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Seems like we need you over at the Gothic Chess page
Some user named AceVentura is stirring up trouble, can you stop by? GothicEnthusiast 20:58, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Xiangqi piece values
Hi:

to answer your question, I believe that the piece values assigned to each piece can only hold for a complete board (ie no pieces have moved). Once the game has started, each piece will have drastically different values with respect to how skilled each player is.

Like how i mentioned that I would rather have 3 pawns crossing the river (point 6 in total piece values according to that chart), than just a lone chariot defending (a piece value of 9, which is greater than 6). This would often be seen toward the late stages of a game, and according to the chart, a piece of higher value should 'beat' a piece of lower value easily, but in reality it is not so.

I understand that it may help some people who are not familiar with Xiangqi to get a grip about the game and its pieces, but once you start playing the game, you'll know that in different situations even a pawn can mean the difference between winning and losing.

Well, i guess you can restore the list, but you may want to add a caution such as the one shown on the website you gave me: Here are some rough values, which of course, can change depending on the game situation or how skillful a particular player is in manoeuvring a particular piece: 

regards, InuYasha-LG-&#29356;&#22812;&#21449; 03:19, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC) (LegolasGreenleaf)

Am I a Karl Scherer?
A lot of your edits strongly resemble those made by Karl Scherer, e.g. adding Zillions of games external links, creating articles about obscure versions of games, etc.

I was wondering, do you know Karl Scherer in a social capacity, and/or are you a sock puppet (or vice versa) of User:Karlscherer3 ? 3 July 2005 14:47 (UTC)


 * I am not personally know Karl Scherer, I know him only by his messages in Zillions discussion boards. He was obviously mistaken of the purpose of Wikipedia, see messages on Zillions discussion board, "Comments/Suggestions For Existing Games", "Wikipedia" (last topic on that page).


 * I wish you know something more about chess variants to make comments about "creating articles about obscure versions of games". Please take a look at least into Pritchard's encyclopedia on chess variants or visit chessvariants.org to learn something more about chess variants.


 * I added some links to Zillions of Games to some articles on board games, because Zillions is the best tool to play these games. I also added images to some articles (e.g. Shogi) taking screenshot from Zillions of Games. I made all these changes to improve Wikipedia articles and not to promote Zillions of Games. Andreas Kaufmann 3 July 2005 21:12 (UTC)

Re:Checkmate
Problems fixed. Thanks for telling, anyway. ;-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 17:11, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Chess references
Thanks for listing them, but books on chess is not the same thing as books that were used to add or verify the material in the article. It may sound trivial but it is a very important distinction. The former should be placed in a 'Further reading section' and only the latter can be added to a references section that assumes the resources have been used properly in that way. Please make it clear which is the case. Either is fine, but eventually the article needs real references. Thanks - Taxman Talk 18:47, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Hint for chess diagram template usage
Endgame study - maybe this style of title captions looks more professional. --Klin 09:34, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, this way it looks much better. Thanks for advice! Andreas Kaufmann 11:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

One more template, see shatranj. --Klin 16:46, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Good job! Thanks! Andreas Kaufmann 16:55, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Broken link
Crazyhouse - the link of the Japanese sake tournament no longer works (at least not for me) --Ishamael
 * Thanks for finding this! I removed the link (it was not so important anyway). Andreas Kaufmann 08:18, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

You
I wish to interview you, or atleast find out your life story, and some other things. I am trying to research all about humankind and all types of peoples. I have randomly chosen you, if you wish to comply to this, it can be done in secrecy through e-mail, or easily on the talk pages, which ever is easiest for you. But if you don't like this idea, then tell me on talk page. Privat e   Butcher  01:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

DYK
Did you know that 1956 was the first time when a computer was able to play a chess-like game, Los Alamos chess?

savage edit
Andreas your Chaturanga page seems to have been drastically simplified. I see nothing to justify the editing, but it probably fall short of outright vandalism. Take a look if it's not on your watchlist.--Shoka 20:13, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Chess
Hi, I noticed that you haven't listed your name in WikiProject Chess. I was wondering if this was because you weren't aware of the project? I have seen that you have contributed many edits to chess articles and thought you might want to join. :) It should be the best place for centered discussion of chess related topics. --ZeroOne 22:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I joined now. Thanks for invitation! Andreas Kaufmann 06:56, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Grand Chess
Since you are looking at that article, could you maybe comment on the discussion on the talk page in the Spirit section? Thanks. JoshuaZ 19:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

SMIRF
There is already a German language page for the SMIRF program on Wikipedia.

SMIRF

An English language page is needed.

