Re: Is Hera****ian (aka Calvinball) Chess possible?

On Apr 7, 9:55 am, richardhut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> A Hera****us (aka Calvinball) tournament would consist of this being
> unique for each game.  During the tournament, a limited set of games,
> each game has a different set of rules.  This is a practical
> application of the whole Hera****us chess approach.
>
> The question then is:  Is Hera****ian (aka Calvinball) Chess
> possible?  Doesn't mean that most of the games people would play of it
> would be good, just if it is possible or not.  Then the question
> becomes how many restrictions can be placed on it to improve quality,
> and still have it be Hera****ian.

I would think that each variant should be used twice - once for one
player as White, once as Black, for a series of two games between two
players. Just like the openings drawn in Checkers.

Since I am not discussing whether or not one could have a near-
infinite number of variants of Chess, I've removed sci.math.

But my version, on the 12 by 8 board, offers up to 16,200 variants -
all tidy and symmetrical like normal Chess, so it might meet this
particular goal.

John Savard