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Something 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

Something 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 ago
Memorizing 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.
- nottorp 2y ago
  learning end games isn't also memorization?
  - bluGill 2y ago
    Not really. there is some but a lot of it is how this pattern looks in different places on the board. You never see a text book endgame so you have to see how to win no matter where the pieces hapyen to be.