Whats your overall experience with chess?

I feel like chess is consuming my life, I litterally can't go a day without a game. I can't stop thinking about it always in the back of my mind. I always have a chessboard in the background no matter what Im doing. Part of me is always analyzing some position. It's like it's eating me from the inside out. The thing is I don't feel like its bad at all. I feel happy although it sounds like Im addicted. Its very weird, Im obsessed with the game and it feels like I don't mind. So Im curious if you share the same feeling? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

I found out that I am trash at chess

That's litterally true for all of us lol

Yeah, except Stockfish and Torch

Yeah I'm addicted too but it's not the worst thing to be addicted to. Could even make money out of it by coaching

omg same bro

Its an addiction that feels good and productive somehow lol

I get the addictive nature of chess. A win is just pure dopamine, and a loss is just crushing. So many emotions in something so abstract, and the fact that you can play it as quickly on your phone as you can go on instagram makes it just soo easy to spend so much time on it. I am currently not playing very well, even for my own standards, but I still play 3-5 games a day or so.

idk if its healthy but i played like 4000 games since july

I played almost 7000 since september so yea.

Its hard to say, but I feel like it does just not very clearly.

Damn. I don't play that many and I thought I am playing a lot

Try Over The Board, it will feel more productive. Chess can and has consumed people. That's part of the reason many muslims believe it is haram. I was always scared that chess would become an unremovable part of who I am, but after I started over the board, I was able to treat chess as a game that I play to improve my skills rather then a hobby I use to hide from my problems.

idk any muslims that think chess is haram

It is a common belief because of its association with gambling, and especially among the shia community because of its use by a caliph Yazid who the Shia's condemn because of his actions against the family of Imam Hussain.

Some scholars say its not haram becuase it doesn't represent "asnam" anymore. Some chess sets are still haram if they represent sculptures of ppl or animals. Otherwise its ok. wallah a'lam

I'm the same. But I think this is a good addiction. Before, I was this addicted to Minecraft. Now that was bad.

It's all right if you enjoy it and it doesn't negatively impact your life. Lots of people get REALLY into their hobbies; it's generally only considered an addiction when it negatively interferes with their life. I would still recommend keeping other interests than just chess because there's more to life than a board game... but that being said, it's a board game I love too.

I'll think of chess things occasionally when not playing (I think every chess player does this to an extent), but I used to think about chess way more when starting out. After it stopped being "new", then it just became another day at the office

The thrill of going through classics from games played decades back is probably the highlight of my beginner experience.

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