ru not as good as u once was but still good ONCE as u ever was ? ♥

...just curious ?...and is it age thats playing tricks w/ me ?

Yeah

...or could it be that i care gobs less ?

...and as a result that i dont always give it my all ?

I'm bad.....

i get this feeling that we'd get along juuust fine - lol !

For me it's trying to play when I'm tired that kills me.  I worked out of town the last few weeks and while working nearly around the clock, tried to play my daily games.  Blundered 2 of them away horribly.  Both, literally either left pieces uncaptured or put pieces where they were en-prise, or both... 

This was maybe an extreme case, but we all have good days and bad days. 

I think with age there's simply less drive to win, or concern about losing, and probably because we now have larger things in our life than our game of chess.  I still try to win, but I don't let it consume me like I would have when I was 10-25yo.   

if you like to talk to tomatos

i CAN deliver a really good game...i just dont always do so cuz i dont care like i used to.

as a person i am getting by though on some days ill be in a grumpy mood and trust me i can be really negative and down at times rushing and being a brute. in general though i have been feeling more positive and relatively enjoy cracking sarcastic joke, giving advice and playing usually hanging out with chess users and simply laughing and feeling great. chess wise eh i have improved a lot and practically gained a ton of rating in comparison to the past so doing better

I know the feeling. I struggle to accept defeat when I've loaded badly. But I still rush my moves! Think it's an age thing!

*played badly. :dead

yes

My brain with i5 processor still processing the title 

@xbrenbrenx...that's a chick, not a dude...the OP, that is...tell him, Lola!

sorry that i cant dummy the title dn a/m 4u xbrainlessx.

here...     u = you     r = are

now. go ahead & make the substitution...and try ur best this time to get it. and tho i know ur struggling w/ it ?...its really not as hard as u think.

hth...yee !

I think we’re all getting older; craftier? 

I am struggling (chess wise) in disguising my openings and transposing back and forth later. But sometimes I am castling on move 5..so..

castling early ??...safety first !

I need to get back to 1400 first