New chess variant. Looking for players to play with.

Not sure if I understand what you are saying about the jacks and pawns. I'm guessing e.p. capture means en passant. I thought it was the first step command. I just was copying the jacks and pawns trying to get the step. Gambits should not en passant.

Says I need a user name and password?

battle chess you don't have to wait for LXIVC. I will play you when ever. You should know that by now.

Of course I know this, Ace.

My intentions, however, was to not only play you but fellow fans. Just to show that the variant is more well-spread and not just between Ace and fans. I was only trying to do your work some favors. ^-^

I see,.....I just want to play.....I long to play....but I get you.

I'm ready to.

Didn't you get my two pms? ^-^

most likely. Just never noticed. Not like facebook where they pop up on my screen. I forget to check.

Indeed, without a name it would not know if it is your turn or not, and without a password anyone could use your name and make moves in your game. Press the 'Help' button to see it explained.

And  e.p. is indeed the usual abbreviation for 'en passant'. An 'e' on a move means the piece can make e.p. captures through that move, an 'i' on a move means that move can only be used as first step. It seems useful to adopt the convention that blockable first steps imply that the piece can be captured e.p. on the squares where its move could have been blocked (by any piece that has e.p. capture as a move). There is no explicit way to indicate that a move creates e.p. rights, in XBetza notation.

Game between Ace and me. First of my games against another human player of this variant. Lots of blunders from both of us, but nevertheless, it was a satisfying gamel especially the way I taunted poor old Ace here. ^-^

[Event "Computer Chess Game"]

[Site "AC"]

[Date "2015.11.03"]

[Round "-"]

[White "Ace369er"]

[Black "BattleChessGN18"]

[Result "0-1"]

[TimeControl "100/2400"]

[VariantMen "P:fmWfceFifmW3;Q:QisO3;X:FW;E:WAD;G:FWmWfceFWimW6;W:FC;Z:FW;C:F2GH;T:W2GH;F:F2W2GH;A:KN;H:FAD;J:mWceFimW3;S:WZ;L:maKcaKafK;K:KisO3"]

[FEN "ggsteacflcaetsgg/***rhnbqkbnhr***/x*wppjppppjppw*z/j*12*j/jg12gj/j*12*j/J*12*J/JG12GJ/J*12*J/X*WPPJPPPPJPPW*Z/***RHNBQKBNHR***/GGSTEACFLCAETSGG w - - 0 1"]

[SetUp "1"]

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g g s t e a c f l c a e t s g g

. . . r h n b q k b n h r . . .

. . w p p j p p p p j p p w . z

j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j

j g . . . . . . . . . . . . g j

j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j

J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J

J G . . . . . . . . . . . . G J

J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J

X . W P P J P P P P J P P W . Z

. . . R H N B Q K B N H R . . .

G G S T E A C F L C A E T S G G

white to play

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1. Jf4 i7 2. i6 Tj9 3. Gi5 Hl9 4. Jk4 Tjg9 5. Jm5 Nj9 6. Jl5 Tdd9 7. j5 Bf7

8. J4p5 Qi10 9. Tp4 Cm9 10. m6 Cxp6 11. Hn4 Cxn4 12. Al2 Cxn1 13. Exn1 He9

14. Hc4 Hg7 15. Gih5 Wd7 16. Bd5 Wm7 17. Bxf7 Qxf7 18. Fh4 Wj6 19. Gbg5 He7

20. Gf6 Hxf6 21. Ng4 Hxh4 22. Bxh4 Kl11 23. Qxd2-e2 h7 24. e5 Qf8 25. d6

Bm5 26. Nl4 Bxl4 27. Lj3 Bk5 28. Bi5 Wxi5 29. Nxi5 Bxg1 30. Axg1 h6 31. Nh7

Ql8 32. Nxg9 Txg9 33. Td4 Qg8 34. Txd7 Fh9 35. Txa10 Fe6 36. Hxe6 Qxe6 37.

Sf3 Sd12 38. Lh4 Nh8 39. Cg4 Qe8 40. Jf5 Li10 41. Jd5 Lj8 42. Lf6 Qd9 43.

Cg7 Nf9 44. Am4 Nxg7 45. Lxg7-f8 Qc8 46. Lxg9xf10 Sxa10 47. Qc4 Qxf5 48.

Le8 Qxh5 49. Qh4 Qxe8 50. Kl2 Ci10 51. Qe7 Qg6 52. Qh7 Lxh7 53. ixh7 Qe4

54. Jxe4 Hj7 55. El1 Sl9 56. Ej3 Ng9 57. h4 Cf7 58. Jf4 Sj6 59. Ak5 Hh5 60.

Exh5 Cxh5 61. Rki2 Sg4 62. Rxi7 Sxe1 63. Sxh6 Cxk5 64. Ri12 Cj4+ 65. Jk3

Cxg1 66. Gd1 Cxf2 67. Gxe1 Cxe1 68. Wd4 Ch1 69. Gg1 Cxh4 70. gxh4 Ai11 71.

