[Event "LaoTzu Chess: Strategery. It's like a wargame!"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2010.08.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Grignard"] [Black "Abacist"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "laotzu"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qbbnrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRBBQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2173"] [WhiteRD "96"] [BlackElo "1486"] [BlackRD "338"] [GameID "258855"] 1. g3 { Abacist: Hello. It looks like you are an awesome player of this variant ... any tips would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps after the game or after you finish a key series of moves and let me know what hit me :-) } 1... b6 { Abacist: This should be a very quick game. } 2. Qxa8 { Grignard: Certainly, I'd be glad to. LaoTzu games are rarely very quick however. } { Abacist: Rare is also losing one's queen on move 2 without even an exchange! } { Grignard: You can have a look here for some tips and tricks you might fnd useful. http://wiki.schemingmind.com/LaoTzuChess } 2... c6 { Abacist: Thanks, I will check that out. } 3. Qxb8 { Game Over: OK, that was a fun one. Let's try the other one ... } 1-0