Chess is one of easiest things in category "hard stuff"

@Rookitiki said in #26:

... If u calculate one move deeper, you win. There’s a reason why a new engine beats an old. ...

Are engines necessarily a reliable indication of what can be expected for humans?

@Rookitiki said in #26:

... Just saying that he should’ve pointed out where the training time should be invested instead if calculation really falls off a cliff.

He wrote What It Takes to Become a Chess Master and 100 Chess Master Trade Secrets.

@Rookitiki said in #26:

There’s allot of esoteric mumbo-jumbo like “sense” and “feeling”, also some very obvious universal truths. Maybe this is quoted in an unfortunate way or maybe that author is not for me? ...

"... This book is the first volume in a series of manuals designed for players who are building the foundations of their chess knowledge. The reader will receive the necessary basic knowledge in six areas of the game - tactics, positional play, strategy, the calculation of variations, the opening and the endgame. ... To make the book entertaining and varied, I have mixed up these different areas, ..." - GM Artur Yusupov
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/Revision&Exam1-excerpt.pdf

@Rookitiki said in #26:

... Where did you get that quote from? ...

Luther's Chess Reformation by GM Thomas Luther
"Part IV: Turning Professional – A Critical Assessment"
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/LuthersChessReformation-excerpt.pdf

@Damkiller25 said ^

Hello, I'm Damkiller25, and I'm gonna say Larp 64 Times, Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp wait I didn't say this in the actual comment what the heck is with this quote ._.

@SpeedyKelt said ^

Hello, I'm Damkiller25, and I'm gonna say Larp 64 Times, Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp wait I didn't say this in the actual comment what the heck is with this quote ._.

Lmao, that was funny

@LastIterator said ^

... getting inside chess is trival...

No, it isn't: It has long been a general consensus that chess is downright absurdly complicated. Consequently, there are very few people who play it really well—and they can't even really explain why. This also explains the fate of so many chess books: They gather dust on the shelf, unread, because they'...

rules are pretty simple, and game improvemt loop too.
not sure, what is exactly hard

[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xna0okt9"] [Date "2026.05.10"] [White "Damkiller25"] [WhiteElo "2029"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"]
[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/eOQLLycU"] [Date "2026.08.26"] [White "Damkiller25"] [WhiteElo "1998"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"]

@Damkiller25 said ^

Hello, I'm Damkiller25, and I'm gonna say Larp 64 Times, Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp Larp wait I didn't say this in the actual comment what the heck is with this quote ._.

Lmao, that was funny

I just typed that for fun jsyk (Just So You Know is jsyk, jsyk.), and I literally just thought of the Verity says Larp 64 Times meme.

@Damkiller25 said ^

I made a response, with is related to your response.
You could read that, and when make whole conclussion, if you want...
Damkiller25 said ^

Chess only seems easy because we have had people like Steinitz and Nimzowitsch come up with epic discoveries. Nowadays we also have many openings and also stockfish.

@soupdumplingchess said ^

I made a response, with is related to your response.
You could read that, and when make whole conclussion, if you want...
Damkiller25 said ^

Chess only seems easy because we have had people like Steinitz and Nimzowitsch come up with epic discoveries. Nowadays we also have many openings and also stockfish...

Umm, that doesn't change anything, it is still easy...

@Damkiller25

It might be easy nowadays, but imagine living without the broad choice of openings, stockfish, and the many chess principles we have today. Besides, chess is really hard to master.

Reminds me of the Simpsons when Bart was playing 3 games at once and then got checkmated on all of them at once.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRg699LUf2Y