Chess and Go are not dead just because Ai got better than humans at these games.
What am I missing here?
You aren’t allowed to use tools to play competitive Chess / Go but that are required for solving CTF.
Chess banned engines from competition. CTFs can't really do that because you need internet access and tooling to play.
These have very strong anti cheats and in person is very stringent on no electronics.
Its not really a good comparison