_sort of_ right... But interestingly, almost every tournament players bring some novelty twist on move 15 in the Spanish opening or whatever.

denlillaapan

I imagine there are still, and will always be, immortal games to find. But you're probably right in that the low hanging fruit is likely all gone. So it may be that such a game is played once every million games(?) rather than in the old days where every 1000(?) may have produced a classic? That's my hypothesis, anyway. Zero data to back it up.

Dash_1971

Well, but with seed phrases they are all presumably just as good as the other. In chess, I assume the vast majority of possible moves are not relevant.

The question is: how limited are the forms of games that are exciting and interesting to watch? I assume that many games at tournaments are actual small variations on quite similar games. They aren't really that new...even if the exact sequence of moves has never been done before.

the_stacker_muse

Christianity

Chess, Art, and the Nature of the Infinite

Well, but with seed phrases they are all presumably just as good as the other. In chess, I assume the vast majority of possible moves are not relevant. 

The question is: how limited are the forms of games that are exciting and interesting to watch? I assume that many games at tournaments are actual small variations on quite similar games. They aren't really that new...even if the exact sequence of moves has never been done before.