The Game -Chess Analysis (long)
Thanks for all the great comments! I probably should’ve waited a week or so but after watching it 4 times the night before I woke up and pounded away at the board, so many comments are personal interpetations of watching two people play a game of chess. I read a couple threads where people thought that Prince and Kai sucked at Chess. It’s easy to say “They suck” but when you arent playing the moves arent based off you. What some see as “obvious” better moves, usually arent. One major thing does nag at me. In round 6-7 why didnt Prince (e4-e5)? Just about every simulation I’ve put it through on my machine today with various 1900-2100 elo, the computer makes that move. Thats why Im sure this is a famous game, its clearly based off 2 strategic genius’s. Plus the positioning was so pretty to look at. They had built 2 great bishop/knight/queen defenses across from each other, one king-side, one queen-side. And so many Prince potential attacks vs Kais tiny little Knight-pawn attack. In terms of “Lexx” it’s interesting to note that Kai plays a game where all that matters is the end result. He sacrificed everything for the win. Very much in keeping with character.
Prince however played a safe game. He built a solid defense and had massive attack capability, yet refused to commit to any single attack until his biggest most obvious attack was ready (Rook/Queen). Its odd he didnt have any diversions, but then again his attack was very obvious and diversions would of wasted time. But then again a good diversion like that could’ve removed Kai’s knight threat. But if that had happened Kai wouldent of sacrificed 790-rooks. Hehe, so many options!!
I agree that they ended “The Game” episode too early. If Prince is going to keep his bargain then they should of thrown us a bone, maybe a smile by Kai or some indication of life. This would have really put the nail in on The Game as being the point where Kai regains his soul. As it is were really not sure if Prince will keep his word or not and if the game mattered at all. In any event, I ended up watching it 4 times the first night it was on, I just love this episode. I ended up writing this thread the next morning after I woke up. So some of my comments are premature. It’s certainly my favorite ep of all time. Brigadoom and The Beach a close 2nd [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
PS I looked all day at over 350 games, without a filter :/ so I cant find what game this is. Hopefully someone can re-ask in Halifax if it comes up. Sorry bout that.