Chess Game in Colour: May 2005

Ethnic Piano : Music of Antoni O'Breski

Came across an amazing man today.

Got given a music-cd and exchanged on of my photo's in return.

only later did i realise i had been standing next to a genius.

here's a link to his work and official site (some say his work was the inspiration to the concept of "Riverdance"
Antoni Breschi

ethnic instruments such as:
uilleann pipes, whistle, fiddle, accordion, voices from the Basque country, flamenco guitars, Arabian violin, African voices, zarb from Persia, charango from Cile, Indian tabla and tampora, Australian didgerydoo, jazz brass, classic strings, flamenco palmas and zapateados, kakon peruviano, celtic harp, classical harp, bodhran, drum, tarabuka, sax, trompet, double bass, electric bass, dulcimer, spoons, and much more...

It's all there

Chess Game in Colour

I am Painter-photographer) and have been working for some years on a new type of Game (Innovative Co-Operative Approaches)

The Game is based on Chess (in Colour)

This Game i'm proposing in colour has a totaly different approach
(instead of players attacking each other,they need to co-operate to finish a game as quickly as possible)

the game can also be played on different levels and setups

i managed of get a general idea via this link
Chess_Game_in_Colour

Website
www.theapplegallery.com

am in the process of programming this game ( best score,move count,
timer,etc..) and hope to have that ready in a few weeks time

am also hoping of playing those games in some form of tournament in the near future

the idea is also to make the games with
different set-ups (colours or forms)and levels (-easy, intermediate and difficult)
there's a multitude of ways the players and the board could look,making it easier or more difficult to find the opposite player.

feedback greatly appreciated

Dominique Beyens

website

www.theapplegallery.com

some more information-----

the basic difference between this game and normal chess is
that the nature of the game is not one of attacking but of helping eachother
(i'm at present working (writing) on some form of play (story) where "war is over" and the two

clans are invited to a wedding (hence they need to get there as soon as possible)
my initial idea was (still is)to play the game with coloured lights (additive colour)when for

example
(in the theatre)you shine red+blue+green toghether on the stage it will make white. having 2 opposites would make a white light(RIGHT MOVE))
while for example green and red create just another colour (-yellow) so (WRONG MOVE)

the players need to find their opposite colour ( that could be made easy or difficult)+ you can change the whole setup

over the years i have been applying different forms how this game could be played
(example--- the game with the carpets, i made with the help of a whole village in India and works on the same principle- finding their opposite player) same as the other game with the coloured squares .
i also used numbers to make it a bit easier to understand (opposite players need to make nr "7")

the moves used are exactly the same as in chess (horse,bishop,etc...)

i'm updating my site and weblog as i go along.

Wool Balls

wool balls used for the carpets

trying and testing this new blog stuff

Isn't it amazing.

I think i found a great tool.
lets go to work.

colourchess: Photos Paintings and a new Alternative Chess Game in Colour

website
www.theapplegallery.com/
photography
Photos from India
Paintings
Paintings
and last but not least the Chess Game
Chess game in colour

Some old musings

Mahabalipuram 2001

click here to view more photos

35 degrees and hotting up.
the village wakes up to the sound of chissels on marble and granite.
fishingnets are getting mended.
delicious food and an abundance of fruits.
from my room i can hear the sea.
bought a mandolin in london.
10 kg lighter.
a bit of yoga.
the odd beer.
there are
cows,dogs,horses,goats,chickens,pigs,monkeys,salamanders,butterflies,
crows,herons and many more.
at times there's the gamut of noise and pollution.
othertimes it feels like you hear time standing still.
the colour and smell tempts the senses.
i'm off soon to the rajastandesert where somebody helps me making a carpet.
et la vie continue a mahabalipuram

1st Player and Magic Carpet

About a new game

This is going to be a blog about a new alternative chessgame that's played with colour

Excpect loads of pictures in the future

Big carpet i made as an artproject (several other ones available) displayed at the festival of worldcultures
(-Dun Loughaire- Ireland - 2004)
Festival_of_Worldcultures
They have been made with "New Zealand Pure Virgin Wool" and involved a whole hamlet (village) near the old city of Benares (Varanasi) (India )and a plethora of other people( muslims, hindus and christians) .Considerable time and energy has been spend to realise this venture.

play a chess game in colour here

over the years i have been going to india in search of artists and craftpeople.
loads of projects became dead ends, however some projects became very fruitfull and are still ongoing. Sourcing materials could involve several days of busses,trains,jeeps,rickshaws or just plain walking.

it also involved dealing with a total new set of rules regarding how things are done,
(practical matters, business, there's a festival a day in india, marriages, etc...)
unexpected situations are very common if not the thumb of rule, which.. of course... makes everything that little bit more exciting

to be short, i fell in love with the place and the people.

Photos Paintings and a new Alternative Chess Game in Colour

i am an artist and have been working for some years on a new type of chess game
(in colour)
the game is based on chess with the exception that the game i'm proposing in
colour has a totaly different approach (instead of players attacking each other
they need to co-operate to finish a game as quickly as possible)
the game can also be played on different levels and setups

I travelled to India to make that game into carpets and had a whole hamlet-village involved .

To play a game go here
colourchess

or to play it with the carpets go here
colour chess with carpets

in the process of programming this game ( best score,move count,
timer,etc..) and hope to have that ready in a few weeks time

Enjoy