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About Garry Kasparov

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Chris OConnor wrote:Ant, I think that's BINGO.
No, it is what Americans call checkers, what we in Australia call draughts.
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I was joking. I know it's Checkers. I think Ant knows too. LOL
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Noooo, that is TiddlyWinks.
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LOL...you guys are too much. I really do not know how to play chess but I can play all the other games you listed!
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LanDroid wrote:I like chess a lot, but don't play it very often, mainly because at a certain point it seems memorizing chess openings is required to improve substantially. Many top rated players have memorized dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of complete games. I'm not willing to do that, so I mainly study puzzles and follow current championship and classic games...
The world chess championship started last week between the champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and the challenger Fabiano Caruana of USA/Italy - latest game is at https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-c ... -training-
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