I was talking to a guy who said he legit went crazy obsessing over chess. It just consumed his life.
I was talking to a guy who said he legit went crazy obsessing over chess. It just consumed his life.
I love chess but the problems I have with it at a high level.
1. Top players have memorized almost every important game ever played.
2. Chess is mistake dependent in a lot of ways.
3. It requires way too many hours to get to a competitive level vs poker or a number of other games.
There is no commonality between poker skills and chess skills. None.
Becoming a top chess player is like becoming a top mathematician in terms of commitment and energy expenditure. Becoming a top poker player = lol i read a book, have a massive roll, and run above average. #sorrynotsorry.
There are people who are great at both but usually thats because they are ferociously bright.
As for mistakes/blunders... at mid-level chess, the man who pursues the least flawed moves wins.
At high level chess, the man who pursues the least flawed theory wins. So youre not entirely wrong. Not to say the masters dont make blunders but they are rare, you get the idea Im sure.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
Between this and the "Hearthstone" thread, I have to ask: Do any of you sloppy, largesse, white, nerds play sports?
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
I like you krypt, but you're crazy.
perhaps it support was a bit harsh, but is an enterprise architect anymore admirable?
Poker is a game of probability. On a more advance level poker is a game of probability and how different people react given their knowledge based on a limited number of facts.
Chess all the facts are on the table, it creates a vastly different game.
Those are two vastly different skill sets which I think is what you are alluding to above.
Just because the average player (or even a very good player) at poker is far less skilled doesn't mean the game is less complicated than chess. It just means we are not as far a long the progression curve of the game.
Chess is like 700 years old in modern form.
Poker is like 150 years old in modern form.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
its pretty much everything you people are talking about that deters the average person from wanting to play/learrn chess. It seems pretty stupid to just be able to memorize a million different moves to win a game. I feel like chance should always play a part, but the way you guys are talking is that you memorize moves/counter moves to be great. I get that it takes an absolute genius to be able to do that, but I'm sure you can see how that makes the avg person not want to play.
I don't play chess often, but I do know how. I would probably get pulverized by anyone who has a clue to what they're doing. I enjoy playing beginners because I've never invested an extra minute of my life into chess other than when sitting at a chess board. So I don't know anything about opening moves etc. I just know the horse makes Ls and the pointy guy goes diagonal. Protect your queen etc etc blah blah blah
That is all
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average people should skip chess and pitch in to help krypt's dad with those urinals.
chess is for people with a natural drive to exercise certain parts of their brains. same with crypto wizards or math freaks.
ive never in my life met a pothead who legit cared about chess on any meaningful level; its not for lazy people, there are no shortcuts.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
not really sure how you have the audacity to even make such ridiculous statements. It's not for lazy people? No shortcuts? It's not running a marathon. You're literally sitting on your ass reading. Yes, it takes discipline, but not sure why you felt the need to throw the word lazy around. I guess I'm lazy in that I would rather focus my time elsewhere than sitting at a fucking chessboard to measure my braindick against some other nerd.
Lazy, GTFO of here with that high and mighty bullshit
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IG- Changethegame71 tell me more about how much you hate me, even though you know you can't help but follow me
and yes i am speaking for the pot heads
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"Only God can judge me. So either LOVE ME or LEAVE ME ALONE"
IG- Changethegame71 tell me more about how much you hate me, even though you know you can't help but follow me
high and mighty?
kinda sounds like youve turned intellectual stagnancy into some sort of proletariat sacred cow.
ill be sure to tell all the braindick swinging nerds running hedge funds, plumbing the depths of organic chemistry, curing cancer, and taking us to the the moon that they fall short of your standards i guess?
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
please do, as I'm sure you know at least one person and have one more story to tell us about your personal experience in each field.
Calling peeople lazy because they don't dedicate their lives to being ranked in chess, simply because they were born without the math genius gene is fucking absurd.
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IG- Changethegame71 tell me more about how much you hate me, even though you know you can't help but follow me
That I refer to them as people at all is a sorely undeserved kindness, you shiftless drug addict.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
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