Hang in there its not about winning, just exercising your brain.
I am quitting chess.

Well, you have to give the OP some credit, 01111000011. While the thread was started by him two years ago, he wasn't, after all, the one who revived this thread. Maybe things have changed for the better for him/her and he/she decided to stay a while ago.

Thanks for sharing with us im this 2 year old threat you are quiting chess. Now I will be able to go to sleep night and sleep so much better.

You may be done with chess, but is chess done with you?
Many times I have been done with chess, but chess was not done with me.
An unknown author voiced this thought long before I paraphrased it.

You may be done with chess, but is chess done with you?
Many times I have been done with chess, but chess was not done with me.
An unknown author voiced this thought long before I paraphrased it.
"In America, You watch Television. In Russia, Television watches You!" -- Yakov Smirnoff, 1985

why would you quit chess? It's not like it's something that harms you like a drug. I find it funny when people say they learn about life through chess. Life is not a board game and it isn't governed by chess rules.
It is harmful, after a point. I certainly didn't waste my prime on a board game, but it's great for people with tons of time to kill and very little money.
Excellent observation! That financial criterion you suggest just happens to fit me perfectly! Now, if only I had just a tiny bit more time to kill ....
Oddly, I yearn for more moralising and caustic remarks!
I find it odd that certain people like to use fancy words like "yearn" and "caustic," just to try to "impress" other people. How "droll." Plus, as any professional ethicist will tell you, that kind of behavior is just plain wrong.
How's that? :-)
MIL, you're the only fizzakeeatrist I've ever loved!
My goodness gracious! I got a Compliment 3 months ago -- (somebody Loves me!) --- and I missed it! ... which not like me... or, at least it didn't used to be...
Thanks so much! And it is true that I continue to think of myself as a woman much like Cleopatra ... you know ... like age cannot wither nor custom stale my infinite variety. etc., etc. On the other hand, here we have clear evidence that age has been busy knocking the hell out of my prefrontal cortex ..... not a happy thought. (But don't worry, I'll forget it.
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