Is chess like Kung Fu?
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Kung Fu marathon? If that means real Kung-fu, that would be amazing. I assume it was just movies though?
No, movies. But don't all the different styles remind you of chess?
If you want to hear more on that, I suggest you lay hands on the book "The Art of learning" by Josh Waitzkin, a International Master (or even GM??) AND several times World Cup winner in the disciplin of Tai Chi Pushing hands. I myself enjoyed the book tremendously, not because everything in it is purely true, but...well, that would belong into another thread...
May 4, 2008
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I wrote an article about Kung Fu and chess a couple of years ago. It's called Chess for Grasshoppers and comes complete with a photograph of Master Po. You can find it at my web page http://www.tomorrowland.info Just select Chess from the home page and click on Chess for Grasshoppers from the menu.
I wouldn't take it too seriously, though.
This has to be one of the funniest, and dumbest, forum topics I have heard in my ten months here.
TonightOnly wrote: This has to be one of the funniest, and dumbest, forum topics I have heard in my ten months here.
lol
I will use... the drunken cricket tactic to ensnare your bishop. He will fly through the air impossibly and somehow land upright but on an inefficient square. /cue cheesy music
Magellam wrote:
I was watching a Kung Fu marathon at home. It dawned on me that like all the differnt styles Kung Fu, we have many differnt styles of chess. Praying Mantis, or Caro-Kann, Tiger or Ruy Lopez. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these two similar?
Depends on how you look at it. Bobby Fischer would have probably mated David Carradine in less than 20 moves. LOL
I was watching a Kung Fu marathon at home. It dawned on me that like all the differnt styles Kung Fu, we have many differnt styles of chess. Praying Mantis, or Caro-Kann, Tiger or Ruy Lopez. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these two similar?