Rxi11 Rkxi11 72. Jn5 Ri2+ 73. Wk2 Rdi11 74. Gj1 Rd2 75. Wg3 Rd3 76. Jn6 Gh8

77. Jn7 Gj8 78. Txp7 Nxh7 79. Sg6 Nj6 80. Wn3 Ni4 81. Sxj8+ Kk12 82. Txm10

Nxg3 83. Jxg3 Rxg3 84. Gh1 Rii3 85. Ghi2 Rxk3 86. Gk2 Rk8 87. Gpj1 Rxj8 88.

Tm8 Rxj5 89. Txj5 g7 90. Tg5 Rxg5 91. hxg5 Gh7 92. Zp4 Gg6 93. J4a5 Gxg5

94. Jd5 Gg6 95. e6 d7 96. exd7 Gf6 97. Ja5 Ge5 98. Jdc5 Gd5 99. Jc4 Gxd6

100. Jd4 Gxd7 101. Jd3 e7 102. Je3 Sd8 103. Jd5 Gd6 104. Jd4 Sb5 105. Xa4

Sd8 106. Xb5 Sg6 107. Jl4 Gd5 108. Jm4 Jc8 109. Zp5 Jc7 110. Xc5 Gd6 111.

Xxd6 exd6 112. Zp6 Jc6 113. Zp7 Jc5 114. Jxc5 dxc5 115. Jd3 Sd4 116. Jc3 g6

117. Gh3 Ag10 118. Gg4 Af8 119. Wk4 Af7 120. Wh3 g5 121. Wi6 Af6 122. Gh5

g4 123. Gh4 Sf1 124. Gg3 Sxc3 125. Gi2 Se6 126. Gih2 Jn8 127. Wj3 Jn9 128.

Wxg4 Ja5 129. Wf3 Sd6 130. m7 c4 131. m8 Jm9 132. l6 Jb5 133. We2 Eg10 134.

l7 l9 135. Zp8 Ja6 136. Jm7 Ee8 137. Gf4 Ec6 138. Ge5 Axe5 139. Gh1 Ee4

140. Gg2 Exe2 141. Gh1 Jc5 142. Gi1 Jd5 143. Gij1 Jd4 144. Gl3 Eg2 145. Km1

Jd3 146. Kn1 Jd2 147. Ko1 Jd1=F 148. Gk1 Ja5 149. Gkl2 Jb5 150. Kp1 Jc5

151. Gl1 c3 152. G3m2 Jd5 153. Jm6 Jd4 154. Jm3 Jd3 155. Jl3 Fg1 156. Zp7

Jd2 157. Zp6 Jd1=T 158. Zo5 Fi1 159. Zn4 Tg1 160. Zn3 Tj1 161. mxl9 Fxl1

162. Gxl1 Txl1 163. Zm2 Tj1 164. Jl2 Ei2 165. lxk10 Ei1 166. Zn1 Af4 167.

Jm2 Ah3 168. k11 Ai3 169. kxl12=Q+ Kxl12 170. Jm5 Ak2 171. Jm4 Ek1 172. Jn4

Tm1+ 173. Ko1 Txn1+ 174. Kxn1 Em1#

{Xboard adjudication: Checkmate} 0-1

Thanks Muller. I think I understand what you are saying. I'll play with it more later. It was a black screen for the board. When I tried a rondom pass and name, it said it was incorrect.

Hopefully next time we play Battlechess, I am not as careless with my moves. Was a very fun game. All but when I dragged out letting you kill me. Should have let you kill me more gracefully. Instead of hiding in a corner.

ok I'm connected on 123456a TC 100 moves in 200 minutes. Machine white. So if you connect then hit new game, then move I should see it.

my god you take forever to make a turn.....I am literly falling asleep between turns. Making me not even care enough to pay attaition before moving. Just trying to make it not take all day at this point. I'm done for a 30 sec move rule. Think fast. think ahead while other are making their turn.

I got disconnected. Are you still on?

yep

timer is still going

Is there any way to resume the game from where it was interrupted?

I keep getting the message "connection closed by peer". 

I didn't even know that could happen. Tho I should have figured it could.  Well if it makes you feel better, you most likely were going to win. I made too many mistakes early in the game. locking up my pieces.

most likely. Yet I'd have to ask Muller how to. I'll see if i can find a save game option

I'm sorry this happened. It would be nice if we could find a way to resume from where we left off. 

Perhaps if we change the password to 123456b we could reconnect.

I saved it. It's a PNG. Was going to post the save, but it won't let me.
 if I open a second board and load game it seems to work. So I think I have it saved.