Kramnik Approved Viewer Game Analysis (Probably) 

The Grumpy Old Rant opening popularized at Hastings 1895, or was it 1066?

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kids are always wrong tho

This doesn't make any sense whatsoever. It sounds like an insight, so people upvote it, but if you think about it for even a few seconds, it falls apart. Why would have Fischer thought that, and how would Magnus "know" the opposite? Chess was exactly the same "combat sport" 50 years ago as it is today.

@@istvanmagi473 Because Magnus got engines, so he knows that humans suck at chess, and so he figured it can be no more be seen as an art only as a sport .

@@istvanmagi473 What the other commenter said, but tablebases were even bigger for Magnus's understanding of human chess. He would set up endgames where White wins by force in 100 moves, and try to understand why one move was better than another, and could not. In Fischer's day, chess was considered to be a game of complete information. Now elite players know that it is a game of incomplete information, closer to poker than tic-tac-toe from a human perspective. Managing emotions and getting a comfortable game are more important than playing the absolute best move, which humans cannot do. A good example is Prag's opening choices at the Candidates.

What's a sky comment?

@@beirutleb1376 "Old man shakes his fist at the sky" type of comment. I suppose shaking your fist at the sky it's a metaphor for an old person getting mad about the changes that are inevitable or not capable of being reversed by that person alone.

It's a Simpson's reference

Old man yells at cloud

White is dead lost on move 3, if you play a4 Ra3, at lest go to e3 or g3 if black doesnt take it, this goofy ass dude just played b3 instead, so taking it immediately is justified

rabble*

@@vivvpprof Your word sounds like my word, yet means something different. One of us must be making a joke. I wonder which one?

Haha exactly, children are dying around the world and we're supposed to take a board game seriously 🤣

​@@nailfelagund7508One has nothing to do with the other.

I love how Gotham is always showing moves that aren't the best or simply losing for the opponent when playing something from his course. Then you analyze it and see how much he manipulates information.

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 very true😆👍 I, on the other hand, want to give just a simple example, but which explains many things: according to him, the Caro Kann is his favorite defense, and he knows it very well down to the smallest details (and he is an I.M.) in his videos and courses, in the Advanced Caro-Kann, where the best (and most played) 3rd move by the black player is 3...Bf5, he instead suggests 3...c5, and has stated several times (including on Lex Fridman's podcast), that according to him it is the best variant since "the computer says that black has already equalized"... that is, being pawn down on the fourth move and with white still having the advantage of moving first? But which computers does he use?🤣 but even if it were true, the vast majority of kids he offers it to are 500-1400 elo at most, certainly not Stockfish... do you think they would gain any advantage by playing in a similar way? I don't think so, and as a "teacher" he is actually making good money... America is a Great Nation...🤣👍

@@andreitiberiovicgazdovici Yeah he should just say that 3... c5 is less known and can give your opponent trouble but instead he's just lying.

That's sanity enough for so many platforms: chess, football, basketball...

I honestly thought it was going that way, but he never really stated it was bad or he disapproves, he just kinda explains the situation how it is. I think it's obvious it's not how he prefers chess to be, but I don't think his analyses of the situation is all that bad. Besides, clubplayers who take the game seriously and are passionate about getting better still exist. They still run most of the actual tournaments being played in real life, no matter what your level. It's just where before online chess was just a place club players tried to improve in their free time, it has now just kinda become a world of its own. But the sillyness doesn't erase those serious players. And dabbling in both worlds is honestly pretty fun. Maybe when you are present to such a degree in that online chess world, it's easy to forget the OTB serious players are still thriving.

I welcome troll openings as they are really fresh and fun to play against especially in short time formats. As long as they aren't cheating it's all good in my book.

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 . I hear you. My point is that I also play OTB and use online to get better as a chess player. My goal is to get to NM and playing troll openings aren't going to help me. But like I said, trolls can play whatever they want and I will continue improving my chess. Thanks for the reply! Cheers!