>>155331982
Football is kind of like Chess in that regard. Too much of the game was figured out and now the methodic data-driven sides are the only one to factor in the equation.

Beautiful football isn't dead yet, but it will invariably die to the cold grind of superior boring systems.

>>155332097
Chess isn't dead, it's more vibrant than ever.

>>155331982
If you halved the size of the field, there would be a lot more action and would actually be fun to watch.

>>155332192
>an insufferable autistic faggot from Sweden wins every tournament

>>155332097
I was just watching the later part of the second half of Belgium and Egypt and it was entertaining. It looked kinda like a game of chess (played by people who aren't very good at chess)

>>155331982
At least it’s generally 1-1 slurpers instead of the 0-0 that seemed to dominate last time.

>>155332192
Chess isn't dead. Beautiful creative chess where you don't have to rent a server to run Stockfish at depth 50+ and memorize lines in order to get your opponent out of general theory and into memorized advantage territoy, is by all means dead in the professional stage.

>>155331982
Honestly it makes it hard to tell if Europe and South America are shit or just not trying because of how qualifying for the knock out rounds works.

>>155332192
You will never get a Tal or an Ivanchuk at the world stage again. The rate of draws will keep increasing. You vill watch players get into a highly deterministic line of the Petroff only to agree to a draw after 14 moves, or play into a side line that was predicted by Stockfish to give a 0.7 advantage for whites at move 23 but for subtle reasons you will never be able to comprehend without analyzing the game with an engine.

This is the bright future of your game of chess.