Chess.. Gift or Curse?!!

since i joined this wonderful site.. i have been stuck infront of the monitor for hours on end.. need to do work, clean up my messy house, visit friends, read.. have a life...!!!

I even eat while am playing.. i just need a have a rest, i must have pressed F5 to refresh the page more than a thousand times already..

am sure many are in the same boat - or am i the only one, don't say it!!!! - (and had previous threads about this) but chess, the forum, this site.. is it a gift... or a curse??!

I think it's a gift, because I play while I'm at work, and it helps the day travel by faster.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with excercising the brain on a daily basis.

Originally posted by Shanshu311
I think it's a gift, because I play while I'm at work, and it helps the day travel by faster.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with excercising the brain on a daily basis.

Originally posted by Peachy
lucky you.. you get paid to play chess? now that would be an ideal job!! 😉

Originally posted by Peachy
i must have pressed F5 to refresh the page more than a thousand times already..

"There is a class of men who gather in coffee-houses and play
with a desire that dieth not, and a fire that is not quenched.
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in
the world. It is the most absorbing of occupations, the least
satisfying of desires, an aimless excrescence upon life. It
annihilates a man.
"You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist
that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic, clumsy, and
unreliable -- but teach him, inoculate him with chess!"
-- H.G. Wells

Welcome to chessaholics anonymous!!!!!!!😀🙄

"Hi, my name is blank and I like to play chess. Sometimes, I like to play it with another person, or even by myself. Sometimes I find myself trading food and drink for just one more gambit. I guess the reason I'm here is to kick the habit, and meet others like me."

damn right its a habit... and at the rate am goin, cobwebs are starin to build up on the screen.. my butt is achin like hell.. my eyes are two plump tomatos and my head hurts..

i need an xchessosist.. HELP 😳

hello, my name is sarah, and I am a chessoholic. And I am not even good at chess, and I have over 20,000 moves. I will do anything for a game of chess...anything. Help meh!😳

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
hello, my name is sarah, and I am a chessoholic. And I am not even good at chess, and I have over 20,000 moves. I will do anything for a game of chess...anything. Help meh!😳

Originally posted by Shanshu311
I think it's time we all turned to drinking, to help cure our chess addiction.

Originally posted by Shanshu311
I think it's time we all turned to drinking, to help cure our chess addiction.

Nah I am an alcoholic, compulsive gambling, sex addicted, drug using, ummm errrr ... like ... tea drinker and I still have to play chess all day!!!!!!!

ps I also drink 400 cups of tea a day, one time I NEARLY DROWNED!

pps This post is not a cry for help.

ppps I would just cry "HELP!"

Originally posted by demonseed
Nah I am an alcoholic, compulsive gambling, sex addicted, drug using, ummm errrr ... like ... tea drinker and I still have to play chess all day!!!!!!!

ps I also drink 400 cups of tea a day, one time I NEARLY DROWNED!

pps This post is not a cry for help.

ppps I would just cry "HELP!"