it's wrong for all the right reasons
Chess is an unfair flawed nefarious game that only addicted villains choose to play indefinitely
I'm an addicted villain and it is all true, I really hate chess. I am addicted to chess like a drug and sometimes want to quit. every now and then I come back to play more games. the tilt is an undeniable frustration, and it leads to the some of the angriest moments I have ever been. I have never taken much joy from chess even winning. people tell me all the time I should either play in tournaments or not play at all. chess.com doesn't help the situation at all because it seems to encourage addiction. it definitely encourages unfair play. they are obviously knocking down people's ratings significantly lower than FIDE would be. The complete abomination of these combo of factors and the fact that everything seems rigged. Is why this silly game should be legitimately removed from the world for the sake of progress. No human should be tricked into playing this game with the idea of it having some type of merit of achievement or laughable attribution to intelligence and creativity. The machines have proven that all they needed to do was infinitely slam the pieces into each other and record every single observation to know the entirety of every combination of moves and the puzzle solutions they create. which just leads to chess becoming a preconceived notion after a certain number of moves. That and the fact that every human move has been recorded and statistically interpreted so that we are all sorted algorithmically, and engines can predict human mistakes with huge accuracy, leading them to play in ways that just confuse humans basically. We can follow the engines, that is all. If we don't do as the engines do, we lose. period. that is one of many, many reasons, why chess is a trash game. Just remembering everything the engines do from a young age like 5 years old and being a prodigy is what it takes. nothing else, just natural talent, age, plus the right mentors. If you haven't been playing from 5 years old, might as well just accept that it is going to give you emotional problems and insecurities. Maybe before AI and chess engines ruined the human aspects of the game, the excitement should really all be gone now. As much as intelligence and chess have always been seen as somehow connected. That has been proven more and more just to be fallacious myths. Yes, there would be genuine intelligence involved, but being a grand master of chess is not rocket science. It is also a lot of luck and memory. It does not require a 190 IQ to consistently win and become a GM for example. People put way too much attention and stigmatizing belief into this board game. I think it was always just a part of marketing, make people who can't play chess feel dumb and inferior, make people who are good at chess fee smart and superior. It is a very sellable concept. That and the idea that merely playing chess will make someone smarter, as well as make them at the very least appear smarter. It is the same thing as a dumb person who puts on glasses and pretends to be smart. Only 50 years ago that was all normal people had. Now people really shouldn't care at all about how good they are at chess. even the 300 rated players are capable and willing to cheat on chess.com. None of the ratings are real or should matter. One day you are a 2000, another day you are a 1200. That is just going to come and go in waves. 90% of players will cheat one day, 1% or less will cheat on another day. it comes and goes. Nobody every becomes a GM. I would say unless, but nobody ever does lol. It is less likely to become a GM than winning a lottery. Are the GMS geniuses, or is it all rigged? Sometimes. That is what I assume.
You have a ridiculous contention. Your arguments are stupid, I don't know how the heck you could compare chess to gambling and alcohol but that is extremely farfetched. Chess is just a fun, competitive, hobby for me when I have nothing better to do, there are very few people out there who are seriously addicted to chess accept maybe you which is no one else's problem.
Counterevidence: https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=chess+addiction
There are definitely psychological challenges involved...it is not just a test of your mental abilities.
The original post is copypasta material