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Is chess good for the mind or does it lead to insanity?

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eddysallin

over and over...Hmmm

eddysallin

over and

VanillaKnightPOC

I always expect the same result, but so far it has never happened.

Changu

Good chess doesnt work like that and sane chess players dont play like that!

Changu

Good chess doesnt work like that and sane chess players dont play like that!

VanillaKnightPOC

Sanity is a delusion.

Popcorn179

When it is all that you ever do, and if you can't bring yourself back to reality, you can end up like these guys http://amog.com/entertainment/celebrity/craziest-brilliant-chess-grandmasters-time/

I think it has somthing to do with how their brilliance and success fooled even themselves into believing they had these great expectations that they needed to meet, and even though they were great chess minds, they were only human... Bobby Fishcer for instance got so afraid of loosing that he refused play, because if you never play, you can never lose.

Popcorn179
Changu wrote:

Good chess doesnt work like that and sane chess players dont play like that!

lol, was that double post intentional? cause if so, that's ironic

beardogjones

If you can guess how many pawns I have behind my back, I'll give you

both of them!

steve_bute

Chess doesn't lead to insanity; insanity leads to chess.

Aletool

Too much chess isn't good for You

Aletool

Changu

Popcorn,it was an error.thats for me..what excuse do you have.4 your name?lol steve..love how you think,definately!

konhidras
Changu wrote:

Popcorn,it was an error.thats for me..what excuse do you have.4 your name?lol steve..love how you think,definately!

I hope youre not into that "something" again changu. Because im dying to have that from you though.

AndyClifton
zembrianator wrote:

insanity is good for the mind

Hey, that was gonna be my answer!

gaereagdag

You can't know how it is to be sane or insane muppet! Laughing

ITISMYMOVE

Thank you for your responses,mind how you go...

AndyClifton
ITISMYMOVE wrote:

Thank you for your responses,mind how you go...

I'm sensing a bit of a mixed message there.

AndyClifton

...whereas chess is an antisocial activity.

AndyClifton

Yes, there is no music more social than chess.