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I hate chess (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by salim@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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i spent a 100 days building up my elo up to 600 (which is low), to end up loosing it all in like 3-4 days

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[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I used to play chess with my dad when I was little. It is good for teaching you to think ahead. I was really good at that for a while. My dad died and I pretty much stopped playing it and I noticed over the last few decades that my ability to think things many steps ahead died too.

[–] salim@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i'm really sorry to hear about your dad, you don't have to play chess again to recover your ability to plan ahead i'm sure there's a lot of other games or activities

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

thanks, it was a long long time ago now, but i just wanted to note that it really does help you develop that ability to think ahead

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think that's why I could never get into chess. I get paralyzed overthinking ahead.

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

For some reason, I don't remember having that problem with chess even though I can in RL. It's been a while since I played it much, but from what I remember, I didn't have a deep understanding of the game; I mainly was just careful in thinking steps through and that made me good enough that I could often hold my own (though I'm sure I'd get destroyed if I played against pros). For other players who are at a casual level of skill, I think that's all you really need is caution. Lot of times in chess, people will make blunders because they are too hasty; and if they lose a valuable piece as a result, it can spiral if the other player plays cautious and plodding, gradually making use of the advantage to whittle down to where the blundered player's best bet is to force a stalemate.

Interestingly, chess can be similar to programming logic in a way and I ended up into coding as one of my areas of interest in life. "If this, then this" kind of thinking; pieces with unique operations (movements) they can each do; it even has a piece that can change state (the special pawn turning into a queen situation).