Nothing more pretentious than playing chess

[MysteriousWeeb420]

i always thought chess sucked as a game, it's just memorising move patterns and there is nothing tangibly exhilarating about watching or playing it

[mogs_me]

I'm not very fond of chess either, but it is mostly because I feel like improving demands such a major effort where the game stops being fun. Also if your goal is to improve then every setback is going to frustrate you a lot. It's overall not fun.

Coincidentally I started playing chess again a few days ago. Let me explain my struggle further:

Last time I quit my blitz rating was 1850. After playing a few games my rating naturally pummeled to 1500. Now with some effort and memory coming back I managed to reach 1650. 

Maybe if I spend the next month training I will get back my old set of skills/knowledge, but by then I'll be bored and quit the game already.

So for a competitive freak like myself it is not going to be fun playing chess past the point I've already reached.

It's a very similar experience to me studying for a class only to forget all the information I have learned 1 week after. Am I too retarded? That might be it tbh.

there is diminishing returns for studying with the progression and cap largely determined by your degree of exposure to the game as a kid and also some slight aspects of intelligence
so sure, eventually your skill and rating will effectively cap out without a huge amount of boring effort being made. but how does this ruin the game? you can still be “competitive” even if you’re not improving. this is my situation. i still find satisfaction in playing a good game, even if my overall skill is stagnant

[boiledpotatoes87]

Mikhail Tal, Vishy Anand etc. current list are just autistic Indians and ego trippers though

Figured

[kathisterima]

there is diminishing returns for studying with the progression and cap largely determined by your degree of exposure to the game as a kid and also some slight aspects of intelligence
so sure, eventually your skill and rating will effectively cap out without a huge amount of boring effort being made. but how does this ruin the game? you can still be “competitive” even if you’re not improving. this is my situation. i still find satisfaction in playing a good game, even if my overall skill is stagnant

to me playing good games without improving feels hollow, you know you've stumbled into some good moves by accident and you are gonna repeat some beginner blunders the next game that make you want to quit. The joy of the game is tied to getting better, at least to a point where you can understand what's going on in the chess board at any time.

[fdeshieldplus]

i only play chess when it's animated nudes flying around

[mogs_me]

i always thought chess sucked as a game, it's just memorising move patterns and there is nothing tangibly exhilarating about watching or playing it

t. someone who’s never played chess in any somewhat serious way

[mogs_me]

aren’t gay little iq test matrix patterns one of your special interests anyways bud

[ΛΟΓΟΣ]

i used to play chess and sudoku against teachers and schoolmates when i was a child, but lost interest after hitting puberty

[MysteriousWeeb420]

t. someone who’s never played chess in any somewhat serious way

what's the point when it's primarily memory/experience

chess is a game of memory in the same way poker is a game of luck, other factors are minimal

[mogs_me]

what's the point when it's primarily memory/experience

chess is a game of memory in the same way poker is a game of luck, other factors are minimal

obvious bait

[Bojack]

Sheit boiz I used to play chess in high school n chit

[MysteriousWeeb420]

obvious bait

How many times do I have to say "well you're just trolling bro" is not a valid argument

[eurasianretaliator354]

to me playing good games without improving feels hollow, you know you've stumbled into some good moves by accident and you are gonna repeat some beginner blunders the next game that make you want to quit. The joy of the game is tied to getting better, at least to a point where you can understand what's going on in the chess board at any time.

once you hit that skill cap, chess just becomes a reminder of how far you've fallen from your peak. it's like staring at a mirror that reflects all your missed opportunities and wasted potential tbh

[Darkeningstar]

I don't play chess, but I would be good at chess

The main requirement for being a good chess player: don't be a yes man
Yes men play in 0D