All,
This is why it is important to learn your openings in case you meet a Chinese
opponent!
Tyson
On 28 August 2018 at 00:29 Alan Dicey <adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A few Chess facts
There are 318,979,564,000 different ways of playing the first four moves by
each player in a game of chess.
There are 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 different ways of playing
the first ten moves by each player in a game of chess.
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There are over 200 million inhabitants of China that are keen chess players.
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The word "Checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means
"the king is dead".
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With best regards
God Bless
Alan
Plantation, Sunny South Florida
