Some of the most popular games get the least respect from game enthusiasts
The comment about chess is just astounding to me:<p>&quot;The queen, which can move horizontally, vertically or diagonally, is nothing more than a combination of the rook and the bishop, making it an inelegant redundancy.&quot;<p>Whoever stated that has never played chess to the level they should before even <i>attempting</i> to comment on the game.<p>Chess would seem to me to be one of the ultimate games for humans; it&#x27;s simple enough to teach a child, but few adults can come close to mastering it.<p>Even the term &quot;chess master&quot; is a bit of a lie. To be a &quot;chess master&quot;, you&#x27;d have to know the perfect solution move for every board configuration- forget openings, gambits, tactics- that&#x27;s child&#x27;s play compared to truly mastering the game. People called &quot;masters&quot; are just really damn good- not perfect.<p>In comparison, I am a &quot;tic tac toe&quot; master. I know that I can fail to lose at the game if I try.