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Re:The World Chess Championship is an anachronism by auctiontheory on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @08:24PM (#6679892)
I realized the only way to be a competitive player was to become a human database.

I would have agreed with you five years ago. Today, Magnus Carlsen is known for being less booked-up than most elite players, playing openings just to get in the game, while rated #1 by a significant margin. So maybe there's hope.

Beyond a certain point getting better at chess simply means you got better at chess and nothing else.

No argument there. And isn't that true for most things in life?

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Re:The World Chess Championship is an anachronism by adamconroy on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @12:00AM (#6680795)
Correct. Carlsen has destroyed the preparation/memory junkies. Chess did flounder for a while as everyone started using computers for preparation and helping memorize openings, but it has been made redundant by his style of play.
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