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Timeless Tactics of Ancient Board Games
Explore key terms and strategic elements from classic ancient board games through this crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Ability to anticipate future moves and consequences
  • 2. Skill required for many board games involving manual moves
  • 3. A situation where any move puts the player at a disadvantage
  • 6. Area controlled by a player, crucial in Go
  • 9. Short-term maneuver designed to gain immediate benefit
  • 12. Having the initiative or the first move in Go
  • 13. An ancient game involving moving seeds or stones across pits
  • 18. Strategy to stop opponent’s progress by obstructing paths
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  • 4. Strategy aimed at protecting key pieces or positions
  • 5. Eastern game focusing on territory control
  • 7. The final phase of a board game where few pieces remain
  • 8. Long-term planning to gain advantage in gameplay
  • 10. Analyzing opponent's moves and predicting plans
  • 11. Game known for checkmate and strategic opening theories
  • 14. Removing an opponent’s piece from the board
  • 15. Forming a line of three pieces in Nine Men’s Morris
  • 16. A mathematical strategy game played with piles of objects
  • 17. In chess, a row where the king is vulnerable to a mate
  • 19. The most numerous piece in chess, often sacrificed strategically
  • 20. The initial sequence of moves in a board game

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