Apollonian
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- Jun 24, 2007
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- INTJ
I would love to learn more about Chess. If I knew anyone really interested in playing IRL it would make a difference.
So far, I have been more interested in the game of Go.
Go (board game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I am fascinated by the relative ease at which a computer may learn to play Chess compared with Go. Whereas in Chess the sequence of moves in any given tactic is fairly limited and the strategy comes from understanding and balancing the roles of the pieces, in Go all the pieces are the same and that strategy opens up to much larger variation and sheer personal style. I find that when I play someone in Go, I can fairly easily see how intelligent they are and how their mind works.
I wonder if it would be possible to play a forum-version of Chess somehow? Has anyone ever tried playing by email?
One of the funniest episodes at university was when someone left a chess set on a table in the apartment with an opening move and someone started playing. No one knew who was actually playing because they would never be playing at the same time, but would leave notes indicating when they had moved. It was interesting to watch and speculate on the game over the week or two it took to finish.
So far, I have been more interested in the game of Go.
Go (board game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I am fascinated by the relative ease at which a computer may learn to play Chess compared with Go. Whereas in Chess the sequence of moves in any given tactic is fairly limited and the strategy comes from understanding and balancing the roles of the pieces, in Go all the pieces are the same and that strategy opens up to much larger variation and sheer personal style. I find that when I play someone in Go, I can fairly easily see how intelligent they are and how their mind works.
I wonder if it would be possible to play a forum-version of Chess somehow? Has anyone ever tried playing by email?
One of the funniest episodes at university was when someone left a chess set on a table in the apartment with an opening move and someone started playing. No one knew who was actually playing because they would never be playing at the same time, but would leave notes indicating when they had moved. It was interesting to watch and speculate on the game over the week or two it took to finish.