38-Tournament - Rounds One and Two

Tournament Results

(22 June 1998) It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the 38 Challenge Chess Variant Tournament. Congratulations to Ben Good, who won 5 out of the 6 games he played. Ben will receive a "38 Tournament" T-Shirt proclaiming him as the 38 tournament champion.

Congratulations also to Hans Bodlaender, who won 4 out of the 5 games he played. Hans will also receive a "38 Tournament" T-Shirt proclaiming him as the second place winner.

I'd like to thank all the players for participating in the tournament. I hope everyone had some fun and also learned from the experience too.

--David Howe

Player Information

Please see the registration list for information on player names, email addresses, and preferences.

Tournament Information

For tournament rules and other tournament related information, please see the The 38-Challenge Chess Variant Tournament page.

How the games were chosen

The highest priority was given to player preferences for which variants they wanted to play. After that, I tried to assign games designed by participants. Another consideration was to have as many variants as possible be played. The games I chose, other than the player preferences and player designed ones, were chosen at random.

The table below shows the games assignments, who plays white, and will show the outcome of the games also. Note that the standard version of the variant is assumed, unless the players agree beforehand to play a certain variant of the variant.

If anyone does not have access to a table aware browser, please let me know, and I will either email you the table in text format, or put a text formatted table on this page. Note: please look at the bottom of this page for a plain text version of the game assignments.

I will be determining the games and match-ups for round two while round one is being played. During that time players will have a chance to change their preferences as to which variants they would like to play (for round two).

David Howe
alcove@frontiernet.net 













Round 1
1. Jim
2. Hans
3. Eric
4. Rob
5. Ben
6. Joao
7. Uri
8. Steve
9. Dave




1. Jim
Aikin		
 
PEAN:1
-/-		
last:1
-/-		
craz:1
-/-		
QUAD:1
1/0		
AMBA:6
1/0		
WEAK:7
0/1		
amba:8
1/0		
craz:9
-/-		




2. Hans
Bodlaender		
PEAN:1
-/-		
 
CHEG:2
0/1		
FLPS:4
0/1		
weak:2
-/-		
amba:2
1/0		
flpc:7
0/1		
ARNM:2
1/0		
royl:9
-/-		




3. Eric
Greenwood		
last:1
-/-		
CHEG:2
0/1		
 
flps:3
-/-		
38SP:5
-/-		
WEAK:3
-/-		
flpc:3
1/0		
weak:8
1/0		
LAST:3
1/0		




4. Rob
Nierse		
craz:1
-/-		
FLPS:4
0/1		
flps:3
-/-		
 
CRAZ:4
0/1		
38SP:6
1/0		
ROYL:7
0/1		
gusc:4
-/-		
royl:4
-/-		




5. Ben
Good		
QUAD:1
1/0		
weak:2
-/-		
38SP:5
-/-		
CRAZ:4
0/1		
 
weak:6
0/1		
royl:5
1/0		
hour:5
1/0		
MY38:5
1/0		




6. Joao
Neto		
AMBA:6
1/0		
amba:2
1/0		
WEAK:3
-/-		
38SP:6
1/0		
weak:6
0/1		
 
smsp:7
0/1		
GUSC:8
0/1		
pira:6
-/-		




7. Uri
Bruck		
WEAK:7
0/1		
flpc:7
0/1		
flpc:3
1/0		
ROYL:7
0/1		
royl:5
1/0		
smsp:7
0/1		
 
HOUR:8
1/0		
PEAN:9
1/0		




8. Stephen
Kennedy		
amba:8
1/0		
ARNM:2
1/0		
weak:8
1/0		
gusc:4
-/-		
hour:5
1/0		
GUSC:8
0/1		
HOUR:8
1/0		
 
CUBE:9
0/1		




9. Dave
Hogarty		
craz:9
-/-		
royl:9
-/-		
LAST:3
1/0		
royl:4
-/-		
MY38:5
1/0		
pira:6
-/-		
PEAN:9
1/0		
CUBE:9
0/1		
 




Point
Totals		
2.0/4.0
50%		
4.0/5.0
80%		
3.0/4.0
75%		
1.0/4.0
25%		
5.0/6.0
83%		
4.0/6.0
66%		
0.0/8.0
0%		
4.0/7.0
57%		
1.0/4.0
25%		






Key:

XXXX:n        XXXX = Variant to be played   n = white player number
 x/x          -/- = incomplete              1/0 = white wins
              0/1 = black wins              0/0 = draw

Variant abbreviation is in lower case for round two games







H38C = Hans 38 Chess
AMBA = Amoeba
QUAD = Quad-Square Chess
WEAK = Weak Square of the Jumping King
38SP = Hans 38Special
ROYL = Royal Standard
FLPS = Flip Shogi
HOUR = Hourglass Chess
CRAZ = Crazy 38's
ARNM = Arnhem Chess
CHEG = Chego (using "H38" board)
PEAN = Peanut
GUSC = Guschess
CUBE = Cube+
MY38 = My38 Chess
LAST = The Last Mourning
PIRA = Pirates-Henge-Ho
SMSP = Small Spherical Chess
FLPC = Flip Chess










