Sudoku and Computer Games : 数独和电脑游戏 - You Write

A Sudden Blunder 突然的失误

May 12, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Chess is a wonderful game for the young mind. It develops the mind to be logical. It helps a child to solve problems. Please encourage your child to spend fifteen minutes a day playing chess with others the world over, using: https://www.chess.com/home A game played this morning under the five minutes blitz program ended up with the remarks “Sudden - An even game that ends by just one blunder.” Let us analyse this game. The moves: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxa5 c5 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg4 Nf6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Qxg5 Rxd4 14. Qxc5 Rxg4 15. Qc8# The summary of the game analysis by chess.com shows that White has 9 good moves as opposed to Black’s 5 good moves. White […]

A Chaotic Game 象棋的混沌游戏

April 30, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

I have recently opted for 5-minute chess blitz games instead of the 10-minute ones, from the chess.com http://chess.com website. The reason is that I would like to simulate real-life decision making moments during an emergency. Yes, this is challenging! I saw my individual rating dropped from around 900 down to 600 within a week of playing such 5-minute games. The main reason why I lost most of such 5-minutes blitz games is the fact that I have not been able to think fast enough and the 5-minute time limit per move beats me, not my opponents. Of course, because of […]

5 minutes of Chess 五分钟的国际象棋游戏

April 8, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

In New Zealand, we are on the eleventh day (5th April) of our lockdown isolated-living period to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We are allowed to go out to do essential activities like shopping for groceries, banking, visiting our family doctors and chemists but we need to keep our social distance of 2 meters when we meet up with others not within our ‘bubbles’ a term that refers to those whom we stay together in our houses. We are also allowed to walk to our nearest public parks for fresh air and we also see people in family […]

Sudoku for Seniors 老年人要玩‘数独’

March 7, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

There are many published articles on the topic of ‘brain exercises for the elderly’. Some of these articles have quoted the benefits of games like Sudoku, Chess, Crosswords, and even Majong to senior citizens. These games can assist them in sharpening their minds and as a consequence can keep them younger. 关于“老年人的大脑锻炼”的主题有很多发表的文章。其中一些文章引用了数独游戏，国际象棋，填字游戏，甚至麻将游戏对老年人的好处。这些游戏可以帮助他们提高思维能力，从而使他们更年轻。 This month’s NZ Reader’s Digest gives us a compliment 77-pages book of Sudoku game challenge with the solutions provided at its rear pages. We shall illustrate how a senior like me should be tackling three such Sudoku game challenges, one from each of the sections Easy, Medium, and […]

Chess 4 February 2020

February 4, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

The chess match this morning ends up with White winning on Move # 20. Black has three Blunder-Moves compared to White’s none. White has seven Excellent Moves compared to Black’s 2. Both players have six Good Moves each. Let us analyze the moves together with the help of chess.com 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 d4 exd4 White: d4 Inaccurate Bc4 4 Qxd4 Nc6 5 Qc4 d6 Black: d5 Inaccurate Bb4 The Chessboard after Move # 3. The opening moves are traditional with the e4 e5 and the Nc3 and Nf6 start. Note that the Move by White at […]

9 Moves - and it’s Over 9步国际象棋 - 损失惨重

January 20, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

What an experience this morning! 今天早上真是太棒了！ Just nine moves and I’m sunk. 仅九步，我沉没了。 Lesson: Beware of the Bishop plus Queen combination on the g2 square. I was caught surprised. This is a good lesson for me. I have always been aware of the same Queen and Bishop combination on the f2 square but not this. Learn this lesson from my latest encounter, won’t you? 课程：当心g2广场上的Bishop plus Queen组合。我很惊讶。对我来说这是一个很好的教训。我一直都知道f2广场上的皇后区和主教区组合相同，但事实并非如此。从我最近的相遇中汲取教训，不是吗？ Analysis: “This game slipped through your fingers,” reported Chess.com That’s so true! 分析：Chess.com报道：“这个游戏漏了你的手指，” 这是真的！ 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. O-O h6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nd4 Qg6 9. Bh5 Qxg2# The game started well with e4 d5. Then move # 3, the Qe6+ was one that I had […]

Chess Game - Lesson to Learn 国际象棋-学习的经验教训

January 2, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

The most interesting chess games for me are those played for a 10 minutes period in the free App chess.com I am encouraging you to play these games with unknown competitors around your level of competence from around the world. 对我来说，最有趣的棋类游戏是在免费的App chess.com中每局10分钟的棋类。我鼓励您与来自世界各地的能力水平同洋的竞争对手一起玩这些游戏。 Let me go through the last game that I lost and that I am now learning and revising my chess tactics. 让我回顾一下我输掉的最后几局比赛，现在我正在学习和修改我的国际象棋战术。 Vocabulary: English - (1) Chess Game. (2) Encourage. (3) Competitor. (4) Level of competence. (5) Win and Loss. (6) Learning. (7) Chess Tactics. Chinese - (1) 象棋游戏 Xiàngqí yóuxì. (2) 鼓励 Gǔlì. (3) 竞争者 Jìngzhēng zhě. […]

Professional Video Game Player - Maori version

December 4, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

His nickname is ‘Little Tiger’ and he is a professional video game player. Ko tana ingoa mokika tiger iti a he tohunga ngaio hoki kaitākaro kēmu ataata. He started playing video games at a very young age. He became a champion at the “League of Legend” video game when he was fourteen years old. Kua tiimata ia ki te purei i nga keeti ataata i te wa tino taitamariki. I tū ia hei toa i te kēmu ataata e kiia nei ko “League of Legend” i te tekau ma wha ona tau. He makes a lot of money as the […]

Solving Hard Sudoku’s 解决困难的数独

October 4, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

I have been doing the daily newspaper’s Sudoku Challenge since the turn of this decade and have written three books on the topic of Francis’ Rules for Sudoku in the years 2006 to 2008. My one advice to those who are doing the daily Sudoku is: Do not believe in the level displayed underneath a Sudoku Challenge. What I find often is that often enough an “Easy Sudoku” may be tougher than “Easy” and similarly a “Hard Soduku” can often turn out to be an “Easy” one of a “Medium” at worse. Therefore, never give up in trying to solve […]

Chess - Setback, Comeback 英国象棋 - 挫折, 返回赢得。

August 26, 2019 FLAI40 Leave a comment

This article is the tenth lesson for young Chess players. The earlier nine lessons can be found in the website u-write-read.com http://www.u-write-read.com/2019/05/06/chess-dot-com/ under the category of ‘Sudoku and Computer Games’. This article highlights the fact that, in all situations, we can come back to win after any setback as long as we have the determination to win and the positive attitude that goes with that determination. There are many real life examples of this. The last America’s Cup victory by New Zealand was one example. The latest example occurs only just (yesterday) when England won the Ashes at Cricket against […]

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