tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post1499858498007318329..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Unhappy endingTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-84006317035534793832013-05-24T15:02:26.341+01:002013-05-24T15:02:26.341+01:00As the term endgame is no longer exclusively assoc...As the term endgame is no longer exclusively associated with chess, it seems that its definition, by necessity, must expand its nature. If you play go, you'll have two basic phases to the endgame, one of which is relatively simple. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-24309607511980140012013-05-19T06:22:16.218+01:002013-05-19T06:22:16.218+01:00By coincidence I came across this yesterday.By coincidence I came across <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Endgame-Chris-Wooding/dp/0439978882/" rel="nofollow">this</a> yesterday.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-79755790064721081362013-05-16T16:41:11.571+01:002013-05-16T16:41:11.571+01:00I got a tip-off from the ECForum to have a look at...I got a tip-off from the ECForum to have a look at <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=endgame&sprefix=endga%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aendgame" rel="nofollow">this search</a>...Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-49986053037861765482013-05-16T06:28:52.305+01:002013-05-16T06:28:52.305+01:00Endgame is used a lot in the TV spy series Alias. ...Endgame is used a lot in the TV spy series Alias. It has a different sense there. It is often by and large a mystery what endgame different characters are angling for, given double-crosses, subterfuge, and so forth. I don't think it's chess related. I wondered if it might be a piece of espionage terminology proper, but nothing on google would suggest so.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-66221958753761049892013-05-15T14:11:52.874+01:002013-05-15T14:11:52.874+01:00And there's an up to the minute reference for ...And there's an up to the minute reference for you.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-65344193446835116042013-05-15T14:11:39.516+01:002013-05-15T14:11:39.516+01:00I wonder how many writers using 'endgame' ...I wonder how many writers using 'endgame' even think of it as a metaphor. It seems to have evolved into another - mainstream - word entirely.<br /><br />I'm kind of reminded of Michael Crawford talking of people doing Frank Spencer impressions. They weren't copying him, he said, as they were copying Mike Yarwood copying him. The original source material had more or less become forgottenJonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-9921732601332617902013-05-15T14:02:49.191+01:002013-05-15T14:02:49.191+01:00Although I suspect its use in these other games po...Although I suspect its use in these other games postdates and derives from its use in chess - and that its use in the language more widely also derives from its use in chess. (Beckett, for instance, certainly took his title from the game.)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-70174489663657161892013-05-15T12:35:51.415+01:002013-05-15T12:35:51.415+01:00Endgame isn't purely a chess term unlike stale...Endgame isn't purely a chess term unlike stalemate and checkmate. For example the concept arises in Scrabble<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maven_%28Scrabble%29<br />and Backgammon<br />http://www.gamesandcasino.com/backgammon/end-game-strategies.htm<br /><br />Arguably it applies to any game where there is a phase with limited horizons and simplified possible strategies.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com