High King of Chess

High King of Chess. Ard-Rí na Fichille. Is maith liom ficheall, troideanna, agus cannabas.
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[Anish Giri @anishgiri]

Why Classical Chess May Matter More Than Ever

Every few years, someone predicts the end of classical chess.

The arguments are familiar. Games take too long. Audiences want faster entertainment. Rapid and blitz are easier to watch, easier to broadcast and better suited to a world built around shorter attention spans.

It sounds convincing.

But I think we may be looking at it the wrong way.

The question is not whether classical chess can compete with TikTok. Nothing can. The real question is whether everything should.

Technology has made our lives faster and more efficient, but it has also changed the way we use our attention. We rarely spend hours focused on a single task anymore. Notifications interrupt us, AI answers our questions instantly and every app competes to keep us moving to the next thing.

Classical chess does the exact opposite.

For four or five hours, you sit across from another person with no phone, no AI, no distractions and no shortcuts. Every decision is your own. You calculate, you doubt yourself, you recover from mistakes and you keep thinking.

That experience is becoming increasingly rare.

Ironically, I think AI strengthens the case for classical chess rather than weakens it.

Engines have long surpassed humans at finding the best moves. But that is no longer the interesting part. What remains fascinating is watching people think. How they solve problems, handle uncertainty and make decisions under pressure without outside help.

The game is no longer just about the moves. It is about human cognition itself.

That does not mean classical chess should stand still.

I would actually like to see more tournament formats that reward ambitious play. The Grand Swiss is a good example. Open Swiss tournaments create natural incentives to play for wins because the standings are constantly changing. A few victories can launch you into contention, while too many safe draws often leave you behind. That encourages fighting chess without changing what makes classical chess unique.

I think that is a healthier direction than simply making the games faster.

Rapid and blitz deserve their place. They are exciting, accessible and great for spectators. But they should complement classical chess, not replace it.

As the world becomes increasingly optimized for speed, activities that reward patience become more valuable.

The greatest strength of classical chess is no longer simply that it is slow.

It is that it remains one of the very few places where deep, uninterrupted human thought is still the entire point.

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@ResistanceSean So if you were in Maine you would’ve supported Platner?

[Jesse Arm @Jesse_Leg]

Since Ro Khanna is only 1% ahead of me on Kalshi for 2028…

Free advice to American Airlines: It’s not a good idea to try and force long-shot presidential candidates to gate check their carry-on.

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@danielthemate “Undefeated warrior”

Defeated by the IDF

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@Deana_BG @TomLehmanWGAL When prominent Democrats across the country endorse a rapist with a Nazi tattoo, it makes sense to me that someone who wants to be the Democrat nominee for President should say something

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@SenSanders A Jewish man who supported a Nazi rapist until yesterday wants a Hamas colonel free. Sad

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@KyleKulinski Kyle would vote for Platner even if Platner raped Kyle’s mom. Of course he thinks Platner should handpick his successor

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@basedposadist1 @ryangrim I can’t tell if this is satire

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@socialistadri Pathetic cope

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@kenklippenstein Any update?

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@Timodc No self-reflection from Tim at all after supporting a Nazi-tattooed rapist. Pathetic

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@Totally_NoOne Who posted this / what tournament is it for? How do you make a mistake like this and not look it up?

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@Bushra1Shaikh Great. Please stay there.

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@KathrynPaisner Not clear to me if this was an ideological purge or if it was part of larger economic cuts, since journalists covering Ukraine, China, some domestic issues etc were all laid off. But good news either way

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@HonestAbe908 @clorox_gargler @HiwitnessN45783 @VividProwess Haha you are so dumb. It is one thing to say people use “literally” in a non literal way. That’s true. But you said that by “literally” they actually meant “majority.” Because you’re stupid.

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@SammyPickles96 @WalteroDimRF @jacobkornbluh He did not compare all the protestors to the KKK, and defended their right to peaceful protest. He did compare those who target Jews and openly support Hamas and Hezbollah to the KKK. It was a fair comparison. If you don’t get that, you’re probably a bigot too

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@RepBowman Josh Shapiro is governor of a purple state. Do you have a job?

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@joshuapbrink @CathyYoung63 @mattyglesias @Ibrahim_Zabad It is not whataboutism to question your understanding of the word “genocide” by pointing to another conflict where everything you described about dead children and missing limbs is true, but it is justified war and not genocide. You don’t know what genocide or whataboutism mean

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@Mahamed03755388 @moseshessstan It’s a direct quote you retarded ghoul

[Karol Markowicz @karol]

Lebanon is fighting to take their country back and this lunatic wants the terrorists to stay in charge. Remember: they’re not anti-war, they’re just on the other side.