nice. Have you ever played four way chess on an extended board? Probably a little closer to the same sensation Obama is up against.
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I had no idea there was such a game. Such a game would have the added psychological dimension of persons ganging up on each other also. It would partly be like a survivor game where persons cut deals (I'll vote for you if you vote for me), alliances. I suppose there would have to be rules about talking & whispering in another player's ear.
I will check it out.
I note that the corners were cut out of the extended board,
But international politics is like that, but there are many more players than 4.
To some extent international politics is like playing Road Runner. Perhaps you have noted that in Road Runner, there are 3 characters: 1) the Road Runner, 2) Wiley Coyote, and 3) GOD!
In your link Kasparov likened Putin to a poker player, rather than chess -- like a person playing poker against chess players. I guess you can't bluff with chess. However, I don't see Putin bluffing. I see him acting. He invades an area with troops, an area beside Russia, not on other side of the earth. He uses low budget, but effective intervention. The USA is more likely to choose tar babies on other side of the globe against which to squander resources.
Is it a bluff in the Ukraine to have no response in mind, but embarrassment at a bluff, if NATO sent troops in also & warred vs Russians in the Ukraine? Or is it obvious that NATO is not going to do that & does not have the logistics to carry it out anyway? I suppose Putin might be said to gamble that the USA won't use air power -- but how much of a gamble is that? Going back to post WWII, the USA has not been willing to intervene at long distance to save Russia's neighbors.
I will check into the 4 way chess game. Thanks
If you have played that game, tell me how it went, please.
I am imagining a chess game where anyone could move as fast as he wished, not taking turns.