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  • N and B are equal and loss of one depends on the current situation of the board :d

    Forks and all of that comes with playing the game. It also comes from the easiest / most approachable way to play chess - puzzles. So far so, that it’s insanely popular on Facebook, where some guy pastes an amazing move from the past and a butt-ton of people stop and think about it.

    Also, forks and stuff is often overkill. You can get to like 1200 rating by knowing like 4 - 5 moves in the start. Most games are decided by someone making a huge mistake. And in the first matches, that guy will probably be you. But then suddenly you’ll notice a huge fuckup and win a game over it. And then the fuckup will be slightly smaller, and smaller, and smaller.

    But yah, chess isn’t all intelligence, it is a lot of practice and study.


  • The answer to the “chess” thing is “yes, you will get better if you play it for long enough”. It’s a lot about pattern recognition and the things you’ve seen in the past. There are certain rules to follow that help a lot - but someone needs to teach them to you first. It’s like saying “I suck at crosswords, I will never be good at them” - yes you will, with enough done you’ll start to see repeating “crossword words” that keep being used over and over.

    Edit: also for the life thing - it’s the difference between wisdom and intelligence.















  • Democrats were also in favour of killing Palestinians. They had the chance to stop all of this and didn’t. The choice in the election was slow genocide that’s currently going on, or probably a faster one, when Trump gets into power.

    But at the end of the day, genocide happening in a year or 3 doesn’t change how horrific it is, doesn’t change the fact that they will be gone.