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What are your challenges as an adult player trying to improve?
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Oct 29, 2020
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I retired 3 years ago,thank God.I restarted Chess back then and only knew basic moves,at the time.The study/video/tactics "thing" is a pleasure for me,now that I don't have the angst of running my business anymore.
I figure I'll get as good as I'll get with no worries about ratings etc.
I love the game.That pretty much does it for me.
I certainly know more now than back then,so I'm a happy camper.Good luck to all.
SeniorPatzer wrote:
Feeling guilty for studying chess when there are things undone on my wife's list.
Yep, totally get that.
I used to - or walAs well, i have challenges through being 70, having a heart condition that means not enough oxygenated blood reaches my muscles ( or brain!). I just can't think as well as I used to. But then, I used to be able to run..............
So it goes. And with age, it does go...
As a teacher, a student who studied post grad mathematics in my 40s and married a woman whose first language was not English, I can say that the adult brain does not retain information as easily as a child. I would fully understand a maths concepts one night, come back to do some exercises using the concept learned and come up blank. It would take several nights to get it to really sink in. I've now forgotten it all. I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm not dumb either.
MSteen wrote:
Though I have plenty of time as a retiree, my top challenge is my age--69. Though I am still sharp and in very good health, I know that my best years for serious improvement are long past. However, I am finding great enjoyment in playing daily games, going over master games, increasing my tactics score, and taking the lessons here on chess.com. Also, the hundreds of videos on YouTube provide endless entertainment.
How much can I really expect to improve now? Realistically, not much. But with age comes wisdom, and wisdom tells me that getting hours of enjoyment out of a hobby that I love is far more important than adding a few ratings points.
What a great perspective to have on a beautiful game. Thanks for your post. Made my day.
jjupiter6 wrote:
As a teacher, a student who studied post grad mathematics in my 40s and married a woman whose first language was not English, I can say that the adult brain does not retain information as easily as a child. I would fully understand a maths concepts one night, come back to do some exercises using the concept learned and come up blank. It would take several nights to get it to really sink in. I've now forgotten it all. I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm not dumb either.
What kind of postgrad math did you study in your 40's? Just curious. I'm hoping to go back to get some more math under my belt some day too, not 40's yet but not far either.
Feeling guilty for studying chess when there are things undone on my wife's list.
If a man says he’ll do something he means it. He doesn’t need to be reminded every six or seven months about it. Wait, i don’t think that helps does it?