Too simple to be useful in real life: a mere 8 by 8 grid, no fog of war, no technology tree, no random map or spawn position, only 2 players, both sides exact same pieces, etc.
Polytopia addresses these limitations.
Lemme find that substack article that breaks down how psychologically revealing this statement was
edit: here it is
honestly if he wasn’t evil and rich, his childlike conviction that his favorite video game is the Greatest Game Objectively would be charming. Like that’s how I thought when I was 10 years old.
Fucking hell, I thought this was a joke.
That was a cathartic read
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i have not followed chess drama for sometime. i agree but why are we hating chess.com again?
Because lichess is open source and maintained by volunteers.
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honestly i think half the chess.com evaluation is in their domain. i mean how much did they pay to secure that?
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that’s a low bar for me honestly, anything above 50 dollars is eye watering in this economy
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yep my eyes are watering alright. but it must be worth a lot more nowadays i image it would be easily x10 or more.
He won another game and got to 3401. But then he lost and dropped 14 points to 3387. He only gets one point for a win so I doubt he’ll get to 3402 today. But soon? Who knows. He’s a beast.
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He got back to 3401. Damn.
I wish I was decent at chess I just don’t have the attention span
just cheat
That’s what 3 minute speed chess is for
I can’t see tactics that fast. I always lose on time
He’s mentioned that he watches Hasan occasionally
Wow I’m gonna find an extra big toilet to swirly this nerd.
