User talk:Andreas Kaufmann
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[edit] Xiangqi piece values
Hi:
to answer your question, I believe that the piece values assigned to each piece can only hold for a complete board (ie no pieces have moved). Once the game has started, each piece will have drastically different values with respect to how skilled each player is.
Like how i mentioned that I would rather have 3 pawns crossing the river (point 6 in total piece values according to that chart), than just a lone chariot defending (a piece value of 9, which is greater than 6). This would often be seen toward the late stages of a game, and according to the chart, a piece of higher value should 'beat' a piece of lower value easily, but in reality it is not so.
I understand that it may help some people who are not familiar with Xiangqi to get a grip about the game and its pieces, but once you start playing the game, you'll know that in different situations even a pawn can mean the difference between winning and losing.
Well, i guess you can restore the list, but you may want to add a caution such as the one shown on the website you gave me: Here are some rough values, which of course, can change depending on the game situation or how skillful a particular player is in manoeuvring a particular piece:
regards, InuYasha-LG-犬夜叉 03:19, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC) (LegolasGreenleaf)
[edit] Am I a Karl Scherer?
A lot of your edits strongly resemble those made by Karl Scherer, e.g. adding Zillions of games external links, creating articles about obscure versions of games, etc.
I was wondering, do you know Karl Scherer in a social capacity, and/or are you a sock puppet (or vice versa) of User:Karlscherer3 ? ~~~~ 3 July 2005 14:47 (UTC)
- I am not personally know Karl Scherer, I know him only by his messages in Zillions discussion boards. He was obviously mistaken of the purpose of Wikipedia, see messages on Zillions discussion board, "Comments/Suggestions For Existing Games", "Wikipedia" (last topic on that page).
- I wish you know something more about chess variants to make comments about "creating articles about obscure versions of games". Please take a look at least into Pritchard's encyclopedia on chess variants or visit chessvariants.org to learn something more about chess variants.
- I added some links to Zillions of Games to some articles on board games, because Zillions is the best tool to play these games. I also added images to some articles (e.g. Shogi) taking screenshot from Zillions of Games. I made all these changes to improve Wikipedia articles and not to promote Zillions of Games. Andreas Kaufmann 3 July 2005 21:12 (UTC)
[edit] Re:Checkmate
Problems fixed. Thanks for telling, anyway. ;-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 17:11, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Chess references
Thanks for listing them, but books on chess is not the same thing as books that were used to add or verify the material in the article. It may sound trivial but it is a very important distinction. The former should be placed in a 'Further reading section' and only the latter can be added to a references section that assumes the resources have been used properly in that way. Please make it clear which is the case. Either is fine, but eventually the article needs real references. Thanks - Taxman Talk 18:47, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hint for chess diagram template usage
Endgame study - maybe this style of title captions looks more professional. --Klin 09:34, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, this way it looks much better. Thanks for advice! Andreas Kaufmann 11:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
One more template, see shatranj. --Klin 16:46, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
- Good job! Thanks! Andreas Kaufmann 16:55, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Broken link
Crazyhouse - the link of the Japanese sake tournament no longer works (at least not for me) --Ishamael
- Thanks for finding this! I removed the link (it was not so important anyway). Andreas Kaufmann 08:18, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] You
I wish to interview you, or atleast find out your life story, and some other things. I am trying to research all about humankind and all types of peoples. I have randomly chosen you, if you wish to comply to this, it can be done in secrecy through e-mail, or easily on the talk pages, which ever is easiest for you. But if you don't like this idea, then tell me on talk page. Private Butcher 01:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
Did you know that 1956 was the first time when a computer was able to play a chess-like game, Los Alamos chess?
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[edit] savage edit
Andreas your Chaturanga page seems to have been drastically simplified. I see nothing to justify the editing, but it probably fall short of outright vandalism. Take a look if it's not on your watchlist.--Shoka 20:13, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Chess
Hi, I noticed that you haven't listed your name in Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess. I was wondering if this was because you weren't aware of the project? I have seen that you have contributed many edits to chess articles and thought you might want to join. :) It should be the best place for centered discussion of chess related topics. --ZeroOne 22:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- I joined now. Thanks for invitation! Andreas Kaufmann 06:56, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Grand Chess
Since you are looking at that article, could you maybe comment on the discussion on the talk page in the Spirit section? Thanks. JoshuaZ 19:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] SMIRF
There is already a German language page for the SMIRF program on Wikipedia.
An English language page is needed.
Since you are fluent, conversionally and technically, in both languages, I am asking you to create an English language page using the German language page as a guide. I am sure Scharnagl would be grateful. So, would I. --AceVentura
- I am not sure I will have time for that in near future. As a next, I plan to write an article about KAISSA, first computer chess champion. Andreas Kaufmann 18:49, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Origins of chess
Karnamak was written during Sassanid era and it mentions chatranj in it. What can I do ? Amir85 17:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks! I found about Karnamak in Murray. Karnamak really mentions shatranj, but this only proves that shatranj was well known at the time Karnamak is written. I changed the text in Origin of chess accordingly. Andreas Kaufmann 21:16, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reference desk question
Hi. Perhaps you could answer the question I posed on the Humanities reference desk (the last one asked on July 29). It's been neglected for an unfair amount of time. --Siva 02:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- I added answer to your question there. More about chess history you can find here. Andreas Kaufmann 20:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 9/1 Chess960 Edit
I don't understand the rationalle for deleting all material about Starting Position Id's and practical ways to set up a starting position. ENortham 03:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)Edward Northam
- It was not deleted, but moved into separate article Chess960 starting position. In Chess960 you can see section "Starting position", which refers to that article as "Main article". This is a usual way to make the main article of reasonable length. See for example Chess. Almost for every section there is much more information, it would be not good to leave all of this in Chess article. Andreas Kaufmann 20:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your patient explanation. Sorry to have caused you some trouble. I think, now, that the new version is a distinct improvement. ENortham 00:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)Edward Northam
[edit] Discussion about links to ChessWorld.net at WikiProject Chess
Hi Andreas, I started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chess#Links to chessworld.net - you are welcomed to contribute. Greetings, --Ioannes Pragensis 17:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] citation on blunder about writing down move first
You asked for a citation on this. Are you asking for a citation about the 2005 date? The current FIDE rules, article 8.1 forbids writing the move first, except in claiming a draw. I don't have all of the previous rules, but in the 1974 rules, article 13.1, 1970 interpretation of 13.1, it says that the player has the choice. So it changed sometime, but I don't know when. Bubba73 (talk), 15:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Reference to article in FIDE rules is enough, thanks for adding it! It is not much important when it changed, but it is important that now it is forbidden to write down the move first. Andreas Kaufmann 20:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
