08 Jul 14
Originally posted by Data FlyYeah, I heard that. I found him at USCF and FIDE, was putting his first name first🙂. I read he came back to regular chess in 2011, 4 or 5 years with his variant. I guess that didn't work out so well. Fischer random looks like it has done better than Sharper chess, which is one suggestion for the name, Harper and Seirawan invented it together.
Last I heard he'd abandoned real chess for his own silly variant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seirawan_chess
He isn't on the latest list, I guess that is due to inactivity in the US.
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08 Jul 14
Originally posted by Data FlyS-chess is a delightful variant. It introduces two, perfectly evolutionary, pieces (rook-knight and bishop-knight compounds) without altering the nature of the game or the size of the board. A variant that tries to be revolutionary, i.e. with multiple alterations, might possibly be 'silly', but that is not the case here.
Last I heard he'd abandoned real chess for his own silly variant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seirawan_chess
09 Jul 14
Originally posted by greenpawn34Ah, thanks. That looks a bit like what me and my GF did in Thailand where they had a chess club at the AFB, NKP up north near the Mekong. We did a simul, she is a fairly strong player and so we did it like this: 17 opponents, I made a move, she came behind me and made the next move on the board while I was onto the next board, we went around like that, won all our games! This was at the USO club at the then American AFB, now handed over to Thailand.
They both sit at the same board, no talking.
The man makes the odd numbered move, the lady the even numbered move.
Short & Hou Yifan - Yusupov & Chiburdanidze, Mixed Pairs, Chengdu, 2014.
[pgn]
[Event "Mixed Pairs"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2014.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short & Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Yusupov & Chiburdanidze"]
[Result ...[text shortened]... Qc7 26. Rhg1 b5 27. cxb5 Bc5 28. Rgf1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Rxh5 Kg8 32. Bc6 [/pgn]
When I first did the simul thing there, we had a few onlookers but when my gf and I started doing it, wow, the place was standing room only! The manager of the USO club said, let them win a few games, we don't want to totally discourage them from participating! If they won, they got USO dollars, they could trade in for a shirt or pen or some such. Great fun!