Re: The "swap rule" in chess...

Harold Buck  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wirchenko) wrote:
[K vs. K endgame.]
>>    The winner is the person who captured the last piece.  The other
>>player frittered away his lead.
>>     The winner is the player who lost the last piece.  He held out
>>the longest.
>Gee, this doesn't change the character of the game at all, does it?
><sniff> <sniff>
>Smell that? That's sarcasm.

Given the directly opposed nature of Gene's suggestions and the silly
remark about dropping players out of a jet, I wouldn't be criticising
anyone else for a sense of humour failure if I were you.
-- 
David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Distortion Field!