Chess vs Go

[Acriku]

Ok, since we were arguing this in some other unimportant thread ( ;)) I decided to make a thread for it.

Onto the debate!

First off, chess is an art. All artists are not chess players, but all chess players are artists. You could never get tired of chess because it's so damn fun. Millions upon millions of permutations to figure out, unexpected moves, captures, pins, discovered checks, etc. I can play chess all day, and walk away feeling great - a loser or a winner. It's just great.

Post your views.

[Apollyon]

i never really found chess all that interesting.

[Acriku]

Such is the deprived. Check it out man! Once you understand the concepts and what chess is, you will love it! Or hate it, whatever floats your boat.

[ethan]

different strokes for different folks.

and what is Go!

[DarkElf49]

Chess requires that you TRY to look 3-4 moves ahead and have counters and stratigies planed. Some poeple never develop this tast, others do. I think your talking about go montu or something, right? I've never played it, but it looks like reversi, right?

[Twin-Head]

Go is the most retarded game ever invented. The chinese made it and the chinese always come up with retarded games that require no thought at all.

[exatreide]

Twin head another perfectly good point for your ignornece.

That is bias.

No all chinease games are bad.

Many things like game controlers ect are made in china. From what ur saying. they are all bad! all of them!

mahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[DarkElf49]

I thought this was about board games, not computer games/electronics.

You should be ashamed of yourslef Ex, being Fed2k staff and all, going offtopic ;)

Back on topic though ;D

Chess is great in that you don't have to fully understand it to be alright at it, like I said before, you have to think ahead to beable to win.

[TMA_1]

okay not many of you know what go is. Your a jackass twin head so shut up.lol

This is what go is to jog your guy's memories. It is played on a 19 by 19 line grid. One player has black stones and the other has white stones. You take turns positioning your stones all over the board and your goal is to encircle your enemy to defeat him. it is the oldest board game ever devised. It is considered the most complex and beautiful of board games and takes a lifetime to master. here is a link to it.

http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/entertainment/go.html

Many great stratagests of china such as sun tzu and zuegeliang spent countless hours of their lives for the mastery of this game. It is beautiful and symbolic of this world.

Now to Acriku's crappy old chess.lol ;)

[Acriku]

I can guarantee no one can beat me in chess that posts on here, and likes Go better. Good chess games earlier Ex, you had a good set on the second game but made some bad mistakes. Oh well, just relish on this for a few hours:

In the end, the king and pawns all go back to the same place.

[exatreide]

Yea well....It was better than the first...lets see how you do in a rematch... :)

[ethan]

yeah acriku, i'll play you on online chess. name the time and the place.

[Twin-Head]

TMA, your the jackass. Go is retarde, i diddn't just say that without ever playing it. As a matter of fact, i actually have played it. a lot. It sux.

[DS_CL]

In my opinion, Go involves a lot less strategy than chess. I

[exatreide]

TMA, your the jackass. Go is retarde, i diddn't just say that without ever playing it. As a matter of fact, i actually have played it. a lot. It sux.

if it sucked so much. why did u play it alot ::)

[TMA_1]

whoa ds cl. It involves a lot more actually. It is more complex than any other game. Read that website I showed you. Also Twinhead. Go back to the doghouse.

[Twin-Head]

I lpayed it alot, to find out how to play the stupid game. Then when i finally learned how to, it was to stupid to play. I DID READ THE STUPID WEBSITE!

[Terror]

what are your problems? why do you hate each other?

[Caid Ivik]

I used to be a champion in chess... 8)

But then I saw Dune II

[DS_CL]

True, TMA. I was never very good at it. And I never played anyone who was very good at Go. Have any of you played Chinese Chess? You have cannons in this game.

http://www.chessvariants.com/xiangqi.html

[TMA_1]

yup. it looks pretty darn cool actually. Its cool because its not extremely different. and terror I dont hate twinhead. I just think he's a dork.lol

[Lord J]

I like Tic Tac Toe...

LOL, but seriously, I don't think I've ever played Go, but it sounds nice. I learned enough of Chess to play with the basic rules and strategies, but I'm not very good at thinking 20 turns ahead... 8)

[Twin-Head]

Ya, me niether. I only think 19 turns ahead... ;D

[Twin-Head]

LOL, you know that chinese chess website link? My computere security stoped me 'cuz the site has killing of human beings. LOL