Chess Not Checkers
#maxim #predictability
Chess is not a game. Google the game theory behind it and you will find it is more of a computation. That's why chess prodigies like Josh Waitzkin got movies made about them. To win in chess you must be patient and foreseeing. The game is built on patterns. Every beginner learns the opening moves but each match has slight alterations — making it impossible to memorize the mates. It's almost impossible to get mated in the same way multiple times. When people observe you they try to predict your next moves by looking at the patterns. If people cannot predict your moves it gives you an advantage — they stay in a state of waiting, uncertainty, and confusion. You become the tactics master.