Why do people think Chess is such more of an advanced game than Checkers?

Question

Chess has more piece moves, but the thought that it takes to win against a good checkers apponent is just as difficult as a chess match against a good chess apponent I think.

Answer 1

Both are excellent games, but chess is far more complicated, and has for more complex, interesting, and aestetic strategies.

By 1989, a computer could beat top level draughts players. At the same time computer chess was still only at an expert level, far below grandmaster. It took until 1997 with Deep Blue to make computers strong enough to destroy the World Champion of chess.

At the start of a chess game, there are are a possiblity of 20 moves. By the 2nd move, there is a possibility of 400. After the third, we are in the thousands. The total possible number of chess positions that can be reached in a game is around 10^18. This is about the same number as there are stars in the galaxy!

The tactics and combinations used in chess are also very complicated. To understand decent tactics, you have to have an idea of what the board is going to look like six, eight moves ahead at a glance. And the sacrafices done with various combinations can be most interesting. Is it safe to give away the queen? Do I trade the knight for a rook? Do I have a forced mate in 8 moves? How is this going to look in a hard fought endgame? Endgame studies need to be examined 20 moves deep sometimes for a clear answer. Its quite consuming.

Chess for this reason gained popularity. Its mock warfare to some degree. Theres a certain magic that occurs when you see somebody make a move and several people think 'what in the hell is he doing?' only to find out six moves later that it was actually a touch of genius. And then to go over it again at your own pace at home, and think if there were any possible alternitives...

There are also different ways to play chess. Granted, you can change the grid size with draughts. The main variations with chess would be time controls. Speed chess is popular, and to which I'm addicted to. Theres also shuffle chess where you mix up the original position of the back ranks.

However, I do like checkers. It doesn't fry the brain like eight hours of tournament chess play. Its also probably better to show most kids as an introduction to board games. And there are alot of strategies to know in it to play half decent. I know of an official checker expert who decided to take up chess in his 70s. All the checker playing must have kept his mind deadly sharp. I only see people in their teens make as much progress as him. Sometimes people will go to the chess club and play checkers. Personally, I think thats excellent. Like chess, its more than a simple game, but has its strategies and followers.

Answer 2

In my opinion the complexity of chess stems from the much larger number of permutations that is possible playing chess - the strategy needs to account for all these permutations. The large number of permutations are because of the different types of pieces, and the rules governing their use.
It may very well be as difficult to win against a good checkers opponent as a good chess opponent, but chess is the more complicated game.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

because:Chess, perennially popular game of skill between two players, involving intense intellectual competition, with almost no element of chance. Each player has 16 chess pieces, one set being called White, the other Black. Each set consists of a king, queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks (or castles), and eight pawns. The game is played on a square chessboard, divided into 64 alternate light (or white) and dark (or black) squares, that is always placed between the players so that the corner square to the right of each player is white. The eight vertical rows of squares running from the front edge of the chessboard nearest one player to that nearest the other are called files; the eight horizontal rows that are at right angles are called ranks; and the rows of squares extending diagonally across the board are called diagonals.

Chess Board and Pieces A chess board consists of 8 rows of 8 alternately light and dark squares. There are 64 squares in total. Each player commands 16 pieces of 6 different types. Each type of piece can move in a certain way, either by rank (from side to side), by file (forward and back), diagonally, or a combination of these ways. Most pieces can move only along a path unobstructed by other pieces. Most pieces capture other pieces by moving into a square that the opposing piece occupies. Once captured, a piece is removed from play. The object of the game is to force the opponent's king into a position from which it cannot escape. This is called checkmate.© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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The object of the game, which symbolizes warfare, is to capture—that is, “checkmate”—the opposing king. The defeated king is never removed from the board, however, as are the other pieces and pawns when they are captured. The basic rules and principles of chess are easily mastered, but the subtleties of advanced play require intensive study and concentration. Because of this characteristic, chess is one of the few games that everyone can enjoy; weak or inexperienced players will gain as many thrills and pleasures in games with opponents of their approximate strength as will two master tournament competitors.

Over the centuries chess pieces have been made in many forms, representational and abstract, and in a wide variety of materials. Wood or stone, ivory or bone, silver, gold, and bronze, alabaster, crystal, and china have all been worked by master artisans to produce sets of incomparable beauty and value. Modern chess, however, is primarily played with pieces of wood or plastic in the classic design known as the Staunton pattern, which was devised in the 19th century in Great Britain. So popular is chess that small portable sets are manufactured for convenient play when travelling; by the late 1970s technological advances made it possible for more and more players to pit their skills against sophisticated electronic computer games that simulate master play. The 1990s saw the growth of chess played across the Internet.

Answer 5

becuse it is there is a lot more move that you can make in chess

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

Because it is.