IS CHESS ADDICTIVE?

Well, no...there are no exact moves such as those of which I wrote. This was, afterall, a work of fiction. I inventedf the Triple Whammy, for example. However, some of the things that I wrote...Nimzo-Indian, etc. are real.

There is a Reti-Tartakower Vienna: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-dl/rettarrpg0.html 

And, there is such a thing as a Windmill...a triple. I invented the quadruple. How it works is a closely guarded secret.

I wrote the first half of the story around 1970 and the second half around three years ago. My intention was to write a story about chess that might be of interest to non-chess players.

People around me kept telling me that chess is boring and that it would be impossible to create an interesting story for the general public. 

Anyway, yes...Mozart. And, your last two sentences left me a bit befuddled. However, I deduced that you wrote it in the spirit of Mozart and his scatological humor. Then it made sense. roflmao

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1884718/?page=1

  Wait for me.  I want one too.

You might need to add green leafy vegetables to your Avatar's diet.

Haha, those lines are a translation of a letter Mozart wrote to his cousin. Apparently scatological humour was quite prevalent in Germany at the time, though Mozart may have been more expressive about it than most :P

I think it is....a good one!!!

I agree; if you have to have an addiction, you could do a lot worse than being addicted to playing chess! :)

yes INDEED! 

hmm it made me fail my board exams and made me lose 3 years of study so yes it is addictive.

Over the last 3 years I have been putting in two hours a day. Four per day, actually, over the last year.

A few rapid games here and there...then maybe hit some golf balls for an hour...then do some tactics training for a half hour...then mow the grass...then maybe read a chess book...then...

Wait a second! Hold the music! I think something is askew here.

Maybe this is why I am destined to chess mediocrity. I find the real, physical world incredibly easy to navigate and operate within, whereas I just can't seem to wrap my head around the tiny, closed system of the chess board. I'm neither a gifted genius nor a misfit savant. I'm hopelessly normal. Which means I'll probably never break 1400 in my lifetime... 

Yes

I allways loose to bichip 3 to Knoght 2 and I was shure that would be the one that made it in hte game to winn chek

 i was wondering if therre is a chance to get the Konight t biship three and mov into the section tow and that would be helpfull if playng in hte computuer game  or playing agianst the computurePlease be relevant, helpful & nice!

Je pale franc aise on de chose.

I don't know if you are addressing me (since you posted right after me) or speaking in general.

But...I'll take a stab at it. Plumbing gets "fixed". Spelling gets "corrected".

At your service; let me know if that helped. (lol)

P.S.: No one uses a semicolon these days. What was I thinking?

Is chess addictive?  No more than other things.

Here is Plenty.....hmmm  I guess your answer counts as YES???  HAHAAHAHAHH