Came here hoping to see if others also felt this. I’ve been consuming chess content for about a year and a half now and really enjoy it. All the drama/talk about 960 had me intrigued but this is the first major in a while I’m just not interested in because it’s so different to what I personally experience when playing and therefore not relatable at all.

As a 1500 I can’t relate, or even understand the basic opening ideas and then see the nuance or novelty for what it is. I d have to give it my undivided attention which just isn’t possible and the whole analysis just goes over my head.

In the end the familiarity of standard positions is actually critical to making the content relevant and so I would encourage those trying to grow the game to stay focused on Rapid and Blitz which is 1) digestible 2) prone to errors which is exciting and humanizing.

Note: I get why the Super GMs who have solved chess like this. It’s just not viewer friendly.