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>>throwu+(OP)
Chess is supposed to be a game for smart people.

Why would smart people care about denim vs. trousers?

Let competitors wear pajamas- it makes no difference.

>>unsupp+iP
>Chess is supposed to be a game for smart people.

Rather for people with a really good memory. Which, to me, makes the game extremely boring and bland.

>>kybern+5W
Something like that. I was interested in chess until i realized you have to memorize all those openings to play with the 'serious' people.

I'd play some Go but I have almost no one to play with casually. And since I play for fun, online isn't so good.

>>nottor+ww1
Memorizing openings is a waste of time unless/until you have a shot at good enough to make a living playing chess - about 1000 people and most of them live in poor countries where cost of living means they don't need to earn much to live.

learn your tactics and end games instead.

>>bluGil+3c2
learning end games isn't also memorization?

>>nottor+IW2
Not really. there is some but a lot of it is how this pattern looks in different places on the board. You never see a text book endgame so you have to see how to win no matter where the pieces hapyen to be.