Game, Set, Match!
4 Nov
Been on a gaming binge lately thanks to some pals who introduced me to the following addictive (and brain cell vapourizing) online games. Try them at your own risk! And, as usual, let’s compare scores! Heh heh…
First off, a classic – Chess! I’ve not played chess in over 2 years when I last lost to an old classmate 3 games in a row. He was somebody I used to be able to beat easily in JC so I figured that my brain was degenerating at record proportions (only in Chess) so it was time to retire. My comeback match a few nights ago was marked with a very surprising win, much to the shock of my very confident challenger (don’t tell you who!). In fact, I was pretty resigned to losing until he/she made some mistakes towards the later part of the game.
Black (ME!) forcing White to exchange queens thanks to a fork and check on his/her king, thus, heavily tilting the endgame in Black’s favour (rooks are very powerful in the endgame).
Next, the current puzzle fad that’s all the rage right now – Sudoku! Sudoku is a puzzle game where you have to fill up a 9×9 grid of nine smaller 3×3 squares. The rules are simple:
(i) each 3×3 square must have all the numbers 1 to 9 and numbers cannot repeat,
(ii) each row of 9 squares (up and down) must have all the numbers 1 to 9 and numbers cannot repeat.
Try the online version! It’s free and allows you to rank your timing against everybody else.
Finally, this game was discovered by Pris during her trip to Germany earlier this year. It’s called “Set” and happens to be a Mensa Select Top 5 game for 1991 (gee that’s ancient!). The objective of the game is for you to create sets of 3 pictures consisting of either common shapes, colours, patterns or numbers.
Try it online! The daily puzzle is refreshed daily (doh!)
Hope you guys have fun! And, if you have other games or puzzles to recommend, do let me know in the Comments section. 
Tiger, Snowdon: Thanks guys!...
hohohoh…. sudoku and setgame, hahaha… not really interested in chess ….
Ok, for the record, Mr. Hendrik got 1m 34s for Sets today! Must target to better that timing.
Nice blog entry!! Me got 57seconds!!
*haoz lianz* lol..
57 seconds!!! Oh wow… my time today was 3m 3s. Argh!
mine today is 2m 23s
Argh, took me 4m 37s for today’s puzzle. :S
Think it was purely luck for the 57 seconds.. ;P
2m 36s for today’s Set puzzle! Whoopeee!
Yeah, 57 seconds is really outrageous! See if you can repeat your feat. Haha…
Cannot… only got 1m 38s unfortunately.. so its def a stroke of luck
Darn… I’m being hammered left, right and centre!!! How come you all so good??
wah. i haven’t tried the sets. was hooked on the Sudoku. So far fastest time is 8mins 59 seconds only. Darn, still far from the average.
Actually the set thing, I think I play before in my primary school. That time my mum bought the cards (physical set) for me and my siblings to play
beings back fond memories … if I can find it hehe
sorry, should be secondard school since it only got top 5 in 1991? unless my mum uncovered it earlier? haha..
Tiger: Wow! You are pretty fast in Sudoku too. If you can find that Set game, it’ll be great. It sure trains one’s ability to zoom in onto details. Haha…
Ok, my best time today is 5m 15s for Sudoku on Easy putting me in the Top 19% *phew*
Power… 5m 15s.