Руководства
По десять подробных руководств на каждую игру — от первого хода до привычек, которые решают близкие партии.
Шахматы
Полные правила, считающий соперник и читаемая запись партии.
Принципы дебюта, которые действительно важныYou do not need to memorise opening theory to get a decent position. Three ideas — centre, development, king safety — will carry y…
8 minВилка, связка и сквозное нападение: тактика, решающая партииNearly every game below master level is settled by a two-move tactic. These are the four patterns worth drilling until you see the…
9 minВосемь матовых узоров, которые стоит узнавать мгновенноMate almost always arrives in one of a handful of shapes. Learn the shapes and you stop calculating from scratch every time.…
8 minЭндшпиль: пять позиций, которые должен знать каждыйEndgames 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 minКак перестать зевать фигурыMost 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 minРокировка, взятие на проходе и превращение — по порядкуThree rules that confuse more new players than everything else combined — including the exact conditions people usually get wrong.…
7 minКак извлечь пользу из игры с шахматным движкомA 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 minВсе способы свести партию вничьюHalf points come from five different rules, and knowing them turns lost positions into saves — and stops won positions slipping aw…
7 minПешечная структура: скелет позицииPawns are the slowest pieces and the ones that decide where every other piece belongs. Six structures explain most middlegame plan…
8 minРеалистичный план от новичка до клубного уровняWhat 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 minКак читать шахматную нотацию и следить за партиейAlgebraic notation takes ten minutes to learn and unlocks every chess book, video and database ever made.…
6 minСудоку
Каждая головоломка создаётся заново, с единственным решением и обучающими подсказками.
Сканирование: самый быстрый старт в любом судокуBefore you write a single pencil mark, scanning will usually fill a third of the grid. Here is how to do it systematically instead…
6 minПометки: когда их вести и как держать в порядкеCandidates turn a memory problem into a visible one. Used carelessly they turn a solvable puzzle into a mess.…
6 minОткрытые и скрытые пары, тройки и четвёркиThe first real technique beyond singles, and the one that unlocks most hard puzzles. The idea is simpler than the names suggest.…
7 minX-wing, меч-рыба и приёмы сложнее парWhen singles, pairs and locked candidates all run out, these are the next techniques — and the logic is more approachable than the…
7 minСемь ошибок, которые портят сетку судокуMost failed puzzles are not too hard. They are broken by a small error twenty moves earlier.…
6 minКак решать судоку быстрее и без ошибокSpeed comes from cutting wasted looking, not from thinking quicker. Six changes that shorten solve times immediately.…
6 minЧто делает судоку сложным?It is not the number of clues. Difficulty comes from which techniques are required and where the clues are placed.…
6 minРежим тренировки судоку, который действительно работаетSolving more puzzles is not the same as getting better. Twenty focused minutes a day beats an hour of the same thing repeated.…
6 minСудоку на бумаге: что меняетсяPaper is slower, harder and better for learning some things. Here is how to adapt, and how to print a grid from this site.…
5 minРазновидности судоку и какие из них стоит попробоватьKiller, jigsaw, diagonal, hyper — the popular variants change one rule each, and each change rewards a different kind of thinking.…
6 minГо
Взятия, ко, пас и подсчёт территории на 9×9, 13×13 или 19×19.
Дамэ, атари и взятие: механика боя в гоEvery fight in go is a race to fill liberties. Counting them turns guesswork into arithmetic.…
6 minДва глаза: как группы живут и умираютA group with two eyes cannot be captured, ever. Everything else in go is a negotiation about whether a group can get there.…
7 minКак хорошо играть в го на доске 9×9The 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 minПравило ко и как на самом деле идут бои за коOne short rule prevents infinite loops and creates the most tactical situation in go.…
6 minХорошая форма: почему некоторые построения работаютShape is efficiency. Strong players do not calculate every move — they play formations that are hard to attack and move on.…
6 minНачало партии в го: углы, стороны, центрThe order is not arbitrary. It falls straight out of how many stones each area needs to enclose.…
6 minЛестница и сеть: как ловить убегающие камниTwo techniques for catching escaping stones, and the whole-board check that decides which one to use.…
5 minЭндшпиль в го: всегда играть самый большой пунктGames 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 minФоровые камни и коми: как го остаётся честнымGo has the best handicap system of any board game, and it turns mismatched games into genuinely competitive ones.…
5 minДевять ошибок почти каждого новичка в гоRecognising these early skips months of confusion — most of them come from applying instincts borrowed from other games.…
6 minМаджонг-солитер
Черепаха из 144 костей, разложенная так, что её всегда можно разобрать.
