Computers have sucked the soul out of chess according to the late Bobby Fischer.
Why Chess?
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1 enjoy
2 like to chat
3 good friends
4 this site is more than just chess
5 I have learned about many other things than chess
6 great learning tools
7 I get great pleasure from my chess
8 It passes the time
9 The Internet brings worldwide chess into your own home
10 An international game with no language barrier
It's a way to go medieval on somebody without actually beating them up.
Aww .. it is so much easier pushing the mouse than pushing the pieces. At least one doesn't have to worry about:
*pieces getting knocked over
*drinks spilling on the board
Sep 23, 2009
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Teja wrote:
Aww .. it is so much easier pushing the mouse than pushing the pieces. At least one doesn't have to worry about:
*pieces getting knocked over
*drinks spilling on the board
And some opponents throwing the board after losing a match, and not even wanting to give the traditional hand shake? 
lol haha, that too ...
Bad losers?
Agree wholeheartedly. Cheating is dirty business. As to the why of it, I suppose there's some sort of psychological profile of such people.
chess_kebabs wrote:
I was really inferring to people being able to use engines and cheat.
I don't understand they joy THEY get and playing against a computer, under the pretense of playing a person, is no joy for me, not to mention most unfair and unnaturally uncompetitive.
They have low self-esteem. It's not about the chess for them anymore, they just need to dominate their opponents so they can prop themselves up. Sad really, but on the bright side there's really only a small percentage of people who do this. Try not to let it ruin your experience.
Oh yea it's certainly a hollow victory. I remember Cheater_1 saying how empty he felt, but it was all he had at the time. The top players, no matter what the game, get propped up like idols. Some people crave that attention, that feeling of importance in their lives and some will go after it by any means necessary. Even if it's fake. It's definitely sad but it's a reality nonetheless for some people. Thankfully only a small subset of people.
MainStream wrote:
So, why chess again?
...yes, why chess again? ... now it's your turn to let us know yours...
Sep 25, 2009
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alwaysmated wrote:
MainStream wrote:
So, why chess again?
...yes, why chess again? ... now it's your turn to let us know yours...
Inexplicably, chess is a beautiful quiet time with a friend. 
“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.”
Thomas Henry Huxley
“You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.”
Stanley Kubrick
Once again, I don't care as much since I don't play the game, but when I compare it to the possibilities of solving chess down the road, I get concerned.
So start playing Go. They can't even make a decent engine for that, much less solve it.
Well that's good to hear, maybe I will. It would kind of suck being a beginner again though...