Sci-dama technique

      Sci-dama is a board game played in the Philippines. In this game we learn to think critical in every competation. If the player think most of the game he/ she can easily tired. Tired makes the player not focusing in game, it will caused lost. That’s why technique is created to minimize the problem tiredness. Most of the time the player always encountered the problem of making technique and how to practice it. Sci-dama technique need more explanation to understand the true concept and idea how to play.

      We discussed about the technique. Technique is the solution to win easily in a game. The technique moves is always in pattern, the time and score is already computed. Move is one part in creating a technique. To find a good move is not easy. Finding a good moves always remember that the good position of chips is winning move. Why I discuss the need to find a good positioning of a chips? I discuss it because some player not know it. Some players not thinking the position of their chips, because of they have no knowledgeable to find a good move . But not all players like that. Other players is knowledgeable to play sci-dama. If you have knowledgeable you cannot decision easily where you move. They basis to find like capturing the center position of the board. These are the position you need to get.

   

X		÷		-		+
	÷		x		+		-
-		+		X		÷
	+		-		÷		X
X		÷		-		+
	÷		X		+		-
-		+		x		÷
	+		-		÷		X

    The color yellow is indicating the center position. You see and observe what is  your advantage if you get the center? The answer is as you can see the vacant move of the opponent is lesser than your move. That’s why some player is aiming to capture the center area. Don’t focus only on the center capturing, you remember the 2^nd need requirements of making technique? The time is always the partner move. Useless to gain the center if you lost in last two minute because of not using the right timing of time.  Not all the time that you are moving very fast if not required. Sometimes you need to use your 1 minute because at the end  the opponent have an opportunities to capture the center. Sometimes also need to fast because you have purpose to capture the center at the end of the time. That’s why you need to base your move in the time. The main purpose of this two is requirements of technique is to minimize having a bigger score.

     I give you one of my best technique. How to counter 45(1,3) by using 65(5,4) in a game? In this question, there many  answer to be given. By that answer, we have a lot of things to be encounter. Prove it is the one solution to answer this question. One prove is the figure 1.1:

 FIGURE 1.1

WHITE	BLACK
1.       45(6,3)	65(5,4)
2.       45(4,5) 45-65=0	30(3,4) 30-45=0
3.       10(4,3)	30(5,2) 30-10=20
4.       105(6,3) 105+30=135	90(5,4)
5.       105(4,5) 105+90=195	105(5,4)
6.       65(4,3)	105(3,2) 105+65=170
7.       30(4,3) 30-105=0	10(3,4)
8.       30(2,5) 30+10=10	70(3,4) 70-30=40

   The Figure 1.1 is giving a clear 1 option, how to win 65(5,4) in game. First we see, why in this option actually win?

     This option wins by means of centering position. Try to look up the position of 70(3,4). You see the 70 is in good location. The chips minimize the move of opponent. If you observe in the beginning to end is the best spot of the chips of second move is in the center. Kept the center in your position do not give the opportunity to handle by your opponent. A good location makes a low score. If your vacant move is less than move  by your opponent, the result of this is you always eating the chips of your enemy. That’s why your score increasing and the result of this situation is have losing your game. The time management of this technique is also important. There are many cases that the player is winning in the beginning but in the end of the minute he/ she losing. Why he/she is losing? For all time technique and time is always work together. In this figure 1.1 you need to use the 1 minute per move. Your score is lesser that’s you need to kill the time.

Note: From the beginning of the game you always use 1 minute move and take your centering position.

 FIGURE 1.2

WHITE	BLACK
1.       45(6,3)	65(5,4)
2.       45(4,5) 45-65=0	30(3,4) 30-45=0
3.       10(4,3)	30(5,2) 30-10=20
4.       70(4,3) 105+30=135	10(3,4)
5.       70(4,5) 70+10=80	70(3,4) 70-70=0
6.       65(4,3)	70(5,2) 70+65=135
7.       105(6,3) 105+70=175	90(5,4)
8.       105(4,5) 105+90=195	105(5,4) 105-105=0

    Figure 1.2 also desame with the figure 1.1 concept but not desame in move. The red color indicating the different of two move. The changes of move of the opponent base on score. 105+70=175 is very risk for his/ her opponent. This score is to big to bring back the score in lesser score. But the choice of white move is losing also. The end game position is for black position. The black 105(5,4) capture the center that minimize the vacant square of there opponent.

Note: From the beginning of the game you always use 1 minute move and take your centering position.

    We discuss now, how important to kept the center chips on your side. Where did you identify your center move? Your center move of your side is you count from the beginning of box up to 4 box upward to the center. Example of your center coordinate is (0,3), (2,3), (4,3), (6,3). That the center you need to protect from your enemy. This area always make fighting for score in positioning. Some player sacrificing get only that center. But player did not think about the result of taking the center. In getting the center there are two basis. The two basis are the score and time.

    We discuss about score. Less score the aim to win in Sci-dama. But how prevent minimize this score. Many solution to this problem. You always bare in your mine that not always eating more addition in this kind of game. Addition always increase your score. Sometimes we get this problem in positioning of chips and time consuming.

     Sometimes player forgot to minimize those problem. Pressure in the game is the number one problem of the player. As a trainor I always encounter those problem. But no solution for these attitude of this problem. But sometimes can you encounter also student that cannot pressure. If you see like this of player go for it and train it well.

      My advice for this kind of technique. Always bare in your mind this technique is always capturing the center. For the time also you use your one minute per move. Don’t waste your time in playing this kind technique. Time is gold.

    Thanks for reading this article. I hope you learn and you have a suggestion or question. You post only to answer and read your suggestion. Good luck!