Re: [tlug] Chess is dead (OT)

[Benjamin Tayehanpour <benjamin@example.com>]

On Tue, 20 May 2014 20:01:55 +0200
Bruno Raoult <braoult@example.com> wrote:

> We are going more and more out of topic, but I agree with you...
> However, why do not you play checkers today, or why did you loose some interest?

Oh, that question has an easy but boring answer. Checkers, or "damspel" in Swedish, just isn't that common in Sweden. The only boards I've ever seen have been abroad.

I have a small book somewhere on the basics of shōgi, but I haven't had the time or the gumption to buy or make a set. I do have a goban[1] and play from time to time, though, but as our legs aren't used to sitting seiza-style it doesn't happen as often as I'd want.

[1] http://share.sandslott.org/pub/pics/goban.jpg

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