Game Assignments - plain text


Round One

1. Jim Aikin  jaikin@pacbell.net

   Hans 38 Chess* vs. Hans (Jim plays white)
   Quad-Square Chess vs. Ben (Jim plays white)
   Amoeba vs. Joao (Joao plays white)
   Weak Sq. of Jumping King vs. Uri (Uri plays white)

   * (changed to Peanut, due to the long playing time of Hans 38 Chess)

2. Hans Bodlaender  hansb@cs.ruu.nl

   Hans 38 Chess* vs. Jim (Jim plays white)
   Chego vs. Eric (Hans plays white)
   Flip Shogi vs. Rob (Rob plays white)
   Arnhem Chess vs. Stephen (Hans plays white)

   * (changed to Peanut, due to the long playing time of Hans 38 Chess)

3. Eric Greenwood  thecav@gte.net

   Chego vs. Hans (Hans plays white)
   Hans 38Special vs. Ben (Ben plays white)
   Weak Sq. of Jumping King vs. Joao (Eric plays white)
   The Last Mourning vs. Dave (Eric plays white)

4. Rob Nierse  113322.1537@compuserve.com

   Flip Shogi vs. Hans (Rob plays white)
   Crazy 38's vs. Ben (Rob plays white)
   Hans 38Special vs. Joao (Joao plays white)
   Royal Standard vs. Uri (Uri plays white)

5. Ben Good  bg18+@andrew.cmu.edu

   Quad-Square chess vs. Jim (Jim plays white)
   Hans 38Special vs. Eric (Ben plays white)
   Crazy 38's vs. Rob (Rob plays white)
   My38 Chess vs. Dave (Ben plays white)

6. Joao Neto  jpn@di.fc.ul.pt

   Amoeba vs. Jim (Joao plays white)
   Weak Sq. of the Jumping King vs. Eric (Eric plays white)
   Hans 38Special vs. Rob (Joao plays white)
   Guschess vs. Stephen (Stephen plays white)

7. Uri Bruck  bruck@actcom.co.il

   Weak Sq. of the Jumping King vs. Jim (Uri plays white)
   Royal Standard vs. Rob (Uri plays white)
   Hourglass chess vs. Stephen (Stephen plays white)
   Peanut vs. Dave (Dave plays white)

8. Stephen Kennedy  skennedy@uscom.com

   Arnhem Chess vs. Hans (Hans plays white)
   Guschess vs. Joao (Stephen plays white)
   Hourglass chess vs. Uri (Stephen plays white)
   Cube+ vs. Dave (Dave plays white)

9. Dave Hogarty  hogartycrew@characterlink.net

   The Last Mourning vs. Eric (Eric plays white)
   My38 chess vs. Ben (Ben plays white)
   Peanut vs. Uri (Dave plays white)
   Cube+ vs. Stephen (Dave plays white)

Round Two

1. Jim Aiken

   The Last Mourning vs. Eric (Jim plays white)
   Crazy 38's vs. Rob (Jim plays white)
   Amoeba vs. Steve (Jim plays black)
   Crazy 38's vs. Dave (Jim plays black)

2. Hans Bodlaender

   The Weak Square of the Jumping King vs. Ben (Hans plays white)
   Amoeba vs. Joao (Hans plays white)
   Flip Chess vs. Uri (Hans plays black)
   Royal Standard vs. Dave (Hans plays black)

3. Eric Greenwood

   The Last Mourning vs. Jim (Eric plays black)
   Flip Shogi vs. Rob (Eric plays white)
   Flip Chess vs. Uri (Eric plays white)
   The Weak Square of the Jumping King vs. Steve (Eric plays black)

4. Rob Nierse

   Crazy 38's vs. Jim (Rob plays black)
   Flip Shogi vs. Eric (Rob plays black)
   Guschess vs. Steve (Rob plays white)
   Royal Standard vs. Dave (Rob plays white)

5. Ben Good

   The Weak Square of the Jumping King vs. Hans (Ben plays black)
   The Weak Square of the Jumping King vs. Joao (Ben plays black)
   Royal Standard vs. Uri (Ben plays white)
   Hourglass Chess vs. Steve (Ben plays white)

6. Joao Neto

   Amoeba vs. Hans (Joao plays black)
   The Weak Square of the Jumping King vs. Ben (Joao plays white)
   Small Spherical Chess vs. Uri (Joao plays black)
   Pirates-Henge-Ho vs. Dave (Joao plays white)

7. Uri Bruck

   Flip Chess vs. Hans (Uri plays white)
   Flip Chess vs. Eric (Uri plays black)
   Royal Standard vs. Ben (Uri plays black)
   Small Spherical Chess vs. Joao (Uri plays white)

8. Stephen Kennedy

   Amoeba vs. Jim (Steve plays white)
   The Weak Square of the Jumping King vs. Eric (Steve plays white)
   Guschess vs. Rob (Steve plays black)
   Hourglass chess vs. Ben (Steve plays black)

9. Dave Hogarty

   Crazy 38's vs. Jim (Dave plays white)
   Royal Standard vs. Hans (Dave plays white)
   Royal Standard vs. Rob (Dave plays black)
   Pirates-Henge-Ho vs. Joao (Dave plays black)