Sunday, October 12, 2008

Xadrez

Genialidade no Xadrez e Pattern Matching neste documentário. E com um ligeiro divagar pela Web, a descrição de um final de jogo de xadrez curiosa pelo aparentemente mítico Capablanca:

Capablanca's management of the endgame gives the impression of being so natural that one easily forgets the difficulty of such precise play. The difficulty is chiefly psychological. In chess, as in life, one is so accustomed to place value on the material factors that it is not easy to conceive the idea of indulging in pawn sacrifices when there is so little available material.