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Posted By: Colin Owen
Date: Sunday, 4 September 2011, at 4:56 p.m.

In Response To: OMFG (GeorgeMJ23)

George asked 'what is the purpose of messing around with the board'?

Well, some players, being less able to visualise positions than others (and think around the games problems in general) need to be given some slack, and - if they don't get it - are apparently less likely to participate in future, and therefore provide more able players with the juicy equity that would have come with it. (Our game being a blend of luck and skill, and we don't want to increase the latter.) On balance therefore, it seems, increasing the skill required to play the game is ultimately BAD for good players (and certainly also tournament directors, whose income depends at least partly on such participation).

And that's official!

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