I don't like getting beat like a bad habit, but I'm learning from each game... I think!! :)

It's been several years since I've played I as odd as this sounds, I'm thoroughly enjoying getting feedback from my "failures.' ADD = Attitude Discipline Direction! Tactics is an awesome feature & slow and steady surely will prevail in chess as it has it my other endeavours. See a lot of whining on here at times but also there seems to be an equivalent number of positive and encouraging folks so that is what I'm going to keep gravitating towards! Emotionalism surely doesn't seem to be rendering those who complain unendurably the results they're after. I like it here and having just gotten back from an unexpected hiatus regarding my health, gratitude is golden! "If you learn from losing, it probably wasn't a loss." Cheers

This is how I feel about allot of things, JiuJitsu was the same for me.  When you win, there is a feeling of accomplishment and you can walk away without learning much, but a good soul crushing defeat makes you take a step back and think.... "how the hell did that happen."  Analyzing the game improves the game

DMrFrost - Bingo brother! "Humiliation is its own convincing." I agree with you on the sports thing man! A dude can go from a hero to zero in a millisecond & vice versa. If I didn't learn a bit about that in the Air Force, I got my arst handed to me when I moved over to the Army. I'm not sure of the veracity of it, but I heard chess might become an Olympic sport. "Jun 16, 2015 - Chess and Bridge are among 26 sports that have applied for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Additional Event Programme Panel will determine a shortlist to be announced on June 22, with a final decision made by the IOC in August next year. [The chances of either mind sport being admitted are low]." ~Wikipedia That last sentence makes little sense to the extent every single discipline is rooted in the mind. Some demand more cognitive genuflecting than others, but focus is crucial in becoming a GM or a QB. "Everything involves time and timing. The first is important; the second is imperative." I dig quotes. Steve Prefontaine (the late great runner from Coos Bay, Oregon) had three I like much. 1. To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. 2. Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. 3. Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off. Peace, BG Jett (AKA Anne Landers) :) great site here!