I think people easily get bored with what is either difficult, or doesn't make them feel warm and fuzzy, or get them excited. They always want a new thrill. It is hard to get a new thrill, from such an old game, in their eyes.
i'm sorry but you're clearly wrong.
too much tv and internet. no attention span for chess
I think people easily get bored with what is either difficult, or doesn't make them feel warm and fuzzy, or get them excited. They always want a new thrill. It is hard to get a new thrill, from such an old game, in their eyes.
i'm sorry but you're clearly wrong.
First time for everything, right?
at least he is not bald he seems bold
chess is so popular in the minds of those who dwell on paramount mental activity.
if you seem such, why not play it, why not leave the question so to speak off not to discourage the new chess players. you know what i mean...
clearly, we do not.
Because non chess players have a weak brain.This proves 90% of the people in the world are IDIOTS
Because non chess players have a weak brain.This proves 90% of the people in the world are IDIOTS
Yet we have non-chess players, known as electrical and software engineers, who have figured out how to beat us chess players outright in a game? I laugh at your statement sir, laugh at it!
Go is the second most popular board game.
Go is a sport.
Go is a sport.
So is chess.
The nice thing about go is that you can never draw. Someone will always have a 0.5 point advantage.
Go is a sport.
So is chess.
fischer v kasparov!
@Flags, you should join in @Snakes new thread...
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/troll-war-known-trolls-exposed
It's a great belly laugh. You're posting skills are way ahead of most the participants, expect (maybe) for @Snakes himself.
Very funny stuff. Great graffiti by @Snakes in the first 40 posts. And the comments are rising very fast.
@Flags, you should join in @Snakes new thread...
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/troll-war-known-trolls-exposed
It's a great belly laugh. You're posting skills are way ahead of most the participants, expect (maybe) for @Snakes himself.
Very funny stuff. Great graffiti by @Snakes in the first 40 posts. And the comments are rising very fast.
his thin skin precludes me -- blocked me months ago. ironic eh. and i even apologised for being so darn mean!
snakes can be such a snarf bag. He ought to unblock you. He claims to be spiritually awakened after a visit to Notre Dame. He should "walk the walk".
@Flags, you should join in @Snakes new thread...
Snakes is hilarious. I was actually taking him seriousley until I saw the rest of his forum posts: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-is-only-for-a-higher-class-of-people-who-belong-in-a-higher-society
don't get me started on georgie
gawd, can you imagine if he had NOT partied so hard?
Thank you chrisr2212, Still am : )
Keep toasting yourself to random comments. It's very becoming.
Seems to me Chess is increasingly popular thanks to internet sites. 
we are all dumber as a result of this conversation