Originally posted by coquetteYou sound 'blue', because you are not enjoying the game at present perhaps because your expectations are higher than your results. People believe that chess has something innate, some kind of beauty, others that it can even rehabilitate. Personally I think its empty and devoid and the only inherent value it has is the ideas which we infuse it with when we animate the pieces with our minds. I hope you can find a way to enjoy it again and that it brings you a measure of pleasure, otherwise, yes, at our level, it becomes a waste of time.
does my chess have to get before I have to admit that I'm not really playing chess but just wasting my time along with everyone else's time?
24 Dec 14
My chess is very bad as my rating indicates...I will admit that I enjoy the chat along with the play, but not everyone chats...
Every time I play chess...or do anything else, for that matter...I learn something...
In the learning, my time is never wasted.
Happy Chess, Happy Christmas, coquette!
24 Dec 14
Originally posted by hakimaYou make me feel humble.
My chess is very bad as my rating indicates...I will admit that I enjoy the chat along with the play, but not everyone chats...
Every time I play chess...or do anything else, for that matter...I learn something...
In the learning, my time is never wasted.
Happy Chess, Happy Christmas, coquette!
ps if you wake up every day feeling frightened might be an
idea to lock the front door before going to bed. Just saying
24 Dec 14
Originally posted by coquette95% of us will never get better.
does my chess have to get before I have to admit that I'm not really playing chess but just wasting my time along with everyone else's time?
We are what we are - just enjoy playing people around your own rating.
Enjoy the brilliant wins,
and put down the silly losses to that extra glass of wine.
Happy Christmas.
25 Dec 14
Originally posted by wolfgang59...and have an extra glass of wine when you have a brilliant win. Ha zaaaah! 😀
95% of us will never get better.
We are what we are - just enjoy playing people around your own rating.
Enjoy the brilliant wins,
and put down the silly losses to that extra glass of wine.
Happy Christmas.
Originally posted by coquetteOnline correspondence chess site ratings aren't necessarily the issue. Some children play chess as a war game using wooden Staunton Chess Figures in lieu of plastic soldiers; some teenagers play chess in school clubs to be with their friends in team competition; some adults play chess as recreation, some with passion for move volume or ratings. Chess welcomes us all. My own motive nowadays is to make and stay in touch with friends around the globe, thanks to In Game Messaging. Thanks,
does my chess have to get before I have to admit that I'm not really playing chess but just wasting my time along with everyone else's time?
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25 Dec 14
Originally posted by coquetteAre you enjoying yourself?
does my chess have to get before I have to admit that I'm not really playing chess but just wasting my time along with everyone else's time?
Then you're not wasting your time, no matter how bad your (or my!) game may be.
25 Dec 14
Originally posted by coquetteGo out and get drunk or stoned or whatever you do for fun.
does my chess have to get before I have to admit that I'm not really playing chess but just wasting my time along with everyone else's time?
Then go back and quit whining and kick some ass.
You're a good player