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Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

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Re: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

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Post by TylerE »

jmilloy wrote: post #68
TylerE wrote: post #30

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Not a board game, but Bridge. Backgammon is also very rich also, although there is a random element there which, depending on your preferences, is either a good or bad thing.

I played a lot of bridge through High School, tournaments, etc. I think it can become very robotic once you are just following conventions and can count cards without difficulty.

I think there is much more depth than your're giving it credit for - you can work on developing your own conventions, and there are many advanced play techniques - ever heard of a mandatory false card?

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simias wrote: post #15
deletes wrote: post #7

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFJNESXsRkY

My god those comments. Even chess streams are not safe it seems.

A couple of month ago my browser update( or an incompatible addon ) glitched and I can't see youtube comments anywhere anymore. Its great actually. If I'll want quality content I'll read Hacker News( and equivalent ), otherwise I'm interested in the video itself and i don't need others to form my opinion of it.

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Post by realrocker »

Congrats Magnus Carlsen! You finally unseated our beloved Vishwanathan Anand and made the beautiful game even more beautiful.

Allow me to go on a tangent to let me tell my personal story with chess. I began playing at age 7 when my elder brother borrowed a chess board from a friend. It was a nice break from the physical altercations between us(read mat fights). My maternal grand ma called it "Satan's Game". And my mother toed the line. Why? I don't know the exact reason, but I guess it was an amazing time sink. Or maybe they both had watched this Hindi movie by Satyajit Ray: The Chess Players(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076696/). When the game s between my brother and me became violent(You moved it when I was off to the toilet...) it was banned from our home. But we didn't give up. Our summers were spent playing chess in a nearby mango orchard or the graveyard a mile away. The chess board made out of paper with plastic pieces was the only "toy" we never broke. Those were the best days of my life. And it's still safe 20 years later. With every piece intact. What a game.

Re: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

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Post by RLC »

Of course he won the name alone speaks for itself "Magnus!" Just fucking HUGE at anything you can think of! Compared to Viswanathan which sounded like a vegtable ready to be consumed or a rubbing oil or even like a dip for your prata.

Re: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

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Post by jimmahoney »

aaronetz wrote: post #24

Does anyone know some good alternatives to chess, as a game that mixes deep thought and aesthetic variety? I tried Go, but found it somewhat boring compared to chess, because of its uniformity (which, on the other hand, has the advantage of beautiful simplicity and symmetry.) On another note: it is unfortunate, in my opinion, that chess has a special standing among board games. I would love to see some more variety i…

Pente.

Re: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

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Post by damonk »

aaronetz wrote: post #24

Does anyone know some good alternatives to chess, as a game that mixes deep thought and aesthetic variety? I tried Go, but found it somewhat boring compared to chess, because of its uniformity (which, on the other hand, has the advantage of beautiful simplicity and symmetry.) On another note: it is unfortunate, in my opinion, that chess has a special standing among board games. I would love to see some more variety i…

What about Chess960?

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Post by Yovel »

jballanc wrote: post #70
sergj wrote: post #32

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Boring compared to chess? As a Go player I take this as an insult. Go is way more interesting, there are more fights, more complexity and you make a lot of tactical and strategic decisions in one game. Also you have a great handicap system, playing stronger players is no big problem. Did I mention that there are no remis and pro matches are often decided by 0,5 points which is really little. I am ending my rant with…

I agree, but just wanted to add that if you find Go boring, I suggest you pick up a good Go book or two. The really good Go writers can construct an entire war narrative from a game of Go, all the while giving you deeper insight into the strategy and tactics at play in the game. To be honest, compared to Go writing, I find much writing about Chess to be very boring and analytical (though I'm sure that has as much to…

Do you have any good Go book suggestions?

Re: Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion

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Post by selmnoo »

RLC wrote: post #75

Magnus seems more like a guy I could invite over for a couple of beers. No offense on Anand he seem to be more like a KOOL-AID type of kid and always a boy scout but a douche!

Anand is a total class act. All the other top chess players only ever had good things to say about him. And Anand is one of the people who coached Magnus.

He's known to be focused strictly on the game and never do mind tricks to throw an opponent off. A lot of top players respect him for this.

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Post by jcutrell »

sergj wrote: post #32
aaronetz wrote: post #24

Does anyone know some good alternatives to chess, as a game that mixes deep thought and aesthetic variety? I tried Go, but found it somewhat boring compared to chess, because of its uniformity (which, on the other hand, has the advantage of beautiful simplicity and symmetry.) On another note: it is unfortunate, in my opinion, that chess has a special standing among board games. I would love to see some more variety i…

Boring compared to chess? As a Go player I take this as an insult. Go is way more interesting, there are more fights, more complexity and you make a lot of tactical and strategic decisions in one game. Also you have a great handicap system, playing stronger players is no big problem. Did I mention that there are no remis and pro matches are often decided by 0,5 points which is really little. I am ending my rant with…

> As a Go player I take this as an insult.

I'd be of the opinion that boring-ness is fairly subjective, so being insulted probably isn't warranted.

You make good points about the gameplay differences, though.

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