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This is a rated bulldog match between @haoming09 (White) and @Marks1420 (Black). It is part of the Bulldog Classic Tournament here. Time control is 3 days/per move, three 24-hour time warnings, and one 14-day vacation, each refreshing every 40 moves.  Good luck!

This is a rated bulldog match between and @comradM (white) and @JamesAgadir (Black). It is part of the Bulldog Classic Tournament. Time control is 3 days/per move, three 24-hour time warnings, and one 14-day vacation, each refreshing every 40 moves.  I can make the board, if this is satisfactory. I have black so am waiting for the move

This is a casual game of standard Bulldog chess. White: @marcellothearcane Black: @evert823 Good luck!

(The following links provide instructions on how the pieces play: Time Thief, Angel, Barrier and Builder. The last two do not have their own page; instructions to how they work could be found in the main pieces list.) Hello, all! Welcome to the final match (Round 2, game 3) in TransformationDog Tournament 2024-'25. Contestants are @ComradM and @BattleChessGN18 White: ComradM Black: BattleChessGN18 Pieces involved: - Time Thief replaces Queen. - Builder and Angel start on left and right epty Bulldog Start Squares, respectively. edit - 3-18-25 -- Barrier replaces Kingside Rook; King may Castle with the Barrier.  Rules of Bulldog Correspondence apply to this match, with the exception of 3-day time rule. Rull will be applied very flexibly. Contestant may call TW after 72 hours of no stated move from opponent. On the other hand, GameHost encourages contestants to kindly provide leniency, whenever can. If lengthy leave of absence is certain to a contestant, please announce it. (Unless it is outlandish or unreasonable) It is automatically granted. Therefore, 14-day vacation is not enforced. Outcome of match will be reported back to @Martin0, @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya or @Puzzles for rating adjustments.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will typically render diagrams after 1 pair of moves (1 black move, 1 white move); though, as many as 2 pairs of moves (black-white-black-whitr move) can be made without a diagram. After that, please call "Waiting for Board" or "WFB". Diagrams will reflect a pair of moves at a time. Diagrams will be rendered from the perspective of White (@ComradM)s. Though, secondary diagrams from my (@BattleChessGN18's) perspective of Black will also be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The match will officially commence, once White (@ComradM) makes a move. Good luck to my opponent (and long-time fellow chess veteran!)! =) Your GameHost and opponent, ~~Dromina~~ (BattleChessGN18) Click here for BattleChessGN18's view as Black

(The following links provide instructions on how the pieces play: here and here) Hello, all! Welcome to a standalone match of default Witch and Guard, played by contestants @Aronian22 and @DukeofHelsinki. White: Aronian22 Black: DukeofHelsinki Rules of Bulldog Correspondence apply to this match, with one exeptions: 3-days before calling Time Warning. This rule applies flexibly in this match. As reported, players have real-life endeavors and heavy schedules to handle and may be away for longer. As a standalone piece, the match is not in a hurry to get done with. Please try not to take too long, and likewise, the player who is waiting is kindly asked to please be lenient. If you have to be away for somewhat more than three days, please communicate it ahead of time. Outcome of match will be reported back to @Martin0, @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya or @Puzzles for rating adjustments.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will typically render diagrams after 1 pair of moves (1 black move, 1 white move); though, as many as 2 pairs of moves (black-white-black-whitr move) can be made without a diagram. After that, please call "Waiting for Board" or "WFB". Diagrams will reflect a pair of moves at a time. Diagrams will be rendered from the perspective of White (@Aronian22), though secondary diagrams from Black's (@DukeofHelsinki's) perspective will also be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The match will officially begin, once White (@Aronian22) makes his/her first move. Good luck to both players! =) Your gamehost, ~~Dromina~~ (BattleChessGN18) Click here for DukeofHelsinki's view as Black.

(The following links provide instructions on how the pieces play: Werewolf, Spirit, Metamorph) Hello, all! Welcome to round 1, match 2 in TransformationDog Tournament 2024-'25. Contestants are by @BattleChessGN18 and @Puzzles (formerly Pootzies, formerly Player4Speed). White: BattleChessGN18 Black: Puzzles Rules of Bulldog Correspondence apply to this match. Outcome of match will be reported back to @Martin0, @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya or @Puzzles for rating adjustments.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will typically render diagrams after 1 pair of moves (1 black move, 1 white move); though, as many as 2 pairs of moves (black-white-black-whitr move) can be made without a diagram. After that, please call "Waiting for Board" or "WFB". Diagrams will reflect a pair of moves at a time. Diagrams will be rendered from the perspective of Black, as a courtesy to @Puzzles. Though, secondary diagrams from my (@BattleChessGN18's) perspective of White will also be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The match has officially begun, which @Puzzles makes a move proceeding my own. Good luck! =) Your gamehost and opponent, ~~Dromina~~ (BattleChessGN18) Click here for BattleChessGN's view as Black.

