| Shane Maven 2006-08-02, 11:25 pm |
| <knudsen@correspondencechess.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> It is my understanding that SRC is a "spoof" chess variant that has
> taken on a life of its own. Is that your understanding as well?
Because SR Chess has much exaggerated commentary, creative analysis, and
imagined traditions associated with it, it is sometimes hard to discern what
is parody/satire and what is real. But despite the apparently apocryphal
nature of some stories and legends accompanying the game, I have learned
that Stanley Random Chess itself is a very real chess variant with its own
merits, and is playable at the schemingmind.com correspondence chess server.
Hundreds of documented games have been played on this server alone, and I
believe are available in PGN format. I myself am an admirer of the game,
although I wouldn't consider myself a serious player.
* S h a n e * M a v e n *
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