Creating a Chess Game...

[Guest]

On Battleships regret the King was taken by the aircraft carrier, Bishop, second move.


Evidence Pearl Harbour. Prince of Wales and Repulse.


Laurie

[Guest]

Wow Laurie!!!
You don't leave any place at discussion

I cheated Pollux. I lived through this history. Plus starting reading WW11 at the age of 14. 1952. And not stopped.


Laurie

[grumpa]

Ha-ha I'm resisting the impulse to counter that assertion!

Ha-ha I'm resisting the impulse to counter that assertion!

Smart decision

What about a warship set 1:1200 scale?
battleship-king


aircraft carrier-queen


battle cruiser/-rook


heavy cruiser/pocket battleship-bishop


escort carrier-knight


destroyer-pawn


Vehicle:


Allied.


Pershing-king


Sherman Firefly-queen


Priest/Sexton-rook


Sherman-bishop


Churchill-knight


half track(or recce vehicle)-pawn


Axis.


Tiger-king


King Tiger-queen


Hummel-rook


Panther-bishop


Panzer IV-knight


half track(or recce vehicle)-pawn

I think every one would have their own set of favorites, Pershing would make a good King but never really had the chance to make it's bones, the Sherman and all it's variants was by far the war winner

[grumpa]

Smart decision
I think every one would have their own set of favorites, Pershing would make a good King but never really had the chance to make it's bones, the Sherman and all it's variants was by far the war winner

Next to the T34 which was superior in many ways to many of the current crop of tanks at the time, maybe they can vie for King & Queen of the battle field. The most deserving I think though not as glamorous as the others...............Jim

[Guest]

Smart decision
I think every one would have their own set of favorites, Pershing would make a good King but never really had the chance to make it's bones, the Sherman and all it's variants was by far the war winner

I could do with a laugh Jim, so why don't you PM me with your version of world history had we not held out alone against the German war machine for 2 years

[Guest]

Smart decision

The Sherman may have been a winner Jim but not on its design capabilities.


It was an ordinary machine with a deadly petrol engine (the Ronson effect),


a high profile and a very ordinary gun. The only gun, from my reading, was


the British 6 pounder which came a little bit close to the German 88's.


The Sherman wins due to the speed with which the USA produced the Sherman


to replace losses and overtake the numbers lost in the field. Fortunate that the


Germans did not have the same capability.


The greatest problem was the exceptional loss of tank men who were experienced


and the accelerated loss of new tank men due to their inexperience in the fiield


Laurie

[Alan 45]

Good point Gern!
Suggestions....?

The only thing with figures is its been done , this is more of a challenge only thing is it's going to throw up diffent combinations every time lol

[grumpa]

I could do with a laugh Jim, so why don't you PM me with your version of world history had we not held out alone against the German war machine for 2 years

the long run

The Sherman may have been a winner Jim but not on its design capabilities.
It was an ordinary machine with a deadly petrol engine (the Ronson effect),


a high profile and a very ordinary gun. The only gun, from my reading, was


the British 6 pounder which came a little bit close to the German 88's.


The Sherman wins due to the speed with which the USA produced the Sherman


to replace losses and overtake the numbers lost in the field. Fortunate that the


Germans did not have the same capability.


The greatest problem was the exceptional loss of tank men who were experienced


and the accelerated loss of new tank men due to their inexperience in the fiield


Laurie

All that may be true but in the over all analysis it cannot be denied that those two tanks had the most effect in the war historically, mediocre designs or not which cannot be said of T34 which was a dynamic design right down to the wider tracks and diesel engine, so much so that the Germans copied many design features in making the Panther

[dave]

For the allies what about the Russian T-35 for the rook/castle. With all the sub turrets and bits it is almost a castle.

[Guest]

All that may be true but in the over all analysis it cannot be denied that those two tanks had the most effect in the war historically,

Depends on which factors are taken into account Jim. One factor does stand out it was a pawn.


Many of them but soon to be dismissed from the chess board.


Laurie

[grumpa]

Now I know why I don't play Chess

[grumpa]

I could do with a laugh Jim, so why don't you PM me with your version of world history had we not held out alone against the German war machine for 2 years

You laugh?

[Guest]

Depends on which factors are taken into account Jim. One factor does stand out it was a pawn.
Many of them but soon to be dismissed from the chess board.


Laurie

Dunno about that Laurie, I've won many a game thanks to my pawns, especially those who become queens

[Guest]

You laugh?

No, but I'm expecting to if I hear another " you'd all be talking German in Europe were it not for the US of A " spiel again!


But that's mightily close to a political discussion, so not for the open forum, or Poluxs' thread

[Guest]

Dunno about that Laurie, I've won many a game thanks to my pawns, especially those who become queens

Not if you are playing me Patrick.


Laurie