![]() One of the early goals of computer scientists was to create computers that could play chess. Many artistic aspects are also found in chess. Theorists have invented a lot of tactics and strategies since the beginning of chess. Currently Magnus Carlsen is the current chess king. The first World Chess champion, Wilhelm Steinitz won this title in 1886. Today, chess is recognized as an official sport by the International Olympic Committee. The tradition of chess competition has been around since the 16th century. The queen and the chariot are called heavy pieces, and the statues and horses are called light pieces. The white military leader is always the first to go the other holds the black piece. The chess pieces of each side include 8 pawns, 2 pieces, 2 statues, 2 cars, 1 queen and 1 king. Each player will start a game with 16 pieces and will move one after another after the opponent has made one move (complete the move). Dark and light alternating, with each player will have light colored boxes in the last row on his right hand when sitting at the chessboard. This game takes place on a square board, called a chess board, consisting of 8 rows (numbered from 1 to 8) and 8 columns (with letters from a to h), creating 64 squares of different colors. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games with millions of people at home, in clubs, online, remotely and in tournaments. Ĭhess (English: chess), formerly known as international chess, is an international game and a sport for two players. Lastly, perhaps someone will find this forum of interest. Computers have gotten into both Poker and Chess, but as expected they play quite differently than human players do. ![]() In chess, it could be directly exploitative as well or perhaps playing flexible waiting moves to delay committing before your opponent.Īs I briefly touched on, yes: both games share a lot of similarities. In poker, it could be stealing the blinds, or other exploitative forms of play. ![]() Many forums talk about this in depth, but a simple example is how good risk management skills can help Poker players (for obvious reasons due to the incomplete information) as well as chess players (as high level chess involves managing your level of risk, so your opponent messes up before you do). Part of the reason that many Poker players also play Chess (and vice-versa) is because they share a lot in common and both games have certain minds that help at both. ![]() One player that certainly would fit this list (that I haven't seen noted yet) is GM Hikaru Nakamura (on GM He has been known to also play Poker (presumably well), but I think he only plays Poker as a hobby. Yes, many strong Chess players are also strong Poker players. Is there a real logic to poker, not exactly in the same way as a chess, but say for example could a computer programme be a strong/winning poker player?Īll feedback welcome, this is my first post here Is there any ways to combine these two games? This has raised a few questions for me.Īre there any GMs or top rated players especially good at poker? (Or vice versa) ![]()
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