Why is chess fun to play?

That happy, relaxed feeling is the unique joy of engaging in a pure mental battle, a space where you can test your creativity and strategic ideas directly against another mind. I often explain to my students that this happiness comes from the deep satisfaction of solving the complex puzzle on the board and seeing a plan you've carefully crafted succeed.

This is so obviously AI generated... just a wordy crock of BS.
" a space where you can test your creativity and strategic ideas directly against another mind."

Give me a break.

A lot of people despise chat bots. Even without any obvious victim, it's posturing, pretense, an attempt to deceive. In a word, it's plagiarism. If you're uncomfortable speaking in your own voice, please just stay quiet.

Ha. But I am the one who always rages.

Chess is fun because it’s strategic and pairing it later with some relaxing movie time on PPCine makes it even better

Chess is fun because it forces us all to admit that we don't have all the answers. Also, ChessMasteryOfficial isn't a robot.