(The following links provide instructions on how the pieces play: Witch and Guard) Hello, all! Welcome to match 5, a first round's defeated bracket game in Classic Tournament 2024; established by @Marks1420. Contestants are @Puzzles (formerly Pootzies, formerly Player4Speed) and yours truly (@BattleChessGN18). White: Puzzles Black: BattleChessGN18 Rules of Bulldog Correspondence apply to this match. Outcome of match will be reported back to @Martin0, @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya or @Puzzles for rating adjustments.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will typically render diagrams after 1 pair of moves (1 black move, 1 white move); though, as many as 2 pairs of moves (black-white-black-whitr move) can be made without a diagram. After that, please call "Waiting for Board" or "WFB". Diagrams will reflect a pair of moves at a time. Diagrams will be rendered from the perspective of White (@Puzzles's view). Though, secondary diagrams from Black's (@BattleChessGN18's) perspective will also be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The match will officially begin, once @Puzzles makes a move. Best of luck to my opponent! =) Your gamehost (and opponent), ~~Dromina~~ (BattleChessGN18) Click here for ComradM's view as Black.

This is a rated bulldog chess game with dwarf and witch between @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya (White) and @Rook_Handler (Black). Time control is three days per move, with three 24-hour time warnings that refresh every 40 moves. One 14-day vacation can be requested every 40 moves. Good luck

This will be a double-elimination tournament, slated to start December 1st. Time control will be 3 days/per move with one 14-day vacation, each refreshing every 40 moves. The bracket system is to be determined by the number of participants and will be announced once registration closes. The setup will be Bulldog Classic with a witch and guard. Entries: @Marks1420 @evert823 @haoming09 @JamesAgadir

There was a game happening on a really big board with a lot of pieces, some of them Bulldog pieces, and this game was already going on for years. Where is this game and what happened to it? I can't find it anymore

This is the round 2 game @evert823 - @comradM Link to the tournament: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/bulldog-classic-tournament?page=1 Enjoy the game! 1. e4 Position after 1. e4:

This is a rated bulldog match between @JamesAgadir (White) and @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya(Black). It is part of the Bulldog Classic Tournament. Time control is 3 days/per move, three 24-hour time warnings, and one 14-day vacation, each refreshing every 40 moves.  I can make the board, if this is satisfactory. I play e4

(Rules on the Metamorph, Spirit and Werewolf can be found in their respective links.) Welcome all to TransformationDog match no. 1. This is a standalone match and isn't a part of a tournament series. This match is home to pieces that has the capability to either change itself or change another piece. In place of each the Witch and Guard are a Metamorph. Replacing the Knights are Spirits. Replacing the Queen is the Werewolf. At the moment of this posting, no contestant is yet playing this match. Sign up! First two to confirm will play the game. Your Gamehost, ~~Dromina (@BattleChessGN18) Click here for Black's perspective.

Hi everyone! I was think of organising another Bulldog tournament sometime around October or November (I’ll be busy for a month or so for exams). The tournament would have the basic bulldog setup, with the guard and witch replaced with any player created pieces. There would be a Swiss tournament (rounds may vary depending on number of players)and top 2 would play a best of 3 to decide the champion. If any of y’all want to join, pls let me know in this forum. Vm

