There’s much more of a palpable performant aspect of course compared to chess but this element could be totally severed across the board over time rather than just in commercial/pop niches
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these things happen slowly, the status loss takes a generation; lee sedol said he liked go because he got a thrill out of beating people older than him, once the directed chain of competitive sadism is mangled at the top the fish rots from the head down
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Hard disagree on chess. Top players make more money than they ever have in the past. But, computer aided prep has lead to an increase in draws, and a consensus that 2700 level chess is boring. Has unexpectedly lead to a golden age of speed chess.
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Pretty much every fast time control is more popular than classical. Blitz and even bullet games are seriously analyzed. 960 could save classical but (((FIDE))) will never let that happen.
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