Was watching some Tal games. So interesting. Guess engines really did kill the magic a little bit. I can imagine the anticipation and the flourish of the reveal of a move like the queen sac, how awesome it must have seemed to people seeing back then. And the rush to try and understand it. The reveal of genius, now marred by any and every idiot with an engine at their disposal. All too easy for them to pretend they know why a master is so good, when in reality they won't have a clue. Must annoy them lots too. Spend your entire life studying and all plebs act like they know what's happening. Atrocious. Hmm. I think I understand now why they are so hated. Makes sense, kinda starting to hate them too. Who would have thunk it? Guess I was too busy marvelling at their internal mechanism to appreciate their awful impact on the game.
Makes me respect the old masters more, god they must have been so insane and so fucking clever. What an era of chess to lose out on. :(
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