16 Reasons why Chess is not good for you

I have found an interesting article.

http://aideedystopia.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/16-reasons-why-chess-is-not-good-for-you/

I like this guy!  He's got a refreshing new slant.

"Reason 14 – Garry Kasparov (world champ 1985-2000): Botvinik’s favourite student. The game changer in chess history, Kasparov revolutionised the way the game is supposed to be played like no one before him. He destroyed the pillars which held up the classical positional ‘rules’. He showed another way to interpret positions. He ushered in the computer era in chess preparation. Was world number one for a record 20 years. His games constitute some of the greatest creative achievements in chess. The greatest attacking player of all time. A big ego. Arguably the most arrogant chess player ever. Hard-headed. Obstinate. Kasparov’s way or the highway. A two time divorcee, his first wife left him without notice. Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, two of the biggest names in contemporary chess, dumped him as a trainer because of his abrasive attitude. He is an enemy of Putin. He supports the Republicans in the USA. He’s an opportunist who has cut deals with Ilyumzhinov and Campomanes in order to secure his gains in chess. Nigel Short called him a gorilla."

well then...

Hey, don't get him started on Nigel Short...

Wonderful, thank you OP for that..

I now feel the need to hotly renew the Forum Thread On Can any Given Hard Drinking, Chain Smoking 30 year old Become a Gm, haha

don't use your head...

use your senses... that is human chess...

I love the one about Lasker:

"He could have been part of the team that developed the atom bomb but instead Lasker wasted his life pushing wood"

If only more people would devote themselves to bomb making, instead of playing chess!

Now revamped with an updated entry for Anand and a new one for Carlsen. Check it out: https://aideedystopia.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/16-reasons-why-chess-is-not-good-for-you/

Thanks mehulgohil.

One thing is so true about Anand."he viciously protects his right to challenge for the top slot."

Lasker 'could have been part of the team that developed the atom bomb  .... ' Yeah , like that invention was really good for the planet, eh? I'd prefer Chess. 

Without it the war just would've lasted longer.