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Want to win a tournament and have your name recorded on the Champions
Page forever? Here are some tips we've put together to help you
towards that goal.
- Show up - Woody Allen once said, "Eighty percent of success is
showing up". This is especially true in the tournaments where
many matches are forfeited. In very small tournaments,
players have sometimes won by being the only one not to forfeit.
However, as the tournaments get bigger, this strategy won't be nearly as effective.
Still, making your moves within the allotted time will move you a long way
up the tournament ranks.
- Join the smaller tournaments - If you're pressed
for time, a smaller tournament will finish faster, and give
you a better chance to win. Some of the
smaller tournaments (often variations) are very similar to the
"core" game (like Reversi 10x10 vs regular Reversi, or Connectris
vs Stack4). If you already have a solid grounding in the core
game, you may be able to apply those principles to a variation.
- Study the game - For chess this may be obvious,
but there are books written for the other games we offer as well.
Or start by reading the rules and strategy pages we have on the game,
and follow the links listed on those pages as a starting point for
your research
into the game. There are many fine web pages devoted to teaching
the basic principles of various games.
- Study your opponent - Study past games that
your opponent has played. Do you see any patterns? Do you see any
weakness that you could exploit? Past game records are available in
both the tournament area as well as the "Games in progress / Completed
Games" section. This tactic will be especially effective in games
that feature placement of pieces, like Battleboats and Sabotage
and Screen Chess. (NOTE: the last two games are not available yet
as of this writing, but we do plan to roll them out shortly).
- Play variations - In a popular game, there's always
the possibility of someone using outside mechanical help (although
we believe that these instances are rare). However, there are no
computer programs available to analyze Sabotage, a game we invented.
Also, variations such as Anti-Checkers,
Anti-Reversi, Blackhole Reversi, Dark Chess or Extinction Chess.
are all outside the ability of
current computer programs to analyze-- they would require writing
specific programs to play these games.
(For the chess variations, although it's simple enough to input the
positions themselves into the computer program, the computer is at
a huge disadvantage without its opening book).
So when you sign up to play a
variation tournament, you can be sure that it's you against the opponent,
with no outside influence.
Remember, the most enjoyable part of a tournament
is in the later rounds where you're playing other section
winners, and you want to give yourself every opportunity to advance
into those later rounds.
However, having said that, remember that the whole point of this
site is to have fun playing and competing with others who enjoy
board games. Don't let winning get in the way of the enjoyment
of the game. Please be courteous and considerate of other tournament
players, and you'll find the favor returned.
Good luck in the tournaments, and we'll see you at the Champion's Page!
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