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"The antagonistic nature of chess is much easier to grasp than the cold, crystalline-like beauty of Go's patterns." Sure, but are the long term structural patt
by geebee 15y ago
"The antagonistic nature of chess is much easier to grasp than the cold, crystalline-like beauty of Go's patterns."
Sure, but are the long term structural patterns in Chess easier to grasp? I'm at a disadvantage here because I'm honestly not good enough at either game to really know.
I read that Bobby Fischer once snapped to a journalist who congratulated him on a well played chess match: "how would you know?" I don't know. My casual dabbling in chess and go gives me as much in common with Go or Chess masters as my BA in Math gives me with Euler. What I do isn't a weaker version of what they do, it isn't related at all.
Now, my 5 year old loves the antagonistic nature of chess, it's about taking the other guy's pieces. Kabam, got you! But c'mon, even I know that's not meaningful chess.
And these comparisons of Kasparov's genius to "accountants and merchants?" Kind or reminds me of that scene in "A Beautiful Mind" where Nash loses a go game and claims "the game is flawed." It's not flawed, you just don't get it.
- Jun8 15y agoGood points. The chess-go/accountant-philosopher comparison in Shibumi was placed in the larger context of materialistic West (US) vs. inner looking East (Japan). It may have been farfetched for this thread.