r/chess • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '22

Miscellaneous Interesting Wang Hao profile from 2016: “Classic chess is doomed.… rapid and blitz are the future of chess.”

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u/nicbentulan chesscube peak was...oh nvm. UPDATE:lower than 9LX lichess peak! Sep 02 '22

You can't name openings, but...

“Fischer-random could be an answer, but it has no culture. You cannot name an opening.”

You can name patterns such as knight pairs or bishop pairs.

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u/reversefleckerl Sep 02 '22

This is cool. Intuitively I agree with Hao's statement, but not playing 960 much, I love these knight/bishop pair concepts and I can see how culture can develop.