[zelphirkalt]

Is it still chess, if humans cannot understand it? Because that's the point we are at in chess. Engines making moves, that humans cannot understand, but somehow they work out to be best or seemingly best. Look at the Leela Zero games, when it came out. These engines play kind of other-worldly chess.

[wongarsu]

Exactly. If we wanted "the best chess" we'd watch Stockfish against Leela Zero. Far better mechanically than human chess. But people are much more interested in Magnus Carlsen playing Gukesh. Both train with chess engines, but the thing that makes the chess game interesting are the human beings that understand their own moves and try to understand those of their opponent