Bobby Fischer On Why He Hated Chess

What Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer said about chess might surprise you. Do you agree with him?

[XenoCrossx]

this man is the OG real gamer. He saw that the meta was getting stale and he suggested to mix things up

[NongHuma]

Man waited so long for a sequel he made his own mod instead

[RickyJC]

I feel bad for him. The last patch we had was 1880 when pawns got a buff offensively but a nerf defensively. I think it’s called _en passant_

[stephencindrich]

Bobby was so very far ahead of his time. Singlehandedly, he took on and defeated the Russian chess hegemony. Absolute respect!!

[HusKrWolf]

Man’s been waiting on chess 2 longer than people be waiting for GTA 6

[disciple]

Fisher with a dubious opening but finishing with a strong endgame.

[GOBIAS.INDUSTRIES.]

With the talk of computers and showing current players, you'd think this was fairly modern, but he said this YEARS ago. FAR ahead of his time 💯

[nossenkanter]

"You'll be called a hater just because you understand the game and everyone else is still catching up." - Bobby Fischer

[intelcom]

This man is the most famous grandmaster of all times.

We should all listen

[shadowplayfx]

That's how every single competitive game ends up. Creativity is removed, the game is solved and all that's left to do is to memorize the best possible plays and their counters and counters to counters and become as quick as possible. It's a boring grind at it's most potent.

[vietnguyenhoang]

And that is exactly why he was the only person to visit Mikhail Tal on his deathbed.He was trying to keep chess alive

[chegadesuade]

It's impossible to disagree with him, he reached the peak and thus he understands the structural limitations of chess better than anyone

[devalsrivastava]

He was not insane. He was a creative genius but with some psychological disturbance and the people who understand modern chess know what exactly he is talking about.

[mayureshkalsulkar]

so true. I have never seen a video where someone ask magnus about a position and he cannot recall that game. He almost remember every game and each move.

[crosion]

I had a friend who was some kind of youth chess champion, and he told me he would often lead with a particularly bad move, because it completely threw off his opponents. They all knew it was a bad move because all the books said it was a bad move, so they didn’t bother memorizing anything past that point or even WHY it was a bad move. He had a lot of success doing that.

He was similarly disillusioned with chess and always said it came down to who could memorize the most.

[Mostafa-rqrm]

Talent hits a target no one else can hit.
Genius hits a target no one else can see.

[lasaventurasdevitoelgatoma]

Magnus is finally coming to sense.... Fischer's sense

[Mmoll]

when given the opportunity, gamers will optimize the fun out of any game.

[nickoangelo]

Okay so I understand what he’s saying.

He’s practically saying “chess theory ruined the authenticity of itself. These computers perfecting chess has taken away from our ability to discover new plays, since theory is now a thing. It isn’t ‘the smartest player wins’ now it’s ‘those who memorize the most theory wins the most’” that’s his whole point and I totally agree

[DiotheDino]

Bro wanted more game modes. A true gamer.