This got me wondering about lionising Go in films. I think I need to start a such a movement amongst directors or screen writers.

I'm hilariously bad at chess. I learned the fools gambit and never progressed.

The pared-down nature of chess really puts me off. I'm sure there's some elegant simplicity in it but I mostly find it dull. I like an element of randomness in my games.

Chess doesn't feel like a gateway to other, more fun games, and if it's not a fun game for me, why would I pursue it? I'm fairly sure it doesn't build skills that translate to anything else.

I also get that there are layers to it, although I'm adding that as apparently that's not so self-evident as to be taken as read. I can see where the path leads and find it no more appealing than the obnoxiously boring gambling machines in casinos, or Dota2, or athletics. Learn the meta, build an understanding of the underlying concepts in order to be able to build more complex strategies based on a combination of instinctive statistical analysis and assessment of your opponent, etc. etc.. I get it, I'm just not interested.

Edit: oh that's interesting, some of you have gone into my profile and systematically downvoted my older comments. That's what I get for not just blocking a Lemmy.ml user as soon as they chimed in.

Im gonna say it… i dont care, im gonna say it!

CHESS 👏 IS 👏 FUCKING 👏 DUMB

The best you can do is lose to a robot. Good job 👍

Chess is a solved game which is not a fit tool for evaluating intelligence.