23-09-2025, 07:23 PM
(23-09-2025, 06:14 PM)kathisterima Wrote: 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
