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Never played Go?

Posted By: Achim
Date: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, at 11:18 a.m.

In Response To: Link to Robertie table on r.g.bg (neilkaz)

Go is definitely much more complex than chess. I once read an article that playing at high grandmaster level in chess means you'll usually have only 5 "tough" decisions during an average game of 41 moves.

Nowadays opening theory in chess has developed so much that at high level a lot of the novelties occur between move 20 and 30! Even in regional divisions (I play in the 5th division with a rating of around 2000) we are out of theory at around move 12-15 on average, and one division above you can't even survive without a good opening preparation.

What I don't understand is that backgammon is below scrabble and poker.

Ciao

Achim

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