Brush the dust off, work hard, play, and everything will sort itself out.
At least the otb stuff will sort itself out.
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Yeahhhh that's pretty much what I'm doin here :P Ugh this post was way too long and I apoligize for stretching out such a simple question... Working hard is pretty hard in itself for me as I explained but I'm tryin. Hopefully everything gets back to normal and stuff soon, thx.
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Yeahhhh that's pretty much what I'm doin here :P Ugh this post was way too long and I apoligize for stretching out such a simple question... Working hard is pretty hard in itself for me as I explained but I'm tryin. Hopefully everything gets back to normal and stuff soon, thx.
I heard that learning chess was supposed to help ADD. Has it?
Uhh, I doubt it. ADD, if properly diagnosed, isn't something you can do away with with simple learning exercises. Chess is a wonderful thinking game, but I imagine seeing a psychiatrist is the far better way to go. I can honestly say that, through my 5 (well not really) years of playing, I feel my ADD still has the same effect on my chess. Sure, I've improved overall, but that's thanks to work and a phychiatrist and not the game.
Do I wish chess would help? Yessssssss that would be my dream XP
Study what is enjoyable for you. That will keep your attention and commitment. Find a favorite player and look over all their games and books, worked well for me. Having fun + learning= awesome
I have trouble going through endgame tomes for an hour at a time, I can not imagine how difficult it must be with ADD.
I started playing competitive chess 5 years ago. My first USCF rating was in the 1300s, which I thought was cool and even the local FM was impressed. I thought things were going well, but things never really improved much for multiple reasons. I was a bad studier, pretty much all thanks to my ADD and it made it hard for me to keep improving my tactics and other things to do with memorization. My rating went all around 1200-1500 but never higher to my disappointment, and I kept dropping in and out of the game. After a while of playing, I stayed in the 1500s but then took a break from chess since I was losing interest like a lot of things. 2 years later, I still know I love the game and am trying to get back into it which is why I joined this site! I'm also trying to get my ADD medicated now and hopefully this game will hold my intrest until and after that point.
But how do I get back into things 2 years later? I feel like I'm nothing compared to my past level of playing, missing simple tactics and just not paying attention to the whole board... I don't feel like my interest is back yet and sometimes I just really don't feel like playing. I don't know where to begin learning the game again.
I hope this thread wasn't too personal, I didn't mean for it to seem like a blog post and maybe I did go overboard but I'm frustrated =/