Playing with yourself?

Can you get good at chess by playing with yourself, or is it better to have an engine or human player?

https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=Playing+with+yourself%3F

I would suggest that you 'play yourself', rather than play WITH yourself. That way, you can avoid any unfortunate misunderstandings. You could of course do both at the same time, although I imagine it would be difficult to concentrate properly on either activity...

When I was young I was told that it makes you go blind.

No, it won't make you go blind - it may possibly give you repetitive strain injury. Is anyone else finding it more and more difficult to see these discussion threads...

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh

Brilliant!

Now we all know how the phrase "Bashing the Bishop" originated.

All the World's a stage and we are merely players.(Thought for today)

LouisLunchbox enjoys playing with himself.

Madam Marfona prefers to play with invisible Zombies.

A zombie ?

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