Kung-fu chess

Kung-fu chess

Kung-fu chess is a chess variant without turns. It is a Real-time strategy game. Any player can move any of his pieces at any given moment. A piece must "rest" a while before it is allowed to move again. Victory is achieved when the enemy king is captured.

"Kung-Fu chess" can also be played with one or three other people at one time; the last person with a king left wins. The speeds of movement and the "rest" period can be adjusted.

Shizmoo

This game was created by Shizmoo Games. Kung-fu Chess was Game of the Year 2003 from [http://www.arcadepod.com Arcade Pod] and Game of the Month February 2002 from [http://www.gamespot.com Game Spot] . It can be played online at [http://www.shizmoo.com Shizmoo.com] , with up to 80 players online during busy hours; the most popular way to play the game is in a 4-way match. Currently, the servers for this game are down, and there isn't any indication of when they will be back up.

Rankings

Kung-fu chess assigns each player a numerical rating based on the player's win/loss record, using the same system as ICC, the Internet Chess Club. Additionally, each rating range corresponds to a kung-fu belt color as follows:

* Green Belt: Newbie (20 games or fewer played)
* Purple Belt: 800-999
* White Belt: 1000-1199
* Yellow Belt: 1200-1399
* Orange Belt: 1400-1599
* Red Belt: 1600-1799
* Brown Belt: 1800-1999
* Black Belt: 2000+

Additional rankings such as black O and black X are awarded for 2200 rating and 2400 respectively.

Notable high-rated players include overall ranked #1 Quickbolt with a rating of 2575, and overall #2 Devilz with a rating of 2500.

Malware warning

The adware component of Shizmoo Games may contain a security breach that infects the target computer with a trojan horse that is extremely difficult to remove without reformatting your hard drive.
* [http://www.kungfuchess.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=61595&highlight=&sid=02ea5c09522c0c89abf8d7c3ab7be606 Shizmoo forum topic on adware/spyware]
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=7VH&q=trojan+shizmoo&btnG=Search Google search: shizmoo trojan]

External links

* [http://www.kungfuchess.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.tubo-world.de/en/devilantguide/ Strategy guide]
* [http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january02/igfchess/bio.shtm GameSpy article]
* [http://www.gamedev.net/columns/interviews/shizmoo2004.asp GameDev.net article]


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