was on a flight next to someone who watched competitive bowling for 4+ hrs(??)...a baffling sport, players index on a strike ~99% of the time, perfection is the rule not the exception. few “great” plays, just consistency with infrequent flaws. is there any other game like this?
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what happened after? Chess websites becoming popular?
this is a @sashachapin question, but my gut is chess engines reaching true maturity and carlsen becoming so emergent
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Tippy top level classical chess play has become much more risk-averse, trend probably started in 2000 when Kramnik unseated Kasparov largely by playing super dry chess Blitz and rapid are a different ballgame, which is why people are becoming way more into blitz and rapid
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ahh that makes sense. I guess Blitz and rapid decrease available tree search time so you start bringing in risky moves and mistakes. Super interesting!
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