On 2/5/23 00:14, Forest Sweeney via agora-business wrote:
> I'm surprised Agora hasn't done chess yet, so I submit the following
> proposal:
> {
> Title: Agorachess
> Adoption Index: 1.0
> Author: 4st
> Coauthor: nix, snail, G., Murphy
>
> Enact "Agorachess Definition" with Power=1.0 and the text:
> {
> The rules of chess are taken to be the ones from the following link:
> https://chess.org/rulesIs this just a random chess website? Why not reference the FIDE rules? > The rules of agorachess are the rules of chess, except our rules takes > precedence over any conflict. > > The rules of agorachess remove these phrases from the rules of chess: > - Most drawn games are draws by agreement based upon the rules. > - A position is said to be a draw (r a drawn position) if either player > can, through correct play, eventually force the game into a position > where the game must end in a draw, regardless of the moves made by > the other player. > - 2. Timed Games > - Games can be played with a time-limit by setting a move time when > creating a new game. > - In timed games each player has a certain amount of time available for > deciding which > moves to make, and the time remaining for each player decreases only when > it is > their turn to move. > - — either player may resign if the situation looks hopeless > - draw by agreement, Probably cleaner to update this to the FIDE laws and say that only the Basic Rules of Play apply, except Article 4. You could add an explicit clause to say "An Agorachess game CANNOT be drawn by agreement.", though offering a draw is not a move. > A move follows algebraic chess notation, which is described by appendix C > of the following link: > https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023 "appendix C of the FIDE Laws of Chess". > A record of moves is a list of moves that alternate between white making > the move, and black making the move, and inserted before each pair of moves > is an incrementing integer, followed by a period starting at "1." This > definition shall allow for the example game given in appendix C to be a > valid record of moves. "A record of moves is a format of a list of moves, alternating between being made by white and black, such that each white move is preceded by an incrementing integer beginning at 1." Probably not a good idea to invalidate a record solely for missing a period. > Enact "Agorachess Play" with power=1.0 and the text: > { > If there is not currently an agorachess game hasn't ended, any player can, > by announcement, present an empty record of moves to start an agorachess > game, and may optionally include a representation of the current agorachess > chessboard. "If there is not currently an ongoing Agorachess game, any player CAN begin one by announcement.". There's no need to require the presentation of an empty list (and presenting is a speech act, not something that would be done by announcement). > If a player has not done so in the past 6 days, e can, by announcement, > make one agorachess move, by announcement of an updated record of moves > with one additional, valid move, and e may optionally include a > representation of the current agorachess chessboard. "If a player has not done so in the past 6 days, e CAN, by announcement, make an Agorachess move, specifying a legal move for the side that has the move and including an updated record accurately reflecting that move and all previous moves." > > When a player makes a valid move that checkmates either side, any player can > increase that player's score by 5 and end the agorachess game by > announcement. "CAN", in capital letters, and I'd say "legal" rather than "valid" (just to mirror normal chess terminology). Also, this leaves no incentive for a player not in a cabal to make a move that allows mate-in-one. > An agorachess game can end with agoran consent. "A player CAN end an ongoing Agorachess came with Agoran consent." -- Janet Cobb Assessor, Mad Engineer, Rulekeepor, Stonemason
