21 Sep 07
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundYeah. That's the one. He/She created an account today and resurrected four 2 1/2 year old Bowmann threads about a fictional game called Stanley Random Chess.
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21 Sep 07
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Originally posted by Red Night"For the record, it is not a hoax - there is an active playing community of Stanley Random Chess players at schemingmind.com".
Yeah. That's the one. He/She created an account today and resurrected four 2 1/2 year old Bowmann threads about a fictional game called Stanley Random Chess.
Also:
http://www.chessvariants.org/link2.dir/srchess.html
21 Sep 07
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI'm not buying anymore crazy today.
"For the record, it is not a hoax - there is an active playing community of Stanley Random Chess players at schemingmind.com".
Also:
http://www.chessvariants.org/link2.dir/srchess.html
I did find this: (and I question the veracity of this statement as well.)
"Initially created as a hoax by Gregory Topov in 2004, it evolved into a legitimate chess variant that is actually playable on an Internet chess server. Game-play is characterized by some apparent randomness, and is usually accompanied by exaggerated and fanciful commentary which satirizes the complexity of serious chess analysis."
21 Sep 07
Originally posted by Red Night18.b5
The whole Stanley Random Chess thing is an incredibly elaborate fabrication.
Check out this nonsense:
http://geocities.com/verdrahciretop/src8.html
Unfortunately there are no legal moves available here, so I am forced to play a 'cheat' move. Cheat moves may be played at any point in the seventh dodecadent as long as the arbiter or the other player don't notice.
Brilliant eh Red?