Why do indians treat being good at chess as a sign of intelligence? Even Bobby Fischer thought it was ultimately just a game about rote memorization

Chess is to Go as League is to Dota. Go is the thinking man's game, not this memorizationslop theoryslop

I still don't understand how Castling and En Pasant work.

>>735097840
Dotababs will be btfo when Deadlock is done.

>>735097681
Gukesh is like 20th in the world now RIP

>>735097681
>Game lets you think like a brilliant

>>735098164
>castling
If you havent moved your king or rook(s), you can basically swap their places (meeting in the middle of the left or right path).
>why does it exist
Because everyone did it manually (moving both pieces individually until the position was achieved) to 1. keep the king safe in one of the corners 2. bring the rook to the middle and hopefully, to action

>en passant
If the first move of a pawn (2 squares) land him directly next to an enemy's pawn, they can "capture" you diagonally.
>why does it exist
In order to not be able to skip a "pawn battle" by passing by the enemy's side.