Chess is the ultimate brain relaxer when you forget any problems that may be troubling its so calming also 99 percent of the players are just real good people
CHESS: ONE OF THE HUMAN ACTIVITIES
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and the Worst, I mean the cheapest, uncouthiest, of all scotts is...
well, take a bow Kaynight; you won a prize.
incidentally, how come sometimes you are from "samoa" and other times from "scotland"?
do you have really exotic travel arrangements??
I'm SO jealous I'm even MORE Grumpy than the Grumpy old(ish) man that I really am
<<Keek>>
They say...Chess may delay onset of Alzheimer's. But too much of it may cause insanity due to nagging of spouse. Make sure to do all honey do's first.
Aug 10, 2017
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#27
Thanks folks for your today's comments. I've learned a lot,...may be not about chess, but at least about some chess passionates like me. Even kaynight brings us the necessary distance and cool blood when talking about our passion. As for the marital situations, i'll tell about mine,...i'm married for 8 years now; during this perion we've had like 3 harsh disputes with my other half, all of them because my time spent playing chess online, ...the last time it has been so serious so i decided to quit chess once and for all in order to preserve our family's unity. At last, love won....my wife love so much, she could'nt bare seeing me turning around doing unfamiliar things like trying to get interested in her hobbies and so, she begged me to keep on playing chess online, because she knew it would make me happier...Any comment kaynight?
Aug 10, 2017
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#28
Thanks for the comment kaynight, i didn't expect less than this from you.
Aug 13, 2017
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#30
Thanks folks for the positive comments. I have to admit that despite i never took it seriously, the negative judgements about playing chess, always bother me.
Aug 13, 2017
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#31
I SEE LOTS OF IRRELEVANT STUFF. LET ME SUM IT UP IN A SENTENCE HONORABLE SIR.
"People fear what they dont understand. Noobies know crap about chess, noobies criticize chess in an attempt to make it dissapear".
HAVE A NICE DAY.
Most players seem to think the game is only about winning or losing, and I pity those who do because I think they're wasting their time. That's not about chess, but about any game, and as much as I agree with most of these posts, I think it very well could be considered a mental illness to have such a one-dimensional focus. It speaks of a lack of ability to doublethink which might be one of the greatest abilities the human mind has.
I'm not a psychologist or any expert or authority on anything this is just my dumb opinion as a gamer.
Believe it or not entertainment is an important part of human life.
Without it we would all(or most of us) lose our sanity as time passes and, soon enough, go insane.
Chess is just one form of entertainment amongst the endless others.
And I know most people would prefer some other form of entertainment that does not involve chess. But there is still that group of players that find chess "fun".
Without it we would all(or most of us) lose our sanity as time passes and, soon enough, go insane.
Chess is just one form of entertainment amongst the endless others.
And I know most people would prefer some other form of entertainment that does not involve chess. But there is still that group of players that find chess "fun".
Aug 20, 2017
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#34
You're all right folks, now i'm feeling better and i enjoy playing chess without any trouble.
Sep 10, 2017
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#35
Besides i've read that they play chess in the after life; so we must keep on improving ourselves here in this world in order to give a good game later...;-)
Sep 10, 2017
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#37
I'm sure there's a lot of people in the site that knows, we're just waiting for them starting to tell us
I've never heard of chess being referred to as a waste of time.
I suspect it helps fend of dementia.
There's an old irish proverb that says a good laugh and a good nights sleep are the two best cures for anything. There's some interesting talk among sleep experts and how irregular or insufficient sleep can lead to dementia or alzheimer's later on in life. Get your 8 hours guys.
ha.
well you go with the thread, captain Obvious. at any rate- I don't agree that Studying chess cheapens it in any way. is it cheap to train for a race? would you want to get to the end of marathon on all four passing out cuz of your sedentary lifestyle?
instead, deep study of chess helps you appreciate its beauty. its stunning tactical possibility and nuanced endgame strategy.
as for the idea that you will get incredible vision that will make it easy cheasy to see stuff; if you study like mad. you obviously dont' read chess books much. clearly strong chess players see the mass of variations and yet struggle (and fail) to catch all the relevant details. if they Didn't- a strong player would never lose a peice? yet even at the highest level of the game, mistake and blunder dominate the game. "surprises" as you put it.
anyways. IMHO. of course. the OP I think is going with something else entirely. the idea of a bluff; the idea of a pychological trick and the bluff.
that's not my speed and raw deception is not what I strive for OTB; but I can see the temptation.