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| visits | member for | 1 year, 10 months |
| seen | Dec 8 '12 at 16:26 | |
| stats | profile views | 5 |
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Aug 11 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jun 17 |
comment |
Is pawn promotion to rook or bishop something that is seen in play? @Steven h1=Q+ would not "obviously" have won, because it is illegal. |
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Feb 12 |
comment |
In Seafarers of Catan, are there any special rules for ships or harbors in lakes? I don't think this applies in the same way. The lake in Fishermen is a special case with many special rules attached, not a regular water hex. The regular rules should apply to water hexes surrounded by land unless specifically stated otherwise. And in real life, there are many lakes big enough for boats to facilitate international trade, e.g. the Caspian Sea or Lake Victoria. |
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Jan 23 |
answered | In a two-player Texas Hold'Em poker hand with blinds, which player posts the small blind? |
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Jan 6 |
awarded | Critic |
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Jan 6 |
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In Chess what is the Queens or Kings Indian? I was a little shocked by the 9 upvotes and wished to point out how the answer is factually incorrect (though it surely could be useful). I would vote this down if I had more rep: I don't have a more comprehensive answer in mind to the OP's question. |
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Jan 6 |
answered | New idea in Sicilian for white? |
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Jan 6 |
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In Chess what is the Queens or Kings Indian? This answer is nonsense. "Indian" refers to the family of openings after 1. d4 Nf6 other than transpositions to the QGD. cf Bogo-Indian, Old Indian, Nimzo-Indian which do not necessarily feature a fianchetto. The "King's Indian" normally refers to the King's Indian Defence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 without ...d5 soon. The King's Indian Attack has a different character, but is named by analogy with the KID. |
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Sep 23 |
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Chess variant that allows humans to be competitive vs computers The chessboard does not "naturally" lend itself to Arimaa as you claim: it does not mark the trap squares like an ideal Arimaa board does. And the site you give only supports my claim: it also has an entry for checkers. |
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Sep 22 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Sep 22 |
answered | What is a quick way to test or simulate card strategies for deck building games? |
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Sep 22 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Sep 22 |
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Chess variant that allows humans to be competitive vs computers Arimaa is not a chess variant, but a totally different game. It can be played with the same equipment as chess, but so can draughts (checkers), tic-tac-toe, or 9x9 Go. It's no more similar to chess than any of those games. |
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Aug 21 |
awarded | Excavator |
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Aug 21 |
awarded | Editor |
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Aug 21 |
revised |
Is castling still done in the openings in modern chess? corrected h5 to h4, which was surely the intention. added KBG example |
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Aug 20 |
suggested | suggested edit on Is castling still done in the openings in modern chess? |
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Aug 11 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Aug 11 |
comment |
What is the repeated move stalemate? Previously, a draw could only be claimed if the same sequence of moves occurred three times. The rules were changed after World Champion and mathematician Max Euwe used the Thue-Morse sequence to show that, in theory, a game could go on infinitely long without ever repeating the same sequence of moves. Of course, since there are only finitely many positions, if a game goes on infinitely long then some position will have been repeated three times. |
