Is it possible to enjoy a game more than victory?
Enjoy playing more than afraid of losing?
That's what Liren Ding tried to convince us after being beaten in the final match of the 2019 Chess World Cup.
The newly interested generation of chess, which emerged from the Internet's facilities, spends more of their time decorating tricks that abbreviate matches than studying the nuances and combinations of mid-game.
They specialize in winning at the opening and despise positional play, which leads to complications that delay the end.
Vibrate with the mate in three or four moves.
They seem relieved when it's over. The game played is a burden. The strategic development of all the pieces is an agony.
They play faster and faster games and boast about three-minute achievements.
It is not chess that moves them.