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    Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12

    Arthur Chu Retweeted safeforspam  ❕

    Okay so first off all, "elegance" and "simplicity" being a good thing and "arbitrary" rules being a bad thing is really a personal aesthetic preference, nothing more But chess is EXTREMELY arbitrary and not at all elegant Go fans talk shit about chess for this constantlyhttps://twitter.com/safeforspamnow/status/1360094897630543872 …

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    safeforspam  ❕ @safeforspamnow
    Replying to @Tamarock5 @AptDumpsterBaby @twoscooters
    Chess is the perfect game as is, no two games will ever be the same. Changing it is stupid but a unique thought exercise that will always lead to a worst version of the game.
    12:58 PM - 12 Feb 2021
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      2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12

        Never mind obvious kludges like the en passant rule Basic stuff like how the pieces move and the order they're arranged in and stuff is clearly just made up and not made up for any particularly good reason

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      3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12

        Like hell the time honored concept of "castling" is a kludge put into the game because the rooks starting out where they are is very annoying and frustrating but putting them somewhere else from the beginning was deemed OP

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      2. Baal Ska Tov‏ @mssilverstein Feb 12
        Replying to @arthur_affect

        I have to imagine that there are a significant number of repeat chess games, move for move, especially shorter ones. And beyond that, it's true of most games anyway.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Andrew McGrae‏ @TGNProfessor Feb 12
        Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect

        For example there’s the Scholar’s Mate, a four-move checkmate that is fairly common in games amongst beginners.pic.twitter.com/qcaWda6Dpl

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      1. Alice Southey‏ @alicesouthey Feb 12
        Replying to @arthur_affect

        Us enlightened Go players recognise that *truly* elegant players don't need frippery like "pieces that move" to play a game.

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      2. TrueMetis‏ @TrueMetis Feb 12
        Replying to @arthur_affect

        Don't most chess players have favoured strategies? Wouldn't that mean that games will be the same all the time? In fact doesn't the ability to predict your opponents moves rely on that fact? Beyond that strategies like fool's mate exist, which requires the same four moves.

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      3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12
        Replying to @TrueMetis

        The primary reason for pro chess players like Bobby Fischer to propose serious new chess variants is indeed the fact that every serious player playing for money is expected to have memorized an "opening book" of optimal starting moves

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      2. Orman‏ @LizardOrman Feb 12
        Replying to @arthur_affect

        Guy should try writing a chess engine, which exposes you to exactly how inelegant the game is. Every type of piece moves differently, and even what should be consistent meta-rules e.g. "you can't walk through other pieces" have exceptions! "Pieces take by moving onto enemies" do-

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      3. Orman‏ @LizardOrman Feb 12
        Replying to @LizardOrman @arthur_affect

        -esn't work either! Then you have castling and en passant, which are not only completely out of left field as far as the existing rules go, they're also bizarrely the only two bits of game state (besides who's move it is) that are NOT implied by the pieces' arrangement on th-

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      2. (((Compare to the active ingredients in Woman®)))‏ @dr_i_rohl Feb 12
        Replying to @arthur_affect

        We're supposed to believe that somehow, in the extended international history of tinkering with this game, this particular variation that Europeans landed on in [checks Wikipedia] the 1400s is clearly optimal and no further tinkering could conceivably produce an improvement?

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      3. (((Compare to the active ingredients in Woman®)))‏ @dr_i_rohl Feb 12
        Replying to @dr_i_rohl @arthur_affect

        Do these folks even listen to themselves?

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