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Is chess [still] important? An older member of my chess club once opined in the new millennium that chess is no longer as important as before. I didn't ask what he meant. To me, chess reached its high mark in the 1970's, mainly with the Geo-political stakes involved in the Fischer-Spassky match, and later the Karpov-Korchnoi one. Chess was also important back then since it was seen as a test for AI whether a machine can beat a highly skilled human player at the game. Chess suffered to some degree because of what followed historically, in both cases.
In the TikTok era Chess is more relevant than ever. In a world were people are increassingly lacking concentration, playing chess can not only help people maintain focus, but also evade the modern insanity.
heres a FEN from detective conan season 6 episode 136-137 Ive tried all over with several engines but I cant find a winning play for white.
I'm hoping someone out there can. (not by a stupid play from black but a perfect play by white...)
thank you so much to anyone who tries
.I'm almost certain the game is unplayable as the original may hold both black bishops on black and also holds 9 pawns for black but this is my playable FEN for the board in the episode afformentioned.)
Thanks again, happy analysis to you all.
3Q4/B1ppkp2/1r2P1p1/1p4pQ/1n1p2b1/2bq2R1/1prn2K1/4N3 b - - 0 1
(My play above, the original below, I hope for any contribution and saves of games shared <3) if there is request Ill uplaod anaysis of the attempts and engines I've used for my play as I havnt done any play yet on the origninal. (3Q4/B1ppkp2/1r2P1p1/1p4pQ/1b1p2n1/2bq1rR1/1ppn2K1/4N3 b - - 0 1)
Is chess [still] important? An older member of my chess club once opined in the new millennium that chess is no longer as important as before. I didn't ask what he meant. To me, chess reached its high mark in the 1970's, mainly with the Geo-political stakes involved in the Fischer-Spassky match, and later the Karpov-Korchnoi one. Chess was also important back then since it was seen as a test for AI whether a machine can beat a highly skilled human player at the game. Chess suffered to some degree because of what followed historically, in both cases.
These days, one Googles 'why is chess important' and the top answers that come up have only to do with the benefits of chess to students and/or children. Does anyone see any other meaningful reasons why chess might be viewed as important in modern times?
edit: I also posted the above on a Canadian Chess (CFC) message board. A reply by Aris Marghetis went: "If I may humbly suggest, chess serves as an inspiration: people of all kinds of differences being able to come together to compete, to create, to enjoy.
I'm not aware of any other single activity that can be played across all kinds of divisions that humanity has created, maintains, etc. Chess is universal!"
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I'd like to think chess has gained a new lease of life/popularity. Especially in the West, possibly due to the Netflix Queen's Gambit series (appealing especially to potential women players). That plus a slight lack of things to do during the pandemic (at least at first), and the internet (which at least apparently at first took some interest away from over-the-board play, due to chess servers being popular, but nowadays it may be that players play either way more). Time will tell if it's just another boom/fad for chess, like the Fischer-boom was world-wide in the early 1970s. My old acquaintence at my chess club valued organized over-the-board chess play most, as I do.