I like chess because it helps me clear my mind. However, I hate to lose.
Do you actually like chess?
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I don't care if i win or lose as long as i had fun that is wat i think. but i do like the g
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Rob625 wrote:
And just now I have finished a win against a higher-rated player, about 1750. I looked back to see what happened in that game, and it turns out that I didn't do anything special. He gave me a pawn, and then a couple of moves later he gave me a bishop in a simple queen fork. If that is 1750-level play, and I am about 1550 - well, I find it more depressing to win like that than it is to lose.
At lower levels (up to about 1700-1800 OTB, which is probably around 1900-2000 here), most games are decided by tactics. You'll have to get good at spotting tactics in your games, both for yourself and your opponent, in order to move up to a level where that's no longer the case. But really, the only way anyone ever wins is if their opponent makes a mistake. With perfect play by both sides, the game is probably a draw every time. That's actually the thing I find most depressing about chess.
Mar 18, 2010
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#25
Anything you do in life, you will meet someone who does it better. Get used to the idea.
Mar 18, 2010
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#26
are there people who don't like chess who spend their time at a chess website?
Gokul_97 wrote:
I don't care if i win or lose as long as i had fun that is wat i think. but i do like the game
The objective of playing a game is to win and not lose, but I guess that's how some people are.
philidor_position wrote:
I think this is a very good question. Recently, after a horrible losing streak in my tactics training, I started wondering about that too. I really felt so awful that I wasn't sure it was worth it. I asked myself, am I just obsessed and completely possessed by a non-rewarding addiction, or do I just enjoy it as a past time activity? I decided it's still the latter and kept going on.
But every chess player should ask that question to himself several times a year, just in case.
Chess is rewarding if you compete in tournaments like you supposed to. That is where the money is. I've had people tell me not to play in tournaments for the money, but play for fun. The hell with that. I play for the prize money, and to win at all costs. That's what Bobby Fisher did.
The beauty of chess is that when you beat someone they can never blame it on bad luck. A good mental-T-Bagging.
Apr 8, 2010
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I absolutely hate it thats why I spend hour after hour after hour on the site playing all these games of chess 
Apr 8, 2010
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Schachgeek wrote:
PaulGeniusMorphy wrote:
Chess is rewarding if you compete in tournaments like you supposed to. That is where the money is. I've had people tell me not to play in tournaments for the money, but play for fun. The hell with that. I play for the prize money, and to win at all costs. That's what Bobby Fisher did.
Compete in tournaments "like you supposed to???"
Don't tell me, you're saying that over the board chess is the only truth path. I don't buy it. People who play chess generally play because they love the game. It's not for the nearly non-existent money, and it shouldn't matter if they play by mail, over the computer or in person. Chess is chess.
Just for the record I don't have access to an otb chess club because it is based in a pub on a week day so I can never get child care but thats besides the point here I play because I love it so much!!
PaulGeniusMorphy wrote:
Chess is rewarding if you compete in tournaments like you supposed to. That is where the money is. I've had people tell me not to play in tournaments for the money, but play for fun. The hell with that. I play for the prize money, and to win at all costs. That's what Bobby Fisher did.
Chess is rewarding if you compete in tournaments like you supposed to. That is where the money is. I've had people tell me not to play in tournaments for the money, but play for fun. The hell with that. I play for the prize money, and to win at all costs. That's what Bobby Fisher did.
If you're trying to follow a model for a happy/fulfilled life, even after ignoring the whole money > pleasure or money = enjoyment junk you'd have to agree you chose a poor role model in Fisher, his life was hardly ever happy, in fact he was pretty miserable 24/7
Apr 9, 2010
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PaulGeniusMorphy wrote:
philidor_position wrote:
I think this is a very good question. Recently, after a horrible losing streak in my tactics training, I started wondering about that too. I really felt so awful that I wasn't sure it was worth it. I asked myself, am I just obsessed and completely possessed by a non-rewarding addiction, or do I just enjoy it as a past time activity? I decided it's still the latter and kept going on.
But every chess player should ask that question to himself several times a year, just in case.
Chess is rewarding if you compete in tournaments like you supposed to. That is where the money is. I've had people tell me not to play in tournaments for the money, but play for fun. The hell with that. I play for the prize money, and to win at all costs. That's what Bobby Fisher did.
Lol. I wonder what your "chess income" is. Seriously, please share with us.
Indulging in chess because you enjoy fighting for top places in Fischer style may be nice, indulging in chess because you're after the money though, is pretty useless unless you're a top player, and I seriously doubt anyone could become a top player if it's all about the money.
It's not about the money, but it's all about the groupies. I have to fight my way out of the chess club on most nights.
Apr 9, 2010
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philidor_position wrote:
I think this is a very good question. Recently, after a horrible losing streak in my tactics training, I started wondering about that too. I really felt so awful that I wasn't sure it was worth it. I asked myself, am I just obsessed and completely possessed by a non-rewarding addiction, or do I just enjoy it as a past time activity? I decided it's still the latter and kept going on.
But every chess player should ask that question to himself several times a year, just in case.
I feel the same way here.
I love it!
I adore chess. For me it is a calming, meditative exercise, the greatest recreation. At times it can also be quite thrilling, as when you enter a sacrificial combination you have calculated to absolutely work, but still fear you might have overlooked something! Some advantages of chess: it is portable. It is free. It is harmless.
I regard chess as one element of a good and peaceful life, along with reading, bicycling, and playing catch.
I love chess, even though I'm shit at it and I know that I will probably never even reach mediocrity. I have lost more than half my games but I would rather play and lose than not play.
Apr 9, 2010
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LazyPig83 wrote:
I love chess, even though I'm shit at it and I know that I will probably never even reach mediocrity. I have lost more than half my games but I would rather play and lose than not play.
OK now that's the spirit!
I loved being involved in chess admin, at club and provincial level
I love the history and lore of chess
I love solving and composing (badly) problems and studies
I love chess trivia, and the weird and bizarre
I love spending an hour with my mate Nic analyzing a 5 minute blitz game
I love to play OTB, and online too
So, yeah, I guess I like the game....
I think this is a very good question. Recently, after a horrible losing streak in my tactics training, I started wondering about that too. I really felt so awful that I wasn't sure it was worth it. I asked myself, am I just obsessed and completely possessed by a non-rewarding addiction, or do I just enjoy it as a past time activity? I decided it's still the latter and kept going on.
But every chess player should ask that question to himself several times a year, just in case.