Why do you like playing chess?

Don't be a clown.

Yes, my favorite.

Simple enough to enjoy on the first day, complex enough to study endlessly.

Hessian  don't worry about that clown

I won't, thanks.

I like chess because it makes me feel like a man.

uh oh

"Throughout our entire lives we all need a game that lets us play like children; something we can take seriously and to which we apply ourselves in earnest, knowing all along that it is of no real importance at all."       Villafranca di Verona (1871-1941)

Was Tic-Tac-Toe his game of preference?

I don't know but I like what he said.

But once money is attached to games it becomes real important doesn't it.

Because masterbation is not a socially acceptable past-time.

Especially not during a soccer game.

whi watches soccer?

It takes my mind off of low self esteem and delusional narcissistic paranoia and possible schizophrenia.unfortunately the forums seem to be geared toward neither

The rest of the world besides us.

that explains it

It's a team game played by an individual ! see

http://thechesslessons.com/smf-blog-2/

Gr8 point leiph15-I concur

In fact the mathematician John Nash who suffered from schizophrenia said that playing chess can control schizophrenia. His son who also suffers from schizophrnia is a NM.