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IBM PC-486
Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP
Graphics display adapter VGA or SVGA
Mouse or keyboard |
There are three sizes of the chessboard in the program: 8x8, 7x7, and 6x6.
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CrazyChess plays in the game which is called Loosing
Chess.
Losing Chess often also called Giveaway Chess or Suicide
Chess is a chess variant where the goal is to ‘lose’,
i.e. to be left without pieces or moves. It's crazy,
isn't it? Losing Chess is getting more and more popular,
many players discover the beauty and the deepness of
this wonderful game! Loosing Chess is very popular game
among the children who like to play in chess.
Losing Chess has several variants. CrasyChess includes
three of them.
Stalemate = Win
The traditional rules, which are also greatly preferred
by most strong players, follow:
All the rules of normal chess apply, with the following
exceptions:
1. Capturing is compulsory.
2. The King plays no special role - it can be taken,
put or left 'en prise'. Castling is available.
3. Pawns can promote to any piece (including the King).
4. The player wins if he cannot move, i.e. he has no
pieces left or his pieces are stalemated.
There is one more exception in rules for the boards
6x6 and 7x7: on its first move Pawn may step forward
only one square.
Stalemate = Draw
All the rules of the traditional Loosing Chess apply
(see Stalemate=Win), with the following exception: the
player wins only if he has no pieces left. In case of
stalemate the game is drawn.
The variant is played in AISE, the Italian Chess Variant
Association. It is known there as VINCIPERDI.
Stalemate = Count Chessmen
All the rules of the traditional Loosing Chess apply
(see Stalemate=Win), with the following two exceptions:
1. In case of stalemate the win for the player with
fewer chessmen (pieces and Pawns).
2. No castling is allowed here.
These rules are a bit unusual, but quite acceptable.
They have been invented on the FICS-server, the server
with the highest Losing Chess activity.
Initial position
In CrasyChess you are allowed to select 3 types of initial
position:
Standard position
It means that on the board sized 8x8 all pieces stand
like in traditional chess. Initial position on the boards
7x7 and 6x6 have a special standard.
Random position
All Pawns stand like in traditional chess while the
pieces location is defined randomly by the computer.
Every time you start the game, computer generates a
new position for pieces. Pieces of both sides are always
arranged symmetrically.
User position
Here you can place manually any pieces on any empty
squares of the chessboard. Thanks to this option, CrazyChess
can solve Loosing Chess problems.
The Play mode incorporates 7 levels of difficulty.
The difficulty of a particular level depends on three
factors: the size of the board, the number of half moves
(plies) a computer personality looks ahead while thinking
(fixed depth), and the time alloted for a game. The
more size of the chessboard, the more difficult is a
play. The higher the difficulty level, the less time
you and computer have for a game. At each level you
will be offered a total of 5 games. You will not be
promoted to the next difficulty level unless you have
won 3 out of the 5 games at the current level.
In the Training mode you may choose any playing strength
level of the program, using the options Fixed depth
and Time control. If you wish to use CrasyChess as a
solver of Loosing Chess problems, set up a Fixed depth
on 15 and Time control - on unlimited (***).
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