14 Aug 07
Originally posted by MoneyMaker7Having been into the tournament chess scene since 1974, I have concluded that there is absolutely no correlation between playing strength and enjoyment of the game. If anything, the people who seem to enjoy chess the least are Grandmasters.
I think the better you are at chess the more fun it is
15 Aug 07
Originally posted by gaychessplayerHear hear!
Frank Marshall wrote in his autobiography (which he wrote when he was in his early sixties), that he didn't remember a single day in his adult life when he didn't play a game of chess. He further observed that he loved the game now as much as ever. I'm in the same boat as Marshall. I never get bored with it.
my love with chess seems to be growing every day. Sometimes I get a funny feeling in my head if I haven't been to a tournament recently enough. I broke my own personal record for tournaments played in a month last month (6). My answer is no, I never get bored. Perhaps it is because I am still an improving Class C player, so I still have a lot of scope to get better and to experience the thrill of seeing moves and ideas I couldn't see before.
16 Aug 07
No! chess is never boring. Well only when I am in forums because no one moves in my games but thats not chess its the lack thereof. chess only gets boring if your not doing it right. You may be letting outside factors effect your enjoyment of the game i.e. wife, kids, bills, etc... and all these things called life take away from the game. You always have fun when you are learning something new or crushing someone who had the nerve to sit across from you. In chess there is always something to learn and someone sitting across from you.
16 Aug 07
Originally posted by truthinpositionsThen the question will be: Why ain't chess fun to everybody?
No! chess is never boring. Well only when I am in forums because no one moves in my games but thats not chess its the lack thereof. chess only gets boring if your not doing it right. You may be letting outside factors effect your enjoyment of the game i.e. wife, kids, bills, etc... and all these things called life take away from the game. You al ...[text shortened]... ross from you. In chess there is always something to learn and someone sitting across from you.
