![]() ![]() It was a most instructive experience, one worth repeating. Then however, Captain Kirk executed a flamboyant one might even say reckless series of moves. On this basis, I gave up my premature assumption that the Enterprise had gained a chess expert as well as a Captain. Certainly his strategy and tactics did not appear particularly far-sighted. ![]() His radical solution to the problem I had set was, I decided, a fortuitous random move. at first I easily compelled him to play on the defensive. So they then played a full game together. Spock says it was illogical because Kirk risked his queen and knights, perhaps suggesting that risk is illogical. In the book Star Trek - Enterprise: The First Adventure, while Spock was practicing a solo game Kirk spots a mate in 3 that he couldn't see. (Similar to Data vs Kolrami in a game of Strategma, where Data plays not to win, but simply not to lose, which is an unexpected and maddening tactic to his opponent) Spock's insistence that Kirk should have played a particular move, indicates a bit of unwillingness to adapt to simply 'play the board' as Jeremy Silman (chess player / author) suggests. Spock's response to Gary Mitchell as to the chess game clearly shows that Kirk, like Troi, played illogically, which created the win condition. KIRK: Terrible having bad blood like that. SPOCK: The fact that one of my ancestors married a human female KIRK: Certain you don't know what irritation is? If Troi can beat Data (who is likely arguably an even better strategist / calculator than Spock), Kirk, who Spock says used similar unexpected tactics and unpredictable reactions, also stands a good chance.Īlso - in the game we see Kirk and Spock playing - Kirk is very much aware of Spock's half-human side and is goading him, which could cause Spock to make a blunder: ![]() It's a game of intuition.ĭATA: You are a challenging opponent, Counsellor. TROI: Data, chess isn't just a game of ploys and gambits. You will checkmate my king in seven moves. You have devised a completely unanticipated response to a classic attack. By missing that opportunity, you have left your king vulnerable.ĭATA: Intriguing. We can also look to Troi beating Data at 3D chess: (note: 3D, not 4D)ĭATA: The characteristic response to the Kriskov Gambit is to counter with the el-Mitra Exchange, particularly since I have already taken both your rooks. ![]()
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