for me chess is an escape, for relaxtion & when i play it's war & when i'm done itz back to reality which in a round-about fashion shows that itz just a game.
just a Game . Not a War .. Do you agree ? and why ??
If you think chess is war than you have never lost a child or a parent
in combat. Wake up!
you are right!
Chess is sacrificing your ego upon the altar of pride
In losing a child or a parent in combat, you have made the ultimate sacrifice of a loved one upon the altar of freedom.
You can't possibly be serious.
I would more call it a mental boxing fight than war. - noone wants to go down.
"just a game" sounds to me like it doesn't matter what happens in the game.
I like the comparison to boxing two player giving all they can in the boxing ring and afterwards they are still friends.
great analogy bobby. if i had read ur post before i posted mine i wouldn't bothered to post it.
Chess is a game and those who think otherwise should not play it.
I did not say that chess wasn't a game or that is was a war. I just said it contains its essence.
Vulpes, who says you said something? My posting is not related to yours. If I had wanted to refer to your posting, i would have quoted you like you now did or adressed you like I now do.
Vulpes, who says you said something? My posting is not related to yours. If I had wanted to refer to your posting, i would have quoted you like you now did or adressed you like I now do.
Well, your post was right under mine, so I had to assume that. Sorry.
those who say that it is war do not really understand what chess and war mean. they are entirely different. look at the difinitions and you will see what chess and war mean.
From one perspective chess can be said to be siege warfare in the form a board game. So by synthesis it is a war game
It can be used as a model for making siege warfare in real life. But, no it is NOT a literal war as between human soldiers. Chess is figurative siege warfare. Make believe siege war. And, finally it is definitely a game.
Yes, you are right but some players harbor hatred in their hearts against their opponent as if they want to malign his personality, family, country etc. because they put in their mind that chess is psychological war and if they do so they can distract their opponents' concentration which should be changed. A real strong player is the one who plays quietly.
those who say that it is war do not really understand what chess and war mean. they are entirely different. look at the difinitions and you will see what chess and war mean.
From one perspective chess can be said to be siege warfare in the form a board game. So by synthesis it is a war game
It can be used as a model for making siege warfare in real life. But, no it is NOT a literal war as between human soldiers. Chess is figurative siege warfare. Make believe siege war. And, finally it is definitely a game.
Yes, you are right but some players harbor hatred in their hearts against their opponent as if they want to malign his personality, family, country etc. because they put in their mind that chess is psychological war and if they do so they can distract their opponents' concentration which should be changed. A real strong player is the one who plays quietly.
So... you're saying that some chess players get too "in character".
If war the card game is a war, then Chess is WW4!
Why?
I don't know, he's on third and I DON'T CARE!
"Of course you realize, this means war!"
I guess I'll have to get my sicilian dragons ready! you can alert congress
I lie here, bleeding to death from a ruptured knight, and you have the nerve to tell me chess isn't war? Shame, shame!
I lie here, bleeding to death from a ruptured knight, and you have the nerve to tell me chess isn't war? Shame, shame!
Wha~?
If you think chess is war than you have never lost a child or a parent
in combat. Wake up!
you are right!
Chess is sacrificing your ego upon the altar of pride
In losing a child or a parent in combat, you have made the ultimate sacrifice of a loved one upon the altar of freedom.