• Boozilla@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The more I learned about chess, the less I wanted to play it. It’s a beautiful game (the perfect game, according to some). But it has way too much memorization for me, and software has left human players in the dust.

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      8 months ago

      Yea same. As soon as I realized I’d have to start reading theory books to improve, I just lost interest. It’s a nice game when you play it as a human being, but the best way to play is unfortunately to play it as a machine would.

      I now watch a lot of Starcraft 2 esports instead haha. It’s more interesting and dynamic than chess I feel while still sharing some elements, like strategy and openings.