There was one question, what is the future of chess. Hikaru says I don't know. I think I know, we will get serius Blitz players that can't do any good in classic games. Because with online games and like you say chess is moving to the gaming community we will get great Blitz players that cant actually play classic chess. But that is the evolution of the game.
For me, the evolution of the game would be that pawns can move in 3 directions, of course to move forward, but with this Blitz format, I think we will get strong Blitz players that cant play classic chess, but it's not the same game. It's not.
I'm a year and half in chess, 14000 games, still learning, but by the end of this year I think I will be a 1500 rated blitz player, because chess is a crazy game, when you take out calculations
I would like pawns to move in 3 directions to get more crazy, but I will be satisfied for now with online Blitz.
Is that reason for new wave popularity of chess, Blitz its becoming DOTA
Soon you will have Blitz players that can go against GM-s, just based od chess strategy, dont hate player hate the game, classic chess is not the same as Blitz, and soon I think we will have champions that cant play classic chess, but can Blitz
First sorry for my bad english, it's limited. Hikaru says in the last stream he doesn't know where new popularity for chess is coming from.
Hikaru says there were obvious reasons for growth in the past, like Damin Gambit or Candidats tournaments or even Agamator, which is just a regular guy not a super GM.
I think it's because of the chess community, like commentators from David Howel and team, where they say funny things about what to not do in chess. So you can learn what not to do in chess. But the most important part is Blitz games. Where chess is becoming a strategy game not a calculation game. Carlsen says in a podcast of Lex Friedman, he only calculates up to 5 moves in Blitz, even one of greatest players in history must play strategic not pure calculation.
With all of this in combination, everybody learns that they can Blitz chess if they have the right strategy. Pure calculations are gone. Its becoming a strategy game, people are feeling for the first time in the history of chess, I don't have to do calculations, I have to have strategy.
So what do you think is the new popularity wave in chess related to community and Blitz games, where chess is a strategy game, not pure calculation.
Am I wrong?