Стратегия маджонг-солитера: какую пару сниматьEvery board offers several legal moves and most of them are wrong. The difference between clearing and stalling is which pair you …
6 minПравило свободной кости, подробноAlmost every mahjong solitaire question turns out to be a question about which tiles are free. Here is the rule with all its edge …
5 minКак не остаться без ходовA solvable board can still be killed in twenty moves. These are the specific mistakes that do it.…
5 minНабор костей маджонга: разборThree suits, two honour groups and eight bonus tiles. Knowing what you are looking at makes matching considerably faster.…
5 minКак разобрать доску маджонга быстрееSpeed comes from recognising tiles instantly and scanning the board in a fixed order, not from clicking quickly.…
5 minКак читать раскладку «черепаха»The classic shape is not arbitrary. Knowing where its pressure points are tells you what to clear and in what order.…
5 minМаджонг-солитер — это не маджонгThey share a tile set and nothing else. Here is what the real game is, and why the confusion exists.…
5 minКогда перемешивать, а когда отменять ходYou get three shuffles and unlimited undos. Choosing between them well is worth several cleared boards.…
4 minПять привычек в маджонг-солитере, от которых стоит избавитьсяEach of these feels efficient in the moment and costs you the board twenty moves later.…
4 minМаджонг-солитер как способ разгрузитьсяNot 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 minГомоку
Пять в ряд на доске 15×15 против соперника, который парирует угрозы.
Открытые тройки и четвёрки: грамматика гомокуEvery gomoku game is a conversation in threats. Learn to name them and the right move usually becomes obvious.…
6 minДебют в гомоку: первые пять ходовThe opening is short but it decides whether you spend the game attacking or defending.…
5 minКак защищаться в гомоку, не теряя инициативыBlocking is necessary, but pure blocking loses. The skill is choosing blocks that also build something.…
5 minФорсированные последовательности: как выигрывают в гомокуAbove beginner level nobody wins by accident. Wins come from sequences of forcing moves that end in a threat that cannot be answer…
6 minКак обыграть компьютер в гомокуThe opponent here blocks threats and searches ahead. Here is what each level actually does and how to play against it.…
5 minШесть ошибок в гомоку, из-за которых проигрываютMost losses trace back to one of a handful of habits, and all of them are easy to break once named.…
5 minГомоку, рэндзю и проблема первого ходаFree-style gomoku is a proven win for Black. The rule variants that exist are all attempts to fix that.…
5 minКак быстро читать доску в гомокуStrong players are not calculating faster. They are scanning the board in a way that makes the important points obvious.…
5 minИгра в гомоку вдвоёмTwo-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 minОткуда взялось гомокуA game played with go equipment for centuries, formalised in Japan, solved by computer, and still played competitively worldwide.…
5 minШашки
Обязательное взятие, цепочки прыжков и дамки — по правилам.
Правило обязательного взятия и как им пользоватьсяForcing your opponent's hand is the core of checkers tactics. Once you see it, the game changes completely.…
6 minДамки и как выигрываются окончания в шашкахA king is worth roughly two ordinary pieces. Getting the first one usually decides the game.…
6 minДебют в шашках: первые десять ходовYou do not need opening books. Four ideas cover the whole opening and they follow from how the pieces move.…
5 minЗапирание: выигрыш без взятия шашекYou win checkers when your opponent cannot move, not only when they run out of pieces. That second condition is a whole strategy.…
5 minШесть ошибок в шашках, которые стоят партииAlmost all of them come from forgetting that captures are compulsory in both directions.…
5 minИгра против шашечного компьютераThe opponent here searches ahead with a minimax and never misses a compulsory capture. Here is how to make it a useful training pa…
5 minРазновидности шашек по всему мируEnglish draughts is one of many. The differences in board size and capture rules change the game substantially.…
5 minИгра в шашки вдвоёмTwo-player mode, teaching a beginner, and how to handle a skill gap without either player being bored.…
4 minОткуда взялись шашкиA five-thousand-year lineage, a nineteenth-century tournament culture, and the game that broke a generation of computer scientists…
5 minКак стать сильнее в шашкахThe 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
Двигайте, складывайте и держите крупную плитку в углу.
Стратегия угла, объяснённая как следуетEveryone says keep the big tile in the corner. Here is why it works and what the rule actually requires you to do.…
6 minЗмейка: как набираются большие счетаCorner strategy gets you to 2048. The snake gets you to 4096 and beyond, by making every tile part of one long chain.…
6 minПять ошибок, из-за которых партия 2048 кончается раноThe board usually dies for one of a small number of reasons, and four of them are entirely within your control.…
5 minДальше 2048The first 2048 tile is a technique problem. The second one, and 4096, are management problems.…
5 minКак устроен подсчёт очков в 2048Your score is determined entirely by which merges you make, which means it is almost completely predictable from your highest tile…
4 minМатематика за игрой 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 minБыстрая игра против аккуратной в 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 minИгра в 2048 на телефонеSwipe accuracy, one-handed play, and the settings that reduce mis-presses on a small screen.…
4 minВерсии 2048, о которых стоит знатьThe original spawned hundreds of imitations. A few of them change the game in genuinely interesting ways.…
4 minКак стабильно прогрессировать в 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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