Shane,
I have never watched it. I may someday. Right now I would just like to
learn to play basic chess better. I just like the K.I.S.S. method. LOL
Rob

Guy Macon wrote:

And this is different from CalvinBall...how?

Calvinball has no real rules, you just make them up as you go, and keep
changing them. Stanley Random Chess has fixed and unchangeable rules,
although they are not widely known. One set of fixed rules that
applies to SR Chess, for instance, are the basic laws of Common Chess.
If a move is illegal in Common Chess, it's also legal in SR Chess - no
exceptions (Google for "First Theorem of Permissible Play" or
"Maxwell's Bipolar Law of Corresponding Necessities"). In addition to
that, SR Chess has other fixed rules governing sequences and patterns.
One such rule is that after the 30th move, the game enters the Final
Set, and it is possible to created a Forced Inferior Material
Resignation (Forced IMR), and win on material. Have you tried playing
the game?

-Jestrada

Typo correction:
"If a move is illegal in Common Chess, it's also legal in SR Chess"
should of course be:
"If a move is illegal in Common Chess, it's also illegal in SR Chess"
(Google for: SR Chess First Theorem of Permissible Play)

Hey guys,
Here's my new address:Todd Ullum 5963 Whitefield Street
Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127

"Guy Macon" wrote in message
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Here are the official rules for Stanley Random Chess:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/2990/cb_rules.htm

That's a link to a different game. Here is the correct link from
chessvariants.org:
http://www.chessvariants.org/link2.dir/srchess.html

Peter

"Peter French" wrote in message
.. .
"Guy Macon" wrote in message
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Here are the official rules for Stanley Random Chess:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/2990/cb_rules.htm

That's a link to a different game. Here is the correct link from
chessvariants.org:
http://www.chessvariants.org/link2.dir/srchess.html

Peter



Correct. If you try to play by CalvinBall rules you are playing
"CalvinChess" and not Stanley Random Chess. One of the rules of
"CalvinChess" is:

Any player may declare a new rule at any point in the game (Figure 1.2).
The player may do this audibly or silently depending on what zone (Refer to
Rule 1.5) the player is in.

If you are playing SR Chess at SchemingMind.com and try to declare a new
rule, you will find that the rules are fixed and arbitrated by the server.
"Guy Macon" has been told this before, but he is slow to understand.