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Thanks Martin0 for showing the 4-move game. (The shortest known game of bulldog). I didn't even notice that Black has not moved any pawns. Except for being mated, it appears White was properly developing his pieces. I sent a trophy to GallifreyanKing for being on one side of this "historical" game.😋

Starting an Event chess game on January 5 is fine, and the challenge game from @JohnHS starting on or around January 7 is perfectly fine (assuming it's ok with JohnHS).

Other players: I'm currently in one game of Waterloo, and one game of infinite chess, but not in any games of bulldog. If anyone would like to play a game of bulldog leave a message. (I'm on a 2-game losing streak, as can be seen by the red line in the elo chart).

@JunyJunebug: congratulations on your win in Event Chess. Where was the game played? I'll be playing Martin0 in January.

Here is the event chess game:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/event-chess-game-junyjunebug-horusthethird

It had a very sudden end (lost on time)

Anyway, it was a very interesting game and they played all the way to the endgame, so I shouldn't complain

January 7 sounds good, @Martin0.  I shall look forward to it.  Good luck!

ok, see you then @JohnHS

Thanks for the link to the Event Chess game. It was an interesting game. In the final position, Black appears stronger but White has a queen that can be dropped anywhere, so probably has a value of 9 with a bonus of being able to be placed anywhere.

It appears the end was actually Black resigning, because although Black played late (more than one day after a warning) White still accepted Black's move. But then Black essentially resigned: "Wait. I think I lost already. Two days passed between your warning and my move", and then "gg" from each side. Juny was a good sport to let Black continue playing, but then accepting a resignation. Good game JunyJuneBug and HorusTheThird.

@FortunaMajor, how about a game of bulldog with witch?  Could someone set that up for us?  I don't know if you can make the diagram, Fortuna.

@JohnHS offered a game to @Fortunamajor, but haven't heard from Fortuna yet.

@JunyJunebug was here (a former world champion until Martin0 came along), but no game offer (yet).

And @Donkey offered to play Juny...

As soon as I hear two people willing to play each other, I'll be happy to set up and moderate a game.

I saw the challenge. I'm only happy to accept.  

Yay! Another game. @FortunaMajor will play against @JohnHS (my former nemesis). The game is (here).

When will the scores and ratings be updated?

You can find the latest update to the ratings here.

vickalan usually posts an update about once/month in this forum. I tend to update the spreadsheet whenever I see a finished game.

Thanks JohnHS for asking. I'll post an update soon of recently completed games.

Also, Thanks Martin0 for updating the elo ratings, and the link to your worksheet.

The chart for our games makes me think about this YouTube video:

This screen shot (below) from the video looks similar to the current situation where Martin0 is the dominant player, but there are many seeking to rise up and challenge him.

On December 15, @Martin0 wins a game against @FortunaMajor. Congratulations to both players for a well-played game!

On December 27, @Derrickzhou wins against @Donkey256. Donkey256 was a no-show at move 23 and therefore forfeited the game, giving the win to @Derrickzhou.

On January 1, @JohnHS wins a game against @FortunaMajor. FortunaMajor resigned at move 6 due to a long required absence.

Other games planned to start soon:

@JohnHS will challenge current bulldog World Champion @Martin0 in a game of "Bulldog with Witch". As usual, the defending champion plays White, and JohnHS will play Black. I'll start a thread for the game on or about January 7.

@Martin0 and @vickalan will play an exhibition game of Event chess (starting around 1/7 or shortly after).

Also, does anyone know what happened to JunyJunebug? It appears all his posts have been deleted. What happened to him?

If I missed any completed or in-progress games please leave a message. If any current or new players would like to play bulldog (or any variant game) feel free to leave comments here.

Here is a summary of player scores by win-ratio:

(this has been correct based on error pointed out in a later post)

If anyone sees any (other) mistakes please leave a message.

Martin0's chart for elo scores is a better indicatory of player strength. A copy from the chart in his Player elo worksheet is here:

(btw, there is something wrong with this thread. The only way I could add this message is to go back a page, and then add a message. If anyone wants to post here you may need to do the same thing).

Can't wait for more excellent games this year!

Yes, it's weird what happened to the post box.  I challenged @evert823 to a game of Bulldog with Witch once my game with @Martin0 is over.  He accepted on his page.

It was a bug most likely caused by @dirtguylawra's post. The text field actually appears in his post instead of at the bottom where it should be. I wish his post would get deleted, but we're on a new page now, so we're fine

@vickalan, did you count your loss against JohnHS twice? As far as I know JohnHS has only played 2 games with 2 wins (not 3 wins which is indicated in your post). According to my statistics you should also only have 5 losses in total and not 6. So, if I am correct, you should have above 50 % winrate with 6 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw.

First, about the post by @dirtguylawra, I sent a message to him to ask him if he will delete it. I assume it was an error, and I don't even know how he pasted so much stuff into one comment. (It runs almost all the way through page 2). If he doesn't, I might submit a request to the mods to see if they'll delete it.

About my chart for player scores - you're right.  Thanks for catching my error - I counted my game with JohnHS twice (giving me 2 losses and him 2 wins for one game). I corrected the chart posted a few messages back)

(other readers should go to post #60 to see player scores, and the elo worksheet by Martin0)