mechwarrior2 [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 6 months agoChess used to be coolimagemessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up190
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minus-squareTommasi [she/her]hexbear33·6 months agoI don't know, I think the "Soviet school" of shutting down the other player's options one by one then grinding them down has a certain stylishness to it as well. link
minus-squarealdalire@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear18·6 months agoBobby Fischer got a taste of that during the cold war linkfedilink
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]hexbear4·6 months agoI'm currently trying to learn Capablanca's style but the Soviet School sounds really cool! Romantic is probably more akin to how I've always organically played chess, and always lost. link
I don't know, I think the "Soviet school" of shutting down the other player's options one by one then grinding them down has a certain stylishness to it as well.
Bobby Fischer got a taste of that during the cold war
I'm currently trying to learn Capablanca's style but the Soviet School sounds really cool!
Romantic is probably more akin to how I've always organically played chess, and always lost.