Love love love this! I also lack the patience for chess, I think. It's impatience and impulsivity playing their dual parts in making me a shit player lmao. And although I learned the game at a fairly young age, it never really stuck. Thank you for your thoughtful musings on chess, as always!
Love and appreciate you always. It's so hard to improve at something like this where it seems like inherent skills are less key to increasing ability than practicing/studying.
I taught myself chess last year and am not very good at it either but I do think it has something to do with the fact that I am as impatient as they come. I think am better at offense than defense when it comes to chess. I can pull a good move or two if I think hard enough. It’s also about practicing it to the point it becomes kinda a muscle memory I guess. I watched magnus carlsen and hikaru nakamura’s games a lot to teach myself. I am trying to get better at it though. I’ve been fascinated by chess for as long as I can remember.
I resonate with this! Offense sometimes feels like a more productive use of the move to me too, until I realize I've left my side completely unprotected. I appreciate hearing your journey with chess.
Love love love this! I also lack the patience for chess, I think. It's impatience and impulsivity playing their dual parts in making me a shit player lmao. And although I learned the game at a fairly young age, it never really stuck. Thank you for your thoughtful musings on chess, as always!
Love and appreciate you always. It's so hard to improve at something like this where it seems like inherent skills are less key to increasing ability than practicing/studying.
I taught myself chess last year and am not very good at it either but I do think it has something to do with the fact that I am as impatient as they come. I think am better at offense than defense when it comes to chess. I can pull a good move or two if I think hard enough. It’s also about practicing it to the point it becomes kinda a muscle memory I guess. I watched magnus carlsen and hikaru nakamura’s games a lot to teach myself. I am trying to get better at it though. I’ve been fascinated by chess for as long as I can remember.
I resonate with this! Offense sometimes feels like a more productive use of the move to me too, until I realize I've left my side completely unprotected. I appreciate hearing your journey with chess.
Yeah that’s how I play as well. Going against a computer bot is even worse for your self-esteem 😭😂