Kumbi, the legend of Kalah, has returned after six years.

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Kumbi, the legend of Kalah, has returned after six years.

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Kumbi, the legend of Kalah, has returned after six years. We are awaiting his clashes with the Moldovan masters, whatever the outcome may be.

It’s a pity that Roгa is blocked from communication, and it’s a shame there’s no legend Helger.

But great games await us!
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Re: Kumbi, the legend of Kalah, has returned after six years.

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What surprises me is not so much Kumbi’s high rating as the fact that he has not lost a single game so far. I also play reasonably well, but from time to time I lose even to players who are not among the strongest. Most likely, he learned the game somewhere earlier (we are not considering the assumption that he uses a program, since neither today nor six years ago were there programs strong enough online). Moldovan players became familiar with kalah back in the 1970s in the USSR; the rules of the game and individual games were published at the time in the magazine Science and Life (Наука и жизнь). As for me, before Board Game Arena I played on another website that no longer exists. It would be interesting if Kumbi could tell us about this.

Меня удивляет не столько высокий рейтинг Кумби, сколько то, что он до сих пор не проиграл ни одной партии. Я тоже неплохо играю, но время от времени я проигрываю даже не самым сильным игрокам. Вероятно, он где-то обучался раньше (предположение, что он пользуется программой, мы не рассматриваем, поскольку ни сегодня, ни шесть лет назад, в сети не было настолько сильной программы). Молдавские игроки познакомились с калахом ещё в 70-е годы в СССР, правила игры и отдельные партии тогда публиковались в журнале "Наука и жизнь". Если говорить обо мне, то до Board Game Arena я играл на другом сайте, которого сейчас уже нет. Было бы интересно, чтобы Кумби рассказал об этом.
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Re: Kumbi, the legend of Kalah, has returned after six years.

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Kumbi defeated Roua. Roua played very well, but Kumbi was infallible like a machine.
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You can’t judge anything by a single game, but there is a strong overall impression that Kumbi never makes mistakes. It would be interesting to see a match between Kumbi and Helger, but the naïve Helger is still waiting for a reply to his letter, which the administration promised him back in 2023.

По одной партии ни о чём судить нельзя, но есть полное впечатление, что Кумби никогда не ошибается. Было бы интересно увидеть встречу Кумби с Хельгером, но наивный Хельгер продолжает ждать ответа на своё письмо, который администрация ему обещала в 2023 году.
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I would be extremely interested in testing Kumbi, even if he is a computer. One game is clearly not enough. But he doesn’t indulge us with his presence.
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It’s a great pity that Kumbi left us so soon; it would have been interesting to learn how to beat him.

Очень жаль, что Кумби нас так быстро покинул, было бы интересно научиться у него выигрывать.
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Re: Kumbi, the legend of Kalah, has returned after six years.

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Ah too bad. Maybe this player will return again.
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