Lonely people play chess

this is a true fact that top chess players are lonely,,they spend huge time in this game and forget to make friends and live life...

and the people who are online almost all the time proves that they dont hav a outdoor life..

You could be right. I enjoy chess. My life is balanced.

thats good..sometimes chess keeps us busy

It has been several years since I've played chess. It's always hard to find someone in ky circle of friends that will play a whole game.

Maybe true since I have lots of friends and I do a lot of outdoor activity and I am poor at chess. 

It had to have been lonely in the past to learn chess, but with the Internet everyone's on the computer. People hang out with each other while being on separate computers in your own house. It's been like that for at least fifteen years, and in the last decade people use the computer in smaller more portable versions, so tons of people are around while being on computers. It's just not lonely to learn things on the Internet, in my view:)

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/what-is-your-myers-briggs-personality-type

"What is your Myers-Briggs personality type"

its like there is anything much else to do in India besides milk cows & play cricket

thats why America begs for Indian doctors and engineers...

I completely disagree with this statement....perhaps this is how you are ????  are YOU  having issues with your life??? ....I LOVE  my life! I have a great husband who pampers me to death, I have a 14 year old son who I adore,  I have friends who care for me,  I travel, uffffff  so many things!.....I think you need a HUG! lol 

in my country, we have highest rate of internet addiction, also highest rate of suicide, no one leave home, just stay online, we have no chess clubs, we can play chess online only. lonely is a big problem in my country. it is sad.

I don't think loneliness is necessarily a place. It's a feeling. So you can be lonely outdoors, in crowds, with friends, everywhere. 

Interesting that lonely people might physically isolate themselves.  Of course online they're probably reaching out emotionally.  Just an ironic observation.

It could be that lonely people don't like to be alone. I see a lot of lonely people wanting to just be around others and have a drink.

I will end this debate right here. Why does loneliness have to have a negative connotation? Why do you have to validate yourself to an anonymous person? Why does superficiality trump profundity?  One can be a lone and be self-fulfilled, conversely one can have everything possible and still be lonely. Humanity is a perpetual journey to fill a need, however the opacity between need and want has become blurred. Thus, we search for the wrong thing all our life. Never confuse a large quantity with redundancy, for each human (irrespective of the billions that currently live now, the billions that lived in the past and the billions that will live in the future) has their own purpose in life, find yours. Being alone helps one find that purpose through introspection. Don't let society dictate how you are suppose to live your life.

Hmm, that's interesting, as you said it's a state of mind.

So it's possible that physically isolating yourself creates other problems whose common solutions are often misinterpreted as indicating loneliness.  e.g. IMO I have a high tolerance for physical isolation.  I don't feel lonely.  But for intellectual stimulation I reach out online.

Mika_Rao wrote:

trysts wrote:

It could be that lonely people don't like to be alone. I see a lot of lonely people wanting to just be around others and have a drink.

Hmm, that's interesting, as you said it's a state of mind.So it's possible that physically isolating yourself creates other problems whose common solutions are often misinterpreted as indicating loneliness.  e.g. IMO I have a high tolerance for physical isolation.  I don't feel lonely.  But for intellectual stimulation I reach out online.

I know you can have moments of loneliness when you're surrounded by people. Physically I like to ne alone sometimes. Intellectual stimulation is great. I find these online too, in libraries, museums etc. Everyone's opinions is intetesting.

I agree with Trysts that loneliness is a state of mind. Seldom are we alone for long and we can choose to be with others and make friends, or not. Chess players aren't inherently lonely. A lot of people play in clubs, taverns, parks and tournaments. When you play chess, you have to play an opponent, which gives you a perfect opportunity to meet a new person and make a friend.

Thanks Wolf. Well said.