The Most Beautiful Game: How Supreme Commander Stole my Heart
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On Creativity in Strategy
Follow me on Twitter: @FromKulak “In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game.” -Jose Capablanca, "Chess Fundamentals" (1921) There is not a move more celebrated in the history of chess, or really any game, than the Queen Sacrifice. It’s a thing of unparalleled beauty. Of course as a metaphor it is incredibly rich. The lesser Pawn Sacrifice in itself is one of the richest metaphors in fiction, appearing in The…
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