yea i play in a lot of tourneys i've won like 3 tourneys out of 5 i like to play online and i like to play in person more. i play the same online as i would in a tournament. im a very agressive player and my chipstack usually runs low. i think chess is harder to master because poker there is no actual way for a person to reach a master but in chess there are things you need to master and some people just can't comprehend the complicated themes in chess.
good luck at becoming a couch potato. 😛
belive me, watching TV is not worth you're time.
i can understand tho that you want to "take a break" from chess, and you know it isn't a bad idea...
i'm sure you'll be welcome to come back (if you don't mind being called cableman. 🙄 )
just try not to let the TV eat up your whole brain. 😛
Chess is not life, although it is better than 99% of television. I understand burnout, and in your case might blame Michael de la Maza. However, your dramatic improvement offers testimony to the value in disciplined tactical training.
Perhaps you've reached a plateau, and do not realize that you are still improving because your rating has stabilized. The jumps will come again if you keep at it, but it may take years, and they likely will be less dramatic.
I was fanatical about chess in the late-1970s, played very little through the 1980s, and started playing against my computer in almost obsessive fashion (but during only brief and widely separated periods of time) through the early 1990s. Since 1996, I have pursued chess almost daily (ofetn no more than a few games of sloppy blitz. I'm more enthusiastic about the game now than ever before, and have been seeing slight and steady improvement over the past two years. Nevertheless, there are days that I want nothing to do with chess, and I often find my work more compelling.
Originally posted by RahimKInteresting story. Makes you value the television a bit more (TV is totally part of American culture). Personally I find most television silly, boring, bad news - rarely watch TV.
Brief story for you.
Born in Kenya, Africa. You get 2 channels. They are only at certain times of the day and certain days. Say M-F 8 am to 10 pm and S 1 pm to 11 pm.
But for now, I excaped from the curse of chess. Yes it's a curse! You all know it is, at least those of you who take it seriously like I do.
Chess isn't a curse; you have to do it with moderation (like, with anything); chess can't be a sole interest - there has to be variety. Intense exercise for me, running, biking; or reading or anything - clears the mind. Personally, I think its best for performance and more relaxing (more fun) on the mind to memorize openings and study master games than it is to actually play the game.
Just apportion a time for chess, say, no more than 2-3 hrs. a day; I think you could do this, improve your chess significantly, and not have your life be a shipwreck.
Above all you have to enjoy it.
Originally posted by kmac27Ah yes, poker. 4 months ago, every day they seem to have poker on tv. Poker was everywhere. So I created an account and played that for a month and took a break from chess. It's not as fun online. Real life would be fun, watching poker on tv is fun. Plus I don't gamble. Against my religious.
hey rahim why not poker its challenging as chess is and easier to master. plus its something other than chess that has its ups and downs.
Thus poker is out.
Originally posted by sum1When I say tv I mean that's what cause me to stop playing chess. I don't watch tv the whole day.
good luck at becoming a couch potato. 😛
belive me, watching TV is not worth you're time.
i can understand tho that you want to "take a break" from chess, and you know it isn't a bad idea...
i'm sure you'll be welcome to come back (if you don't mind being called cableman. 🙄 )
just try not to let the TV eat up your whole brain. 😛
I'm trying to eat properly and weight train every day. I've been doing this since april and believe me that takes effort.
After coming home from work or school, driving in traffic, working out etc... why put extra effort and work on chess. I don't consider playing chess normal chess that hard. I'm talking about studying it, play seriously, thinking about your moves for over 10 minutes etc... Any person can play several blitz game every day without effort. What the point of that?
Originally posted by WulebgrNo plateau here. OTB rating highest it's ever been, shot up 150 point almost. Rhp the graph says it all. Only lost 1 game since jun last year to a 2200+. That was my last game on here. It was a caro kann which i was testing different openings so I really don't even count that as a lose.
Chess is not life, although it is better than 99% of television. I understand burnout, and in your case might blame Michael de la Maza. However, your dramatic improvement offers testimony to the value in disciplined tactical training.
