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>Chess is supposed to be a game for smart people. Rather for people with a really good memory. Which, to me, makes the game extremely boring and bland.
by kybernetyk 2y ago
>Chess is supposed to be a game for smart people.
Rather for people with a really good memory. Which, to me, makes the game extremely boring and bland.
- paulcole 2y agoI agree with you in a way. Chess to me is boring because the better player should win/draw unless they blunder. And we (generally) know who the better player is because of ratings. I’ve always much preferred games that in the short run have a luck component that can create massive swings (poker, backgammon, Scrabble) and inequality.
- thatswrong0 2y agoIt’s funny because that’s partly what this a LOT about. FIDE, the defacto governing body of chess, wants freestyle chess (aka 960 aka Fischer random, which does lot to fix the memory issue you’re talking about) to not be allowed to have a “world championship”. And that attitude led us to these honestly inane events.
- nottorp 2y agoSomething like that. I was interested in chess until i realized you have to memorize all those openings to play with the 'serious' people. I'd play some Go but I have almost no one to play with casually. And since I play for fun, online isn't so good.
- bluGill 2y agoMemorizing openings is a waste of time unless/until you have a shot at good enough to make a living playing chess - about 1000 people and most of them live in poor countries where cost of living means they don't need to earn much to live. learn your tactics and end games instead.