good at the tv category ?
i can't escape chess but i must!

OK, don't 'let' her win, teach her so well that she does win--both problems solved in no time, although it might create a new problem.
At the end of their life, nobody ever looks back and wishes they had spent more time at the office, played more chess
Nobody except Korchnoi.

If you love chess more, then you need professional assistance. You are beyond the scope of my help. If you love your family, do what's best for them, no matter what the cost to self. I can't fix your problem for you. I can help, but in the end it's your call. You make the choice between heart and mind.
I think you may be able to get me out of the pool.

ivandh's whole face is a joke
That's why the pic is him looking at the cat.
Oh! I always thought him to be the cat!
Such a relief, I can finally read his comments without raising my hackles.

Punctuation's a concern. What may be occuring here is similar to a chrysalis thing about to pupate and emerge into a new sunset as something else.

Why don't you go on a vacation. Go camp with your family where there is no chessboard or game in a radius of 1000 miles! Leave it and spend time with your wife and kids!

Yeah, but if he continues with compulsive thoughts about chess then he'll just sit around the campfire in a listless daze. What's the good in that?
Well then he should go and see a shrink! He sould just get over it! Someone who thinks chess is more important than his family is just simply crazy
@cj: What ? Are you Dr. House or something ?
I'm better at Trivial Pursuit than chess.