This is a list of Upcoming, ongoing and completed tournaments. Championship cycle tournaments are not listed, but can be found here instead. Upcoming Tournaments: none Ongoing Tournaments: Winter Dog #2 Bulldog Open Giga Dog Tournament Bulldog Chess World Cup Completed Tournaments: Tournament P Winner Runner-up Start End Bulldog Championship 8 Junebug444 friedmelon 13/06/2017 16/09/2017 Super Dog Tournament 16 Martin0 captaintugwash 16/02/2018 14/09/2018 Big Dog Tournament 20 rychessmaster1 thegreatauk 29/05/2018 29/04/2019 Old Dog Tournament 8 thegreatauk SuperSam1 08/07/2018 10/09/2020 New Dog Tournament 8 landontu McGoohan 04/07/2018 30/1/2020 Mamadog Tournament 16 - - 31/07/2018 - Second Class Tournament 4 - - 29/08/2018 - Time Thief Championship 8 HolographWars evert823 09/09/2018 07/07/2019 Big Dog Tournament #2 16 Martin0 thegreatauk 15/11/2018 14/09/2019 Micro Dog #1 4 haoming09 musketeerchess2017 29/05/2020 22/07/2020 Micro Dog #2 4 Marks1420 aronian22 30/05/2020 18/09/2020 Micro Dog #3 4 PandasAwesome MathsMaths0 03/06/2020 16/08/2020 Micro Dog #4 4 Sollieman83 amusingmouse 22/06/2020 04/08/2020 Micro Dog #5 4 deeper_thinking queenpawnendgame 09/07/2020 01/09/2020 Micro Dog #6 4 PerpetuallyPinned Bigbigbig360 29/07/2020 02/09/2020 Micro Dog #7 4 PerpetuallyPinned alexandermatos 01/09/2020 14/10/2020 AdvancedMicro Dog #2 4 JustARandomPatzer aronian22 04/09/2020 31/10/2020 Micro Dog #9 4 evert823 Legendary_Basilisk 10/10/2020 29/12/2020 Mega Dog Tournament 16 JustARandomPatzer Martin0 30/5/2019 3/1/2021 Micro Dog #11 4 Sollieman83 kingsindianattack7 27/11/2020 11/1/2021 Advanced Micro Dog #3 4 haoming09 thegreatauk 2/10/2020 20/1/2021 Advanced Micro Dog #1 4 captaintugwash landontu 25/7/2020 23/1/2021 Micro Dog #8 4 yujieli alexandermatos 14/9/2020 26/1/2021 Modern Dog Tournament 8 haoming09 AwesomeBen 17/11/2020 29/1/2021 Micro Dog #10 4 TonyL103 DukeOfHelsinki 25/10/2020 21/2/2021 Micro Dog #13 4 Rook_Handler abstractcube 9/2/2021 13/3/2021 Micro Dog #14 4 Chessisfunforme jdh1 15/2/2020 30/3/2021 Halloween Challenge 10 haoming09 Chessisfunforme 30/10/2020 2/4/2021 Advanced Micro Dog #5 4 AwesomeBen jdh1 25/2/2021 3/4/2021 Advanced Micro Dog #4 4 captaintugwash evert823 25/2/2021 10/4/2021 Micro Dog #12 4 TonyL103 23Dragons 6/12/2020 17/4/2021 Witchless Tournament 4 - - 6/3/2021 - Advanced Micro Dog #6 4 AwesomeBen TonyL103 14/3/2021 21/4/2021 Advanced Micro Dog #7 4 AwesomeBen DukeOfHelsinki 2/3/2021 6/5/2021 Advanced Micro Dog #8 4 haoming09 jdh1 25/4/2021 21/5/2021 Bulldog Chess World Cup 16 - - 4/8/2020 - Joker Tournament 8 - - 30/10/2020 - Piece Pick Tournament 9 - - 15/12/2020 - January and February Odds tournament 9 - - 2/1/2021 - Micro-Metamorph 4 evert823 DukeOfHelsinki 14/4/2021 7/7/2021 Werewolf Round Robin 6 haoming09 asdfghkl123456798 30/4/2021 29/9/2021 Micro Dog #15 4 Rook_Handler jdh1 22/2/2021 12/10/2021 Bulldog invitational 8 captaintugwash JustARandomPatzer 8/10/2020 13/11/2021 Winter Dog League 24 captaintugwash, DukeOfHelsinki, tehanu evert823, vickalan, JasmineDragon1 17/12/2020 29/12/2021 2021 Bulldog Arena 11 AwesomeBen evert823 1/1/2021 31/12/2021 P = amount of players Date format: Day/Month/Year

This is a rated bulldog match between @JamesAgadir (White) and @haoming09(Black). It is part of the Bulldog Classic Tournament. Time control is 3 days/per move, three 24-hour time warnings, and one 14-day vacation, each refreshing every 40 moves.  I can make the board, if this is satisfactory. I play e4 Good luck!

I tried to use ChatGPT to create a design for the Elf, it's not yet in usable state but nonetheless already nice

(The following links provide instructions on how the pieces play: Witch and Guard) Hello, all! Welcome to round 1, match 2 in Bulldog Classic Tournament 2024, established by @Marks1420. Contestants are @Puzzles (formerly Pootzies, formerly Player4Speed) and @ComradM. White: Puzzles Black: ComradM Rules of Bulldog Correspondence apply to this match. Outcome of match will be reported back to @Martin0, @VM_LeaderAbhyudaya or @Puzzles for rating adjustments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will typically render diagrams after 1 pair of moves (1 black move, 1 white move); though, as many as 2 pairs of moves (black-white-black-whitr move) can be made without a diagram. After that, please call "Waiting for Board" or "WFB". Diagrams will reflect a pair of moves at a time. Diagrams will be rendered from the perspective of White (@Puzzles's view). Though, secondary diagrams from Black's (@ComradM's) perspective will also be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The match will officially begin, once @Puzzles makes a move. Best of luck to both contestants! =) Your gamehost, ~~Dromina~~ (BattleChessGN18) Click here for ComradM's view as Black.