Question by Simba: Good and fun strategy games?
I like chess and Othello (my favorite game) but I’m looking for something for multiple players (and non-computer games). Any ideas? Thanks!
? facebook.com ? twitter.com ? OnlineChessLessons.net Paul Morphy Vs Consultants (Count Isouard & Duke of Brunswick), Paris 1858 — Morphy, an absolute attacking monster, produces a legendary 17 move classic. This has got to be one of my favorite games of all time, as the New Orleans native literally introduces a new threat with every single move. He clearly demonstrates the 3 Basic Opening Principles 1. Control the center. 2. Develop your pieces. 3. Protect your king. An extremely impressive victory by the 21 year-old Paul Morphy! Note: The story about this game taking place in a theatre and how he played this game in a rushed way is probably an urban myth PGN: [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Consultants"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [Opening "Philidor's defense"] [ECO "C41"] [NIC "KP.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. OOO Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# {Black checkmated} 1-0
www.OnlineChessLessons.net – (“Show More” for more info …) Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com This video examines the game @olit3, (The owner of chesstweets) vs ChessTweets. This was played towards the beginning of the Chess Tweets experiment nearly a year ago. White chose an interesting opening (the Center Game?) involving an early development of the queen to a somewhat exposed square on e3. Opposite sides castling ensued, and white eagerly sacrificed a knight to open up the H-file to create faster attacking chances against the black king. Black accepted the sacrifice, but only after a few well-calculated intermediate moves. The Chess Tweets community coldly repelled black’s attack and successfully achieved a winning counter-attack. Also make sure to checkout ChessTweets where you can play correspondence games via twitter using the ChessTweets interface. Check them out: www.ChessTweets.com http
www.OnlineChessLessons.net – (“Show More” for more info …) Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com This video discusses a mid-game analysis of the on-going correspondence twitter game between OnlineChessLessons.Net (OCL) and the ChessTweets community. We played an off-beat variation as white against the Najdorf involving Be2 and a very early g4. Black (ChessTweets) responded with an early 0-0 and allowed white to gain space with g5. In this video, I discuss some of my preliminary research (portrayed in other videos on the OnlineChessLessons.Net Youtube Channel on this specific line against the Sicilian) that suggest impeding white’s early gain of space with g5 by the preventive move h6. The current game has headed in an interesting direction and I’ll enjoy to see how plays out. Also make sure to checkout ChessTweets where you can play correspondence games via twitter using the ChessTweets interface. Check them out: www.ChessTweets.com http
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Opening Introductions by Master Zhang Qiang. Video 1 Part 1. English Subtitled. Please click on the button [cc] if there is no subtitle. Note: I’ve tried my best to translate this video in Western Chess terminologies, which is a little bit different from the exact Chinese phrases.
Explores the Ruy Lopez Cozio Defence opening (ECO C60). This defence is a hard one to find solid information on as it is the least explored of the Ruy Lopez variations.
This must watch 5 minute lesson goes over the basic chess opening principles that any beginning chess player needs to know. See more free video lessons at www.chessvideos.tv
PGN: [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy"] [Black "Consultants"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [Opening "Philidor's defense"] [ECO "C41"] [NIC "KP.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. OOO Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# {Black checkmated} 1-0