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Re: [Icehouse] Martian Chess Tiebreaker?

  • FromJoseph Peterson <jeepeterson@xxxxxxxxx>
  • DateTue, 10 Nov 2009 22:10:58 -0800 (PST)
> anywhere, but I am wondering if anybody has chosen a
> preferred way to break ties in Martian Chess? With more
> advanced players, it seems very easy to end in a tied game,
> where one cannot get an edge over the other without making a
> mistake.

My preferred method is to play again. I think it's generally possible to force a win at some point... but sometimes you miss it and then you are in tie city. It hasn't happened to me too often. I should look up my record on SDG to find out how often. I've never had a tie IRL that I can recall.

I do remember when Aaron and I had many ties at the end of a tournament on SDG. I looked over one of the games and found my mistake. I didn't go through the exercise for all the games.

-JEEP 



      

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