Why do you like playing chess?

I agree-your will almost never have perfection in a game, play for fun.

I started not playing humans till I was good. Of course, good wasn't anything I'd be proud of today, but I could thrash my Chess Computer on Level 5. I occassionally played my Dad as well, but no one else until I'd been playing for about a year and a half. I never wanted to be a pathetic beginner playing people when I can barely move the peices- stupid pride, I guess, because I learnt a lot at my first chess club. So I really relate to Sqod.

The reason I love chess is because it's infinite. Say what you like about 32-peice databases and engines, it's depth is mind-blowing. It's a journey that I'll never finish, but it's full of satifaction like I've solved it every time I win properly. It's so intense and challegning, and I just love the mental stimulation. Plus it really is fun; blitz and chess clubs and crazy puzzles, but also when you've been playing for an hour and you manage to win and you've just left there grinning.

Yeah, girls are not really good at chess. Their brains don't work that way.

Iluvsmetuna wrote:

I wish I was never taught it!

Then you will have no quelms accepting my challegne. After all, I'm not really good at chess.

I meant no offense.  It's just been my experience.  Believe me I want there to be girls who are into chess.  I've tried to meet girls by joining chess clubs.  But unfortunately they're all guys.  I've even posted on craigslist for a female chess partner-----no response.  Even in my personal sphere, girls seem to like scrabble and candy crush.  No females I've run into have any interest in playing chess.

Girls are good at different things.

You're contradicting yourself but you don't know it. You said it yourself, you don't find girls playing Chess, just guys. If very few girls play Chess, then you'll find even fewer girls who play Chess who are good. 

But trust me, they are there AND if more girls played Chess, you'd find more girls who are really good at it as well. 

Iluvsmetuna wrote:

Chess is my least favorite game.

You hate tictactoe and checkers more

Only started playing chess because checkers was too easy.

endlessly fascinating; can never get to the bottom of it; ruthless logic wins the day; b.s. counts for nothing (except on forums)

I learned chess at a young age, I studied it as a teenager and I love the game. Now I play on chess.com as it's the only place I can go to ignore the wife and have some fun while she is totally clueless as what the hell I am doing. 

Maybe your wife would like to play,dint underestimate her she was smart enough to marry you

its fun

Of course she was smart enough to marry me, I made enough money to take care of her children; also she thinks chess is for dorks and prefers games that spin and make annoying noises.

For the groupies.

Too bad

Don't you mean stupid enough to marry him?

I tried playing other games but i hated them even more than chess. And chess and music and killing time are better than watching pulp fiction or a derivate of it for the 4th time most of the time.

good answers

keeps my mind busy, but do not know. not study the game, play by instinct.

(use traductor, si no se entiende sorry! jaja)