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n4r9 on March 24, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Be more lucky

I'm not sure what point you're making. Chess is zero-sum (modulo draws), but being world #1 is impressive.

mcmoor on March 25, 2024 [–]

I guess what he means that being #1 doesn't always means you're that good, maybe the competitors are just lame. Some videos of Olympic 1918 shows that the winner is totally unimpressive because the participants are just few amateurs. But after all it's another function of supply (seat) vs demand (challengers).

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