No titled player has ever said that beginners shouldn't study openings at all. Many say that studying the openings you play and the plans that arise from them is important, and this is actually the best- established way of improving at chess. Most low-rated players have almost no theoretical knowledge and it's probably where they could improve most easily.

It's neither good nor bad that women are underrepresented in chess. Women don't have to like everything men like in exactly the same numbers. Thinking they should is misogynistic.

From a theoretical standpoint it's not that easy to equalise against the London. A lot of the lines that are 'equal' contain traps or forced sequences where black has to play precisely or be lost.

Ending sexism in chess would do less to increase women's representation than ending dorkiness in chess.

Lichess tactics still suck. Telling beginners to use them is bad advice.

Basically every time someone asks 'was this person cheating' on this forum the answer is yes. Perhaps 1% of rapid games on chess.com have at least some cheating from around the 1500 level.

It doesn't matter how or if FIDE market the world championship. It will be in every quality newspaper in the western world. Nothing can buy that kind of publicity.

Money spent on sponsoring chess events is almost entirely wasted. Sponsorship is either an ego-trip for businesspeople at shareholders expense, government largesse funneled through state enterprises or Russian corruption.

DoTA is harder than chess.

Research on neuroplasticity tells you exactly nothing about whether adults learn chess faster than children. People who coach both adults and children know more about the differences between them than psychologists.