If a kid is good at chess he plays well. If an adult is good at chess he plays correctly..?
Is Chess more of an Adult's or Kid's Game ??
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chess is for kids and adults who like to play kid's games. It is complex but still fun, and it is highly competative, and you're never too old to play (or battle) because we're mostly kids at heart.
I agree with game of life statement, its for everyone from all different walks of life and crosses cultural barriers many times over.
chess is good for kids to build their brains. it's usefull for practise calculations, remembering, and plaining strategy. some aldults play for their hobby or seriously playbe a pro player.don't forget chess is one of the many hobbies in this world.
yaa ur correct
my rating is 2300 and im 9 years old
Let's make a compromise - it's a teenager's game.
Atos wrote:
Let's make a compromise - it's a teenager's game.
I think Magnus would agree :)
RealityMate wrote:
willilo wrote:
Well from experience I know that more adults play it competitvely in otb chess than kids
Not anymore. Scholastic chess is massive.. practically every other elementary school has a swarm of <600 players on the circuit.
Where are these massive numbers of chess players...this swarm of <600 players? It sounds like a good challenge for this second year player. 
<600 is less than six hundred, is that what you meant to say?
Anyway, I'd say that chess is a game for people with free time, which means no job or girlfriend. Thus, it is a game for kids.
ivandh wrote:
<600 is less than six hundred, is that what you meant to say?
Anyway, I'd say that chess is a game for people with free time, which means no job or girlfriend. Thus, it is a game for kids.
I work 10 hour days m-f, and about 6 on saturday. During the week I have been getting average 6 hours of chess a day usually more. 10-16 on the weekend. This has been the scedule of the last month. I hovered at a rating of 1250-1300 but had daily cocktails. I quite the booze and I'm trending at 1550 but will likely get another 100 points withing the next month. Chess has become my quite time, my rock. In 20 years nothing has kept me sober BUT CHESS. Tricks are for kids
its for both adults and kids.it plays a great role in training kid right from when they are young how to reason and plan..
Chess the ultimate gaming experience for lazy bums, eremetics and general weirdos
Chess is for everyone...kids, adults, boys, girls, gays...
Hey, it really does not matter whether you are good or not...not everyone wants to spend half their life trying to be a master at it...some just want to have fun. I would much prefer my child playing and learning lots of games, rather than just one. The level you play at, whether you know all the rules, whether you know your opening theory, whether you know who Anand is...it really does not matter in the big scheme of things. Believe it or not , there are a great many things more important than chess.
What are some common time controls for the scholastic players?
"Believe it or not , there are a great many things more important than chess."
Lol I can't think of many. Some for sure, but not many. Of course this would be excluding priorities, like work, as you need to live to be able to play chess. Obviously it depends on the person. Some people spend their whole life playing, discussing, supporting football, or any sport.
I get limitless pleasure out of analyzing positions as they come in basically unlimited supply and most importantly there is always something new to discover. The improvement is of secondary importance, but it does feel good.
Oct 17, 2010
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RealityMate wrote:
Musikamole wrote:
What are some common time controls for the scholastic players?
nearly all scholastic events are g/30 to g/45.
That's if they are rated. Unrated games are often shorter. At my kid's k-5 club tournament, we ran G20, and typically played about 150 games in 5 rounds. I can only ever remember one loss due to time expiration.
Oct 17, 2010
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ivandh wrote:
<600 is less than six hundred, is that what you meant to say?
Anyway, I'd say that chess is a game for people with free time, which means no job or girlfriend. Thus, it is a game for kids.
The beauty of chess as an adult is that it doesn't have to rule your life. If you really don't care that you have a low rating, you can still find opponents at your level and enjoy the game. I wish my rating was more than 640, but it really doesn't bother me. At that level, I end up playing mostly, but not exclusively, children. I can live with that. I
I think that also might explain why some people don't encounter the hordes of children that others do. If you play in weekend long tournaments with G90 time controls, 50 dollar entry fees and $1,000 cash prizes, you might not run into too many kids. If you play in 5 round G/30 games on a Saturday afternoon with trophy prizes, you see a lot more kids than adults.
I am occasionally annoyed at people who make suggestions that anyone who chooses to play chess, but not to take it overly seriously is somehow not a "real" player and shouldn't really be in a tournament anyway.
Learned at age 5 and could play well, beat the chess teacher in the club, even my brother who taught me. Interestingly I remember being able to formulate attacks and accomplish things like pawn breaks and center control alot easier then I did when I started playing again about 2 years ago. It was alot harder and took quite a bit of study recently. As a kid rather then read about chess I would find that old used bookstore where the owner wittled away the hours over a lonely chess board. More recently I found myself with the displeasure of being incarcerated either in jail or rehab. In either case I was bar none the best player be it patient, nurse or staff. I remember the prison nurse was quite confident and absolutely destroyed that at my leaving he was soundly bested in every attempt. I wonder myself is this base ability or what I learned as kid? Considering I never really schooled in chess or had a coach. I am improving rather quickly I think currently but had i learned more a kid is what i am curious about.