Re: Pickling Walnuts in Brine

On 2008-11-24, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <slrngil80j.67u.google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Toby Newman <google@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2008-11-24, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <slrngikqs5.67u.google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Toby Newman <google@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Play:

Chess (RL)

In the absence of electronic forms of entertainment, I played chess every
day at lunch with a schoolmate for four years. We worked through so many
games that we got bored with normal, western chess and eventually dug up
the rules for all the medieval and Asian variants. 14th century chess with
bishops that only move two spaces and a queen that can only step one space
diagonally. Chinese chess, with the 3x3 'palace' space that the King piece
can't leave. Some insane Persian variant where it was possible to lose in
six moves. Yes, we were what Americans call 'nerds'. :)

6 moves? No need to tell you about Fool's Mate, I'm sure.

That's the eight-move thing in modern chess where the White player pushes
out his queen and bishop to pin down a trapped King, right? It's
essentially the same thing in Persian chess, except there's much more
gloating.

Close - that's Scholar's Mate (which I actually had success with,
once! Left me feeling dirty and dishonest.)
Fool's Mate is all over in four moves.

--
-Toby
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