Perhaps you've reached a plateau, and do not realize that you are still improving because your rating has stabilized. The ...[text shortened]... there are days that I want nothing to do with chess, and I often find my work more compelling.
As for sloppy blitz 🙂 Not my style of chess. I think it's a waste of time and gives you bad habits.
As for this:
However, your dramatic improvement offers testimony to the value in disciplined tactical training.
It wasn't all tactics. I read 8+ books in one summer, fat books. I made a list of the books I've read on my blog and i was shocked. So many books in such little time.
Just a question: It seems you have run out of passion for chess and no longer feel like playing it.. but why do you still visit the forums? I mean, if you have no lust to play, you shouldn't even be hanging around here. Or?
Do you see my point? It's a kind of strange behaviour. You should really try to get an understanding of yourself. Then take a decision.
It might also be that chess is not the problem. It's just some other problem, or maybe something that's missing in your life. You mentioned cable TV. If this is what you want to do, then watch TV. Seriously. Don't do things you don't want. Do the things you want to do, nothing else.
With this being said, I'll bet you will realize after some time that watching TV is not what you want (without saying how much time that would take). Now, it may feel so.. but believe me, there's usually an end to everything. Just don't waste your time..
Originally posted by GolubBored at work so I thought I would start a little disscussion. Follow up thread for my previous one.
Just a question: It seems you have run out of passion for chess and no longer feel like playing it.. but why do you still visit the forums? I mean, if you have no lust to play, you shouldn't even be hanging around here. Or?
Do you see my point? It's a kind of strange behaviour. You should really try to get an understanding of yourself. Then take a decision. ...[text shortened]... so.. but believe me, there's usually an end to everything. Just don't waste your time..
I'm sure other people have had similar problems. Just want some opinions.
I don't hang around the forum here anyways. Just if something catches my interest then I might read it and post. Before I only used to read the Chess forums and sometimes the general ones and now I don't read any of them except when i'm really bored.
Originally posted by RahimKWhat constitutes gambling?
Ah yes, poker. 4 months ago, every day they seem to have poker on tv. Poker was everywhere. So I created an account and played that for a month and took a break from chess. It's not as fun online. Real life would be fun, watching poker on tv is fun. Plus I don't gamble. Against my religious.
Thus poker is out.
Does paying an entry fee for a chess tournament with the possibility of losing or winning money from other players constitute gambling?
Does paying an entry fee for a poker tournament with the possibility of losing or winning money from other players constitute gambling?
Originally posted by RahimKIt's perfectly normal to feel burnout from one hobby if you have several others.
I created a thread couple of months ago on this subject. Got some opinions, stated my opinion etc...
Well over a month after I don't feel anything really. Haven't played chess in over a month. My last chess game I played was on Rhp 41 days ago. I didn't renew my OTB membership, haven't read chess books, seen lectures and just to show you how serious this i ...[text shortened]... ll that I take my chess very very very seriously!!! Check my blog if you don't believe me.
For several years I have been juggling photography, astronomy, golf, preforming magic (What was I on?😕), and starting this December, chess. When I feel tired of one i move head on into something else, and when I feel tired of that I revert to my former passions.
You'll feel the spark again.
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesAh, I had this discussion before. With chess you hold the outcome in your hands.
What constitutes gambling?
Does paying an entry fee for a chess tournament with the possibility of losing or winning money from other players constitute gambling?
Does paying an entry fee for a poker tournament with the possibility of losing or winning money from other players constitute gambling?
As for poker the outcome does not solely depend on how you play.
I think they are two different things. People play poker to win money.
Have you ever heard of a rich chess player.
How much money could you seriously make from chess? I'm talking about the average person here not some super GM.
As for chess entry fees, sometimes they only give out prizes, books etc... That's not gambling really. You aren't winning no ones money.
true you do play for money when playing for poker and in chess not many people get payed handsomly when they are good. But both games have professionals, there is skill involved and if u wanted to make money you'd probably choose poker unless your a genius. both games have people that can run you over repeatedly because of their skill level. i still think they are very challenging and theres always something to learn from every game you play.