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From: Vit Brunner <tasuki@volny.cz>
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Subject: Re: [pic] chessboard
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 22:18:41 +0200
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  > For those not educated in chess, the above piece represents the King 
(no,
  > not Elvis) on the Chess board.  If he is placed in check, then the game
  > is in jeopardy; if it cannot move and check cannot be broken, then the
  > game is lost.

For those not educated in board games, chess is not as good as it seems,
it is all just about tactics, practically no strategy involved. Better
try go, or some kind of abstract board game.

ObAscii (a go stone):

        ,-'""'-.
       "        "
        `-....-`

Vit


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