Guys, I beat live, I just kill myself :D
No srsly, Let me give you my opinion about chess as whole. Chess is not just a game (which might be addicting to be honest), it's rather a way of creating your ideas. In chess, it doesn't matter how healthy you are (to a certain degree), what your gender is, what your physical abilities are. The only thing that matters is your head. You have to take decisions and stand for them ("yes, I blundered a pawn, now I have to do something to cope with that" and "it might be a wrong choice, but I'll stick with that"). It consumes of course a lot of time, but what chess gives to you is a way of reflecting your live, your decisions, a way of stucturizing your toughts. You decide whether you follow your own intuition or some general rules, but in the end, it is always you who chooses and it's up to you what the result is. This is the meaning of chess (russian chess school).
If you don't like chess, it doesn't mean you are dumb or anything, it just means that you don't want to use the tool of chess to achieve your greatness. Or, if you fail and quit because of that, then there is indeed something behind it ;)
Chess is not an addiction, it is rather a philosophy. You don't need to agree with it, but don't blame others for sticking to it. I certainly will not quit chess although I do indeed spent >1hour/daily just on it.
No srsly, Let me give you my opinion about chess as whole. Chess is not just a game (which might be addicting to be honest), it's rather a way of creating your ideas. In chess, it doesn't matter how healthy you are (to a certain degree), what your gender is, what your physical abilities are. The only thing that matters is your head. You have to take decisions and stand for them ("yes, I blundered a pawn, now I have to do something to cope with that" and "it might be a wrong choice, but I'll stick with that"). It consumes of course a lot of time, but what chess gives to you is a way of reflecting your live, your decisions, a way of stucturizing your toughts. You decide whether you follow your own intuition or some general rules, but in the end, it is always you who chooses and it's up to you what the result is. This is the meaning of chess (russian chess school).
If you don't like chess, it doesn't mean you are dumb or anything, it just means that you don't want to use the tool of chess to achieve your greatness. Or, if you fail and quit because of that, then there is indeed something behind it ;)
Chess is not an addiction, it is rather a philosophy. You don't need to agree with it, but don't blame others for sticking to it. I certainly will not quit chess although I do indeed spent >1hour/daily just on it.