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"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life."
by tiahura 4y ago
"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life."
- wyre 4y agoPaul Morphy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy > Returning to New Orleans in late 1859 at the age of 22, he retired from active chess competition to begin his law career. Morphy never established a successful law practice and ultimately lived a life of idleness, living on his family's fortune. Despite appeals from his admirers, Morphy never returned to the game, and died in 1884 from a stroke at the age of 47.
- karmakaze 4y agoSimilarly, Tenuki in Go is to ignore and not respond to the last move and instead initiate play elsewhere. I saw a Go comic strip where the best move was to leave the board and do something else.
- ofrzeta 4y ago"The only winning move is not to play."
- joenot443 4y agoMost of the best speedcubers from the late 2000s era when I used to follow the "scene" went on to work in FAANG or mathematics research or quant something similarly difficult and analytical. There's no real future in cubing, I saw it as a way for especially gifted teens to demonstrate to the world how excellent their minds were at computation and pattern recognition. Not dissimilar to track or football or spelling, some young people possess the individual burning flame to want to be the best and personally I love watching them do so.