Tyler1, a League of Legends streamer, reached 1500 elo while using only the cow opening: a silly opening recently thought of by a chess grandmaster who wanted to create a new opening. He has also never taken classes or studied, he only learns by playing chess.
Openings matter when you're above 2k elo, I've been told. Before that, it's no foregone conclusion.
Tyler1, a League of Legends streamer, reached 1500 elo while using only the cow opening: a silly opening recently thought of by a chess grandmaster who wanted to create a new opening. He has also never taken classes or studied, he only learns by playing chess.
Openings matter when you're above 2k elo, I've been told. Before that, it's no foregone conclusion.
Counterpoint: T1 is built differently
Thus spoke Obama.
Obama's a smart man; how else could he have become President of the United States?
Any game with elo is too metagamed for me to enjoy