• Toes♀@ani.social
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    9 months ago

    Chess, because I’m biased and learned how to play that one first.

    Go is probably better if you consider that chess has largely become a memorization game, while Go maintains a strong calculation focus even during the computer age.

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      9 months ago

      chess has largely become a memorization game

      Chess is like wrestling.

      Someone that is very good is going to be very careful and expect their opponent to be laying a trap.

      So a novice that does something “stupid” might actually pull off a quick win. But get absolutely demolished in a rematch.

      If they know their opponent is a novice, they’ll do some boring memorization move and easily win.

      Pretty sure that Magnus Carlson guy just invented a new opening, because he’s so much better he just fucked in beginnings for the novelty of it and found a new strategy.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah I’m guilty of walking people into the Lasker trap when it comes up. Great time

        And yeah Magnus is wild with his games. Computer chess just wants to shuffle the pieces until a winning end game appears in a similar way it feels like