Originally posted by Kristaps
Once chess has gotten its hooks into you, it's pretty hard to get rid of it. There are many kinds of treatment (e.g. extensive search for another hobby) but they don't always work.

I initiated this thread with the highest expectations, hoping for a wide range of explanations what people think of what Chess is, why they play it, what makes it so wonderful.....

But instead I got a sad bunch of cliche and moreover untrue replies - chess is intellectually challenging, chess is art, chess is a game of war... Bleghghgh. Can anybody help us out of this stalemate situation?

Originally posted by heinzkat
I initiated this thread with the highest expectations, hoping for a wide range of explanations what people think of what Chess is, why they play it, what makes it so wonderful.....

But instead I got a sad bunch of cliche and moreover untrue replies - chess is intellectually challenging, chess is art, chess is a game of war... Bleghghgh. Can anybody help us out of this stalemate situation?

Originally posted by Cimon
I prefer to solve more pragmatic chess tasks, instead of wasting my time to search for exact definitions.

Yes, I too prefer thinking about chess matters over communicating. Isn't that sad?

Originally posted by heinzkat
Advanced reasoning ... there is this thing called time, so let's waste it. There is this thing called chess, so let's play it.

Originally posted by isa04
i wanna to play chess to you

Originally posted by isa04
i wanna to play chess to you