Why do you like chess?

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AndyClifton

I don't hear so good though.  And I do have occasional sinus trouble.

vukhanhlinh

I like chess because it's amazing game for me. 

t27_dario

door knock

door lock

door sock

door rock

door shock

door flock

door dock

stewartkwok

Really Clifton baby???

stewartkwok

Hey, Dario boy what do you mean by door whatever door whatever door whatever???

AndyClifton

Something tells me that stewart must work at the DMV.

AndyClifton

I thought that was Cap'n Crunch.

t27_dario

Hey, I am only 9 years in age!

TheBigDecline

Everyone has absolutely the same chances and oppurtunities at the beginning, no matter if GM or amateur. Also, its played worldwide, thus connecting people somehow.

AndyClifton
t27_dario wrote:

Hey, I am only 9 years in age!

That's nothing to brag about.

honinbo_shusaku
AndyClifton wrote:
t27_dario wrote:

Hey, I am only 9 years in age!

That's nothing to brag about.

The muppet is on the loose ... lol Laughing

AndyClifton

Yes, but my attitude is less like a muppet and more like this man:

AlCzervik

Or, this man:

AndyClifton
AlCzervik wrote:

Or, this man:

 

"I am not having a hissy fit!"...

AndyClifton
FirebrandX wrote:

Very very little of chess is "I'm going to use my high IQ to beat this guy". It just doesn't work that way.

Except of course in the forums. Laughing

nameno1had

AndyClifton wrote:

Yes, but my attitude is less like a muppet and more like this man:

I find a tennis ball works well in the sock....

stewartkwok

 IIike chess because I can think more

chasm1995
AndyClifton wrote:
FirebrandX wrote:

Very very little of chess is "I'm going to use my high IQ to beat this guy". It just doesn't work that way.

Except of course in the forums. 

I know a guy who was held back his senior year who was first board on the chess team.

sluck72

I like chess because it's so chessilicious :)

Nordlandia

why do mainstream society in general tend to avoid chess and compare it to an advanced form of ludo?