Einstein called chess a waste of time, what do you think?

Sort:
Avatar of Smositional
Yoloswagger69 wrote:

As Einstein once quoted chess was a waste of time for him, he only played it to relax from his exhausting studies of physics. Do you think it is a waste?

Einstein once said:

"Does OP even lift?"

- Mahatma Ghandi 2018

Avatar of idkanymore0-0

Will you trust Einstein if he says that you are an iguana?

Avatar of Smositional
AviaSharma wrote:

Will you trust Einstein if he says that you are an iguana?

Of course!

Einstein also said:

"Iguana Smositonal"

- Darth Vader 2018

Einstein has an outstanding smositional understanding.

Avatar of AntonioEsfandiari
Einstein only said that cuz he sucked and was mad that he lost
Avatar of Thee_Ghostess_Lola

...from what he went thru ?

Avatar of Rocky64

A waste of time? What did he know about time, anyway?

Avatar of DavidHHH

Waste of time is waste of a relative term.

Avatar of robrobber

To bad he did not also define "waste of time" ... what exactly is Not a waste of time? Everything is a waste of time to the extent where you have to invest time in anything you want to do ... 

Avatar of Justs99171

Einstein said chess is a waste of time? Didn't he also say time is relative?

Avatar of BadIion

Einstein was in fact a good chess player ; what he meant by this, is that very intelligent individuals have dedicated their entire lives (like Kasparrov, Carlsen, Caruana, etc.) on becoming better at a game, instead of usin their potential to something more "usefull". Of course, Chess is a great game unlike any other, but at the end of the day, it's still a game.

Avatar of SmyslovFan

Badlion, Einstein didn't mean anything by it. He never said it!

Avatar of Optimissed

I think that Einstein used to beat his wife.

Avatar of HorribleTomato

Einstein PLAYED CHESS, Einstein.

Avatar of MrBob11
Well Einstein used to be my hero until this moment ok if chess is a waste of time that means we have time to waste
Avatar of Optimissed

He was rapist too.

 

Avatar of Elroch

 Einstein may have not been the world's greatest chess player (although he did play with his mathematician friend Emmanuel Lasker who was), but if this game is anything to go by, Oppenheimer was a truly abysmal player.

 

Avatar of Ampersand17

Nice game! I myself am studying to become a physicist, (and also play chess!) but Einstein isn't my favorite physicist. Max Planck is my favorite: maybe he also played chess?

Avatar of Justs99171
Elroch wrote:

 Einstein may have not been the world's greatest chess player (although he did play with his mathematician friend Emmanuel Lasker who was), but if this game is anything to go by, Oppenheimer was a truly abysmal player.

 

Einstein could play. I've seen his games in chessgames.com. I was surprised to see so many. I went over them years ago.

Avatar of Justs99171

Now I only see one game!

Avatar of Justs99171

Germany lost before Japan