A short talk, well put together, about LASKA, a game invented by the second World Chess Champion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yz9ULfdyj8
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Not Draughts
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John Clarke
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Re: Not Draughts
I actually own an ancient set for this game, complete with instructions in German. Bought it decades ago at an antique fair and it's been sitting at the back of a cupboard ever since. Must dig it out ....
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)