Anleitungen
Zehn ausführliche Anleitungen pro Spiel — vom ersten Zug bis zu den Gewohnheiten, die enge Partien entscheiden.
Schach
Vollständige Regeln, ein rechnender Gegner und eine lesbare Zugliste.
Eröffnungsprinzipien im Schach, die wirklich zählenYou do not need to memorise opening theory to get a decent position. Three ideas — centre, development, king safety — will carry y…
8 minGabel, Fesselung und Spieß: die entscheidenden TaktikenNearly every game below master level is settled by a two-move tactic. These are the four patterns worth drilling until you see the…
9 minAcht Mattmuster, die man sofort erkennen sollteMate almost always arrives in one of a handful of shapes. Learn the shapes and you stop calculating from scratch every time.…
8 minSchachendspiele: die fünf Stellungen, die jeder kennen sollteEndgames feel dry until you lose a won game. These five positions cover most of what actually comes up, and none of them takes lon…
9 minWie man aufhört, Figuren einzustellenMost lost games are not lost to brilliance. They are given away in one move. Here is a routine that removes the majority of those …
7 minRochade, En passant und Umwandlung, richtig erklärtThree rules that confuse more new players than everything else combined — including the exact conditions people usually get wrong.…
7 minWie man vom Spiel gegen eine Schach-Engine profitiertA computer opponent is a training tool, not just a rival. Used well it fixes weaknesses fast; used badly it teaches you to play sc…
7 minAlle Wege, wie eine Schachpartie remis endetHalf points come from five different rules, and knowing them turns lost positions into saves — and stops won positions slipping aw…
7 minBauernstruktur: das Skelett der StellungPawns are the slowest pieces and the ones that decide where every other piece belongs. Six structures explain most middlegame plan…
8 minEin realistischer Plan vom Anfänger zur VereinsstärkeWhat to work on, in what order, and how much of each — for players who have the rules down and want to stop losing to the same thi…
8 minSchachnotation lesen und einer Partie folgenAlgebraic notation takes ten minutes to learn and unlocks every chess book, video and database ever made.…
6 minSudoku
Jedes Rätsel frisch erzeugt, mit genau einer Lösung und erklärenden Tipps.
Scannen: der schnellste Start in jedes SudokuBefore you write a single pencil mark, scanning will usually fill a third of the grid. Here is how to do it systematically instead…
6 minNotizen: wann sie helfen und wie sie sauber bleibenCandidates turn a memory problem into a visible one. Used carelessly they turn a solvable puzzle into a mess.…
6 minNackte und versteckte Paare, Drillinge und VierlingeThe first real technique beyond singles, and the one that unlocks most hard puzzles. The idea is simpler than the names suggest.…
7 minX-Wing, Schwertfisch und die Muster jenseits der PaareWhen singles, pairs and locked candidates all run out, these are the next techniques — and the logic is more approachable than the…
7 minSieben Fehler, die ein Sudoku ruinierenMost failed puzzles are not too hard. They are broken by a small error twenty moves earlier.…
6 minSudoku schneller lösen, ohne Fehler zu machenSpeed comes from cutting wasted looking, not from thinking quicker. Six changes that shorten solve times immediately.…
6 minWas macht ein Sudoku schwer?It is not the number of clues. Difficulty comes from which techniques are required and where the clues are placed.…
6 minEine Sudoku-Routine, die wirklich besser machtSolving more puzzles is not the same as getting better. Twenty focused minutes a day beats an hour of the same thing repeated.…
6 minSudoku auf Papier lösen — und was sich ändertPaper is slower, harder and better for learning some things. Here is how to adapt, and how to print a grid from this site.…
5 minSudoku-Varianten und welche sich lohnenKiller, jigsaw, diagonal, hyper — the popular variants change one rule each, and each change rewards a different kind of thinking.…
6 minGo
Schlagen, Ko, Passen und Flächenzählung auf 9×9, 13×13 oder 19×19.
