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(Message started by: bebopj on May 5^th, 2015, 11:55am)

Title: 100 best games of Arimaa
Post by bebopj on May 5^th, 2015, 11:55am

One of the joys I have in playing and studying chess and go is going through collections of classic games, and understanding the strategies, brilliant moves, blunders, etc. So please post on this thread what you feel are some of the best Arimaa games played so far. I'd be curious to check them out.

Title: Re: 100 best games of Arimaa
Post by lightvector on May 5^th, 2015, 8:51pm

I don't know about "best", but I found the concluding game from this year's WC to be quite a show, with one of the most unusual long deadlocks and repetition fights I've seen in any game.

http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=334670

Title: Re: 100 best games of Arimaa
Post by kzb52 on May 5^th, 2015, 10:39pm

Wow, what a great question! The following are games that, for whatever reason, have stuck with me long after they ended. I'm sure this list is terrible, incomplete and underrepresenting many great players. But maybe it's the start of something more interesting.

I limited myself to human vs human games from recent postal mixers and world championships. Feel free to dig through old events for other interesting games. (http://arimaa.com/arimaa/wc/) Also, many WC games (including a few I've listed below) have received commentary. Be sure to check that out too! (http://arimaa.com/arimaa/mwiki/index.php/Videos)

I reserve the right to add to this list later!

World Championship

Fritzlein vs chessandgo 2015 WC round 4
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=323442
Brendan_M vs browni3141 2015 WC round 4
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=323615
harvestsnow vs Harren 2015 WC round 5
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=324540
Brendan_M vs clyring 2015 WC round 6
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=325656
Alfons vs supersamu 2015 WC round 7
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=327037
browni3141 vs Fritzlein 2015 WC round 8
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=327701
clyring vs chessandgo 2015 WC round 9
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=331743
browni3141 vs supersamu 2014 WC round 9
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=296079

Postal Mixer

browni3141 vs Fritzlein 2014 PM
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=317760
chessandgo vs Fritzlein 2014 PM
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=314425
harvestsnow vs supersamu 2014 PM
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=316792
Boo vs Fritzlein 2013 PM
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=275529
Brenda_M vs browni3141 2013 PM
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=271371

Title: Re: 100 best games of Arimaa
Post by Boo on May 6^th, 2015, 1:56am

browni3141 vs Boo
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/games/jsShowGame.cgi?gid=262429&s=w
6g: I have never seen before horse running into camel hostage, and have never seen afterwards.

Title: Re: 100 best games of Arimaa
Post by novacat on May 6^th, 2015, 1:40pm

Boo vs chessandgo 2013 WC Round 13
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=263847

An exciting game where the advantage seemed to go back and forth numerous times, all the way to the very end.