Since you are fluent, conversionally and technically, in both languages, I am asking you to create an English language page using the German language page as a guide. I am sure Scharnagl would be grateful. So, would I. --AceVentura


 * I am not sure I will have time for that in near future. As a next, I plan to write an article about KAISSA, first computer chess champion. Andreas Kaufmann 18:49, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Origins of chess
Karnamak was written during Sassanid era and it mentions chatranj in it. What can I do ? Amir85 17:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks! I found about Karnamak in Murray. Karnamak really mentions shatranj, but this only proves that shatranj was well known at the time Karnamak is written. I changed the text in Origin of chess accordingly. Andreas Kaufmann 21:16, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Reference desk question
Hi. Perhaps you could answer the question I posed on the Humanities reference desk (the last one asked on July 29). It's been neglected for an unfair amount of time. --Siva 02:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I added answer to your question there. More about chess history you can find here. Andreas Kaufmann 20:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

9/1 Chess960 Edit
I don't understand the rationalle for deleting all material about Starting Position Id's and practical ways to set up a starting position. ENortham 03:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)Edward Northam


 * It was not deleted, but moved into separate article Chess960 starting position. In Chess960 you can see section "Starting position", which refers to that article as "Main article". This is a usual way to make the main article of reasonable length. See for example Chess. Almost for every section there is much more information, it would be not good to leave all of this in Chess article. Andreas Kaufmann 20:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your patient explanation. Sorry to have caused you some trouble. I think, now, that the new version is a distinct improvement. ENortham 00:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)Edward Northam

Discussion about links to ChessWorld.net at WikiProject Chess
Hi Andreas, I started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chess - you are welcomed to contribute. Greetings, --Ioannes Pragensis 17:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

citation on blunder about writing down move first
You asked for a citation on this. Are you asking for a citation about the 2005 date? The current FIDE rules, article 8.1 forbids writing the move first, except in claiming a draw. I don't have all of the previous rules, but in the 1974 rules, article 13.1, 1970 interpretation of 13.1, it says that the player has the choice. So it changed sometime, but I don't know when. Bubba73 (talk), 15:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Reference to article in FIDE rules is enough, thanks for adding it! It is not much important when it changed, but it is important that now it is forbidden to write down the move first. Andreas Kaufmann 20:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Kaissa
Hello, Andreas. You are doing wonderful things. Sorry I don't speak Russian and am not a chess player really so I may have made some mistakes in Georgy Adelson-Velsky (small edit) and Kotok-McCarthy (pretty much done for now). I look forward to reading more of your very interesting articles. Best wishes. Susanlesch 20:38, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Chess
Andreas, thank you for help with Chess. Merry Christmas! --Ioannes Pragensis 10:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Chaturanga diagram 5x5
Is that going to be an article, or should it be a template? Just doing WP:NPP -- Chris 73 | Talk 21:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * This will be template. Thanks to you message I understand why it didn't work - I forget "Template:" in the name. Andreas Kaufmann 22:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Style
[Note the intentional violation in the section title. It is only a joke.]


 * Section headings should have only first letter capitalized, i.e. "Chess-derived Games" is wrong and "Chess-derived games" is correct.


 * The names of chess variants don't need to be capitalized because of the same reason, i.e. "Atomic Chess" is wrong and "atomic chess" is correct.

Yes, I see that you are accurate in pointing-out what the Wikipedia manual of style says. Thank you for directing my attention to it. What looks bad is a matter of opinion, though.

1. I was taught to capitalize the first letter in each word of a chapter title (which is an analog to a Wikipedia article's section title) a long time ago, from grade school thru college, in reference books and by authorities I trust and respect more than Wikipedia. [Generally, the internet is atrocious when it comes to English literary standards.]

2. Not capitalizing the first letter of ANY name is rude, inappropriate and foreign to everything I have been taught. Moreover, I seriously doubt that the experience of "andreas kaufmann" in Germany varies from mine on this point. You should always capitalize the name of a person, city, game, etc out of respect. To be sure, "Atomic Chess" is absolutely correct. So, Wikipedia is definitively, dead wrong.

Just making a point. Right and wrong seem like harsh words to sling around when describing the relativistic, internet-based, "Alice In Wonderland" reality Jimbo Wales, the pornographer, has arbitrarily dictated for Wikipedia. It is difficult for me to comprehend who he thinks he is to have the right to arrogantly defy numerous, established conventions as evident in comparison to Encyclopedia Britannica, for example.

AceVentura


 * May be you want to discuss N.1 on talk pages of the appropriate style guidelines. I think the consistency is very important here. If all other Wikipedia articles follow this style, then also chess variant article should do the same. Concerning names for board games, they usually start with small letter, like "chess", "monopoly", "startego". Why chess variants names should use capital letters? Certianly, if the chess variant name has a person in its name, then it should be capital, like Capablanca random chess or OmegaMan's optimized chess. Andreas Kaufmann 07:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Chess-like games to be deleted
See Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 13. The need for a category for chess "siblings" remains, but this category name apparently won't do, and without consensus of a common ancestor it would be difficult to suggest another name.

As a further sign that this is a really contentious topic, someone deleted all references to Xiangqi in the Origins of chess article, which I had to revert. Kelvinc 22:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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DYK
Vielen Dank --Carabinieri 01:00, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

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Regarding Chadarangam
Bonjour, Actually the article created by me is another variety of Indian Chess. It is not re-writing the Indian Chess. I really stunned that it was changed without being atleast informed to me. I am from India, especially from Andhra Region. May be you are a great person in Chess. But I would like to say that Experience should not be undermined with excellence. Max-Muller translating Indian Veda doesn't mean that He is master of Sanskrit, may be a great scholar. But the nativity should always be given importance. The article written by me is only to explain the regional variety of Chess played in our Place. Hope you can understand this monsieur. I am extremely sorry if at all I hurt you with words, hope u can understand my intentions...Au Revoir.. Bsskchaitanya (talk) 18:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No problems, but please add some reliable sources for your article. Currently it is completely unsourced. Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 09:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

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