Seven Games: A Human History (eBook, ePUB)
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The book deals with seven games: checkers, the idea of which as a child's game veils their mesmerizing depth; chess is a classic and ubiquitous military-strategic game; go - a sophisticated and complex oriental game for the environment; backgammon is the best and most merciless game of those where dice are used; poker is the most popular card game in our century; scrabble is a classic word game; bridge is the pinnacle of strategic card games. Each of them has its own unique character. The author is looking for answers to two key questions: "What is a game?" and "Why are we playing?". He descri...
The book deals with seven games: checkers, the idea of which as a child's game veils their mesmerizing depth; chess is a classic and ubiquitous military-strategic game; go - a sophisticated and complex oriental game for the environment; backgammon is the best and most merciless game of those where dice are used; poker is the most popular card game in our century; scrabble is a classic word game; bridge is the pinnacle of strategic card games. Each of them has its own unique character. The author is looking for answers to two key questions: "What is a game?" and "Why are we playing?". He describes the history of the emergence of games, talks about outstanding players and specific matches, shows how the advent of computers has changed the nature of the game.
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