RonaldJosephCote wrote:
What's this IF crap? Half the people here HAVE brain damage.
roflmao
If you were in an accident and got brain damage, would you still play chess?
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SilentKnighte5 wrote:
IM Colin Crouch had a massive stroke leaving him with only partial vision in one eye and brain damage. He's been able to play up to his pre-stroke form.
The trouble is, no one will play him now because he slobbers all over the board. Almost as bad, every now and then he has involuntary arm movements and he sweeps all the pieces off the board.
Some compassionate GMs offer to play him blindfold but he generally declines. He says his missing eye would give him an unfair advantage.
He should give up chess and play GO instead I'm thinking.
doppelgangsterII wrote:
SilentKnighte5 wrote:
IM Colin Crouch had a massive stroke leaving him with only partial vision in one eye and brain damage. He's been able to play up to his pre-stroke form.
The trouble is, no one will play him now because he slobbers all over the board. Almost as bad, every now and then he has involuntary arm movements and he sweeps all the pieces off the board.
Some compassionate GMs offer to play him blindfold but he generally declines. He says his missing eye would give him an unfair advantage.
He should give up chess and play GO instead I'm thinking.
You are what would happen if Simon Cowell copulated with Sheldon Cooper. Damn you bitter man
bored? just play folks
Yes, I would still play chess, as it is one of my favorite addictions. 
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
kleelof; Did you hear what The Pope said today?? He said he'd rather have pizza than be Pope. No lie!, Google the news.
WOW! I never knew ame and king conehead had so much in common. Perhaps I should call him up and ask him out on a date.
Petrosianic wrote:
Dolphin27 wrote:
Here's a question, if you were in an accident, or had some neurological disease, or for some other reason got brain damage so that you were only able to play chess at a tiny fraction of the skill you played at before, and the brain damage was getting worse so that no matter how much you practiced you know that you're just going to get worse, would you still play chess?
i've met several players (and a few formerly masters+) with this situation, and they still play although not at the same level they used to play. chess is good exercise for the mind for people of advanced age (or of any age) although in moderation.
I'm pretty sure anyone with any chess Master title is brain damaged at least a little bit. I mean, who else would spend so much time and energy on such a silly game?
Mar 13, 2015
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only need one alive brain cell to play chess, but two rubbing together to be a GM...so probably would improve my chess
Mar 14, 2015
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I have not been in an accident, but considering how I play, I highly suspect brain damage.
How did the 'if' came into the equation?
Yes i not see why i would not play chess :) is fun
I would probably try, but eventually just either kill myself or stop playing chess... Losing hurts so much and when you can't improve to do anything about it there is no point in playing...
All you copy cats. I made the original 'loook at my chess, I might have brain damage' joke.
I expect 10% royalties from everyone using my joke.
I would still come here to play to meet you people that will still not be as sharp as me!!
kleelof wrote:
All you copy cats. I made the original 'loook at my chess, I might have brain damage' joke.
I expect 10% royalties from everyone using my joke.
It wasn't original at all.
hayabusahayate16 írta:
The problem is that your brain is very complex. you may get into a car wreck and lose the ability to speak and move your eyebrows yet raoidly become better than you ever imagined at chess because your brain had certain neural pathways destroyed and compensated by strengthening the neural pathways for chess. An unlikely scenario but it shows how profound the brain really is.
That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.
Throwing memes aside, your brain does not magically strengthen neural pathways out of nothing.
Seawolf159 írta:
I would probably try, but eventually just either kill myself or stop playing chess... Losing hurts so much and when you can't improve to do anything about it there is no point in playing...
Isn't Naruto the one that always says never to give up?
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Dolphin27 írta:
Here's a question, if you were in an accident, or had some neurological disease, or for some other reason got brain damage so that you were only able to play chess at a tiny fraction of the skill you played at before, and the brain damage was getting worse so that no matter how much you practiced you know that you're just going to get worse, would you still play chess?
That's my luck.
There's no tinier skill of play than I currently possess.
I would ESPECIALLY play chess.