random fischer style

What is up with this setup, and why are they rated games? Additionally, I can't delete this game. I protest this enormously. I've never heard of this type of chess, and there is no point in playing it as a rated game. How can I delete the game without an effect on my rating?

Uh, this topic is off topic for an off topic forum, Spanky!

Originally posted by TomCr
What is up with this setup, and why are they rated games? Additionally, I can't delete this game. I protest this enormously. I've never heard of this type of chess, and there is no point in playing it as a rated game. How can I delete the game without an effect on my rating?

This Game 7574130 not rated.
Give it up and your rating will not change. One loss in the Win/lose statistics, not more.
Or play on...

Uhm... While I agree that the random fischer style is not chess, it unfortunately is foisted upon us by the site.

Thanks for the info on it not affecting my rating :-)

Originally posted by TomCr
Uhm... While I agree that the random fischer style is not chess, it unfortunately is foisted upon us by the site.

It's not chess... It's sehcs. 🙂

But you played a couple of moves.

Did you not notice the strange set-up.

Do you still get the dustbin in this chess?
You could have trashed it before making a move.

Originally posted by TomCr
I protest this enormously.

Think you'd need a few more protesters for that. 😛

I appreciate this thread because I have been a little interested in Fischer Random chess, and I did not even know we could do it until now. I just found out how to do it, and I think it's cool that we have that option!

Does anyone know whether castling is supported for Fischer Random?

Originally posted by clandarkfire
Does anyone know whether castling is supported for Fischer Random?

DirtySniper and I just started a game- I may learn the hard way!

I went ahead and started a game too - should be interesting. I remember playing it a while back on ICC, where they did support it.

Edit - It's a bit of a shock really, not a lot like normal chess for the first bit. I just played some random move to start it out, but if you want to be good at it, the first move should actually require a good bit of thought!

Originally posted by clandarkfire
Does anyone know whether castling is supported for Fischer Random?

It's not.

Originally posted by Paul Leggett
DirtySniper and I just started a game- I may learn the hard way!

It was a great and fun game! In our particular game, I think the advantage of the first move was bigger than "normal", but the game still went back and forth. I would definitely play in a tournament for it.

And I COMPLETELY agree with clandarkfire- the very first move is a "deep think" one!

Yes it was a battle worthy of The Planet GreenPawn. Er.....??