Chess and Outwitters

[Ser Purple Wolf]

(12-14-2012 02:15 AM)Jacs9 Wrote:  I am not a chess player. But I play another board game called Weiqi. It is also knowned as Go. Anyone of you play that? It is a 19 by 19 lines board and the players position their pieces, either white of black on the intersection points. Because of the huge board, it is even more tedious to memorize the countless of opening moves and counter moves. However there are some general guidelines to know if your moves or countermoves are good or bad. While it may not be possible to predict exact moves, it is possible to predict their intentions and their plans in general.

Because of my lazy nature, I found it tedious to make precise calculations of my moves and my opponent moves. I normally just play according to my feeling and my general assessment of the situation. I noticed I carried forward this nature to outfitters and it definitely is not to my advantage. I am suffering the consequences and often lose many games.

I think this game has huge potential for educational purposes. It's been proven that abstract strategy games like chess helps develop cognition abilities. If chess is a little too boring or traditional and lost its touch among the youths, outwitters can be a good alternative.

I play GO on my Xbox sometimes. I am really terrible at that game. It takes too much brain power and thinking ahead for me to win.

Back to outwitters: I'm on the biggest losing streak Ive ever had right now because I forget that my opponents are now master league.