CHESMAYNE
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Chesmayne
The nomenclature used in
Chesmayne. The word ‘Chesmayne’ is taken
from the French and means ‘Chess-Company’ –
‘ches’ and ‘mayne’. It is the term used
to describe the modern new boards, MPs/mps, symbols, notation, syntax etc.
To learn to play chess, all you need is a
Chesmayne set and a friend who either knows how to play or wants to learn with
you [see ‘print chess boards and pieces’].
Every chess set has two armies and each army consists of many MPs/mps
depending on the level of play chosen. The chessboard is your battlefield. It is divided into 64, 90 or 100 cells etc,
arranged in blocks. The board is divided into the KIs-side and the QUs-side, also called the KIs-flank or QUs-wing and the QUs-flank or KIs
wing. Level-1: the BS, KT and RO nearest to the KI are called BS2, KT2 and
RO2. Those nearest to QU1 are called BS1, KT1 and
RO1. A chess game always opens with the
MPs/mps in their ISP (Initial Starting Position)
of the level chosen for play. By convention, the two chess armies are
referred to as Alpha and Beta, but the triangular sets used for playing
Chesmayne are just as likely to be coloured white and red, beige and brown, or white and
green (in fact any two contrasting colours).
Very elaborate traditional multicoloured sets have been made to represent Napoleon’s army fighting against the Duke of Wellington’s forces, for instance, or
opposing political parties, but the Chesmayne sets used for friendly and
tournament play are normally of a simple triangular design, mps being small triangles, and
the MPs being larger triangles that
point upwards. To deliver checkmate you must make a move that
both attacks the enemy KI and prevents your opponent from making a reply that
would remove h/er from attack. If you
checkmate your opponent the game is over and you have won. You will also win if your opponent decides
to resign or withdraw from the
game. This might happen if your
opponent is sure that h/er position is hopeless and that it is only a matter of
time before you deliver checkmate. If
it is not possible for either side to force ++CM, the game is draw. In this case there is no outright winner and
the honours are shared. This might
happen, for example, if each player has only a KI remaining on the board. There are other ways of drawing a game. If both players think that neither of them
has much chance of winning, they can agree to a draw. Or a game can be drawn by stalemate (:L01 only). Stalemate (as a win) on all other levels of
chess is by mutual agreement at the beginning of a game.
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Players must take turns to
make a move and they cannot refuse to do so.
Each chess MP/mp is allowed to move in a particular way. The PA can move forwards, for instance, but not
backwards. Players are allowed to move
only their own MPs/mps, and two MPs/mps cannot be placed on the same cell at
the same time (see ‘Amber cell’ - yellow - XA). It is considered good manners in chess to
move a MP/mp once you have touched it.
This is called the ‘Touch-Move’ rule and in competition games it is compulsory. In friendly games you will often find
players do not insist on this rule, but it is a good habit to avoid touching a
MP/mp unless you are sure that you want to make a move.
The best way to learn chess and
the most enjoyable is by practicing with a friend who either knows how to play
or wants to learn with you. In chess a notation is a system of abbreviation
which makes it easier to discuss and record the moves of a game. It is a shorthand way of describing what is
happening on the chessboard. You will
find it useful to take a few moments to learn the three different
notation’s
used in Chesmayne now, before reading any further, as otherwise it may be
difficult for you to understand the symbols used in the text. The modern method of recording chess games
are called the XY
axis notation and the Acentric notation and the Centric. Algebraic notation (XY axis) is based on a
simple grid system of letters and numbers.
The board is divided into vertical columns called files, each of which is
identified by one of the letters of the alphabet (capitalized). The file to the far left of :A’s side is always F$A. :B’s A-file is always on the far right. The horizontal columns are called ranks, and each rank is given a
number. The bottom rank on :A’s end of
the board is always 01. You will find
that using the Chesmayne notation will make recording or playing the game a lot
easier, particularly when you move away from using the 8 x 8 board.
Link to:
Chesmayne
This is an extensive site
containing a large chess directory/dictionary/lexicon with many terms listed,
chess terms, terms from chess variants, but also many other references.
The aim of the Chesmayne dictionary is to provide the
general reader with as much information about words and facts as can be
comprehended within a single manageable volume. It presents the finest chess terms that have
kissed the printed page over the last few centuries. In the game of Chesmayne there has been a
significant shift in the nomenclature used by most players and the dictionary
takes account of this shift. The dictionary
is a user-friendly expanding encyclopedia brimming with chess data.
The
world has contracted from a great area in which human populations have taken
weeks or even months to make contact with each other, into what has been
described as the ‘super information highway’ of today. The definitions in the dictionary offer
balanced scholarship and lucidity. It
provides you with the information you need concerning the spelling, meaning,
and etymology of the words selected.
There are 50+ broad classes of entry in the dictionary, all contained
for ease of reference in a single categorized index (please see ‘syntax’
in the A-Z dictionary). The dictionary has been included as a back-up to the
main text. You will find the
information presented as straight data in most cases.
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Clearly,
the first task is to describe the vocabulary of chess players. A good dictionary is a guide to usage just
as a good map tells you the nature of the terrain over which you may want to
travel. It is not the function of a dictionary-maker
to tell you how to speak, any more than it is the function of the map-maker to
move rivers. The dictionary tells you what is commonly accepted usage of a
word. The first meaning represents the
most common usage of each word, except in a few instances where the meaning of
the word would be better understood in historical or other order. A picture
tells a thousand words and for this reason many pictures, graphics and diagrams
have been included. Some of the
diagrams may be printed on your own printer (chessboards and pieces - see ‘Main Text’).
Coinage
of new words such as ‘chessic’ and ‘Chesmayne’ and specialized senses of
existing words have also been included.
The function of the dictionary has been to define them clearly. Every effort has been made to avoid a
provincial attitude. Words which show signs of becoming standard have been
given special attention. The dictionary
contains all words which have been in normal literary use by chess players in
the last 500+ years but also includes many obsolete and archaic words.
Major
writers, inventors and other leading people in the recorded history of chess
have been included. A special class of
entry calls for no special comment - foreign words and phrases have been
included if they are generally used in an English context and current standard
abbreviations are also listed for your convenience, especially those new ones
which are so prominent in contemporary Chesmayne, such as +CH, +PC, +DO, +DC, ++CM
etc. Each word entry is given in its
modern standard spelling, usage, and consistency. It is my hope to have produced a work
worthy of our readers - a work that will be of good service to its users.
As a global
language English now stands first, its only rivals being Spanish, French and
Portuguese. The Chinese and Russian
languages are hampered by antiquated scripts.
China by its ancient pictographic characters (although Romanization is
making progress), and Russia by its Cyrillic alphabet. The four world languages are blessed with
one and the same Roman script. Their
prefixes and suffixes whether Greek or Latin or native, are being fully
employed to produce greater succinctness and precision. The gate has remained open to foreign elements,
adopted or adapted as required. The
English language has 10,000+ freshly minted new words or phrases added each
year. A dictionary serves as a quarry
where we draw verbal materials to make new words or modify those already in
use. In the course of this process,
lucunae are filled in - simple words are replaced by complex ones. Explanations
in the dictionary, where they are given are sidelined into numbered footnotes
which draw the reader further into the morass of academic scaramouching. As Chesmayne proliferates fresh word-blocks
will be mined from this quarry. It is
fanciful therefore to see in this growing Chesmayne nomenclature of today an
adumbration of the chess players language of tomorrow.