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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My whole thing is this stuff is older than people think Games are supposed to be fun and the most common reason for a game's rules to be tweaked is people finding the current game boring Much as this reasoning tends to enrage conservative purists
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Castling is like the designated hitter rule, letting pawns race ahead faster was like lowering the pitcher's mound
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I mean, for some people the game being boring and slow is the appeal. I'm thinking about little old men playing chess in parks all day. Just sit there and contemplate the next move
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