Freiheiten, Atari und Schlagen: die Mechanik eines Go-KampfesEvery fight in go is a race to fill liberties. Counting them turns guesswork into arithmetic.…
6 minZwei Augen: wie Gruppen leben und sterbenA group with two eyes cannot be captured, ever. Everything else in go is a negotiation about whether a group can get there.…
7 minWie man Go auf 9×9 gut spieltThe small board is not a toy version. It is a complete game with its own strategy, and it is where every technique is easiest to l…
6 minDie Ko-Regel und wie Ko-Kämpfe wirklich laufenOne short rule prevents infinite loops and creates the most tactical situation in go.…
6 minGute Form: warum manche Steinformationen einfach funktionierenShape is efficiency. Strong players do not calculate every move — they play formations that are hard to attack and move on.…
6 minGo-Eröffnung: Ecken, Seiten, ZentrumThe order is not arbitrary. It falls straight out of how many stones each area needs to enclose.…
6 minLeiter und Netz: fliehende Steine fangenTwo techniques for catching escaping stones, and the whole-board check that decides which one to use.…
5 minDas Go-Endspiel: immer den größten Punkt spielenGames are lost in the endgame more often than anywhere else, usually by playing a five-point move when a twelve-point move was ava…
6 minVorgabesteine und Komi: wie Go fair bleibtGo has the best handicap system of any board game, and it turns mismatched games into genuinely competitive ones.…
5 minNeun Fehler, die fast jeder Go-Anfänger machtRecognising these early skips months of confusion — most of them come from applying instincts borrowed from other games.…
6 minMahjong Solitär
Die Schildkröte aus 144 Steinen, immer lösbar ausgelegt.
Mahjong-Solitär-Strategie: welches Paar man nimmtEvery board offers several legal moves and most of them are wrong. The difference between clearing and stalling is which pair you …
6 minDie Regel des freien Steins, im DetailAlmost every mahjong solitaire question turns out to be a question about which tiles are free. Here is the rule with all its edge …
5 minWie man nicht ohne Züge dastehtA solvable board can still be killed in twenty moves. These are the specific mistakes that do it.…
5 minDer Mahjong-Steinsatz, erklärtThree suits, two honour groups and eight bonus tiles. Knowing what you are looking at makes matching considerably faster.…
5 minEin Mahjong-Brett schneller abräumenSpeed comes from recognising tiles instantly and scanning the board in a fixed order, not from clicking quickly.…
5 minDas Schildkröten-Layout lesenThe classic shape is not arbitrary. Knowing where its pressure points are tells you what to clear and in what order.…
5 minMahjong-Solitär ist nicht MahjongThey share a tile set and nothing else. Here is what the real game is, and why the confusion exists.…
5 minWann mischen und wann zurücknehmenYou get three shuffles and unlimited undos. Choosing between them well is worth several cleared boards.…
4 minFünf Mahjong-Solitär-Fehler, die man ablegen sollteEach of these feels efficient in the moment and costs you the board twenty moves later.…
4 minMahjong-Solitär zum AbschaltenNot every game has to be optimised. Here is how to use the board when the point is the fifteen minutes, not the time on the clock.…
4 minGomoku
Fünf in einer Reihe auf 15×15, gegen einen Gegner, der Drohungen pariert.
