There is so much study and analysis on chess but what is it really useful for? Chess was originally intended to build analytical skills. But chess has become more of memory game with lot of preparation before a tournament. If a good chess player is asked to play chess on a different board (say 10X10 board) or a variant of chess, he is likely to lose the game to even an amateur. If the game of chess is to serve its purpose then players should be asked to play a set of 10 or 20 neat variants and the cumulative result on these variants should be used to judge a person's thinking skills. Even world championship should be conducted with variants of chess. There should be a surprise element on what would be the board size, shape and rules. I feel most of you will agree with this.
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There is so much study and analysis on chess but what is it really useful for? Chess was originally intended to build analytical skills. But chess has become more of memory game with lot of preparation before a tournament. If a good chess player is asked to play chess on a different board (say 10X10 board) or a variant of chess, he is likely to lose the game to even an amateur. If the game of chess is to serve its purpose then players should be asked to play a set of 10 or 20 neat variants and the cumulative result on these variants should be used to judge a person's thinking skills. Even world championship should be conducted with variants of chess. There should be a surprise element on what would be the board size, shape and rules. I feel most of you will agree with this.