「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoDo you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?message-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareDo you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square51linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 day agoChess is about memorization of moves and thinking ahead to plan for what your opponent may do. Intelligence can be partly defined by those talents, without them, you won’t be near the top.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-221 hours agoVery partly, since it’s mostly practice and memorisation. It sounds like more basic, intrinsic kinds, like creativity and on-the-fly analysis, don’t enter into it nearly as much. Uneven pairings are fait accompli.
Chess is about memorization of moves and thinking ahead to plan for what your opponent may do.
Intelligence can be partly defined by those talents, without them, you won’t be near the top.
Very partly, since it’s mostly practice and memorisation. It sounds like more basic, intrinsic kinds, like creativity and on-the-fly analysis, don’t enter into it nearly as much. Uneven pairings are fait accompli.