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History of the Board games and its benefits

Benefits of Board Games
Along with playing cards, board games are the most general and popular games in almost every culture in the world. Ancient findings in Egypt reveal board games that date back thousands of years. Board games were staple forms of activity in ancient civilizations. The tombs of royal leaders and their families have been found to have early board games believed to be the favorite games of these late families.

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Generally, board games became popular only in the late 20th century. The Middle class catapulted board games to another level, and these games became more original, creative and fun. They are also the ones who had time and extra money to spend on board gaming. Modern board gaming today uses the help of technology to further push its ability of entertaining as well as competitiveness among its players. Online board games are slowly gaining in popularity world wide, and you can battle in chess or even play scrabble with a group of people that you haven’t meet individually on other side of the world.

Types:
There are many types of board games, and they are mostly encouraged by true social situations. Take for example Monopoly, where you have play money, and you use this money to acquire assets and properties, and sell other acquisitions. This is a recreation of the business of real estate in an economic backdrop. Chess is the most popular and oldest known strategy game, and is considered as a sport where you expect your opponent’s next move to win the game.

History:
Board games, as defined by the name itself, are games based on carrom boards. Players use boards as a stage and with the aid of other equipments such as dice, timers, and other pieces that would enhance the game. Others would be as complicated as monopoly, where dices and pieces only make up a small part of the game. In addition to this, some games would be a simple as a marker and a dice such as the game of luck in snakes and ladders.

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Basically, board games are divided into three types of games: luck, strategy, and knowledge. Board games based on luck are generally controlled by dice. The winner is usually determined by the one who can happily roll the desired number on the dice. Games of plan on the other hand are a game of wits, skills, and logic. People who excel in this type of game truly excel, and a game of chance will not change their skills in any way. There are also games that need the player to be educated on certain topics like quizmasters and scrabble.

There are also board games that do not need only luck but also strategy in all aspects of the game. A classic example of this is monopoly, where a dice is rolled and players try to create an empire within the carrom board. It was only during the 20th century that board games started to be known by everyone, even though they were created even before the birth of Christ. It was after World War II that people became more attracted in the board games that were available at that time. The rise of board game was due to the increasing middle class. People opening to have more time of their own, and they started to look for games that would not require them to sweat.

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Filed under: Board Games,Carrom,chess board,chess pieces,chess sets — carromgear December 20, 2011 @ 5:09 am

Kramnik draw against Levon Aronian at London Classic Chess

Magnus Carlsen of Norway was the favourite on form to win the London Classic Chess after seven rounds; Luke McShane of England had the best tiebreak; but it was the third joint leader Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, who provided the star turn towards the end of the competition. The Russian took a careful draw against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the last round on Monday and logged 16 points to finish clear first.

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Hikaru Nakamura of US bounced back in the last round to rout tailender Michael Adams of England in the ninth and last round to gather 15 points for second place while Magnus Carlsen could mix out only a draw after 77 moves against Nigel Short of England and had to be content with the third place. Luke McShane of England (13 points) came fourth with a short draw in opposition to Viswanathan Anand, who completed fifth ahead of Levon Aronian on tiebreak.

Kramnik defeated Luke McShane in a long struggle and surged into sole lead with 15 points, two points clear of Carlsen in second place and three ahead of Hikaru Nakamura of US and Luke McShane. Kramnik was the only one to win in the penultimate round. The Russian finished the English rout when he beat McShane. David Howell finished his quota of eight board games with a draw with Levon Aronian after a long struggle. Aronian tried Pirc defence and could not make any headway after 54 moves though he was a pawn up in a rook and minor piece ending.

Nakamura and Short met in English Opening. The pawns shaped a solid line of defence across the board so that there was no breakthrough for either player. The position did not change much after 90 moves when the game was finally drawn. In the FIDE open that was played alongside the Classic, India enjoyed a good last round as top seed GM Abhijeet Gupta finished first with eight points from nine rounds. IM Sahaj Grover came second with 7.5 points while Arghyadip Das was joint third with seven points.

Classic final placings:
1. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 16,
2. Hikaru Nakamura (US) 15,
3. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 14,
4. Luke McShane (England) 13,
5. Vishy Anand (Ind) 9,
6. Levon Aronian (Armenia) 9,
7. Nigel Short (England) 6,
8. David Howell (England) 4,
9. Michael Adams (England) 3

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Filed under: Board Games,chess,chess board,chess pieces,chess sets — carromgear December 13, 2011 @ 4:18 am