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From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Complicated games
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:04:09 -0400
On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, James Pearley Kilbride wrote:

> Then you don't play the complicated enough games. They aren't as difficult
> to learn but some of the easiest games are some of the trickiest to master.
> Take chess. I love a good game of chess and even though it is simple it is
> so tough against a good player. It becomes so simple that it is hard.

You think chess is complicated in its simplicity, try Go. Makes
chess look like child's-play by comparison.

Marc

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