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03-11/07:42 Hagbard: Welcome to the East Lansing students, good to see you here again 03-09/15:33 Luizz: I'm not entirely convinced by that "ultrastrong player" argument. As we are a super small community, the skills vary greatly between the players, even among the "ultrastrong" ones. Also, the rating may not be that accurate as in other, more active communities. For me, it definitely feels like black has an advantage in Copenhagen. We would propably need an engine to find a definite answer to the advantage of one color. Having white play first would be interesting to try for a few times, however, I dont think it would change the overall game that much honestly 03-04/06:24 Hagbard: And also, the development PC has burnt off. 03-03/22:21 Draganov: I tested this variant two years ago in the mobile app. I am not sure if the first move is giving the whites advantage or not. For example, Millar gambit requires the blacks to move 1.h1-h3 and then the gambit is the white's response to that first move. However, with the whites playing first, the blacks could create attacks against white's first move. I think it will be interesting to test this variant. I had a chat with Alex and he is willing to test this variant. So, maybe we could play a match and test it if the variant is implemented here. 03-03/17:51 Hagbard: A reason I'm not so fond of that, is that the balance is already +1.33 Among ultrastrong players, +1.10 03-03/17:37 Draganov: @Hagbard, could you create a Copenhagen 11x11 with whites moving first? I think it will be good to test such a variant. 03-02/20:07 Draganov: @All, I am practically retired but I would like to comeback from retirement and focus on the game again for one match against Alex Hnefatafl in Copenhagen. I would like to play a match of 100 simultaneous games against him. I am also open to play such a match against Cacreal or everybody else who wants to challenge me in a 100 games match. I think such a long match could help bringing my game motivation back. 02-26/13:00 Hagbard: Finished tournaments: Daldos 3x14: #1 Rosk, #2 Tonythebook, #3 Xerxes and Colophonius Saami Sahkku 3x15 (Kaafjord): #1 Xerxes, #2 Rosk, #3 Tonyfromformby Daldos 3x12: #1 Tonythebook, Colophonius, Jilles and Xerxes Saami Daabloe 11x9: #1 Rosk, Herjan and Jrton80 Daldos 3x16: #1 Jrton80, #2 Tonythebook and Xerxes Simple Tafl-w 11x11: #1 Paca, #2 Masterluke and Jrton80 Daldos 3x14: #1 Xerxes, #2 Rosk and Jrton80 Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11: #1 Luizz, #2 Tonythebook, #3 Tonyfromformby and Themightyglider Simple Tafl rhombus-w 9x9: #1 Paca, #2 Tonythebook, #3 Luizz and Masterluke Saami Sahkku 3x15 (Kaafjord): #1 Rosk, #2 Colophonius and Tonythebook Daldos 3x12: #1 Xerxes, #2 Brave-frog and Jrton80 Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut-w): #1 Paca, #2 Dimetr, #3 Jrton80 Daldos 3x16: #1 Tonyfromformby, #2 Jilles, #3 Xerxes and Jrton80 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 13x13: #1 Tonythebook, Paca and Jilles Daldos 3x14: #1 Colophonius, #2 Chaolaibhne, #3 Tonythebook, Xerxes and Jrton80 Frisian Dablo0 11x9: #1 Brave-frog, #2 Rosk, #3 Jrton80 Thor-w 15x15: #1 Jrton80, #2 Masterluke, #3 Tonyfromformby and Brave-frog Saami Sahkku 3x15 (Kaafjord): #1 Rosk and Colophonius, #3 Xerxes and Brave-frog Loki 17x17: #1 Draganov, #2 Jrton80, #3 Tonythebook and Masterluke Daldos 3x12: #1 Colophonius, #2 Jrton80, #3 Xerxes Daldos 3x16: #1 Xerxes and Rosk, #3 Tonyfromformby Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11: #1 Draganov, #2 Tonythebook and Dimetr Odin 17x17: Masterluke: 4 pt., Jrton80: 4 pt., Rosk: 3 pt. Daldos 3x14: #1 Tonyfromformby and Xerxes, #3 Rosk, Brave-frog and Floki Thor-w 15x15: #1 Jrton80, #2 Masterluke, #3 Rosk Saami Sahkku 3x15 (Kaafjord): #1 Tonyfromformby and Brave-frog, #3 Tonythebook, Xerxes and Rosk 02-23/17:57 Hagbard: Thank you for asking! No it's ok for the time being. I switched to a very old emergency computer; it's very slow and has very few functions; but at least it can see the internet, so what more can one wish ... My fine well working computer burned off because of too much work. For a year and a half it also functioned as a TV-server, which was very heavy work. 02-23/14:20 Steiger: @Hagbard, what about your conp? Maybe you need some help? |
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