Offene Drei und offene Vier: die Grammatik des GomokuEvery gomoku game is a conversation in threats. Learn to name them and the right move usually becomes obvious.…
6 minGomoku-Eröffnungen: die ersten fünf ZügeThe opening is short but it decides whether you spend the game attacking or defending.…
5 minIm Gomoku verteidigen, ohne die Initiative zu verlierenBlocking is necessary, but pure blocking loses. The skill is choosing blocks that also build something.…
5 minErzwungene Folgen: so werden Gomoku-Partien gewonnenAbove beginner level nobody wins by accident. Wins come from sequences of forcing moves that end in a threat that cannot be answer…
6 minDen Gomoku-Computer schlagenThe opponent here blocks threats and searches ahead. Here is what each level actually does and how to play against it.…
5 minSechs Gomoku-Fehler, die Partien kostenMost losses trace back to one of a handful of habits, and all of them are easy to break once named.…
5 minGomoku, Renju und das Problem des ersten ZugesFree-style gomoku is a proven win for Black. The rule variants that exist are all attempts to fix that.…
5 minEin Gomoku-Brett schnell lesenStrong players are not calculating faster. They are scanning the board in a way that makes the important points obvious.…
5 minGomoku zu zweit spielenTwo-player mode turns the board into a shared one. Here is how to make the games even, and how to teach someone in five minutes.…
4 minWoher Gomoku kommtA game played with go equipment for centuries, formalised in Japan, solved by computer, and still played competitively worldwide.…
5 minDame
Schlagzwang, Sprungketten und Damen — regelgerecht.
Der Schlagzwang und wie man ihn ausnutztForcing your opponent's hand is the core of checkers tactics. Once you see it, the game changes completely.…
6 minDamen und wie Dame-Endspiele gewonnen werdenA king is worth roughly two ordinary pieces. Getting the first one usually decides the game.…
6 minDame-Eröffnungen: die ersten zehn ZügeYou do not need opening books. Four ideas cover the whole opening and they follow from how the pieces move.…
5 minEinsperren: gewinnen, ohne zu schlagenYou win checkers when your opponent cannot move, not only when they run out of pieces. That second condition is a whole strategy.…
5 minSechs Dame-Fehler, die Partien kostenAlmost all of them come from forgetting that captures are compulsory in both directions.…
5 minGegen den Dame-Computer spielenThe opponent here searches ahead with a minimax and never misses a compulsory capture. Here is how to make it a useful training pa…
5 minDame-Varianten in aller WeltEnglish draughts is one of many. The differences in board size and capture rules change the game substantially.…
5 minDame zu zweit spielenTwo-player mode, teaching a beginner, and how to handle a skill gap without either player being bored.…
4 minWoher das Damespiel kommtA five-thousand-year lineage, a nineteenth-century tournament culture, and the game that broke a generation of computer scientists…
5 minBesser werden im DamespielThe skill ladder is short and well defined. Here is what to learn, in what order, and how to know when to move on.…
5 min2048
Schieben, verschmelzen und den großen Stein in der Ecke lassen.
Die Eckenstrategie, richtig erklärtEveryone says keep the big tile in the corner. Here is why it works and what the rule actually requires you to do.…
6 minDas Schlangenmuster: so entstehen hohe PunktzahlenCorner strategy gets you to 2048. The snake gets you to 4096 and beyond, by making every tile part of one long chain.…
6 minFünf Fehler, die eine 2048-Partie früh beendenThe board usually dies for one of a small number of reasons, and four of them are entirely within your control.…
5 minWeiter als 2048The first 2048 tile is a technique problem. The second one, and 4096, are management problems.…
5 minWie die Punktewertung bei 2048 funktioniertYour score is determined entirely by which merges you make, which means it is almost completely predictable from your highest tile…
4 minDie Mathematik hinter 2048Powers of two, a fixed spawn probability, and a board that shrinks as you succeed. A short look at why the game is shaped the way …
5 minSchnell oder sorgfältig spielen bei 2048There is a real trade-off, and it changes as the board fills. Knowing when to switch modes is worth a whole tier of score.…
4 min2048 auf dem Handy spielenSwipe accuracy, one-handed play, and the settings that reduce mis-presses on a small screen.…
4 min2048-Varianten, die man kennen sollteThe original spawned hundreds of imitations. A few of them change the game in genuinely interesting ways.…
4 minDauerhaft besser werden bei 2048Scores vary a lot game to game, which makes progress hard to see. Here is how to measure it and what to work on.…
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