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| blueghost73@yahoo.com 2004-12-15, 5:47 pm |
| This newsgroup is too quiet. Is there some place else where people go
to discuss XiangQi in English on the internet, or is it just that there
really is no discussion?
In the mean time, just to get a conversation going:
Anyone play any interesting games recently that they'd like to share
and discuss? I'm playing a couple on itsyourturn.com that I might post
for analysis after they're finished.
--Richard
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| David H Li 2004-12-17, 6:45 am |
| Personally, I welcome both Richard's suggestion and his intended action. I
generally find examples from live games more informative -- and a better
learning vehicle. Making soft moves is unavoidable; even supermasters are
not immune from doing so -- it is through subsequent analysis that masters
improve their play; so can anyone else. So, bring them on.
David Li
"blueghost73@yahoo.com" wrote:
quote:
> This newsgroup is too quiet. Is there some place else where people go
> to discuss XiangQi in English on the internet, or is it just that there
> really is no discussion?
>
> In the mean time, just to get a conversation going:
>
> Anyone play any interesting games recently that they'd like to share
> and discuss? I'm playing a couple on itsyourturn.com that I might post
> for analysis after they're finished.
>
> --Richard
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| Sidney Bob 2004-12-18, 5:45 pm |
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Hi there!
On 13 Dec 2004 15:23:14 -0800, "blueghost73@yahoo.com"
<blueghost73@yahoo.com> wrote:
quote:
>Anyone play any interesting games recently that they'd like to share
>and discuss? I'm playing a couple on itsyourturn.com that I might post
>for analysis after they're finished.
I am also an English-language-only player of the game. Well, I can
say the names of the pieces in Cantonese, but I can't navigate the
Chinese web sites.
I will check out itsyourturn.com, seems interesting. But Chinese
Chess is usually played fast! Have you checked out chesshub.com? I
used to be a member there, but I let it lapse. It's definitely not as
popular as it was when it was free!
Does anyone else have suggestions? I am looking for something more
like FICS -- freechess.org, the excellent free International Chess
server that allows programmers to design excellent interfaces with
their system.
Anyway, I have found that the most serious problem with analyzing
over-the-board Chinese Chess games is that they are played so quickly
that there is not time to keep score! Anyway, I'd love to see one of
your game scores... mine are too poor to warrant posting!
I hope you are well!
sid
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| Richard 2004-12-19, 12:46 am |
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Sidney Bob wrote:
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> Hi there!
>
> On 13 Dec 2004 15:23:14 -0800, "blueghost73@yahoo.com"
> <blueghost73@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
post[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> I am also an English-language-only player of the game. Well, I can
> say the names of the pieces in Cantonese, but I can't navigate the
> Chinese web sites.
>
I don't even know the names of the pieces in Cantonese. Never having
met anyone else who knows how to play the game, all of my playing
experience has come over the internet. I'm not even sure if I'm
pronouncing XiangQi properly.
quote:
> I will check out itsyourturn.com, seems interesting. But Chinese
> Chess is usually played fast! Have you checked out chesshub.com? I
> used to be a member there, but I let it lapse. It's definitely not
as
quote:
> popular as it was when it was free!
>
Check out www.clubxiangqi.com. It's the same type of thing, with a java
interface, but it's free. You may have to use the backup servers to get
in, though, since it's so busy.
quote:
> Does anyone else have suggestions? I am looking for something more
> like FICS -- freechess.org, the excellent free International Chess
> server that allows programmers to design excellent interfaces with
> their system.
>
Apparently, the old ICCS (Internet Chinese Chess Server) system was
like that, but the newer java technology is making that sort of thing
obsolete. It's a shame, since those old telnet based systems did allow
quite a bit of customization in the front ends interfaces.
quote:
> Anyway, I have found that the most serious problem with analyzing
> over-the-board Chinese Chess games is that they are played so quickly
> that there is not time to keep score! Anyway, I'd love to see one of
> your game scores... mine are too poor to warrant posting!
>
Yeah, my games from itsyourturn.com definitely read like games between
a pair of utter beginners. I'm actually winning most of my games there,
which is pretty pathetic, since I'm just not very good. But it is good
to see so many new players there trying out the game. It doesn't seem
like the spot for tough competition, though.
--Richard
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| Richard 2004-12-22, 6:46 am |
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Sidney Bob wrote:
quote:
> Hi there!
>
> On 13 Dec 2004 15:23:14 -0800, "blueghost73@yahoo.com"
> <blueghost73@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
post[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> I am also an English-language-only player of the game. Well, I can
> say the names of the pieces in Cantonese, but I can't navigate the
> Chinese web sites.
>
I don't even know the names of the pieces in Cantonese. Never having
met anyone else who knows how to play the game, all of my playing
experience has come over the internet. I'm not even sure if I'm
pronouncing XiangQi properly.
quote:
> I will check out itsyourturn.com, seems interesting. But Chinese
> Chess is usually played fast! Have you checked out chesshub.com? I
> used to be a member there, but I let it lapse. It's definitely not
as
quote:
> popular as it was when it was free!
>
Check out www.clubxiangqi.com. It's the same type of thing, with a java
interface, but it's free. You may have to use the backup servers to get
in, though, since it's so busy.
quote:
> Does anyone else have suggestions? I am looking for something more
> like FICS -- freechess.org, the excellent free International Chess
> server that allows programmers to design excellent interfaces with
> their system.
>
Apparently, the old ICCS (Internet Chinese Chess Server) system was
like that, but the newer java technology is making that sort of thing
obsolete. It's a shame, since those old telnet based systems did allow
quite a bit of customization in the front ends interfaces.
quote:
> Anyway, I have found that the most serious problem with analyzing
> over-the-board Chinese Chess games is that they are played so quickly
> that there is not time to keep score! Anyway, I'd love to see one of
> your game scores... mine are too poor to warrant posting!
>
Yeah, my games from itsyourturn.com definitely read like games between
a pair of utter beginners. I'm actually winning most of my games there,
which is pretty pathetic, since I'm just not very good. But it is good
to see so many new players there trying out the game. It doesn't seem
like the spot for tough competition, though.
--Richard
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