Tyler1, a League of Legends streamer, reached 1500 elo while using only the cow opening: a silly opening recently thought of by a chess grandmaster who wanted to create a new opening. He has also never taken classes or studied, he only learns by playing chess.

Openings matter when you’re above 2k elo, I’ve been told. Before that, it’s no foregone conclusion.

hmmm, I see you’re trying to trap my castle with my King using the 101rst Dalmatian Formation, but you’re not very good at

Chess might be the game of kings, but I’ve never seen a chess player get a Pinfu Tanyao Sanshoku Doujun Dora Dora Dora Dora Uradora on a Riichi Ippatsu Chankan.

Just play with other beginners

We need chess but it’s also battleship.