play games. It also hooked up to the television so I tried some simple CG on it and of course the famous Doogle program (Also from Dan Silva of Dpaint fame). I liked the C-64 and games were fun but it never let me do my true dream, video editing with the computer. So I kept up with what the creators of the Atari 2600 were doing by reading Run magazine and other mags. The Amiga was reported a few times before its birth in these magazines. Once the Amiga finally came out I bought Amiga World issue #1 and knew that was my dream computer.

Bloodwych · 09 June 2002, 17:13

Quote:

Originally posted by Kodoichi
Where are the coordinates? =|

I was going to deal with that after we've decided on a mode of play. I won't be putting coordinates on the screen grab, but we'll be using this notation:

EDIT - I've added coordinates to the opening post

Bloodwych · 09 June 2002, 17:20

Nice story Pyromania

Bloodwych · 09 June 2002, 20:41

Ok we'll go for EAB vs Amiga.

EAB play as red, Amiga blue.

Who's going to be brave enough to go first for EAB?

RetroMan · 09 June 2002, 21:42

g1 -> f3

Amiga1992 · 10 June 2002, 05:24

Just show me the Queen's legs, ya loonie

Bloodwych · 10 June 2002, 11:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Just show me the Queen's legs, ya loonie

Unfortunately, that's not a legal move Akira

Next......

RCK · 10 June 2002, 13:42

you should also take a screenshot of a top-view of the chessboard. (like for the coordinates table)

Bloodwych · 10 June 2002, 13:58

Quote:

Originally posted by RCK
you should also take a screenshot of a top-view of the chessboard. (like for the coordinates table)

Ok Rck, I'll add that when I get some free time

Belgarath · 10 June 2002, 19:10

f1 to c4

Bloodwych · 10 June 2002, 20:35

The last legal move posted has been done.

F1->C4.

Amiga shouts "Next.............."

Amiga1992 · 11 June 2002, 05:38

I don't care about its illegality, just show me!

My move is: shift-F1

(ok, me knows pish about chess

)

Belgarath · 11 June 2002, 15:46

well its gotta be d2 to d3

id like to make it clear though that i have no plans on taking on the amiga by myself!

Bloodwych · 11 June 2002, 16:20

Quote:

Originally posted by Belgarath
well its gotta be d2 to d3

id like to make it clear though that i have no plans on taking on the amiga by myself!

Yeah, I thought that more people would get involved. It's only a bit of fun and it takes seconds to post a couple of coordinates.

Come on people! Let's aim for one move a day at least from a few different EAB members!

What's wrong? Scared of the Amiga "whipping your candy asses?" as the Americans would say!

RCK · 11 June 2002, 22:51

the problem is that I don't have my top-view of the board yet !
even if the 3D view is cool for animation, it's a pain for real chess reflection

11 June 2002, 23:34

e4 --> d5 of course

Bloodwych · 11 June 2002, 23:36

Ok top view added. I hope you realise Rck that you've doubled my workload on this thread

11 June 2002, 23:36

erm, any chance of co-ordinates on that board too?
great idea btw

Bloodwych · 11 June 2002, 23:43

Quote:

Originally posted by zakfab
erm, any chance of co-ordinates on that board too?
great idea btw

Thanks

I'm not adding coordinates to the WinUAE screengrab! That's quadrupling my work, you're worse than Rck!

There is a board with coordinates that sits right next to the top view of the battlechess board. It's easy to use as long as you're in 1024x768 or higher!

If you're using lower res I MAY reduce the size of the grabs.

10 June 2002, 20:35	#12
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	The last legal move posted has been done. F1->C4. Amiga shouts "Next.............." Last edited by Bloodwych; 10 June 2002 at 23:12.

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09 June 2002, 16:25	#1
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Battlechess Contest Have you got what it takes to beat the man who beat the man who beat the man who beat the Amiga at BattleChess? Then role up and let's have a nostalgic and friendly game! We can do this one of two ways: 1) Either 2 people slug it out against one another with others offering friendly advice OR 2) We all go up against the Amiga on hardest level! Although I've heard for experienced chess players this might not be a challenge. I'll update the above screen grab of the board on my webspace as moves are made, so just press refresh in your browser to see how the game is panning out and join in the fun! I'm totally useless at chess because I never play! But I'm sure there must be some veterans out there among you! Well as you see the board is set up and ready for action. Any takers? Are we going human vs human or EAB vs Amiga 500 Last edited by Bloodwych; 05 July 2002 at 21:24.

09 June 2002, 17:20	#4
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Nice story Pyromania

09 June 2002, 20:41	#5
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Ok we'll go for EAB vs Amiga. EAB play as red, Amiga blue. Who's going to be brave enough to go first for EAB?

09 June 2002, 21:42	#6
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	g1 -> f3

10 June 2002, 05:24	#7
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Just show me the Queen's legs, ya loonie

10 June 2002, 13:42	#9
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,087	you should also take a screenshot of a top-view of the chessboard. (like for the coordinates table)

10 June 2002, 19:10	#11
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	f1 to c4

11 June 2002, 05:38	#13
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I don't care about its illegality, just show me! My move is: shift-F1 (ok, me knows pish about chess )

11 June 2002, 15:46	#14
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	well its gotta be d2 to d3 id like to make it clear though that i have no plans on taking on the amiga by myself!

11 June 2002, 22:51	#16
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,087	the problem is that I don't have my top-view of the board yet ! even if the 3D view is cool for animation, it's a pain for real chess reflection

11 June 2002, 23:34	#17
Traquer Posts: n/a	e4 --> d5 of course

11 June 2002, 23:36	#18
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Ok top view added. I hope you realise Rck that you've doubled my workload on this thread

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