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clyring
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #60 on: Aug 1st, 2012, 7:25pm » |
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For anyone that wants to watch it live, chessandgo and I will be playing our game around 1600 UTC Sunday.
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chessandgo
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #61 on: Aug 5th, 2012, 11:16am » |
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on Jul 31st, 2012, 3:55pm, browni3141 wrote:I think experience with endgames should trump experience and skill in a normal game, but it would be crazy to underestimate chessandgo |
| Man, I was playing endgames long before you or clyring had even heard about arimaa :p
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clyring
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #62 on: Aug 5th, 2012, 12:22pm » |
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Are you sure you want to remove any excuse for when you lose?
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #63 on: Aug 5th, 2012, 2:14pm » |
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Wow, these endgame experiments (as I prefer to call them) are truly very interesting. I can see how a totally different skill set would be required to play them and play them well. Of course the trick is to have the opening and middlegame skills, not to mention the stamina, to get there in the first place! This exercise reminds me of something I thought I read about some time ago regarding the initial stages of Omar's development and evolution of Arimaa's rules where he and Aamir would play chess with just the Kings and Pawns, basically racing to get a promotion. I too did that (earlier by many years) by setting up the Kings and Pawns on their traditional starting squares on my old electronic Excaliber chess computer and then playing from there. It 'twas a nice diversion from the full-complement-of-pieces game.
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chessandgo
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #64 on: Aug 6th, 2012, 1:26pm » |
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Don't need no excuse when my opponent simply played better
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clyring
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #66 on: Aug 6th, 2012, 7:32pm » |
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Whoops! I forgot to make sure the setup had 12 or fewer pieces. It should be fixed now. -> It had to happen eventually- #1 vs #2 in the top matchup- definitely one to watch.
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browni3141
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #67 on: Aug 6th, 2012, 8:14pm » |
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Only one rabbit a side? This will be interesting. Only one of us will remain undefeated after this.
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #68 on: Aug 6th, 2012, 10:08pm » |
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on Aug 6th, 2012, 8:14pm, browni3141 wrote:Only one rabbit a side? This will be interesting. |
| Will capture threats dominate goal threats? That would be unusual for an endgame.
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clyring
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #69 on: Aug 6th, 2012, 11:48pm » |
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For those who want to watch, browni and I will be playing starting at 1600 UTC Sunday. (The same time as my game against c&go but one week later.)
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #70 on: Aug 7th, 2012, 5:12am » |
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Only one rabbit? Ok.. Before I fight against c&g, I should again study his book to be prepared for his winning strategy... c&g: when shall we play?
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chessandgo
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #71 on: Aug 7th, 2012, 9:25am » |
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I don't really have constraints; what are your preferred times?
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browni3141
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #72 on: Aug 7th, 2012, 11:19am » |
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on Aug 6th, 2012, 10:08pm, Fritzlein wrote: Will capture threats dominate goal threats? That would be unusual for an endgame. |
| With this rabbit to piece ratio I doubt either side can generate serious goal threats. The single rabbit is more of a vulnerability than an asset. I think I know how I will play this one, but I'll see how odin73 vs. chessandgo goes.
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #73 on: Aug 7th, 2012, 1:20pm » |
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@c&g: I prefer this evening, Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening. @browni: I agree, that this is a special case, hardly found in a real game. The rabbit isn´t an asset, it´s rather a burden. It motivates to think about how to play this setup. Anyway I think games never evolve as expected, one has to wait for the match to find a way to win.
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Re: Endless Endgame Event?
« Reply #74 on: Aug 7th, 2012, 3:21pm » |
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Seems I had missed opportunity to play ...
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