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Old 10-11-2008, 08:36 AM   #5
Erick Mead
 
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Re: Aikido and the Way of Chess

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Mark Uttech wrote: View Post
Onegaishimasu. As an avid chess player, I would be most interested in how some of you chess players out there relate aikido to chess. Does one play aggressively or evasively? (I am aware that the word 'avid' is defined as both: "eager" and "greedy". Well, "eager" is the better description as relates to this post).
It depends on your view of chess. As I view chess, (or Go for that matter) the concept of kuzushi is very much sympathetic to certain recurrent strategies -- particularly zugswang.

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Erick Mead
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