Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 10:12:11 05/25/05
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On May 25, 2005 at 11:17:56, Tord Romstad wrote: >On May 25, 2005 at 09:10:36, Vasik Rajlich wrote: > >>I think that which game you prefer is a sort of basic personality test, for >>whether you like >> >>1) short-term or long-term thinking >>2) clear-cut or open-ended problems >>3) clear or vague feedback >>4) to move from one micro-problem to another or to stick to one persistent theme >> >>etc .. > >This all makes a lot of sense. I am an awful go player and a worse than >awful as a chess player, but to me go feels like a more artistic and less >scientific game. This is partly because deep, exact calculations alone >does not bring you as far as in chess, and partly because the bigger >branching factor makes room for a bigger variety of unique and personal >playing styles. Given a handful of games by a top go player and a top >chess player, I think it would be much easier to guess the identity of >the go player by observing the style of play. > For a very pro-go perspective, you might find it interesting to look here: http://www.windwardchess.org/Images_index/Comparison_Between_Chess_And_Go.htm :) Actually, I learned to play chess as a child, and go only recently - but I do kind of agree with this. Chess is essentially pretty simple. You mainly need to be able to calculate all of the various mini-variations with as much reliability as possible - which is really a sort of sporting consideration. Vas >Perhaps this is all because I am even worse at chess than at go. It would >be interesting to hear what stronger players of both games think about this. > >>Apparently it's been shown that chess players use only one half of their brains >>during play (the half responsible for logical thinking), while go players use >>both halves. > >Interesting, but somewhat surprising to me. Visualisation skills must be >important in both games, and I thought visualisation skills were usually >located in the opposite brain half of logical thinking. > >Tord
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