Yes, it's my favourite game, and I like playing it because it's really complex:)
Why do you like playing chess?
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Its a fun game, and a great way to stay mentally sharp.
Dec 22, 2014
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Poetry.....I like it because there is poetry on the board. I don't really think about winning (though I would like to), I think more about making something really beautiful.
Dec 22, 2014
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When I was in elementary school, the teacher created a club for the elite students, a club that anybody could join if they were well-behaved. Half of the club's name was "chess club," and the teacher would have students play chess in it. Although I didn't know how to play, something about the game just fascinated the heck out of me, I think because of the different types of pieces with each having its own type of motion, and the great depth of complexity and cleverness, which was evidenced by how long the kids would study the position before moving. It was a lot more interesting and complicated than checkers, which I played but never liked that much.
To this day I notice that anything really complicated really fascinates me: math, computers, mechanics, foreign languages, music, etc. Each of those is an entire world in itself with its own internal rules and emergent heuristics.
More recently I got back into chess after applying for some chess tutoring jobs since I thought I'd better get back in practice in case I got hired. Some of the chess videos I watched on YouTube really stuck in my mind and the cleverness of some of the positions just stuck with me and I would think about the positions and their clever continuations throughout the day. To get a little more philosophical, a well-played chess game has a wonderful feel to it, like a wonderful piece of music, where everything fits together beautifully and you have to marvel at how much work, artistry, and creativity went into such a game. That's partly why I've been holding off on playing human players here (until next year): I don't want to have a game permanently on display to the public that I played badly, that is ugly and without artistic merit. I want to be proud of each game I play, that I'd demonstrated good ideas and good understanding, even if I lose.
Dec 22, 2014
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#6
Indeed! Great question. Hmm.
For me, I had an Uncle who really loved chess (Rest in Peace) and it happened he taught me the game during the time I had been severly ill...bed-ridden (I was 8). Guess, I love the game because of him. I learned to appreciate the game well after his passing and continue to.
Heh. I realize, I'm about the same age as my Uncle when he introduced me to this terrible game!!
8)
Dec 22, 2014
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#7
I love it for the same reason I love math and music (all genres)-all of these are beautiful to me and deeply deeply satisfying as well
Dec 22, 2014
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#8
I would avoid displaying ugly games to the public.....but I'm so awful that it'd be ten years or more before I could even begin to pretend that I play pretty chess. =P
richb8888 wrote:
why do you like playing it
For the reason the old romantics like Anderssen, Bird and Blackburne did I want to win games as beautifully as I possibly can.
I dream of Queens, Rooks, Bishop sacrifices, King Hunts, Combinations and Mating attacks in my sleep!
I like chess because it teaches life.
Dec 23, 2014
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#11
Alison I believe that you are inaccurately self-deprecating.anyone who has a love of this game like you do will get better with time. I have confidence in you! Just keep playing and learning a little bit every month and as you persevere I think you will amaze yourself in way less time than a decade. Just don't give up and have lots of fun along each step of your chess journey.millions of others have achieved beyond their initial expectations in their chess lives. Why shouldn't that be you too?
it gave me a chance and still does to stand against another regardless of difference and have a chance to win ,i picked it up at 9 it was very handy as a guide .
i think my teacher lost on purpose lol but i was hooked anyway
Can't master it
Dec 23, 2014
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Sqod wrote:
When I was in elementary school, the teacher created a club for the elite students, a club that anybody could join if they were well-behaved. Half of the club's name was "chess club," and the teacher would have students play chess in it. Although I didn't know how to play, something about the game just fascinated the heck out of me, I think because of the different types of pieces with each having its own type of motion, and the great depth of complexity and cleverness, which was evidenced by how long the kids would study the position before moving. It was a lot more interesting and complicated than checkers, which I played but never liked that much.
To this day I notice that anything really complicated really fascinates me: math, computers, mechanics, foreign languages, music, etc. Each of those is an entire world in itself with its own internal rules and emergent heuristics.
More recently I got back into chess after applying for some chess tutoring jobs since I thought I'd better get back in practice in case I got hired. Some of the chess videos I watched on YouTube really stuck in my mind and the cleverness of some of the positions just stuck with me and I would think about the positions and their clever continuations throughout the day. To get a little more philosophical, a well-played chess game has a wonderful feel to it, like a wonderful piece of music, where everything fits together beautifully and you have to marvel at how much work, artistry, and creativity went into such a game. That's partly why I've been holding off on playing human players here (until next year): I don't want to have a game permanently on display to the public that I played badly, that is ugly and without artistic merit. I want to be proud of each game I play, that I'd demonstrated good ideas and good understanding, even if I lose.
this will NEVER happen, you will always have games that dont come up to scratch, playing bad games though, and noticing they are bad after the game in your evaluation, are what makes you improve as a player.
Dec 23, 2014
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#15
thecentipede wrote:
this will NEVER happen, you will always have games that dont come up to scratch, playing bad games though, and noticing they are bad after the game in your evaluation, are what makes you improve as a player.
That's why I also set a deadline for the end of my preparation: the end of this year.
Chess is my least favorite game.
I wish I was never taught it!
Dec 23, 2014
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#20
I wish i was a little bit taller, i wish i was a baller...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBw
Is chess your favorite game? why do you like playing it?