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Submitted by KnightPawn28 on Mon, 06/29/2009 at 11:07am.

Once upon a time, chess was a game for kings! How irresistible it is to note that this graceful and imaginative game indeed inherited a touch of nobility. Everything about this game was carefully crafted yet, what brings it to life is two creative opponents with particular styles. Unfortunately, nowadays some players even try to memorize deep opening lines as if trying to recreate, almost duplicate, an existing game. Chess is not about memorizing deep opening lines! Even computers can not duplicate the beauty of chess! So let’s not mechanize every move... as if taken from a computer’s database.

What do you see when you observe a classic game of chess? Some people say that chess is like a battle, and the chessboard is the battlefield. But, something is not fair about this description. Chess is not about war. It is not about winning at all cost. Behind every move is the gentle touch of an artist and the articulation of a masterful tactician. If you look carefully, chess is an art! And, art is about bringing things to life! So, what is most impressive about this game is not the end result but, the different styles displayed by brilliant tacticians or chessmen...

So what happened to this artistic touch? Do you believe that the different styles of previous Grandmasters are no match for 21st century thinking machines...? Let’s not exaggerate but this man vs. machine is either becoming a real issue, or it is just someone’s magnetic fantasy! Sometimes it feels like this 'game of chess' is being taken over by a robotic psychopath... a thinking machine that does nothing other than calculate it’s way to becoming a stubborn and uncompromising metallic champion.

Slow down you idiot! You stupid machine! Chess is an art!  -KnightPawn28

 

Note- "Do not let these mechanical monsters devour your every move..." -KnightPawn28 

By the way, do you know who the MOZART OF CHESS is? My guess also would have been Bobby Fisher. Not a bad guess!

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by Dimitrije_Mandic - 5 months ago
Niš Serbia
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 208

Garry Kasparov is the Bach of chess - the best!

I could also say this about Morphy, because I just remembered what Vassily Smyslov once said. He said he wanted to create harmony on the chessboard, where every piece would assist all of the other pieces (of the same colour). Well, if you look at counterpoint (Bach being the greatest luminatory of it), every voice is equally important in comparison to other voices, which translated to chess could mean the differences between the relative values of the pieces are nearly deleted - which Morphy did with great success!

But Morphy played the Opera Game, and Bach didn't write any operas...

by Hammerschlag - 5 months ago
Queens, New York United States
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 153

"and do you know who the Da Vinci Of Chess is?? My guess also would have been Mikhail Tal. Not a bad guess!" ~ Mikhail Tal

How does my favorite player manage to write when I know he is no longer with us? Internet from the grave?

I would have to say that the Mozart of chess is/was Capablanca, a true natural talent...

The Da Vinci of chess? Someone that has created masterpieces throughout their carreer, Fischer could be a candidate, so could Tal, Lasker, and Morphy...

How about the Michelangelo of chess? I would vote for Tal of course (my favorite).

by KnightPawn28 - 5 months ago
Quebec Canada
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 777

'The Mozart of Chess is' Jose Raul Capablanca.

Mikhail Tal is 'The Magician'.

'The Da Vinci of Chess' ? Whose brilliant mind was honoured with this title?

by Mikhail-Tal - 5 months ago
Latvia
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 98

and do you know who the Da Vinci Of Chess is?? My guess also would have been Mikhail Tal.Not a bad guess!

 
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