Games of No Chance 6

Is Nine-Men Morris, in the hands of perfect players, a win for white or for black - or a draw? Can king, rook, and knight always defeat king and two knights in chess? What can Go players learn from economists?

One of the more anticipated poker strategy texts of the year has finally arrived with Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em, the latest offering from collaborators Ed Miller, Sunny Mehta, and Matt Flynn. Expectations are high thanks largely to the trio’s earlier Professional No-Limit Hold’em, Volume 1 (2007), a book that received much acclaim

For thousands of years, games and puzzles have been an enjoyable and rewarding aspect of human civilization. They tease our brains. They challenge our memories. They strengthen our competitive skills. And whether it’s chess, poker, or Sudoku, most games have this in common: Everything you need to win is rooted in mathematics.